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Vienna New Year’s Day Concert, BBC Two/Radio 3 review - noble integrity and missionary zeal
Riccardo Muti brings aristocratic melancholy to a surprisingly moving, audienceless ritual
by David NiceSaturday, 02 January 2021
“Without a care” (
Ohne Sorgen, the title of a fast polka by Josef Strauss performed here with deadpan sung laughs from the players) was never going to be the motto of a Vienna Philharmonic concert without an audience. Introspection and even sadness seemed frequent companions in the interesting New Year’s Day bill of fare.