New Year's Concert – Neujahrskonzert 1987

Synopsis

In 1987, Herbert von Karajan was chosen to conduct Vienna’s prestigious New Year’s concert, an iconic annual event that became particularly patriotic that evening when an Austrian conductor led the Wiener Philharmoniker in an all-Viennese concert program! Waltzes, polkas, and Strauss’s unforgettable Radetzky March shared a program with a scintillating vocal waltz called Springtime Voices sung by the masterful Kathleen Battle—the only vocal soloist ever invited in the history of the New Year’s Concert!

Additional Info

• No: 8582
• Composer: Johann Strauss II, Johann Strauss I, Josef Strauss
• Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
• Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker; Wiener Staatsballett
• Artists: Kathleen Battle
• Production year: 1987
• Run time: 01:37:00
• Producers: Telemondial in co-production with ORF and ZDF
• Format: HDTV 16:9