New Year's Concert in the Queen Elisabeth Hall
Johann Strauss, Kurt Weill and Cole Porter showed that there need be nothing trivial about ‘light’ entertainment. Philippe Herreweghe captains the crossing from Viennese fancies to the musical madness of Broadway. Baritone Florian Boesch opens up the Great American Songbook to welcome in the New Year with unforgettable classics by Cole Porter and co. Herreweghe tops up the champagne flutes with sparkling Strauss waltzes. Let’s misbehave, unter Donner und Blitz!
Programme
Sousa The Liberty Bell (march)
Weill This is the Life (from: Love life)
Weill September Song (from: Knickerbocker holiday)
Strauss jr. Bluette, opus 271
Strauss jr. Champagne Polka, opus 211 ('a musical joke')
Porter Begin The Beguine
Porter In The Still Of The Night
Strauss jr. Leichtes Blut, opus 319
Strauss jr. Kaiserwalzer, opus 437
Porter Night And Day
Strauss jr. The Blue Danube, opus 314
