Vienna Hofburg Orchestra: New Year's Concert at the Hofburg
The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra has celebrated the turn of the year with its New Year’s concerts since 1980. In the Hofburg Festival Hall, the series pairs the Strauss family’s waltzes and polkas with overtures and vocal selections from Viennese operetta. This is the Hofburg Orchestra’s concert, distinct from the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert at the Musikverein.
The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra performs with four vocal soloists, combining orchestral music with arias and vocal ensembles. The repertoire draws on the Viennese tradition of waltzes, polkas and operetta, including music by the Strauss family, Franz Lehár and Emmerich Kálmán. The setting is the Hofburg Festival Hall, a monumental hall of almost 1,000 square metres with ceiling paintings bearing Emperor Franz Joseph’s motto, Viribus Unitis. The pieces listed below come from an illustrative program: they are not a guarantee of the running order or individual performers on your date. Check the selected performance time and ticket category when booking.
Sample program excerpt
The program varies by performance. Examples include:
- Franz von Suppé: Die schöne Galathée, overture
- Johann Strauss II: “Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein” from Die Fledermaus
- Franz Lehár: “Da geh ich zu Maxim” from Die lustige Witwe
- Emmerich Kálmán: “Heia, heia in den Bergen” from Die Csárdásfürstin
- Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, waltz
- Franz Lehár: “Dein ist mein ganzes Herz” from Das Land des Lächelns
- Josef Strauss: Ohne Sorgen, polka
- Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut
- Johann Strauss II: “Brüderlein – Schwesterlein” from Die Fledermaus
- Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, waltz
Program and performers are subject to change.
