One might have wondered whether the Vienna New Year's Concert would have been held at all at the end of the pandemic year of 2020, but it's an important tradition and one that will die hard if it ever does. The Vienna Philharmonic played to an empty hall. On the one hand, the concert was, as might be expected, a reaffirmation of the tradition. The conductor was Riccardo Muti, who had led the concert five times before, and who has been on the podium more than any other individual since the Philharmonic adopted the practice ...
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One might have wondered whether the Vienna New Year's Concert would have been held at all at the end of the pandemic year of 2020, but it's an important tradition and one that will die hard if it ever does. The Vienna Philharmonic played to an empty hall. On the one hand, the concert was, as might be expected, a reaffirmation of the tradition. The conductor was Riccardo Muti, who had led the concert five times before, and who has been on the podium more than any other individual since the Philharmonic adopted the practice of rotating conductors yearly. Muti's engagement was probably in place before the coronavirus pandemic was on anybody's mind, but the program is of a highly traditionalist cast, seemingly designed to provide reassuring familiarity. It is all-Viennese, with the Strauss family even more heavily represented than usual and strong on familiar tunes, although there are, as usual, a few surprises. Yet, in another way, the show adapted to the new world of entertainment, and it will be...
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