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
Sunday, 26. October 200811.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Konzert zum Nationalfeiertag
Johannes Wildner conductor & speaker
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : From the Banks of the Danube / Quick polka op. 356 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Josef Strauss : Jockey / Quick polka op. 278 Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Johann Strauss II : Fata Morgana / Polka mazurka op. 330 Josef Strauss : My Character is Love and Joy / Waltz op. 263 Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Hunting / Quick polka op. 373 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss II : Thunder and Lightning / Quick polka op. 324 Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
Veranstalter: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Zyklus: Außerordentliches Gesellschaftskonzert Quelle: Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien Bemerkungen: Alfred Eschwé mußte seine Teilnahme an dem Konzert absagen. Dankenswerterweise erklärte sich Johannes Wildner bereit, die Leitung des Konzertes zu übernehmen.
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