Editing Vienna New Year's Concert (section)

==History==
There has been a tradition of concerts on New Year's Day in Vienna since 1838, but not with music of the Strauss family. From 1928 to 1933, there were six New Year's concerts in the Musikverein, conducted by [[Johann Strauss III]]. These concerts were broadcast by the [[ORF (broadcaster)#Radio Verkehrs AG|RAVAG]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ernsttheis.com/index.php?ILNKID=111&iL=2&State=12300&ResetMI=1&PHPSESSID=9uu6c6kjcdlidm7jkdeg0l2eu7|title=Ernst Theis|date=15 February 2016|website=ernsttheis.com|access-date=1 January 2017}}{{failed verification|date=April 2025}}</ref> In 1939, [[Clemens Krauss]], with the support of Vienna Gauleiter [[Baldur von Schirach]], devised a New Year's concert which the orchestra dedicated to Kriegswinterhilfswerk (Winter War Relief), to improve morale at the front lines.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www1.wdr.de/stichtag/stichtag8814.html | title=31. Dezember 1939 – Erstes Neujahrskonzert der Wiener Philharmoniker | work=WDR | date=31 December 2014 | access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref> After World War II, this concert survived, as the Nazi origins were largely forgotten, until more recently.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://diepresse.com/home/meinung/gastkommentar/4895204/Das-Neujahrskonzert-und-so-manch-unhaltbare-Legende | title=Das Neujahrskonzert und so manch unhaltbare Legende |newspaper=[[Die Presse]]|location=Vienna| author=Harald Walser | date=29 December 2015 | access-date=25 June 2016}}</ref>

The concert was first performed in 1939, and conducted by Clemens Krauss. For the first and only time, the concert was not given on New Year's Day, but instead on 31 December of that year. It was called then a special, or 'extraordinary' concert ({{Lang|de|Außerordentliches Konzert}}). Johann Strauss II was the only composer performed, in a modest program:
*"[[Morgenblätter]]", Op. 279, waltz
*"{{ill|Annen-Polka|de}}", Op. 117
*[[Csárdás]], from the opera ''[[Ritter Pázmán]]''
*"[[Kaiser-Walzer]]", Op. 437
*"[[Leichtes Blut]]", Polka schnell, Op. 319
*"[[Egyptischer Marsch]]", Op. 335
*"[[G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald]]", Walzer, Op. 325
*"[[Neue Pizzicato Polka|Pizzicato-Polka]]"
*"[[Perpetuum mobile]]", ein musikalischer Scherz, Op. 257
*Overture to the operetta ''[[Die Fledermaus]]''

=== Encores ===
There were no encores in 1939, and sources indicate that encores were not instituted until 1945. Clemens Krauss almost always included "Perpetuum mobile" either on the concert or as an encore. The waltz "The Blue Danube" was not performed until 1945, and then as an encore. The "[[Radetzky March]]" was first performed in 1946, as an encore. Until 1958, these last two pieces were often but not always given as encores. Since that year, their position as twin encores has become inviolable tradition, with two exceptions:
* In 1967, [[Willi Boskovsky]] made "The Blue Danube" part of his concert program to commemorate the work's centenary; its encore position was occupied by Johann Strauss II's "{{ill|Unter Donner und Blitz|de}}, {{lang|de|polka schnell}}, Op. 324. Additionally, an actor impersonating the composer of the work appeared during the concert.
* In 2005, [[Lorin Maazel]] and the orchestra concluded the program with "The Blue Danube", omitting the "Radetzky March" as a mark of respect to the victims of the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami]]. One unannounced encore, a gallop or {{lang|de|polka schnell}}, is always placed before "The Blue Danube", and after the final announced work on the printed concert programme. It has also been a jocular composition.

=== Conductors ===
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  from:2011 till:2012 shift:($dx,$dy) color:AUT text:[[Franz Welser-Möst]]

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Boskovsky, [[concertmaster]] of the orchestra from 1939 until 1970, directed the Vienna New Year's concerts from 1955 to 1979. In 1980, [[Lorin Maazel]] became the first non-Austrian conductor of the concert. The orchestra subsequently changed practice, to choose a different conductor every year. The first such choice was [[Herbert von Karajan]], for the 1987 concert.

* [[Clemens Krauss]]: 1939, 1941–1945, 1948–1954
* [[Josef Krips]]: 1946–1947
* [[Willi Boskovsky]]: 1955–1979
* [[Lorin Maazel]]: 1980–1986, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2005
* [[Herbert von Karajan]]: 1987
* [[Claudio Abbado]]: 1988, 1991
* [[Carlos Kleiber]]: 1989, 1992
* [[Zubin Mehta]]: 1990, 1995, 1998, 2007, 2015<ref>{{cite news | title=Zubin Mehta dirigiert Neujahrskonzert 2015 | url=http://derstandard.at/1385172425356/Zubin-Mehta-dirigiert-Neujahrskonzert-2015 |work=[[Der Standard]]| date=2013-12-31 | access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref>
* [[Riccardo Muti]]: 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2018, 2021, 2025
* [[Nikolaus Harnoncourt]]: 2001, 2003
* [[Seiji Ozawa]]: 2002
* [[Mariss Jansons]]: 2006, 2012, 2016<ref>[http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2687133/ "Mariss Jansons dirigiert Neujahrskonzert 2016"], [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]], 1 January 2015</ref>
* [[Georges Prêtre]]: 2008, 2010
* [[Daniel Barenboim]]: 2009, 2014,<ref>{{cite news | title=Barenboim dirigiert Neujahrskonzert 2014 | url=http://derstandard.at/1356426502024/Barenboim-dirigiert-Neujahrskonzert-2014 |work=[[Der Standard]]| date=2012-12-31 | access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> 2022<ref>{{cite news | title=Barenboim wird 2022 zum dritten Mal Neujahrskonzert leiten | url=https://orf.at/stories/3195714/ | work=[[ORF (broadcaster)|Austrian Broadcasting Corporation]] |language=de | date=2021-01-01 | access-date=2021-01-01}}</ref>
* [[Franz Welser-Möst]]: 2011, 2013,<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://derstandard.at/1324501682329/Franz-Welser-Moest-dirigiert-Neujahrskonzert-2013|title=Franz Welser-Möst dirigiert Neujahrskonzert 2013|date=31 December 2011|work=[[Der Standard]]|language=de}}</ref> 2023
* [[Gustavo Dudamel]]: 2017<ref>{{cite web |title=Dudamel leitet Neujahrskonzert 2017 |trans-title=Dudamel Conducts New Year's Concert 2017 |url=http://wien.orf.at/news/stories/2750326/ |website=[[ORF (broadcaster)|Austrian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=January 2016 |language=de |access-date=19 August 2016}}</ref>
* [[Christian Thielemann]]: 2019,<ref>{{cite news | author=Stefan Ender | title=Christian Thielemann dirigiert 2019 erstmals das Neujahrskonzert | url=http://derstandard.at/2000071301321/Christian-Thielemann-dirigiert-2019-erstmals-das-Neujahrskonzert |work=[[Der Standard]]| date=2018-01-01 | access-date=2018-01-02}}</ref> 2024<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/magazin/new-years-concert-2024-to-be-conducted-by-maestro-christian-thielemann/6195 | title=New Year's Concert 2024 to be conducted by Maestro Christian Thielemann| publisher=Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra| date=1 January 2023 | access-date=2023-01-01}}</ref>
* [[Andris Nelsons]]: 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Clarke |first=Kevin |title=De-Nazifying The "Radetzky March" At The 2020 Vienna New Year's Concert |url=http://operetta-research-center.org/de-nazifying-radetzky-march-2020/ |date=31 December 2019 |website=Operetta Research Center |access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Megan |title=How to watch Andris Nelsons conduct the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's iconic New Year's concert |url=https://www.boston.com/culture/music/2019/12/31/how-to-watch-2020-vienna-philharmonic-orchestra-new-years-concert-andris-nelsons |date=31 December 2019 |newspaper=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=2 January 2020}}</ref>
* [[Yannick Nézet-Séguin]]: 2026 (scheduled)<ref>{{cite press release | url=https://www.wienerphilharmoniker.at/en/magazin/das-neujahrskonzert-2026-wird-von-yannick-nezet-seguin-geleitet/6219 | title=The New Year's Concert 2026 will be conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin| publisher=Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra| date=1 January 2026 | access-date=2025-01-01}}</ref>