New Year's Concert in Hasselt
As tradition dictates, the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra rings in the New Year with a musical journey to Vienna. For 2026, the celebration begins in Spain, with guitarist Juan Manuel Cañizares performing Joaquín Rodrigo’s melancholic Concierto de Aranjuez, a jewel of the classical guitar repertoire. Manuel de Falla’s vibrant Spanish folk dances follow, setting the stage for a Viennese festivity. Then the Viennese party really erupts, because waltzes and polkas and Johann Strauss Jr.: this belongs to New Year as much as fireworks and bubbles!
Programme
Falla The Three-Cornered Hat (Suite No. 1)
Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez
Strauss Jr.
Strauss Jr. Tritsch-Tratsch-Polka, opus 214
Strauss Jr. Rosen aus dem Süden, opus 388
Strauss Jr. An der schönen blauen Donau, opus 314
Pablo González
conductor
Juan Manuel Cañizares
guitar