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A cartoon drawing of a champagne bottle with the cork popping out alongside confetti, with a chandelier hanging above, set against a dark green and bright red background.

New Year Gala

Special Event

Collection in aid of

Programme

  • BERNSTEIN

    Wonderful Town Overture

  • PORTER

    Night and Day

  • GERSHWIN

    Someone to Watch Over Me

  • GERSHWIN

    Somebody Loves Me

  • PREVIN

    I Want Magic (from A Streetcar Named Desire)

  • LOEWE

    I Could Have Danced All Night (from My Fair Lady)

  • DVOŘÁK

    Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 8

  • J STRAUSS II

    Overture (from Die Fledermaus)

  • LEHÁR

    Vilja Lied (from Die Lustige Witwe)

  • LEHÁR

    Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss (from Giuditta)

  • J STRAUSS II

    Champagne Polka, Op. 211

  • J STRAUSS II

    By the Beautiful Blue Danube

Joana Carneiro Conductor
Juliana Zara Soprano

Celebrate the New Year in style with musical glitz and glamour – from both sides of the Atlantic.

Join all the traditional Viennese festivities courtesy of classics from the Strauss family – from the thrilling rhythms of the Radetsky March to the flowing melodies of the Blue Danube – and operetta king Franz Lehár.

Then take a New Year excursion to the glittering lights of New York for dazzling jazzy numbers from Bernstein’s Wonderful Town, plus timeless hits from the Great American Songbook.

Powerhouse conductor Joana Carneiro is the concert’s charismatic conductor, joined by the brilliant soprano Juliana Zara.

It’s the trip of a lifetime – with music to excite you, beguile you and bewitch you.

Please note: This concert is not part of the Season Multibuy ticket offer.

This concert is subsidised by The Scottish Children's Lottery Trust, Destination South Ayrshire and Ayr Arts Guild.

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