The Viennese custom of naming waltzes after ball festivals and ball festivals after waltzes goes back to Lanner, Strauss I and their contemporaries. Strauss II elevated this practice to an art, for Lehár it became a welcome source of popularity and income. When Princess Pauline Metternich planned a "gold and silver" redoubt after a "white" and a "red-white" for carnival in 1902, she revived the old custom. She commissioned the young conductor of the "26er", Franz Lehár, to do it. On Thursday, January 27, 1902, the redoubt took place. According to tradition, the waltz was always played first as a concert piece, with an introduction and a coda. When the conducting composer had accepted the applause and the Archduke had completed the lap of honor with the Princess, the general dance began. It was different with the “Gold and Silver” redoubt. «Hardly the first theme sounded when the people started chattering, laughing and dancing. There was a few hand claps at the end - they asked for a repeat - and that was all». Nobody could have guessed that the defeat of the evening would become a worldwide success. Least of all the composer himself. But he created the symbolic and musical transition from the golden to the silver age of the operetta.
Tuesday, 06. January 202619.00 o' clock Hokkaido ⁄ Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara
Concert at the Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Josef Strauss : Artists's Greeting / Polka française op. 274 Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Carnival in Rome» Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver / Waltz op. 79 Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
Hokkaido ⁄ Sapporo Concert Hall Kitara Sapporo Nakajima Park 1-15 〒064-0931 Hokkaido Hokkaido Japan Website Show Map
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