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New Years Concert

Wednesday

07.01.2026

19:30 — Victoria Hall, Geneva

Concert des Amis de l'OSR

Patron

Thursday

08.01.2026

20:15 — Théâtre de Beaulieu, Lausanne

Series Lausanne

Great Patron

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Programme

Simone Youngconductor

Alexandre Kantorowpiano

Johann Strauss
An der schönen blauen Donau, waltz for orchestra, Op. 314

Serge Prokofiev 
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 3 in C major, Op. 26

Intermission

Richard Strauss 
Salome, Dance of the Seven Veils TrV 215, Op. 54
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite of waltzes No. 1, Op. 59
Der Rosenkavalier, Suite of waltzes No. 2, Op. 59

Approximately 1h30 including a 20-minute intermission

The music

The confusion between the Strausses of Vienna and those of Munich is unfounded and their rapprochement will only last for the duration of our New Year’s concert. A famous encore of the traditional Viennese concert, An der schönen blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) by Johann Strauss Jr. will open ours, preceding a second part reserved for the two Waltz Suites that Richard Strauss took from his opera Der Rosenkavalier. Composed after the completion of Salome’s Dance of the Seven Veils is a sort of potpourri of the opera’s main themes in an oriental atmosphere, ending in a frenetic and sensual manner.

The Concerto No. 3 in C major has travelled all the continents since its author, Serge Prokofiev, came to play it with our orchestra in 1923 under the direction of Ernest Ansermet. It has even become one’s new hobbyhorse of the piano repertoire.

OSR Live

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Ludwig van Beethoven

Symphonie N° 4 en si bémol majeur op. 60

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 30 July 2020 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Gustav Mahler

Symphony No. 9

Jonathan Nott

conductor

Recorded on 06 March 2024 at Victoria Hall, Geneva

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