The Orchestra of Opera North - Viennese Whirl

Resident conductor and artistic advisor of the London Mozart Players, Jonathan Bloxham, takes the orchestra for a spin in a traditional New Year celebration, packed with waltzes, marches and polkas by the Strauss Family and more. Soprano Alexandra Lowe (Fiordiligi in Opera North’s New Year Così fan tutte) joins the ensemble in arias and song.

A traditional selection of Strauss Family polkas, marches and waltzes is sprinkled with romantic delights from Dvořák and Brahms, a Gershwin gem to mark the composer’s 125th year, and some treats from the Strausses’ spiritual heir, Erich Wolfgang Korngold. The ‘Blue Danube’ and 'T'he Radetzky March' return to the source to complete an essential celebration.