The Full Works Concert - Wednesday 31 December, 8pm

Catherine Bott brings sparkle to New Year's Eve with the greatest music from Vienna.

Tonight, Catherine Bott pops open a bottle of champagne and gets Classic FM’s New Year celebrations under way with two hours of fizzing waltzes, overtures and light music. 

Click on the arrow below to hear Catherine's preview of the show:



Listen out for great works from Lehár, Strauss and their contemporaries and performers including the current King of the Waltz Andre Rieu, the pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and the soprano Natalie Dessay.

GALLERY: Classical music in Vienna - a spellbinding musical tour > 
 

Franz Lehar: The Merry Widow – Overture
Richard Bonynge conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: Vienna Blood
Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Jack Strachey: In Party Mood
Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: The Beautiful Danube
Richard Bonynge conducts the National Philharmonic Orchestra 

Johann Strauss II: Soiree de Vienne        
Piano: Jean-Yves Thibaudet

Johann Strauss II:Wine, Woman and Song         
Andre Rieu directs the Johann Strauss Orchestra

Ernest Bucalossi: Grasshopper’s Dance
Ronald Corp conducts the New London Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: Voices of Spring
Soprano: Natalie Dessay
Michael Shonwandt conducts the Berlin Symphony Orchestra 

Johann Strauss II: Where the Lemon Trees Blossom Waltz        
Claudio Abbado conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: Roses from the South 
Andre Rieu conducts the Andre Rieu Orchestra

Carl Michael Ziehrer: Viennese Citizens Waltz
Lorin Maazel conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra  

Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka
Christopher Warren Green conducts the Johann Strauss Orchestra