New Year's Concert 2008 under Georges Prêtre
Georges Prêtre becomes the first French conductor to lead the traditional NewYear's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna on January 1, 2008. Prêtre's ties to Vienna and the Vienna Philharmonic go back to 1962, when the State Opera Director at the time, Herbert von Karajan, invited Prêtre to conduct several performances of Richard Strauss' opera "Capriccio". Only a year later, he made his debut in the Philharmonic subscription concert series when he stepped in for the ailing Hans Knappertsbusch.
@anontrance well ochestras can pull a piece longer than when played alone in an instrument because you can combine lot of different sounds..more new sounds you can make and so it doesnt get boring...
goodbyelonglive44 1 year ago
He looks like a corpse on the podium but everything about the performance is correct and musical not to say wonderful. Bravo Pretre! And thanks for posting rhis.
garybeer 2 years ago
Wow this is the epic version of the song... I remember playing this on a violin by myself and its only like 1 minute long that way.
anontrance 3 years ago