The First Day of New Year: 新年第一天

the first day of 2009 is the day of Wiener Philharmoniker's New Year Concert in Musikverein on Jan, 1st. 2009, the photo above is our tickets, we are very lucky to win the chances from its global drawing tickets procedure.

Wiener Philharmoniker's New Year Concert in Musikverein became actually a tradition rather than just a symphonic concert.  this year the concert and Wiener Philharmoniker is under Daniel Barenboim.

the concert was absolutly fantastic. it's such an amazing thing to watch the collaborating between a great conductor and the best orchestra in the world while enjoying the beautiful symphonic. the flowers for the conductor would be dispensed to all the audiences afterwards, which became also a tradition.

ps. about the ticket drawing: the only way to get the new year's concert ticket is via website registeration a year ahead and then random global tickets drawing. but as a matter of fact, because of the reservations for eg. Habsburg family and some individuals/organizations who may possess advanced membership of Wiener Philharmoniker or Musikverein (rumor has it, might be ca. €2000 annually), and considering the huge need from Japan every year(the japanese are really the biggest fan of this concert, seeing the groups of nice ladies in Kimono attending the concert then you'll understand). so, taking these factors into the occupation counts, the chance for any random registeration drew successfully from the tickets drawing would be really slim, in other words, the chance to win is slim. After the concert today I overheard some person from Detroit, US. saying that "the concert is great, and it's a chance for a life time, anyway", well, I believe he has a point.

最有意思的部分当然是期待每年指挥的“固定”新桥段。今年的第一个桥段是在演奏倒数第二首Johann Strauß: Éljen a Magyár! Polka schnell, op. 332 与最后一首Joseph Haydn: Abschiedssymphonie, 4. Satz之间，演奏中乐手开始纷纷离席，有悄悄撤退的，有匆匆忙忙抱着乐器跑掉的，还有三五成群向观众挥别的，两三个大提琴手开始在后面开香槟捧着杯子走出去，演奏声越来越弱，到最后只剩下了第一与第二小提琴手，指挥Daniel Barenboim只好坐到了第二小提琴手身边也开始无所事事。到最后两位小提琴手干脆也撤了，只剩下Daniel Barenboim一个人，他随后便起身向观众致意，乐队重新回到座位，观众致以热烈掌声，随后乐队完成所有正式曲目。第二个桥段则是Daniel Barenboim在正式曲目后向观众新年致辞，今年的致辞相对比较简单，Daniel Barenboim用英语致意后指挥全体乐队高声"Prosit Neujahr!"。第三个桥段则是观众们最期待的，Daniel Barenboim在附加曲目"An der schönen blauen Donau"后便指挥全场观众节拍一同奏响"Radetzkymarsch"，亲临现场，的确感受非同一般。

今天的音乐之友俱乐部金色大厅全部被观众挤满，管风琴边和乐队身后的加座全部排满，来自全世界的观众盛装出席，超fan新年音乐会的日本人中女士几乎全部身穿传统和服。特供鲜花的装饰效果加上给摄像机开启的照明灯，整个大厅金碧辉煌，也许这也是为什么新年音乐会要被安排在中午演奏，因为观众可以很明显的看到透过两边天窗的阳光将室内的色彩渲染的更美丽。

2009新年第一天，新年音乐会。