It was on 5 January that Kaiser Franz Joseph I laid the final stone of the stately Musikverein building in Vienna, known today to millions as the venue of the annual New Year's Day Concert. For the opening ball, held on 15 January 1870 in the magnificent Goldene Saal (Golden Hall) of the Musikverein, all three Strauss brothers were in attendance, and each presented a specially composed dedication work. Johann conducted his walz Freut euch des Lebens, and Eduard the polka-mazurka Eisblume, whilst Josef dedicated to "the Association of the Friends of Music" his charming french-polka Künstler-Gruß. Text: Peter Kemp, 1978 The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain
Josef Strauss Artists's Greeting / Polka française op. 274 (1870) © WienBibliothek im Rathaus (Mc-6664-2020)
Sunday, 12. September 202111.00 o' clock Grafenegg / Wolkenturm
Festkonzert in Grafenegg
Alfred Eschwé conductor Barbara Laister-Ebner Zither soloist
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Josef Strauss : Artists's Greeting / Polka française op. 274 Josef Strauss : Carriére / polka fast op. 200 Josef Strauss : Mysterious Powers of Attraction (Dynamiden) / Waltz op. 173 Josef Strauss : The Dragonfly / Polka mazurka op. 204 Josef Strauss : In a Flash / Quick polka op. 230 Joseph Lanner : Hofball-Tänze / Walzer op. 161 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to the Operetta «Indigo and the Forty Thieves» Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Josef Strauss : Eingesendet / Polka schnell op. 240 Johann Strauss II : Peasants Polka / Polka française op. 276 Johann Strauss II : Orpheus Quadrille op. 236 Johann Strauss II : Let’ s Away! / Quick polka op. 383 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437
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