In the autumn of 1888, Johann Strauss II returned to Vienna from his engagement in Russia at the end of November. His first contract with the Russian railway company, where he had conducted these events as its conductor, had expired, and nobody in Vienna really knew what Strauss was planning for the near future. The city was full of rumours: they concerned the artistic projects of the young music director, but above all the alleged or actual amorous adventures of the dashing artist. In addition, at the same time, a joke paper entitled "Tritsch-Tratsch“ (Chit-Chat) was founded in the imperial city. Johann Strauss II designed a polka titled "Tritsch-Tratsch" and brought it home from his trip to Russia. On November 24, 1888, he used the opportunity of a concert in the cozy setting of the "Zum Grossen Zeisig" establishment and performed this work there for the first time. There was cheering and commotion in the audience. A few weeks later the first edition of the amusing polka, which the publisher Haslinger had rushed to issue, was already sold out. Such a paragraph would certainly also have been welcome in the "Tritsch-Tratsch" joke. Text: Prof. Franz Mailer
Johann Strauss II. : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 © by WJSO-Archive
Saturday, 03. February 202411.00 o' clock Hamburg ⁄ Elbphilharmonie
Concert in Hamburg
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 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 Josef Strauss : Eingesendet / Polka schnell op. 240 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Hans Christian Lumbye : Champagne Galop op. 14 Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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