Johann II's bubbling Champagner-Polka was first presented to the Viennese public on 21 November 1858, shortly after the composer's return home from his annual season of concerts in Pavlovsk, Russia. Always anxious to improve his standing with those of high rank, the thirty-three-year-old Strauss dedicated his Champagner-Polka to the Austrian Minister of Finance, Baron Carl von Bruck, and the work is clearly intended as a musical jest. Text: Peter Kemp, 1978 The Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain
Johann Strauss II. : Champagne Polka op. 211 © by WJSO-Archive
Wednesday, 26. October 202211.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
National Day Concert
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Joseph Lanner : Steyerische Tänze op. 165 Josef Strauss : The Dancing Muse / Polka mazurka op. 266 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Josef Strauss : Allegro fantastique / Orchestral Fantasy* Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Break Franz von Suppè : Fatinitza March Franz von Suppè : Ouverture zu «Ein Morgen, ein Mittag, ein Abend in Wien» Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver / Waltz op. 79 Franz Lehár : Zwanzinetta based on motifs from the operetta «Eva» Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Eduard Strauss I : By Express Post / Quick polka op. 259 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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