[Ciexyz]

The views of Vienna and its museums and palaces are awe-inspiring on New Years in Vienna concert from the Musikverein on New Years Day every year on PBS.

[Erasmus]

I want to get a DVD of the New Year's concert led by Mariss Jansons in 2006.

One of the last pieces on the program was a Galop by, IIRC, one of the Strausses. The score calls for a loud bang at the end.

So during the last half-bar, Jansons pulls a pistol out of his pocket and, with great relish, fires it into the air right on the last beat!

I had the opportunity to hear the Vienna Symphony (not the Vienna Philharmonic, whose concert tickets are essentially unavailable) in the Grosser Saal at the Musikverein in 1991. Vladimir Fedoseyev led the program of Rimsky-Korsakov (Sym. #2, "Antar") and the Brahms Sym. #1.

[Rudder]

...Vienna concert from the Musikverein on New Years Day every year on PBS.

Thank you for this. I'll get it via the net.