Immediately after the close of the official 1869 Vienna Carnival calendar, Johann and Josef Strauss began preparations for their joint Russian summer season of concerts in Pavlovsk from 9 May (= 27 April, Russian calendar) until 10 October (= 28 September). But a number of concert engagements had to be fulfilled before their departure, including a journey by the Strauss orchestra under the direction of all three brothers, Johann, Josef and Eduard, to the Hungarian town of Pest on the banks of the Danube. To coincide with the opening of Pest's imposing new Redoutensaal building, the brothers had organised two concerts there on 16 and 17 March. It was at the first of these that Johann conducted his quick polka Éljen a Magyar!, composed especially for the occasion and dedicated "to the Hungarian Nation". From his early days as a composer Johann was as much at home with the music of Hungary as he was with that of his native Vienna, and this exciting work, further enhanced at its première by the participation of the Budapest Men's Choral Association, was triumphantly applauded and had to be repeated several times. The Coda of the work features a fleeting quotation from the Rákóczi March, which Berlioz had earlier utilised in his Damnation of Faust (1846), but which owes its origins to the patriotic Magyar Rákóczi song.
Johann Strauss II. Hail to Hungary! «Eljen A Magyar» / Polka schnell op. 332 © by WJSO-Archive
Wednesday, 01. May 202411.00 o' clock Vienna ⁄ Musikverein ⁄ The Große Musikvereinssaal
Frühlingskonzert im Goldenen Saal
Christoph Koncz conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Bitte schön / Polka française op. 372 Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Johann Strauss II : Treasure Waltz op. 418 Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Josef Strauss : Delirien / Waltz op. 212 Break Otto Nicolai : Ouverture zur Oper «Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor» Josef Strauss : Heart of Woman / Polka mazurka op. 166 Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Léo Delibes : Pizzicato from the ballet Sylvia Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Joseph Hellmesberger jun. : Leichtfüssig / Polka schnell op. 184 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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