Editing Vienna New Year's Concert (section)

==Music and setting==

The concert programmes always include pieces from the Strauss family—[[Johann Strauss I]], [[Johann Strauss II]], [[Josef Strauss]] and [[Eduard Strauss]]. On occasion, music principally of other Austrian composers, including [[Joseph Hellmesberger Jr.]], [[Joseph Lanner]], [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Otto Nicolai]] (the Vienna Philharmonic's founder), [[Emil von Reznicek]], [[Franz Schubert]], [[Carl Zeller]], [[Carl Millöcker]], [[Franz von Suppé]], and [[Carl Michael Ziehrer]] has featured in the programmes. In 2009, music by [[Joseph Haydn]] was played for the first time, where the 4th movement of his [[Symphony No. 45 (Haydn)|"Farewell" Symphony]] marked the 200th anniversary of his death. Other European composers such as [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], [[Jacques Offenbach]], [[Émile Waldteufel]], [[Richard Strauss]], [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]], [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]], and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |Tchaikovsky]] have been featured in recent programmes.

The announced programme contains approximately 14 to 20 compositions, and also three encores. The announced programme includes [[waltz]]es, [[polka]]s, [[mazurka]]s, and [[march (music)|marches]]. Of the encores, the unannounced first encore is often a fast polka. The second is Johann Strauss II's waltz "[[The Blue Danube]]", whose introduction is interrupted by light applause of recognition and a New Year's greeting in German (originally added by [[Willi Boskovsky]]) from the conductor and orchestra to the audience. The origin of this tradition stems from the New Year's Concert of 1954, when the audience interrupted three pieces by enthusiastically applauding and cheering. The final encore is Johann Strauss I's [[Radetzky March]], during which the audience claps along under the conductor's direction. This did not start until 1958. In this last piece, tradition also calls for the conductor to start the orchestra as soon as they step onto the stage, before reaching the podium. The complete duration of the event is around two and a half hours.

[[File:Wien - Musikverein, großer Saal.JPG|thumb|"{{Lang|de|Goldener Saal|italic=no}}" (Golden Hall) of the Musikverein]]
The concerts have been held in the "{{Lang|de|Goldener Saal|italic=no}}" (Golden Hall) of the [[Musikverein]] since 1939. The television broadcast is augmented by [[ballet]] performances in selected pieces during the second part of the programme. The dancers come from the [[Vienna State Ballet]] and dance at different famous places in Austria, e.&nbsp;g. [[Schönbrunn Palace]], [[Schloss Esterházy]], the [[Vienna State Opera]] or the Wiener Musikverein itself. In 2013, the costumes were designed by [[Vivienne Westwood]].<ref>[http://derstandard.at/1385171398384/Tanz-das-Jahr---Das-Shooting Tanz das Jahr – Das Shooting], ''[[Der Standard]]'', 30 December 2013 {{in lang|de}}</ref> From 1980 until 2013, the flowers that decorated the hall were a gift from the city of [[Sanremo]], [[Liguria]], Italy. In 2014, the orchestra itself provided the flowers. Since 2014, the flowers have been arranged by the Wiener Stadtgärten (Vienna municipal gardens). New attire by designers [[Vivienne Westwood]] and [[Andreas Kronthaler (fashion designer)|Andreas Kronthaler]] debuted in 2017.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/29/arts/music/a-new-year-and-new-duds-for-the-vienna-philharmonic.html|title=A New Year, and New Duds, for the Vienna Philharmonic|author=Michael Cooper|date=29 December 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref>