8真实的维也纳外人

8.Theauthentic1outsiderItssurelyajoke.NikolausHarnoncourtistoconducttheNewYearsdayconcertattheViennaMusikverein.Yes,Harnoncourt--pioneerof“period”performance,amusicianoftheutmostseriousness,theantithesis2ofthestarconductorwhousuallyleadstheViennaPhilharmonic3onitsnewyearwhirl4.Butno,itsnotajoke.ConductingJohannStraussisaseriousbusiness,andwecanlayasafebetthatHarnoncourtwilloverturn5ourpreconceptionsoftheViennesewaltz.Austrianbyparentageifnotbybirth,hestudiedinVienna,spent17yearsofhisearlyprofessionallifeasacellist6intheViennaSymphonyOrchestra,andknowsthecitysmusicaltraditionsaswellasany.Buttradition,forHarnoncourt,meansschmutz7(dirt).Harnoncourtisamanwhosearchesaftermusicaltruth,whorefusestofallbackonreceivedwisdom,whocanbeguaranteedtobringafreshdimension8tothemostfamiliartune.ThencamehisrevolutionaryBeethovenand