>> Bonneville: OUT WITH THE OLD

>> Bonneville: OUT WITH THE OLD

YEAR, IN WITH THE NEW!

AND LET'S HOPE AND PRAY FOR A

HAPPY AND HEALTHY YEAR AHEAD.

I'M HUGH BONNEVILLE HERE AT

MAGNIFICENT GOODWOOD HOUSE IN

ENGLAND.

IN VIENNA, THE PHILHARMONIC IS

TUNING UP IN THEIR HOME, THE

FLOWER-FILLED MUSIKVEREIN.

WE'RE ALL IN PLACE, SO ONCE

AGAIN, IT IS MY GREAT PLEASURE

TO WELCOME YOU TO ANOTHER NEW

YEAR'S CELEBRATION.

TODAY, RICCARDO MUTI AND THE

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC FILL THE

GOLDEN HALL WITH THE MUSIC OF

AUSTRIA'S WALTZ KING, JOHANN

STRAUSS, AS WE FIND THE VIENNA

STATE BALLET WALTZING IN YET

ANOTHER OF THAT CAPITAL'

PRINCELY PALACES.

FROM VIENNA, THE NEW YEAR'S

CELEBRATION 2021 IS NEXT ON

"GREAT PERFORMANCES."

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>> Froschaue

>> Froschauer: DEAR LADIES AND

GENTLEMEN, IN THE NAME OF THE

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC, I WELCOME

YOU TO A VERY SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S

CONCERT.

AS AMBASSADORS OF MUSIC, WE WISH

TO SEND A MESSAGE OF HOPE AND

OPTIMISM.

THE MUSIC OF THE NEW YEAR'S

CONCERT HAS CARRIED US THROUGH

SORRY AND HAPPINESS.

AS WELL AS MANY GOOD TIMES.

WITH THIS IN MIND, WE WISH YOU

AN UNFORGETTABLE CONCERT AND A

HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR!

>> Bonneville: WELL, QUITE

FRANKLY, GOOD RIDDANCE TO 2020.

AND NOW, HERE YOU ARE, STUCK AT

HOME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

AND HERE AM I, STUCK IN ENGLAND.

WELL, I GUESS THIS PLACE ISN'T

SO BAD.

IT'S NOT MY OWN HOME, SINCE YOU

ASK.

IN FACT, FOR OVER 300 YEARS, THE

SPLENDID GOODWOOD ESTATE HAS

BEEN HOME TO THE DUKES AND

DUCHESSES OF RICHMOND AND

GORDON.

BUT LET'S GET TO VIENNA AND THAT

GLEAMING GOLDEN HALL, THE

MUSIKVEREIN.

IT'S BEEN THE CENTER OF VIENNA'S

MUSICAL LIFE AND HOME TO THE

VIENNA PHILHARMONIC FOR MORE

THAN 150 YEARS.

EVERY NEW YEAR'S DAY, VIENNA'S

MASTER FLORISTS TRANSFORM THIS

ACOUSTICAL WONDER INTO A WINTER

GARDEN OF BLOOMS.

TODAY IS RICCARDO MUTI'S SIXTH

TIME ON THE PODIUM FOR THIS

EVENT.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, WITH OVER

500 CONCERTS, 2021 MARKS HIS

50th YEAR CONDUCTING THE

ORCHESTRA.

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>> Bonneville: THE VIENNA

PHILHARMONIC AND POPEYE'S

SPINACH OVERTURE-- SORRY,

VON SUPPE'S "POET AND PEASANT"

OVERTURE.

"BADEN BY VIENNA" WAS KNOWN AS

THE SPA OF EMPERORS.

WITH THE NOBILITY, CAME ARTISTS

AS WELL.

BEETHOVEN SUMMERED THERE AND

BOTH FATHERS OF THE WALTZ,

JOSEPH LANNER AND

JOHANN STRAUSS SR., PERFORMED IN

DANCE HALLS AND PARK BANDSTANDS.

INSPIRED BY THE STRAUSS FAMILY,

THE REGIMENTAL BANDMASTER AND

BADEN SPA ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR,

KAREL KOMZAK, COMPOSED THIS

WALTZ IN PRAISE OF THE LOVELY

GIRLS OF BADEN.

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>> Bonneville: ADOLF LOOS, BORN

150 YEARS AGO, WAS ONE OF THE

MOST INFLUENTIAL AUSTRIAN

ARCHITECTS OF THE EARLY 20th

CENTURY.

HIS IDEAS LAID THE FOUNDATIONS

OF MODERN ARCHITECTURE.

AS A YOUNG MAN ARRIVING IN

CHICAGO FOR THE 1893 WORLD'S

FAIR, HE WAS STRUCK BY THE

SKYSCRAPERS OF LOUIS SULLIVAN.

RETURNING HOME, HE RAILED

AGAINST THE LAVISHLY DECORATIVE

BUILDINGS OF "FIN-DE-SIECLE

VIENNA."

THE EFFORT WASTED IN DESIGNING

AND CREATING SUCH SUPERFLUOUS

ORNAMENT HE SAW AS NOTHING SHORT

OF A "CRIME."

HIS ESSAY "ORNAMENT AND CRIME"

ADVOCATED FOR THE SMOOTH AND

CLEAR SURFACES EXEMPLIFIED IN

HIS OWN DESIGNS.

THE EMPEROR WAS SO INCENSED WHEN

A NEW LOOS BUILDING WENT UP JUST

ACROSS FROM THE ENTRANCE TO THE

PALACE THAT HE REFUSED TO ENTER

OR LEAVE FROM THAT GATE EVER

AGAIN, AND SHUTTERED HIS WINDOWS

OVERLOOKING THE SQUARE SO THAT

HE DID NOT HAVE TO SEE THAT

"HIDEOUS" HOUSE ANYMORE.

WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS FOR US TO

BE ABLE TO JOIN THE VIENNA STATE

BALLET THERE AS THEY PERFORM

JOSEF STRAUSS' "MARGHERITA"

POLKA.

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>> Bonneville: THE YOUNG QUEEN

VICTORIA LOVED MUSIC, THEATRE,

AND DANCE.

IN HER CORONATION YEAR OF 1838,

THE 19-YEAR-OLD ATTENDED THE

THEATRE OR OPERA 36 TIMES AND

GAVE A SERIES OF BALLS AT

BUCKINGHAM PALACE, NINE OF WHICH

FEATURED JOHANN STRAUSS SR. AND

HIS ORCHESTRA.

ONE OF THE QUEEN'S EIGHT

TRAINBEARERS AT THE CORONATION

WAS THE MISTRESS OF GOODWOOD

HOUSE, LADY CAROLINE GORDON

LENNOX, WIFE OF THE FIFTH DUKE.

UNDOUBTEDLY, SHE AND THE DUKE

CAUGHT THE WALTZ CRAZE WITH THE

QUEEN.

THE LONDON PAPERS REPORTED, "ALL

ARE DANCING, ALL MUST DANCE WHEN

STRAUSS FIDDLES."

HER NEW BALLROOM IN FRENCH

REVIVAL STYLE HERE AT GOODWOOD

HOUSE DATES FROM THIS TIME.

IMAGINE THE CANDLES BLAZING, THE

MUSICIANS PLAYING UP IN THE

MINSTREL'S GALLERY, AND THE

DANCERS TWIRLING DOWN BELOW.

THE BALLROOM IS JUST ONE OF MANY

TREASURES IN THIS STUNNING

GEORGIAN STATELY HOME.

IT CONTAINS AN ART COLLECTION

FORMED OVER TEN GENERATIONS,

INCLUDING THIS VAN DYCK; THESE

PRICELESS CANALETTO'S IN THE

LONG HALL; THE GOBELINS

TAPESTRIES, A GIFT TO THE THIRD

DUKE FROM LOUIS XV; AS WELL AS

THIS PICTURE OF RACEHORSES

EXERCISING BY THE CELEBRATED

ENGLISH PAINTER GEORGE STUBBS.

A RITE OF PASSAGE FOR YOUNG

MEMBERS OF THE ENGLISH

ARISTOCRACY WAS THE GRAND TOUR

OF EUROPE TO SOAK UP THE ART AND

CULTURE OF THE CONTINENT.

AN ADDED BENEFIT OF SENDING

YOUNG GENTLEMEN ABROAD WAS THAT

THEY WERE ABLE TO SOW THEIR WILD

OATS WITH AS LITTLE

INCONVENIENCE TO THEIR FAMILIES

AS POSSIBLE.

I THINK THE ROMANTIC CANALS OF

VENICE MIGHT JUST LEAD A LAD

ASTRAY.

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>> Bonneville: THIS GARDEN

PALACE OF THE PRINCELY FAMILY OF

LIECHTENSTEIN IN VIENNA WAS

BUILT AROUND 1700 IN THE STYLE

OF A PALATIAL ROMAN VILLA.

GUESTS IN THEIR CARRIAGES DROVE

RIGHT INTO THE SALA TERRENA AND

CLIMBED THE STAIRS TO THE

HERCULES HALL FOR FESTIVE

EVENINGS.

IN 1738, THE PRINCE WAS

APPOINTED BY HIS EMPEROR AS

AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE.

HE COMMISSIONED THIS GOLDEN

CARRIAGE FOR HIS FORMAL ENTREE

INTO PARIS, AND IN A GRAND

PROCESSION OF 50 CARRIAGES TWO

DAYS LATER, INTO VERSAILLES.

THE PLAYFUL, CHERUBIC PAINTINGS

ON IT REPRESENT BOTH THE FOUR

ELEMENTS AND THE FOUR SEASONS.

IN 1760, THE PRINCE WAS TASKED

YET AGAIN BY THE CROWN, THIS

TIME TO JOURNEY TO PARMA.

THE EMPRESS MARIA THERESA

REQUIRED HIM TO RETRIEVE

PRINCESS ISABELLA AS A BRIDE FOR

HER SON, THE SOON-TO-BE EMPEROR

JOSEPH II.

THE CARRIAGE WAS AGAIN PRESSED

INTO SERVICE TO CARRY THE

PRINCESS FOR HER ENTRANCE INTO

VIENNA AND HER NEW HOME AT

SCHOENBRUNN.

THE PALACE AND GARDENS PROVIDE

THE PERFECT BACKDROP FOR THE

VIENNA STATE BALLET AS THEY

DANCE TO JOHANN STRAUSS' "VOICES

OF SPRING" WALTZ.

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>> Bonneville: TODAY, ACTIVITIES

ABOUND ON THE 12,000 ACRES OF

THE GOODWOOD ESTATE.

YOU CAN TOUR THE SPLENDID HOUSE

ITSELF OR IMAGINE YOURSELF THE

LORD OF THE MANOR BY STAYING

OVERNIGHT IN THE GOODWOOD HOTEL.

THE OLD KENNELS ARE THE PERFECT

CLUBHOUSE SETTING AFTER SOME

GOLF, SHOOTING, CRICKET, OR

HORSE RIDING.

AT THE TOP OF THE HILL BEHIND

THE HOUSE, NESTLED IN THE SOUTH

DOWNS, IS THE RACECOURSE, ONE OF

THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL

LOCATIONS FOR THE SPORT OF

KINGS.

ADD TO THIS THE MOTOR CIRCUIT,

AERODROME, AND FLYING SCHOOL,

AND YOU'LL SOON SEE WHY

GOODWOOD-- THANKS TO THE DUKE'S

INNOVATION AND PASSION-- HAS

BECOME THE EPITOME OF A MODERN

SPORTING ESTATE.

LIKE US, THE VIENNESE RELISH THE

COUNTRYSIDE AND THE WOODS

SURROUNDING THE CITY.

IN SUMMER, THEY CLIMB TO THE

HILLTOPS FOR THE COOL BREEZES,

TO SWIM, DRINK THE WINE, AND

TAKE IN THE VIEWS.

THIS AREA OVERLOOKING ALL OF

VIENNA IS STILL NAMED TODAY FOR

THE RUSTIC TAVERN THAT IN THE

WALTZ KING'S DAY WAS OWNED BY A

CERTAIN FRANZ JOSEF KRAPF.

RECALLING THE NATURE SURROUNDING

HIM ON HIS JAUNTS, JOHANN

STRAUSS SCORED BIRD WHISTLES IN

THE POLKA HE TITLED,

"IN KRAPFEN'S WOODS."

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>> Bonneville: WITH OUR NEXT

PIECE, MAESTRO MUTI REMINDS US

THAT THE MEMBERS OF THE VIENNA

PHILHARMONIC MAKE UP THE

ORCHESTRA OF THE VIENNA STATE

OPERA AS WELL.

IN 1861, STRAUSS COMPOSED A

QUADRILLE USING TUNES FROM THE

ITALIAN OPERAS POPULAR IN VIENNA

AT THE TIME.

HE INCLUDED THEMES FROM

DONIZETTI'S "LUCIA DI

LAMMERMOOR" AND THE DAUGHTER OF

THE REGIMENT, AS WELL AS VERDI'S

"RIGOLETTO," "TROVATORE" AND

"TRAVIATA."

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>> Bonneville: JOHANN STRAUSS'

NEW WALTZ, ORIGINALLY TITLED

"HAND IN HAND," WAS INTENDED AS

A FRIENDSHIP TOAST FROM EMPEROR

FRANZ JOSEPH OF AUSTRIA TO THE

GERMAN EMPEROR WILHELM II.

STRAUSS' PUBLISHER CRAFTILY

SUGGESTED, HOWEVER, HE NAME IT

"THE EMPEROR WALTZ," SINCE THAT

TITLE COULD ALLUDE TO EITHER

MONARCH AND SATISFY THE VANITY

OF BOTH RULERS.

THE TRAPPINGS OF ROYALTY ARE

FRONT AND CENTER AT THE HOFBURG,

THE CITY PALACE OF AUSTRIA'S

IMPERIAL HABSBURG DYNASTY.

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>> Bonneville: AH, YES, THE

WALTZ!

RICHARD WAGNER CALLED IT A MORE

POWERFUL DRUG THAN ALCOHOL.

IT COMES FROM THE GERMAN

"WALZEN," WHICH MEANS, "TO

REVOLVE."

AND TO SAY IT WAS HIGHLY POPULAR

IN THE 19th CENTURY WOULD BE AN

UNDERSTATEMENT.

CHARACTERIZED BY A STEP, SLIDE,

STEP IN THREE-QUARTER TIME, THE

WALTZ, WITH ITS TURNING,

EMBRACING COUPLES, AT FIRST

SHOCKED POLITE SOCIETY.

NEXT IN POPULARITY ON THE DANCE

FLOOR WOULD BE THE POLKA.

ORIGINATING IN BOHEMIA, BY THE

MIDDLE OF THE CENTURY,

POLKAMANIA HAD OVERTAKEN ALL OF

EUROPE.

AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSED AND THE

WINE FLOWED, THE DANCING BECAME

EVER LIVELIER.

THE COUPLES DREW EVEN CLOSER AND

MORE "TEMPESTUOUS IN LOVE AND

DANCE."

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>> Bonneville: EVERYONE WHO

WATCHES THESE NEW YEAR'S DAY

CELEBRATIONS ANTICIPATES THE

ENCORES.

THE LAST TWO ARE SET BY

TRADITION, AND THE FIRST OF

THESE IS ALWAYS LIGHTNING FAST.

THE TITLE PAGE OF JOHANN'S

"FURIOSO!" POLKA DEPICTS DANCERS

GALLOPING FULL TILT IN THE

COMPANY OF NAKED DEVILS INTENT

ON TRIPPING UP THE FRANTIC

COUPLES.

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>> MUTI: WE AR

>> MUTI: WE ARE PLAYING THIS NEW

YEAR'S CONCERT IN A VERY UNUSUAL

SITUATION.

WE KNOW THAT WE ARE PLAYING FOR

MANY MILLION OF PEOPLE AROUND

THE WORLD, PRACTICALLY MORE THAN

90 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

BUT IT'S VERY STRANGE FOR US TO

PLAY IN A SUCH A BEAUTIFUL

HISTORICAL HALL COMPLETELY

EMPTY.

WE ALL HAD A VERY, VERY

DIFFICULT, DIFFICULT YEAR

ACTUALLY, NO, HORRENDOUS

HORRIBILIS ANNUS, AS IN LATIN I

WOULD SAY.

BUT WE ARE STILL HERE BELIEVING

IN THE MESSAGE OF MUSIC.

WE WILL PLAY NOW THE FAMOUS

"BLUE DANUBE," AND I HOPE THAT

ON THE WAVES OF THIS BEAUTIFUL

MUSIC FULL OF JOY AND SADNESS,

LIFE AND DEATH, WE CAN HOPE FOR

A BETTER YEAR.

THIS IS WHY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK

ALL MY COLLEAGUES HERE TO SAY

HAPPY NEW YEAR IN THEIR

WONDERFUL LANGUAGE.

SO, I WOULD SAY THEWIENER

PHILHARMONIKER UND ICH WUNSCHEN

INNEN.

GRACIA.

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>> Bonneville: THE TIME HAS COME

FOR RICARDO MUTI TO BEGIN THE

JOYOUS "RADETZKY MARCH," BUT

THERE'S A BITTERSWEET ELEMENT TO

THIS PIECE.

IN THE AUTUMN OF 1849, FATHER

STRAUSS HAD JUST RETURNED FROM

ANOTHER TRIUMPHANT TOUR OF

ENGLAND AND WAS SCHEDULED TO

PERFORM HIS FAMOUS MARCH AT A

STATE BANQUET HONORING THE FIELD

MARSHALL.

STRANGELY, STRAUSS FAILED TO

TURN UP.

YOU SEE, THERE WAS A PANDEMIC

RAGING, AND STRAUSS HAD FALLEN

ILL WITH SCARLET FEVER.

HE DIED THREE DAYS LATER.

I'M HUGH BONNEVILLE, WISHING YOU

ALL A BRIGHTER AND MORE PEACEFUL

YEAR IN 2021.

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