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»
Friday, 06. September 200219.30 o' clock Gstaad ⁄ Festivalzelt
Concert in Gstaad As a part of the Menuhin Festival Gstaad
Martin Sieghart conductor Walther Schulz solo cello
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Eduard Strauss I : Alpenrose / Polka Mazur op. 127 Johann Strauss I : William Tell Galop op. 24 Johann Strauss II : From the Mountains / Waltz op. 292 Johann Strauss II : Romanze No. 2 in g-moll for Violoncello & Orchestra op. 255 Josef Strauss : Village Swallows from Austria / Waltz op. 164 Break Karl Komzák II. : Ouverture zur Volksoper "Edelweis" Johann Strauss II : Town and Country / Polka mazurka op. 322 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : With Us at Home / Waltz op. 361 Josef Strauss : In a Flash / Quick polka op. 230 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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