If you're a resident of Sydney, you may be in for one of the most exciting classical music performances of the year, as the Sydney Symphony Orchestra will perform a massive tribute to the massive catalogue of the city of Vienna and its art as well, titled "Visions of Vienna." The program will involve live video of the Sydney Symphony Orchestra playing the music of Vienna's greatest composers (of which there are many), which will be broadcast onto the distinct "sails" of the Sydney Opera House. Viewers will be able to watch and listen to the performance from all around the harbor on February 4.
The musical performances will open with Franz Schubert's The Magic Harp Overture before working its way into the works of Austria's other great composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Amadeus Mozart, Johannes Brahms and more (so yes, every composer you've heard of). The night will conclude with By The Beautiful Blue Danube, a waltz from Johann Strauss II. Ola Rudner will conduct.
Throughout the performance, shots of the orchestra playing will be interspersed with images of Viennese art, including paintings from Gustav Klimt and images of the city's famed Art Nouveau architecture.
"As the world tunes in to watch our players live in action for the first time on the sails of the Sydney Opera House, we will be saluting Vienna and its contribution to our art form," said Sydney Symphony Orchestra's managing director Rory Jeffes in a statement. "And we'll be giving a friendly wave to our musical counterparts at the many institutions in the Austrian capital."
If you don't live in the Australian capital, no worries: "Visions of Vienna" will also be streamed online at the "Visions of Vienna" website.
