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18:00 | Oleg Pogudin (Russia) |
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 Oleg Pogudin, born and educated in St. Petersburg, is rightfully known as the “Silver Voice of Russia”. His voice is warm, clear and soulful. His unique timbre can carry off the subtlest emotional nuances in expressive and yet understated manner, following the best Russian romance performing traditions. From early on in his career, he stood out as a singer with the choicest repertoire, serious approach to research and arrangement, performing technique and musical style, and stayed as close as possible to the classical aesthetic ideals of the 19-20th century. Oleg is a versatile singer: his repertoire ranges across the genres of Russian town and classic romances by P. I. Tchaikovsky, European arias from operas, operettas and musicals, folk songs, cabaret performances of Alexander Vertinsky, guitar compositions and even some 20th century bard songs by B. Okudzhava and WWII Russian ballads. It will not be an exaggeration, though, to call him an ambassador of Russian 19th and early 20th century culture.
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| Vienna New Year's Concert |
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 15:00, 19:00. The Vienna New Year's Concert is an annual concert of classical music performed by the Vienna Philharmonic on the morning of New Year's Day in Vienna, Austria. The concert occurs at the Musikverein at 11:15. The orchestra performs the same concert programme on 30 December, 31 December, and 1 January but only the last concert is regularly broadcast on radio and television. The concert programmes always include pieces from the Strauss family—Johann Strauss I, Johann Strauss II, Josef Strauss and Eduard Strauss. On occasion, music principally of other Austrian composers, including Joseph Hellmesberger Jr., Joseph Lanner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Otto Nicolai (the Vienna Philharmonic's founder), Emil von Reznicek, Franz Schubert, Franz von Suppé, and Karl Michael Ziehrer has featured in the programmes. In 2009, music by Joseph Haydn was played for the first time, where the 4th movement of his "Farewell" Symphony marked the 200th anniversary of his death. Other European composers such as Hans Christian Lumbye, Jacques Offenbach, Emile Waldteufel, Richard Strauss, Verdi, and Tchaikovsky have been featured in recent programmes. The announced programme contains approximately 14-20 compositions, and also three encores. The announced programme includes waltzes, polkas, mazurkas, and marches. Of the encores, the unannounced first encore is often a fast polka. The second is Johann Strauss II's waltz The Blue Danube, whose introduction is interrupted by applause of recognition and a New Year's greeting from the conductor and orchestra to the audience. The final encore is Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March, during which the audience claps along under the conductor's direction. In this last piece, the tradition also calls for the conductor to start the orchestra as soon he steps onto the stage, before reaching the podium. The complete duration of the event is around two and a half hours.
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