Summer Night Concert from Vienna 2025

8:00 PM to 9:35 PM
Sunday 13 July
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Summer Night Concert from Vienna 2025

Tugan Sokhiev conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra's annual concert in Schönbrunn Palace Gardens, with Polish tenor Piotr Beczala joining for arias from Bizet's Carmen and Puccini's Turandot. There's also a performance by the world-famous Vienna Boys Choir, who appear for the first time as part of the summer concert, and much-loved music from operas and operettas that transport the audience on a magical musical journey through countries across Europe. Bach: Air from Orchestral Suite No 3. Offenbach: Come to Us and Sing and Dance Bizet: Farandole from L'Arlesienne, Suite No 2; Prelude to Act 3 of Carmen; La Fleur que tu m'avais jetée from Carmen. Tchaikovsy: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker, Op 71. Grieg: Morning Mood from Peer Gynt Suite No 1, Op 46. Dvorák: Slavonic Dance No 1, Op 46. Mascagni: Intermezzo symphonico from Cavalleria Rusticana. Puccini: Nessun Dorma from Turandot. Saint-Saëns: Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila, Op 47. Berlioz: Hungarian March from La damnation de Faust. Nicolai: Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor Kálmán: When Evening Comes (Greet Me, My Vienna) from Countess Maritza. Lehár: Friends, Life Is Worth Living from Giuditta. Johan Strauss II: Viennese Blood, Waltz Op 354. Piotr Beczala (tenor), Vienna Boys Choir, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev

Summer Night Concert from Vienna 2025 airs on BBC Four at 8:00 PM, Sunday 13 July. (Subtitles, new.)
Topics
Music ➝ Ballet ➝ Dance
Classical
Henning Kasten
Director
Anwen Rees
Series Producer