Work of the Week – Johann Strauss: Wiener Blut
- By Christopher Peter
- 3 Aug 2025
A Strauss anniversary, a historic venue and one of Vienna’s finest operettas – Wiener Blut is back!
A Strauss anniversary, a historic venue and one of Vienna’s finest operettas – Wiener Blut is back!
His symphonic series is expanding: Turkish composer Fazıl Say has written his Symphony No. 6. The large-scale orchestral work is subtitled 100 Yaşında Bir Çocuk ("A 100-Year-Old Child") and will be premiered on October 12 in the Great Hall of the Zorlu PSM Cultural Center in Istanbul. The Borusan Istanbul Filarmoni Orkestrası will be conducted by Can Okan.