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»
Thursday, 30. May 200219.30 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Concert at the Musikverein Vienna Concert on the occasion of the 175th birthday of Josef Strauss
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Franz von Suppè : Ouverture zu «Die schöne Galatea» Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Josef Strauss : Forward! / Quick Polka op. 127 Josef Strauss : Delirien / Waltz op. 212 Josef Strauss : From Afar / Polka mazurka op. 270 Josef Strauss : Pêle-Mêle / Polka schnell op. 161 Josef Strauss : Transactions / Waltz op. 184 Break Franz von Suppè : Ouverture zu «Boccaccio» Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Josef Strauss : Eingesendet / Polka schnell op. 240 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Josef Strauss : Dioscuri Quadrille op. 32 Josef Strauss : Carriére / polka fast op. 200 Josef Strauss : My Character is Love and Joy / Waltz op. 263 Encore Josef Strauss : Chatterboxes: musical joke / Polka op. 245 Josef Strauss : Buchstaben / Polka francaise op. 252 Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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