The Program at the Vienna New Year's Concert 2026

Following this year's Johann Strauss Festivals, the Waltz King will also be prominently featured in the Vienna New Year's Concert 2026 program: It will open with the overture to the operetta "Indigo and the Forty Thieves," before the "Fledermaus Quadrille" is played later in the first part. Strauss' "Diplomats' Polka," "Roses from the South," and the "Egyptian March" have also been performed at a New Year's Concert before.

Vienna New Year's Concert 2026: "Diverse, Lively Program"

For the first time, Carl Michael Ziehrer's waltz "Donausagen," Eduard Strauss' polka "Brausteufelchen," and Joseph Lanner's "Malapou Galoppe" will be performed. Unsurprisingly, the two works by female composers are also premieres within the New Year's Concert, as this year, for the first time, Constanze Geiger's "Ferdinandus Waltz" was heard, a composition by a woman. In 2026, in the second part of the concert, the polka "Sirenen Lieder" by Josephine Weinlich (1848-1887), who once founded the first women's orchestra in Europe in Vienna, and the "Rainbow Waltz" by the US African American Florence Price (1887-1953) will be heard. The Vienna Philharmonic first worked with conductor Nézet-Séguin in 2010. Since then, numerous concerts have followed, such as the Summer Night Concert 2023 under his musical direction. "Together we have selected a diverse, lively program for the New Year's Concert 2026," said Daniel Froschauer, chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, in a statement.

The Program at the Vienna New Year's Concert 2026 at the Musikverein

(* = Premiere at a New Year's Concert)

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