New Year Gala – With The Scottish Chamber Orchestra
Joana Carneiro Conductor
Sylvia Schwartz Soprano
PROGRAMME TO INCLUDE:
J STRAUSS Radetsky March
J STRAUSS II By the Beautiful Blue Danube Music from Die Fledermaus
LÉHAR Meinen Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (from Guiditta)
BERNSTEIN Music from Wonderful Town
Celebrate the New Year in style with musical glitz and glamour – from both sides of the Atlantic.
Join all the traditional Viennese festivities courtesy of classics from the Strauss family – from the thrilling rhythms of the Radetsky March to the flowing melodies of the Blue Danube – and operetta king Franz Lehár.
Then take a New Year excursion to the glittering lights of New York for dazzling jazzy numbers from Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, plus timeless hits from the Great American Songbook.
Powerhouse conductor Joana Carneiro is the concert’s charismatic conductor, joined by brilliant Polish-American soprano Magdalena Kuźma.
It’s the trip of a lifetime – with music to excite you, beguile you and bewitch you.
(Ayr Concert Series 2024-2025)