The polka mazurka Brennende Liebe (Ardent Love), op. 129, was composed by Josef Strauss in Pavlovsk in 1862. However, there it was performed as Amorette, or Küsse mich (Kiss me), with the opus number 122, although there is no connection to the polka française Amourette, op. 147, which he composed later. Josef gave the first performance of the work as one of several new pieces at his first benefit concert in Pavlovsk on 1 [13 NS] September 1862. The polka mazurka must have been well received as it was, rather unusually, also performed on the two following days. In the month to the final concert of the season it appeared on the programme no fewer than ten times. After his return to Vienna, Josef presented the piece to the public there on 9 November at the Sperl establishment, for the first time under the title Brennende Liebe — ‘ardent love’. It is now no longer possible to determine who was responsible for the renaming and why it was done. The new title is taken from one of the everyday German names for plants of the genus Lychnis, variously known in English as, for example ‘ragged robin’ or ‘cuckooflower’. The plant, shown on the title page of the first edition for piano, has bright red flowers. The romantic associations of the German name were explored in a poem by Julius Mosen which appeared in 1836: ’In my little garden there smile many flowers bright and red, But of them all it’s burning love which troubles heart and head.’
Saturday, 06. January 202414.00 o' clock Osaka ⁄ Festival Hall (フェスティバルホール)
Concert in Osaka 39th Japan tour
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Josef Strauss : Ardent Love / Polka mazurka op. 129 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Johann Strauss II : Melodien-Quadrille op. 112 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Carl Michael Ziehrer : Walk In / Waltz op. 518 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Eduard Strauss I : Brakes off / Quick polka op. 238 Franz Lehár : Gold and Silver / Waltz op. 79 Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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