The formal opening of the Suez Canal -- linking Port Said, on the Mediterranean Sea, and the Egyptian port of Suez, on the Red Sea -- was celebrated on 16 November 1869 by an inaugural ceremony at Port Said. On the following day sixty-eight vessels of various nationalities began the passage, arriving at Suez four days later. The opening of this artificial waterway created considerable interest around the world, and in Vienna gave rise to Anton Bittner's burlesque, Nach Ägypten (Into Egypt), presented at the Theater an der Wien on 26 December that year. It was here as a processional march for Egyptian warriors before the final scene, that the Viennese public first became acquainted with the sinuous themes of Johann Strauss's Ägyptischer Marsch. The composer, ever mindful of current affairs, had in fact written the piece for his 1869 summer concert season in Pavlovsk -- shared that year with his brother Josef -- and had conducted its première at the Vauxhall Pavilion there on 6 July (= 24 June, Russian calendar) at a benefit concert for the two brothers.
Johann Strauss II. : Egyptian March op. 335 © by WJSO-Archive
Monday, 31. December 201819.30 o' clock Lanzhou ⁄ Grand Theatre
Concert in Lanzhou
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : We’re Not That Worried / Quick polka (Galop) op. 413 Josef Strauss : Mysterious Powers of Attraction (Dynamiden) / Waltz op. 173 Johann Strauss II : In Praise of Women / Polka mazurka op. 315 Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Anonymus : My Motherland Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Johann Strauss II : Roses from the South / Waltz op. 388 Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Furioso Polka op. 260 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : Hunting / Quick polka op. 373 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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Lanzhou ⁄ Grand Theatre 1, Beibinhe East Road Chengguan District Lanzhou China Show Map
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