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»
Sunday, 10. May 200911.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Concert at the Musikverein Vienna
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Flower Festival / Polka op. 111 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : Streams of Lava / Waltz op. 74 Johann Strauss II : Nightingale Polka op. 222 Joseph Lanner : Tarantel-Galopp op. 125 Johann Strauss II : Roses from the South / Waltz op. 388 Break Johann Strauss II : Spanish March op. 433 Josef Strauss : Village Swallows from Austria / Waltz op. 164 Johann Strauss II : Fantasy Flowers / Polka mazurka op. 241 Johann & Josef Strauss : Monster Quadrille Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Johann Strauss II : Tales from the Vienna Woods / Waltz op. 325 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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