Generalprobe Neujahrskonzert 2021

BALLSIRES

In this year's New Year's Concert, guest conductor Alexander Shelley and the Tyrolean Symphony Orchestra Innsbruck embark on a foray into antiquity. Alexander Shelley was principal conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra from September 2009 to August 2017.

Even great masters such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johann Strauss could not escape the endless fascination that the gods and mythical figures of Greek mythology have always exerted on the most diverse art forms. Beethoven's overture to the ballet The Creatures of Prometheus, Mozart's overture to the opera Ascanio in Alba and Johann Strauss's popular Amazons' Polka are just a few of the mythologically inspired sound creations that will be heard in the New Year's Concert and provide solemn, swinging melodies. A tribute to Fortuna, the goddess of fate and fortune, is also not to be missed in such challenging times as these at the turn of the year!