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	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Although the orchestra is widely acknowledged as one of the world's finest, it has come in for some criticism because until recently it has not allowed women to play in it.
		The orchestra can trace its origins back to 1842, when Otto Nicolai formed what he called a "Philharmonic Academy"; it was an orchestra which was fully independent, and which took all its decisions by a democratic vote of all its members.
		From 1875 to 1882 Hans Richter was principal conductor, and the orchestra gave the premieres of Brahms' second and third symphonies.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/v/vi/vienna_philharmonic_orchestra.html (580 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (aka the Vienna State Opera O - Free Music Downloads, Videos, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is, along with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, one of the two most renowned and respected orchestras in the world, and represents the pinnacle of virtuoso ensemble playing.
		The Philharmonic rose to the occasion--Dessoff added the music of Wagner, Brahms, and Dvorak to the repertory, and Brahms himself appeared as the soloist for his Piano Concerto in D Minor, and conducted the debut of his Variations on the St. Anthony Chorale with the Phihlarmonic.
		Mahler led the Vienna Philharmonic from 1898 thru 1901, three very stormy years in which he imposed demanding new standards of performance on the players, and also took the orchestra on tour for the first time, for appearances in Paris.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/music/artist/bio/0,,550995,00.html (2221 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra - IMGArtists.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The orchestra is considered by music lovers to be one of the finest in the world, and was once described by the conductor Hans Knappertsbusch as being "incomparable".
		A position with the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera provides a fixed income, the customary social insurance, and pension; benefits that are impossible for a private concert organization to finance without compromising its independence to influential sponsors.
		The Philharmonic enjoys the security which the opera provides, and conversely, the quality which is developed on the concert stage has a positive influence on the artistic standard of the opera performances.
	www.imgartists.com /?page=artist&id=315 (298 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Born in Riga, the capital of Latvia, Mariss Jansons was the son of the renowned conductor Arvid Jansons.
		The orchestra is considered by music lovers to be one of the finest in the world, and was once described by the conductor Hans Knappertsbusch as “incomparable.” Several factors contribute to the uniqueness of this institution.
		To attain membership in the Philharmonic, aspiring musicians must first win an audition and serve as a member of the opera orchestra, where they must prove themselves over a period of three years before making application for full membership in the association of the Vienna Philharmonic.
	www.carnegiehall.org /textSite/box_office/events/evt_4272.html (3109 words)

	Carnegie Hall: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
		This year the VPO were back under Bernard Haitink with three spectacular concerts at Carnegie Hall, and they handily regained their title as probably the world’s best orchestra.
		Most orchestras are happy to hit most of the right notes, generate some excitement, and be on their way.
		The VPO didn’t seem totally convinced of the importance of this work, and the fault may lie with Haitink, since last year under Pierre Boulez the VPO played Berg's orchestral pieces with brilliant simplicity and instinctive virtuosity.
	www.scena.org /columns/anson/020317-PA-vpo.html (930 words)

	Musikverein, Vienna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The Musikverein in Vienna, Austria was opened on January 6, 1870, and is famous for its acoustics.
		It is considered to be one of the three finest concert halls in the world, along with Boston's Symphony Hall and Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, and is home to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
		Every year on January 1 the Vienna New Year's Concert is held here.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Musikverein,_Vienna (186 words)

	Wiener Philharmoniker (Symphony Orchestra) - Short History
		The VPO performed outside Vienna for the first time at the first Salzburg music festival in 1877 (Salzburg is still an important performance venue during the festival season).
		The VPO ball, which has taken place annually at the Musikverein since 1924, is one of the main social events of the Viennese ball season.
		The VPO has been an independent association with basic democratic structures ("democracy of kings") and has accepted women musicians in the orchestra since 1997 (first female member A. Lelke, harp).
	www.bach-cantatas.com /Bio/Wiener-Philharmoniker.htm (286 words)

	Wiener Philharmoniker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra performed outside Vienna for the first time at the first Salzburg music festival in 1877 (Salzburg is still an important performance venue during the festival season).
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ball, which has taken place annually at the Musikverein since 1924, is one of the main social events of the Viennese ball season.
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has been an independent association with basic democratic structures ("democracy of kings") and has accepted women musicians in the orchestra since 1997 (first female member A. Lelke, harp).
	www.aeiou.at /aeiou.encyclop.w/w627179.htm;internal&action=_setlanguage.action?LANGUAGE=en (343 words)

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		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in concert conducted by Lorin Maazel.
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra recorded live in concert on January 1st 2001 at the Musikverein in Vienna.
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch.
	www.lovefilm.com /actor.php?at_id=12654 (510 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic \| The Orchestra, Concerts, Audio CDs, New Year's Concert, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The Vienna Philharmonic and the Vienna City Marathon are pleased to announce a new partnership which makes possible a wide range of activities.
		The Vienna Philharmonic has decided once again to contribute 100,000 from the proceeds from the 2005 Preview Performance of the New Year's Concert to charitable organizations.
		The decision to make the annual contribution was made by a unanimous vote of the full orchestra, even though an additional contribution in the same amount had been made in the immediate aftermath of the Tsunami catastrophe at the end of 2004.
	www.wienerphilharmoniker.at /index_en.html (370 words)

	classical music - andante - preview - vienna philharmonic
		With Gustav Mahler the orchestra went abroad for the first time (the Paris World's Fair of 1900), and the actual touring activities of the Philharmonic (which in 1908 was granted official recognition as a corporation) began with von Weingartner, who traveled with it to South America in summer 1922.
		Between 1906 and 1944 he conducted countless opera and concert performances at home and abroad, and was bound to the orchestra by ties of heartfelt friendship, climaxed by the celebrations, in the family-circle of the Vienna Philharmonic, of his 75th and 80th birthdays (1939 and 1944, respectively).
		Nevertheless, the Philharmonic would have cause to mourn the concentration-camp murder of six of its Jewish members and the death of one of its young violinists on the eastern front.
	www.andante.com /profiles/viennaPhil/viennaIntro.cfm (1473 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic Flyer
		Since the competition for positions in top orchestras is fierce, and the votes are often very close, it is virtually impossible for women to win auditions with one third of the men a priori against them.
		Last year the Vienna Philharmonic brought three women substitutes along for its US tour in an attempt to disguise its lack of women.
		Incredibly, the Vienna Philharmonic also has a tradition of excluding people of color, since the orchestra feels such individuals would weaken the ensemble’s image of Austrian authenticity.
	www.osborne-conant.org /flier.htm (925 words)

	Great Performances . From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2002 \| PBS
		With veteran FROM VIENNA host Walter Cronkite presiding, the celebration features the world-renowned Seiji Ozawa as guest conductor, leading the Vienna Philharmonic in a buoyant selection of Strauss family waltzes and polkas.
		In addition, peruse a short biography of maestro Ozawa, who will be completing a 29-year tenure with the Boston Symphony Orchestra to become the music director of the Vienna State Opera.
		Of the many balls held in Vienna during January and February, the most famous is the Opernball, which takes place at the State Opera House.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/vienna2002/vienna2002.html (248 words)

	Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
		The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, founded in 1853 by the Hungarian composer Ferenc Erkel, is the oldest and one of the most prestigious Hungarian orchestras today as well as being considered one of the leading international orchestral ensembles.
		It is here that most of the Orchestra's concerts take place, a part of them offered as subscription concerts, a tradition introduced and maintained (seven years prior to the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra) since 1853.
		The Budapest Philharmonic is also famous for its performances of the works (some of them written originally for the Orchestra) of such composers as Liszt, Brahms, Goldmark, Mahler, Bartók, Kodály and Dohnányi.
	music.download.com /bpolive/3600-8281_32-100655595.html (311 words)

	Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to Make Much Anticipated Houston Debut - 9-Jan-06 press release or news release
		This major event is a rare opportunity for Houstonians to hear Austria’s most highly regarded “cultural export.” Known as one of the top three orchestras in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra’s Houston debut performance will be led by Conductor and Music Director Riccardo Muti.
		Rich in history and tradition, Austria’s beloved orchestra is also an ambassador of peace, humanity and reconciliation; concepts which are inseparably linked to the message of music itself.
		The performance of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is generously sponsored by RZB Finance LLC, Locke Liddell and Sapp LLP, Roy Huffington, Voest Alpine, AIM Investments, Continental Airlines and KUHF 88.7 FM.
	www.houstontheaterdistrict.org /en/rel?1 (455 words)

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		If I'm not mistaken, most of the pieces were recorded originally live during a 1984 New Year's Concert conducted by Lorin Maazel with the Vienna Philharmonic playing in its grand concert hall, the Musikverein.
		Maazel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in some of the most popular works composed by the Strauss family, most notably Johann II Strauss' Tales from the Vienna Woods Waltz, Emperor Waltz, Pizzicato Polka, Blue Danube Waltz and his father's Radetzky March, which traditionally closes out the annual New Year's Concert.
		Fans of the Strauss family, Vienna Philharmonic and Lorin Maazel, will not be disappointed with this excellent two CD compilation.
	www.thesession.org /shop/display/B00000HY9K (372 words)

	S.P.A. - Bringing the World's Best to Houston - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		Italian-born Muti has led many other prestigious orchestras including the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra Nationale de France among others.
		Rich in history and tradition, Austria ’s beloved orchestra is also an ambassador of peace, humanity and reconciliation; concepts which are inseparably linked to the message of music itself.
		The Orchestra has received numerous awards, gold and platinum CDs, national honors and honorary memberships with many cultural institutions for its countless artistic achievements.
	www.spahouston.org /news/pr_vpo.htm (612 words)

	KUHF, Houston Public Radio: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Makes Houston Debut
		The world-renowned Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has performed in many cities over the last 164 years.
		Philharmonic Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic and the Orchestra Nationale de France.
		Founded in 1842, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has received numerous awards, gold and platinum CDs, national honors and honorary memberships with many cultural institutions for its countless artistic achievements.
	www.kuhf.org /site/News2?JServSessionIdr010=nq7eb7u5k1.app1b&page=NewsArticle&id=15480&news_iv_ctrl=2142 (390 words)

	Statements of Support (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		It is particularly incumbent on established musical organizations such as the Vienna Philharmonic, other established orchestras and institutions of higher education throughout the world to awaken to the effort of inclusiveness.
		We the undersigned appeal to the members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to end a policy that has excluded both women and non-ethnic Europeans from membership in their orchestra.
		We urge the members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to open their orchestra to all who have the necessary talent and ability.
	www.unt.edu /iawm/vpowatch/statements.html (966 words)

	SACD Review: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Harnoncourt) - ‘Bruckner: Symphony No.9’
		When he played in the Vienna Symphony in the 1950’s, one of the conductors he worked with many times was the great Jascha Horenstein, and I think traces of Horenstein’s influence can be discerned in both Harnoncourt’s taste for intensity of sound, and in his sharply etched phrasing.
		In their initial attempt, Samale and Mazzuca did not effectively weld together all the scattered parts of the finale and the stop-and-start coda just seems to fall apart, failing to make the transition that is needed for the movement to satisfyingly answer the despair and questioning of the rest of the work.
		He lets the Vienna Philharmonic strings sing in the places where longing is needed, but Harnoncourt doesn’t even come close to ladling on the schmaltz that most conductors heap on the lyrical parts of this work and his handling of the devastating crags of the first movement rival or surpass any other account.
	www.highfidelityreview.com /reviews/review.asp?reviewnumber=18419073 (3095 words)

	Logic Users Group - Forums - L-OT - Message #86: Racism in Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
		It is not a coincidence that the orchestra is > comprised of 149 white men and one white woman.
		A public school teacher who had taken his class > to a rehearsal of the Vienna Philharmonic reported that a girl in the class > asked why only men were in the orchestra.
		Werner Resel, the orchestra's > chairman at the time, answered that the "Vienna Philharmonic is an > orchestra of white men playing music by white men for white people".[6] > > Statements such as these contradict the claim that the Vienna Philharmonic > is just "coincidentally" the only all-white major orchestra in the world.
	logic-users.org /forums/L-OT/86 (1511 words)

	Music \| Simon Rattle/Kyung Wha Chung/Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		The split seems to have been acrimonious, so chances are we won’t catch sight of him until his first tour as music director of the Berlin Philharmonic.
		Although the interpretation reflects Rattle’s interest in period-instrument style, it’s not clear why he’d want such a reading from an orchestra with Vienna’s tonal riches.
		Chung has always been an openly emotive and expressive performer, and here Rattle and the Vienna — this time back to their customary gorgeous sound — match her step for step.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /boston/music/otr/documents/02123526.htm (285 words)

	Wiener Philharmoniker, Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra - Famous Austrian Composers and Music from Vienna
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra was founded in 1848 as the first professional orchestra in Vienna.
		While it is proud of its democratic structure it has taken the orchestra 155 years to get used to the idea of women taking an active role as philharmonic musicians.
		One of the highlights of Vienna's cultural calendar is the 'Neujahrskonzert' of the Vienna Philharmonic.
	www.actilingua.com /AboutVienna/composers/vienna_philharmonic.php (248 words)

	VPO Watch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-18)
		As we continue into a new millennium, the VPO Watch invites the Vienna Philharmonic, along with every musical organization throughout the world, to enter a new era: an era where musicians of all races and genders are welcomed, their gifts honored, their talents valued and their creativity celebrated.
		In order to ensure that membership in the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is open to all qualified musicians based solely on their ability on their instrument without regard to gender, race, or religion, the VPO Watch will monitor the progress of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.
		It is one of the few prominant symphony orchestras that continues to require that all musicians submit a photograph with their applications and perform final auditions without a screen (which preserves anonymity and ensures that gender, race, and ethnicity do not influence hiring decisions).
	www.unt.edu /iawm/vpowatch (7116 words)

	WHO \| World Health Organization appoints Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra as Goodwill Ambassador
		The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in the world, with a history dating back more than 150 years.
		As WHO Goodwill Ambassador, the Orchestra will use the universal appeal of music to tell the story of WHO's work in improving people's health.
		During the 2005 New Year's Concert, the Orchestra presented WHO with a donation of 100 000 Euros, used to provide drinking water to victims of the Asian tsunami.
	www.who.int /mediacentre/news/releases/2005/pr_wha01/en (361 words)

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