New Year at Saffron Hall

The music

• Johann Strauss II Overture, Die Fledermaus
• Mozart Horn Concerto No. 4
• Brahms Hungarian Dances
• Johann Strauss I Radetzky March
• Johann Strauss II Pizzicato Polka; Thunder and Lightning Polka; The Blue Danube

The performers

• Gergely Madaras conductor
• Annemarie Federle horn

No New Year celebration seems complete without the sumptuous waltzes and effervescent marches and polkas of the Strauss family.

But the beautiful blue Danube flows from Vienna to Budapest, only 180 miles away by river, and Brahms’s Hungarian Dances are evocative, swirling melodies in the folk-infused style common to countless café bands in that great city. Annemarie Federle was appointed LPO Principal Horn in 2023, aged only twenty. She is the soloist in Mozart’s last, and most popular horn concerto.

This concert is made possible by a Circle of Supporters.

_{Shuttle bus:
Pre-show shuttle bus will be operating from Audley End Station to Saffron Hall. This service is free to use, with no need to book in advance.}