Oliver Rathkolb
A global event today, the orchestra’s annual New Year’s Concert took shape during dark days in Austrian history.
If the Vienna Philharmonic’s annual New Year’s Concert is a global success, its legacy and reach rest on five pillars: a marvelous orchestra; internationally renowned conductors; a timeless repertoire, by the Strauss family and other composers of the 19th century; a splendid location, the gilded Musikverein; and TV broadcasts watched most recently by some 1.2 million people in 92 countries on five continents. (Full text)
Oliver Rathkolbs article in the New York Times
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