Program

Johann Strauss II, Indigo und die vierzig Räuber (Indigo and the Forty Thieves)

Overture

Carl Michael Ziehrer, Donausagen (Danube Legends), Waltz, Op. 446

Joseph Lanner, Malapou-Galoppe, Op. 148, No. 1

Eduard Strauss, Brausteufelchen, Polka schnell, Op. 154

Johann Strauss II, Fledermaus-Quadrille, Op. 363

Johann Strauss I, Der Karneval in Paris, Galop, Op. 100

Franz von Suppé, Die schöne Galathée (The Beautiful Galatea)

Overture

Josephine Weinlich, Sirenen Lieder (Siren Songs), Polka mazur, Op. 13

Josef Strauss, Frauenwürde (Woman's Dignity), Waltz, Op. 277

Johann Strauss II, Diplomaten-Polka (Diplomat's Polka), Polka française, Op. 448

Florence Price, Rainbow Waltz

Hans Christian Lumbye, Københavns Jernbane-Damp-Galop (Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop)

Johann Strauss II, Rosen aus dem Süden (Roses from the South), Waltz, Op. 388

Johann Strauss II, Egyptischer Marsch (Egyptian March), Op. 335

Josef Strauss, Friedenspalmen (Olive Branch Waltz), Op. 207

Philipp Fahrbach, Zirkus (Circus), Fast Polka, Op. 110

Johann Strauss II, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314

Johann Strauss I, Radetzky March, Op. 228

The 2026 Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert

With Yannick Nézet-Séguin

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Cast

Vienna Philharmonic

Yannick Nézet-Séguin — Conductor

Program notes

For over eight decades, the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert at the Wiener Musikverein has been a marquee event on the music calendar, a joyful celebration in the Viennese style to begin each new year. Spectators reserve tickets a year in advance to see the Vienna Philharmonic in their trademark repertoire, but for the fifth year running, you can also catch every note on medici.tv.

For the 2026 edition, Canadian conductor and Rolex Testimonee Yannick Nézet-Séguin — a longtime partner of the Vienna Philharmonic dating back to 2010 and including, among other highlights, the 2023 Summer Night Concert — leads the New Year's Concert for the very first time. Their selection of festive works features waltzes, polkas, and other dance genres by the Strauss dynasty, Carl Michael Ziehrer, Joseph Lanner, Franz von Suppé, and Hans-Christian Lumbye, as well as Josephine Weinlich and Florence Price. Six pieces are making their New Year's Concert debut this year, including Eduard Strauss's Brausteufelchen, Weinlich's Siren Songs, and Price's Rainbow Waltz.

A closer look: featured composers

Johann Strauss II

Further listening: featured works

Radetzky March, Op. 228

Johann Strauss I (Composer)

An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube), Waltz, Op. 314

Johann Strauss II (Composer)