New Year's Concert 2008

2008年维也纳新年音乐会（Neujahrskonzert 2008），由法国指挥家乔治·普莱特（Georges Prêtre）担任指挥。 2008年是奥地利转播公司通过卫星电视直播维也纳新年音乐会的第50个年头。在2008年维也纳新年音乐会的电视转播过程中，奥地利广播公司首次在音乐会电视直播信号中加入中国钢琴家郎朗的画面。画面中郎朗向全世界的乐迷致以新年的问候。此外，维也纳爱乐乐团还特别挑选了老约翰·施特劳斯的《中国人加洛普》，作为献给中国将举办2008年北京奥运会这一盛事的礼物。 The New Year's Concert in Vienna has been a glorious tradition for over six decades. A best-selling classical event, the concert has a unique global appeal. It has been broadcast on TV and radio to over 50 countries, and is viewed by tens of millions of people all over the world. The 2008 New Year's Day Concert will be conducted by the eminent conductor Georges Prêtre, the first French conductor to receive this honor. The concert program for January 1, 2008 will be the customary collection of Strauss delights, but this time with a French theme. Receiving its first performance at a New Year's Concert, Napoleon March op. 156 by Johann Strauss II will open the program. The traditional encores of Blue Danube Waltz and Radetzky March will be joined by the Sport Polka as a nod to the European Football Championship to be held in Vienna in 2008. The Summer Olympics in Beijing is also being saluted by the orchestra with an early work of the elder Johann Strauss, his exotically colored Chinese Gallop.