Sommernachtskonzert 2025 - Summer Night Concert 2025 Wiener Philharmoniker & Tugan Sokhiev

• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068:
• 1 Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air 03:40
• Jacques Offenbach (1819 - 1880): Die Rheinnixen:
• 2 Offenbach: Die Rheinnixen: Komm zu uns und sing und tanze 04:03
• George Bizet (1838 - 1875): L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2:
• 3 Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2: Farandole 03:24
• Carmen:
• 4 Bizet: Carmen: Entr'acte to Act III 03:07
• 5 Bizet: Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetée 04:26
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): The Nutcracker:
• 6 Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers 07:01
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46:
• 7 Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46: I. Morning Mood 04:06
• Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904): Slavonic Dances, Op. 46:
• 8 Dvorák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46: No. 1 in C Major 04:10
• Pietro Mascagni (1863 - 1945): Cavalleria rusticana:
• 9 Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico 03:53
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924): Turandot:
• 10 Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma 03:48
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Samson et Dalila, Op. 47:
• 11 Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Danse bacchanale 07:31
• Hector Berlioz (1803 - 1869): La damnation de Faust, H. 111:
• 12 Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, H. 111: Marche hongroise 04:46
• Otto Nicolai (1810 - 1849): Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor:
• 13 Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre 08:28
• Emmerich Kálmán (1882 - 1953): Gräfin Mariza:
• 14 Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza: Wenn es Abend wird (Grüß mir mein Wien) 06:12
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948): Giuditta:
• 15 Lehár: Giuditta: Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert 03:37
• Johann Strauss, Jr. (1825 - 1899): Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354:
• 16 Strauss Jr.: Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354 09:16
• Total Runtime 01:21:28

Info for Sommernachtskonzert 2025 - Summer Night Concert 2025

Sony Classical is proud to announce the release of this year’s Summer Night Concert 2025 with the Vienna Philharmonic, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev with tenor Piotr Beczała.

This year, the Summer Night Concert was performed on June 13. The annual open-air concert took place on the grounds of the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria. Among the renowned conductors who have previously led the orchestra at this event are Georges Prêtre, Daniel Barenboim, Franz Welser-Möst, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Mehta, Andris Nelsons, Daniel Harding, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

The Vienna Philharmonic's 183-year tradition dates back to 1842, when Otto Nicolai conducted a Grand Concert featuring all members of the imperial “Hof-Operntheater” – the imperial court opera. This event, originally called the "Philharmonic Academy," is regarded the origin of the orchestra. Since its founding, the Vienna Philharmonic has been managed by an administrative committee—democratically elected by its members—and operates with artistic, organizational, and financial autonomy. All decisions are reached collectively on a democratic basis during the general assembly of all members.

Wiener Philharmoniker
Piotr Beczała, tenor
Wiener Sängerknaben
Tugan Sokhiev, musical direction

Tugan Sokhiev
Internationally renowned conductor Tugan Sokhiev divides his time between the symphonic and lyric repertoire, guest conducting the most prestigious orchestras around the world.

Tugan Sokhiev regularly conducts orchestras of the calibre of the Vienna, Berlin and Munich Philharmonic orchestras, the orchestras of the Dresden and Berlin Staatskapelle, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gewandhausorchester, Philharmonia Orchestra and Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. He is invited to the finest U.S. orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra and the Boston and Chicago Symphony Orchestras and spends several weeks each season with the NHK Symphony Orchestra. Recent seasons have included a tour of Asia with the Vienna Philharmonic, European tours with the Munich Philharmonic and the highly popular Silvesterkonzert der Staatskapelle Dresden.

As Music Director of the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse from 2008 to 2022, Tugan Sokhiev headed numerous successful concert seasons, including several world premieres and a significant number of tours abroad, propelling the orchestra to international prominence. Passionate about his work with singers, from 2014 to 2022 he was Music Director and Chief Conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow conducting many new productions and premieres. He has guest conducted at the Metropolitan Opera New York, received enormous critical acclaim for his performance of The Love for Three Oranges with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra at the Aix-en-Provence festival and subsequently taking the production to the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Highlights of the 2024/25 season include Tugan Sokhiev’s debuts with the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Paris, tours in Asia with the Munich Philharmonic, in Europe with the Staatskapelle Dresden and the Sommernachtskonzert with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. He will also conduct a new production of Iolanta at the Vienna Staatsoper and return to the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the NHK Symphony Orchestra.

Tugan Sokhiev’s discography includes many recordings with the Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse on Naïve and Warner Classics, winning the Diapason d'Or in 2020. His recordings with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, where he was Principal Conductor from 2012 to 2016 are available on Sony Classical. He collaborated with EuroArts on a series of DVDs with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse and also with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, which features many of his concerts on its prestigious Digital Concert Hall.

One of the last students of legendary teacher Ilya Musin at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Tugan Sokhiev is eager to share his expertise with future generations of musicians, leading him in 2016 to found the International Conducting Academy in Toulouse. He also works with the young musicians of the Angelika Prokopp Sommerakademie der Wiener Philharmoniker and the Mahler Chamber Orchestra Academy. 

He is honoured to be a Patron of The Philharmonic Brass Education Program, and was extremely proud to collaborate with musicians of The Philharmonic Brass on their first CD.

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