New Year's Eve Concert 2016 from Dresden

Synopsis

The festive gala concerts at the Semperoper Dresden count among the most splendid classical music events and constitute a highlight programme of German television. Once again, Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden grant big entertainment presenting a “romantic feast” (Dresdner Neueste Nachrichten) for which no expense has been spared. It contains cheerful melodies outside the standard symphonic repertoire, among them violin-miniatures by Fritz Kreisler, Tchaikovsky’s fantasy overture Romeo and Juliet and the overture of Rossinis’s Guillaume Tell. The concert’s centrepiece is Max Bruch’s radiant Violin Concerto No. 1, played by soloist Nikolaj Znaider “with high virtuosity, but in a delicate and sensitive manner, with endless soul and emotion.”

Additional Info

• No: A055506050000
• Composer: Max Bruch, Pjotr I. Tchaikovsky, Fritz Kreisler, Gioachino Rossini
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden
• Artists: Nikolaj Znajder (violin)
• Production year: 2016
• Run time: 01:32:00
• Producers: ZDF in cooperation with UNITEL and Semperoper Dresden