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Walzerträume – 200 Jahre Josef Strauß

Lively gala for the turn of the year
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12/31

Thursday | 12/31/2026
3:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
95 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted Prices:
from 17.50 € for students under 18 years old
from 17.50 € for young people under 30 years old
from 17.50 € for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled with a degree of disability of 80 or more
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12/31

Thursday | 12/31/2026
7:00 pm Start of Concert
Kulturpalast, Konzertsaal

Prices
95 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 35 €
FLEXFee + 6 €
Discounted Prices:
from 17.50 € for students under 18 years old
from 17.50 € for young people under 30 years old
from 17.50 € for Dresden-Pass holders and severely disabled with a degree of disability of 80 or more
Who is eligible for discounts? Read more here.

About the Concert

Duration: approx. 2 hrs 45 mins including intermission

Optimism, lightness, and new beginnings - our concerts for the turn of the year are entirely dedicated to Viennese waltzes and more. And who embodies this better than the Strauss family - starting with father Johann Strauss, through his son Johann, the "Waltz King," and to his younger brother Josef Strauss. The program, dedicated to the occasion of his 200th birthday in 2027, is under the direction of our concertmaster Wolfgang Hentrich. Josef was always somewhat in the shadow of his brother, yet he is considered the more musically refined and profound - even though he originally wanted to become a bridge builder, not a composer. It was only because his brother Johann was too exhausted that he stepped in. A stroke of luck for the music world, as in addition to absolute classics like "The Blue Danube" and the spectacular polka "Thunder and Lightning," there is also the polka "Fireproof," which Josef Strauss wrote on commission from the Wertheim company, whose trademark was fireproof safes...

Programme

Johann Strauss (Son)
The Bat: Overture
"On the Beautiful Blue Danube"
Romance in D minor for Cello and Orchestra

Josef Strauss
"Delirium"
"Fireproof"
"Moulinet"
"Without Worries"

Hans Christian Lumbye
"Champagne Gallop"

Julius Fučik
"Danube Legends"
"The Old Grizzly Bear" for Bassoon and Orchestra

Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo from "Cavalleria rusticana"

Claude Debussy
"Clair de lune"

Ennio Morricone
"Gabriel's Oboe"

Georges Bizet
"Farandole" from "L'Arlésienne"

Shir-Ran Yinon
New Work (World Premiere)

Artists

Wolfgang Hentrich
Conductor
Daniel Bäz
Bassoon
Konstanze Pietschmann
Cello
Mitwirkende
Presenter
Dresdner Philharmonie

Biographies

Wolfgang Hentrich

1st Concertmaster

Wolfgang Hentrich has been concertmaster of the Dresdner Philharmonie since 1996 and appears regularly as a soloist and in various chamber music formations, both at the Kulturpalast and elsewhere. An honorary professor at the Dresdner Musikhochschule, he leads the Philharmonisches Kammerorchester Dresden and directs Chorus 116, the Deutsche Streicherphilharmonie and the Fördervereinsorchester der Dresdner Philharmonie.

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Daniel Bäz

1st Principal Bassoon | Member of the Orchestra Board

Daniel Bäz has been 1st Principal Bassoonist with the Dresdner Philharmonie since 2008. He also performs as a guest musician with leading symphony orchestras across Germany and, as a soloist, can be heard regularly with the Dresden Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, amongst others. Chamber music and music education projects are also very close to his heart. He is a founding member of the wind quintet Ménage à cinq.

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Konstanze Pietschmann

1st Principal Cello

The young cellist Konstanze Pietschmann developed a passion for the cello at a very early age thanks to her musical upbringing and received her first lessons from Gerda Scharf at the age of three. After studying in Anna Niebuhr's class for young talent at the Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theater in Leipzig, she began studying music at the same university in 2018 in the class of Prof. Peter Bruns.

She has won prizes at several national and international competitions.

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Dresdner Philharmonie

Top Class!

Top class! That is the claim of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. The orchestra stands for concerts at the highest artistic level, musical education for all ages and looking beyond the musical horizon. Guest performances on almost every continent and collaborations with guests from all over the world have established the reputation of the Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra in the international classical music world.  

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