Waltz

New Year's Day from Vienna's Musikverein on WRTI: Riccardo Muti Conducts The Vienna Philharmonic

Ring in 2021 with WRTI 90.1! On New Year's Day, join us at 11 AM for the 81st Annual Vienna Philharmonic concert broadcast featuring the upbeat music of…

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Spend Your New Year's Eve and Day with WRTI: Special LIVE Broadcasts!

Join WRTI as we ring in 2020 live from Broad Street with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Paula Johns Quintet.Festivities kick off at 6 pm with Maureen…

Debutantes in the opening waltz of the 2011 Vienna Opera Ball. The head of the Vienna Institute for Strauss Research calls the waltz "Austria's premier cultural export."

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A Rhythm That Has Waltzed Away With Hearts

Anastasia Tsioulcas

Swaying triple time has besotted dancers and musicians alike around the globe. But the quintessential high-society dance has surprisingly indecent roots.