Morning of a New Year
Dome over the Imperial Palace's
St. Michael's Gate
Goldener Saal
Golden Hall
Wiener Musikverein
Imperial Palace
Verdigris Dome,
White Parapet Figures
Christmas lights
Michaelerplatz
Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra
New Year’s Concert 2010
Rehearsal 31 December 2009
Das Neujahrskonzert
der Wiener Philharmoniker
Christmas Chandeliers
over Graben on
New Year's Eve
Georges Prêtre
Conducting the Vienna Philharmonic
Broadcast for the first time
in high-definition (HDTV)
and on the Internet in 2010
Viennaon the Blue Danube
Wiener Bonbons
During the concert,
sweet scenes from Demel's:
Watch the making
of the famous Annatorte
Enjoy!
Happy New Year from Vienna!
Happiness deep down within,
Serenity with each sunrise,
Health and Joy
throughout the Year!
All Photographs are Merisi's own
All rights reserved © 2009-2017
R e p o s t
Happy New Year Merisi, greetings from England!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing the glorious visual delights of Vienna with those unable to visit in person.
what a beautiful new year's post!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Merisi!!
ReplyDeletea post full of eye candy from start to finish...yummy...yummy
ReplyDeleteMerisi, we are just coming to the end of the New Year's Concert as I write. We have thoroughly enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteHope your New Decade is solely filled with joy!
Hugs and blessings, Arija.
Aha, Annatorte! Sublime to see it being made, accompanied by Strauss.
ReplyDeleteMy your New Year ahead,be filled with happy snaps, and enduringly happy times around them too.
Best wishes to family Merisi.
Some of the most beautiful colours of the season can be found right here. Just beautiful. Happy New Year, Merisi! :)
ReplyDeletewell
ReplyDeleteyou DID blow my new year's resolution for me straight away
so now i can just go ahead and give it up!
:-)
what?
what was it?
♥♥♥ Cut Back On Chocolate ♥♥♥
but when i saw this-->
"""Wiener Bonbons"""
i zoomed in
and clicked it LARGE and then had a HUGE bite!
{{ i could not help myself;
you bring out the chocoholic in me }}
what?
what?
no calories were actually consumed?
well
never mind.
{{ it did look extra YUMMY clicked LARGE; i highly recommend everyone does that }}
happy new ~~chocolate-loving~~ year 2 U!
Sumptuous and refined, like your good self! I have had the Vienna new years day concert on the tv, lovely!!!
ReplyDeleteso civilised!!
Happy New year!!
Happy New Year's Day to you, Merisi.
ReplyDeleteLast night, via various media, we were able to see gorgeous fireworks celebrating the arrival of 2010. Now, this morning, you have showed us exceptional beauty that surpasses those fireworks.
Cheers to you and so many thanks for bringing the many facets of Vienna to us.
xo
You are your city's best ambassador -- I wish I could hop on a plane and be there.
ReplyDeleteA beautiful post Merisi. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteSuch beauty to begin the first morning of the New Year. Thanks for sharing your world with us. A very Happy 2010 to you, Merisi.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
Wonderful, beautiful photos, as always, Merisi.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a wonderful and happy 2010 with good wishes for a "best year ever"!
Hello Merisi! What a wonderful post. You have been to the New Year's Concert, have you? Fantastic. I also appreciate the Annatorte from Demels, it must be really well done and delicious.
ReplyDeleteI wish you a Serene and Joyful 2010 full of beautiful things!
:-)
Britt-Arnhild,
ReplyDeleteI hope you will be able to come back to Vienna soon!
acornmoon,
you are welcome, thank you!
Shadow,
thank you!
Alexandra,
Happy New Year to you too! :-)
Erin,
I am glad you are enjoying my offerings! ;-)
Arija,
ReplyDeletethank you and my very best wishes to you and yours!
Kurwenal,
Thank you, Happy New Year to you and yours too!
I loved how music and the art of the pâtissière formed a perfect amalgam.
Hilary,
thank you, and Happy New Year to you too! :-)
somepinkflowers,
I am really proud of being able to provide you with perfectly delicious, yet calorie-free chocolate creations! :-)
Fat, frumpy and fifty,
ReplyDeleteI watched it too, as so often before,
what else would one do on New Year's Day morn'? ;-)
Frances,
you are welcome,
thank you too, for your views of your fair city!
Vicki Lane,
thank you! *blush*
How far are you from the nearest airport? ;-)
Maalie,
ReplyDeletethank you,
Happy New Year to you too!
A Thousand Clapping Hands,
thank you,
Happy New Year to you too!
Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah),
thank you!
May all your wishes come true
in the New Year!
Pietro,
ReplyDeletesinfully good Annatorte,
necessitates a trip to the confessional afterwards each and every time. ;-)
I was at the dress rehearsal, but watched today's concert too, on TV.
A very Happy New Year to you, dear Merisi. I look forward to a year of new photos!
ReplyDeleteWow! Merisi, thank you for commenting on my Journal so I could find your blog. The photographs are ALL fabulous. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteAmazing...like a postcard...I was fine until I saw the Anna Torte and then I was done for!! Happy New Year to you in the wonderful city of Vienna !!!
ReplyDeleteHappy new Year Merisi!
ReplyDeleteThe ceiling pics are out of this world! I always wondered if the artists who painted ceilings like that developed neck problems...
How did you watch/listen to the New Years concert?
Steph,
ReplyDeletethank you,
and the very best of everything to you and your loved ones too! :-)
Lori Skoog,
welcome and thank you! :-)
Rosemary,
ReplyDeletethank you!
Luckily, the Anna-Torte is such a rich - but oh so delicious - treat, I need a friend to share it with, because three bites, and you are in chocolate nougat heaven, desiring no more for another six months (that's about the frequency I nosh on that delicacy. ;-)
jeannette stgermain,
remember Michelangelo, the sculptor who also painted the frescoes of the Sixtine Chapel at the Vatican? Ross King in his non-fiction book "Michelangelo and the Pope's Ceiling" describes not only the kind of craftmanship it took to create the frescoes, but also how he scaffolded the chapel and how he worked on the ceiling. I want to know for myself about the creation of the ceiling paintings of the Golden Hall, I shall ask a friend who may know.
I was at the Golden Hall for the dress rehearsal, but today's concert I watched on TV. I know there is some kind of a lottery every year, where the luck of the draw decided upon who gets tickets to the actual New Year's Day concert. As far as I know everybody can apply. There is a good part of the tickets allotted to guests of honour, Austria's president for example and other dignitaries.
Such beauty, I can't even imagine it.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
Happy new year to you. xxx
Thank you for mention the concert. it's on tonight on my tv and I almost forgot about it.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year too
I was just commenting about your lovely blog on Twitter. Thanks so much for sharing these gorgeous photos- such a wonderful escape! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteThese are utterly astounding. So beautiful. You handle such a range of subjects so well. You inspire me.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! The photos are just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh the top photo is a stunner! WOW!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Happy New Year!!
Hugs~L
Beautiful sights. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteOoo gorgeous! I love the angel.
ReplyDeleteJust to add that I watched a recording of the concert on BBC last night. It is amazing how much a really great conductor can get out of a really great orchestra with so little arm-waving. It is astonishing how he brought the woodwind in on time with just a slight inclination of his head and half the time he wasn't even using his baton.
ReplyDeleteLoved the Cuckoo polka!
Bravo all round (including for this post!).
The perfect start to a New Year - Demels!
ReplyDeleteQuelle belle déclaration d'amour!!2010, Merisi, you speak french!!Congratulations and friendship from France!
ReplyDelete(Incredible blue/green of the dome, Demal's marvel, music, a viennese dream!)
Lovely sights. The music must have sounded heavenly.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes for the New Year!
Paz
Ah, I miss the Christmas chandeliers! And that cake looks incredible... I am drooling at the sight. Beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Merisi!!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to all of you!
ReplyDeleteI republished the post with the old comments,
in memory of friends lost, and dedicated to old and new ones everywhere,
yours,
Merisi
Happy New Year Merisi. May it be as beautiful for you, as your past year~
ReplyDeleteThat´s beautiful! I love the outdoor chandeliers.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year! :-)
Such a wonderful look at your world, Merisi! Hope your new year is filled with all the good and beautiful things!! Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteSylvia
What a feast for the eyes! Your shots are always breathtaking! Happy new year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Merisi!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous post--Happy New Year, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteMagic!! I can hear the waltzes in this land that to me speaks of fairy tales. Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful~
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Such a beautiful city! Happy days to you in 2013, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year
ReplyDeleteje te souhaite une belle et heureuse année avec encore d'aussi beaux billets que ceux de cette année;
1 January 2014
ReplyDeleteDear friends,
I am aware this post will not show up on your newsfeed. The reason being that I only changed the publishing date, henceforth no "new" post showing. I chose to republish only via resetting the date because this comment section to this particular post is like a keepsake for me.
Wishing you all the best of everything in the New Year,
peace, health, happiness, joy, the whole good side of life,
affectionately,
Merisi
Stunning. Did I ever tell you that my father (God rest his soul) adored the Vienna New Year's concert? :)
ReplyDeleteBest Wishes for a marvellous and happy 2014 Merisi. Thanks for filling the year with magnificent pictures of your wunderschone Stadt.
ReplyDeleteThe concert as ever, was heavenly, particularly enjoyed the Lanner.
Thank you for your wishes and kind comment, K.!
DeleteFor the first time in my memory, I did not listen to the concert. My friend who made it possible to actually be in the Golden Hall that year has passed away, and that was it.
Beautiful photos, as always. Wishing you a very happy and healthy New Year, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteJust great photos, do full of atmosphere. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, dear Merisi!
ReplyDeleteYou had me at the chandelier in front of the dome...and then...the Christmas chandeliers over Graben...and then the Blue Danube...and THEN the Annatorte! What a visual feast! Happy New Year, Merisi!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and feel here, Merisi. Happy New Year to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
ReplyDeleteP.S. Wonderful photos (as usual)!
Thanky you all, from the bottom of my heart,
ReplyDeletefor your comments and wishes.
I appreciate and am grateful for each and every one,
affectionately,
Merisi
Now, I am sitting here and pondering:
ReplyDeleteShould I go on with Christmas images until Twelfth Night or ……
The sun's shining, a faint promise of spring …. no, I know, snow will come soon enough, January, February, into March, who knows. Now let's seee what "talks" to me while I am archiving the last of 2013!
Happy New Year to you all,
Merisi
Everything is golden in Vienna!
ReplyDeleteMay you have a go.den 2014 M!!!
You photographed the Dome beautifully. The photographs andthe beauty they record are nothing short of spectacular.
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful photos. You put so much effort into your website and it shows!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year. Here's to another great year of photoblogging.
Janis & David
Thank you, a very Happy New Year to you, too! :-)
DeleteOh, that first picture! Magic...
ReplyDeleteHappiest of New Years to you, Merisi! Hoping to see you over here in 21014...
Bonne et heureuse année !!!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Marie-Noëlle
Dear friends from all over:
ReplyDeleteSame procedures as every year since 2010, a repost of what I photographed during and after the rehearsal of the New Year's concert. I repost this with all the comments in memoriam of friends lost but not forgotten.
Happy New Year and much love to all of you,
Merisi
Happy New Year from An Arkie's Musings
ReplyDeleteAll beautiful , Love the dome over the Palace, what a beautiful colour.
ReplyDeleteI can hear the music and taste the deliciousness of it all! Happy New Year from Australia, Merisi.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, Merisi. Wishing you many more years of wonderful posts.
ReplyDeleteSo much beauty! Christmas in Vienna must be almost an out-of-body experience. I can almost hear the angels singing! Happy New Year, dear Merisi!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Merisi!!! Thought of you and your beautiful photography this morning......it's been a LONG time since I've been on your blog. I have LOTS of catching up to do!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous shots, Merisi. I have seen the New Year's concert in previous years from Vienna on television, and it's such beautiful music in such a grand locale.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Merisi - this morning we sat and watched the New Year's Day concert along with the beautiful ballet which we do every New Year's Day and it was magical.
ReplyDeleteThe Christmas chandeliers are exquisite. And a wonderful profile of the conductor. Fascinating series of photos.
ReplyDeleteThe words "Rich" and "Sumptuous" come to mind. Great post, thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThat's wonderful.
ReplyDeleteA lovely start to the New Year!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a wonderful 2015, filled with beautiful visions of Vienna!
ReplyDeleteMerci beaucoup, thank you, dankeschön,
ReplyDeletefrom the bottom of my heart for your comments and wishes!
May the New Year bring all the love and happiness each of you wishes for,
hugs,
Merisi
belated but heartfelt wishes for a happy healthy prosperous new year
ReplyDeleteThank you, and best wishes to you and yours!
DeleteABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL, Merisi, it all looks delightful. Wishing you a happy, healthy and creative 2015.
ReplyDeleteThank you, and may your new year be even more beautiful than your dreams!
DeleteBeautiful photos to start off the new year!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, and a Happy New Year to you!
DeleteExcellent images! Some are very dreamlike.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Linda!
DeleteHappy New Year,
Merisi
Dear friends:
ReplyDeleteI can't say I decided to repost these old photographs with the comments from years past, I rather feel compelled to do so. I cherish the comments you all have made over the years, and the memories, and all that goes along with it. Thank you for being in my life, for brightening my day with the knowledge there are people out there who share and acknowledge my passion for Vienna and for trying to capture some of the magic moments I encounter literally ever day here. May you and your loved ones all have a very good year ahead of you!
Affectionately,
Merisi
Thanks for sharing your love for Vienna, Merisi. We all appreciate you so much.
DeleteGuten Rutsch and many more magic moments in 2016!
I didn't immediately realise this was a re-posting till I saw the dates of the earlier comments. It is splendid nonetheless - I used to enjoy watching the New Year's Day concerts live on TV but this year they are not doing so - they are showing highlights at 7pm tonight - but I can hear it on the radio.
ReplyDeleteThe atmosphere is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely impressive! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI can remember having an aperitif in Demel's - wonderful place! Wishing you a very happy new year from Blois!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Merisi! X
ReplyDeleteSo many beauties! Vienna has the loveliest decorations, and against her everyday beauty, they are magnificent!
ReplyDeleteAmazing images! Happy New Year, 2016!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Alexa, and the very best for the New Year!
DeleteHappy New Year, Merisi! As I'm reading your post, I'm watching the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Celebration on PBS, and wishing so much I was there in person! It feels right to be looking at your beautiful photos while listening to the concert!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it wonderful how people all over the world have been watching these concerts since before the internet was invented?
DeleteI was walking by the Musikverein while the Vienna Philharmonic was performing this year's concert.
Wishing you a happy New Year, Amy!
Happy New Year Merisi, thanks for sharing all your beautiful images and links, through the years, sharing with us some of the views of magical Wien. Best wishes for 2017.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your kind words and wishes!
DeleteI hope you get back to Vienna again this year,
with best wishes for a Happy New Year,
Merisi
This is a beautiful post Merisi. I have the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Celebration recorded on my DVR so I can watch it again whenever I want. Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, and many hours of enjoying the Vienna Philharmonic's concert again and again!
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