Overview
- ORF’s co-production with the European Broadcasting Union will air in more than 150 countries, with RTVE carrying the broadcast in Spain from 11:15 on La 2 and Teledeporte and typical audience figures cited at around 50 million viewers.
- The concert opens with the overture to Indigo and the Forty Thieves and adds first-time appearances at this event for works by Carl Michael Ziehrer, Eduard Strauss and Joseph Lanner.
- Two works by historically marginalized women composers will debut at the concert: Josephine Weinlich’s Sirens’ Songs polka and Florence Price’s Rainbow waltz.
- Vienna Philharmonic chairman Daniel Froschauer describes the 2026 selection as a varied and lively program.
- Coverage presents Yannick Nézet-Séguin’s appointment as a visible generational refresh for a tradition rooted in the Musikverein’s Golden Hall and in customary encores like The Blue Danube and the Radetzky March.