New Year’s Eve Concert with the Philharmonic Ensemble
Philharmonic Ensemble, members of the Vienna Philharmonic, led by Shkelzen Doli
Date
30 December 2026, starts 7:00 pm
Venue
Palais Ferstel, Strauchgasse 4, 1010 Vienna
Running time
around 105 minutes, including the interval
The turn of the year begins at Palais Ferstel. The Philharmonic Ensemble, made up of members of the Vienna Philharmonic, plays the waltzes, polkas and gallops of the Strauss family.
Thirteen musicians, each the sole representative of their section. In this formation the atmosphere of a New Year’s Concert arrives in a close, chamber sized reading. Founded in 2013, the ensemble reached an international audience through its appearance in the interval film of the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert in 2015.
Programme
- Johann Strauss II, Overture to the operetta Die Fledermaus
- Johann Strauss I, Der Carneval in Paris, galop op. 100
- Johann Strauss II, Morgenblätter, waltz op. 279
- Johann Strauss II, Im Krapfenwald’l, polka française op. 336
- Josef Strauss, Sphärenklänge, waltz op. 235
- Johann Strauss II, Banditen-Galopp op. 378
- Johann Strauss II, Egyptischer Marsch op. 335
- Josef Strauss, Ohne Sorgen!, fast polka op. 271
- Carl Michael Ziehrer, Donau-Sagen, waltz op. 446
Programme subject to change.
Performers
- Shkelzen Doli, violin and direction
- Holger Groh, violin
- Elmar Landerer, viola
- Sebastian Bru, cello
- Iztok Hrastnik, double bass
- Walter Auer, flute
- Clemens Horak, oboe
- Georg Hinterreiter, clarinet
- Lukas Schmid, bassoon
- Daniel Schinnerl, trumpet
- Jan Jankovic, horn
- Gaspard Stankovski-Hoursiangou, horn
- Klaus Zauner, percussion
Good to know
- Doors 6:30 pm, concert 7:00 pm, interval around 7:45 pm, ends around 9:00 pm
- The palais has step free access
- Café Central is in the same building
- Cancellation possible up to 48 hours before the start
- U3 underground to Herrengasse, about five minutes on foot
- Tram 1, 2 and D to Schwedenplatz, about five minutes on foot
- Bus 1A and 2A to Freyung