Under the eighty-two-year-old Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Austrian army, Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, the Habsburg troops had won a decisive victory over the Italian forces at Custozza in August 1848. Johann Strauss senior commemorated this significant event with his Radetzky-Marsch, which was first heard in the Vienna Wasserglacis on 31 August 1848, at a "Victory celebration to honour the courageous army in Italy, and for the benefit of the wounded soldiers". Composed in honour of Count Radetzy, the march is dedicated to the victorious Austrian army. Text: Peter Kemp, 1978 Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain.
Johann Strauss I : Radetzky-March op. 228 © by «Kulturverein Wiener Blut»
Saturday, 12. March 200519.30 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Concert at the Musikverein Vienna
Martin Sieghart conductor
Program Ludwig van Beethoven : Twelfe Contredances for Orchestra Franz Schubert : "Kupelwieser-Walzer" für Klavier, D Anh. I, 14; instrumentiert von Gottfried von Einem Johann Strauss I : Cachucha-Galopp op. 97 Josef Strauss : From Afar / Polka mazurka op. 270 Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Josef Strauss : Forward! / Quick Polka op. 127 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : Roses from the South / Waltz op. 388 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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