The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) celebrates the arrival of Season 2025 with a concert of glitz and merry music-making on Saturday, 18 January 2025 at 8.00 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), KLCC.
To be led by Resident Conductor Gerard Salonga, the concert will pay a homage to Johan Strauss, Jr. or known as ‘the Waltz King’.
The concert will open with Strauss’ most famous operetta overture, Die Fledermaus. This joyous and amorous composition is known for its irresistible tunes and irrepressible charm of Old Vienna. The polkas included in the concert’s repertoire list include The Champagne Polka which lives up to its title as a bubbly, frothy brew. The brilliant Thunder and Lightning is appropriately named for its thunderous rolls and flashes of lightning emanating from the percussion section. Tritsch-Tratsch (which means ‘chit-chat’) may be derived from a burlesque by an Austrian playwright or from a Viennese publication of comics and gossip.
The waltzes in the repertoire list include Tales from the Vienna Woods, a magnificent tone music richly imbued with pastoral loveliness and references to rustic idylls. Voices of Spring is especially dear to the composer due to its spirit-lifting return to the clear spring of melodic purity.
The famously compulsory The Blue Danube is also included in this list; originally written in 1867, this work never fails to sweep listeners into its magical flow. Kaiser-Walzer may be the second most popular Strauss waltz after The Blue Danube; its title reflects the music’s aura of pomp and majesty.
Join this celebration at DFP where the MPO will send you home radiantly happy after a night in ‘Vienna’!
Concert Details
Date: Saturday, 18 January 2025 at 8.00 pm
Venue: Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, PETRONAS Twin Towers, KLCC
Orchestra / Conductor : Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Gerard Salonga conductor
Ticket Prices
Premium: RM379, A Reserve: RM329, B Reserve: RM279, C Reserve: RM229
Suite: RM439/RM499 per seat (inclusive of light refreshments)
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