For the medical students’ ball in the Carnival season of 1868, which was held in the Sofien-Saal in Vienna, Josef Strauss had composed a new waltz with the title Sphärenklänge, ‘respectfully dedicated to the gentlemen students of medicine at the University of Vienna’; as can be read on the title page of the piano edition, which was brought out by the Viennese music publisher Carl Anton Spina. The new composition — played by the Strauss Orchestra after midnight — was ‘particularly well received’ by the ball guests. On the other hand, the next day the reporter for the Fremden-Blatt newspaper grumbled disapprovingly, ‘The melodies of this waltz were better than its title, since it makes a rather strange impression when at the medical students’ ball, of all places, one is reminded musically of “the other world”.’ The basis of this critical remark is the ancient notion, already formulated by the Greek philosopher, mathematician and scientist Pythagoras, that as the heavenly bodies move in space sounds are produced (the music of the spheres), which, however, cannot be heard by mortals.
Music of the Spheres / Waltz © by Kulturverein Wiener Blut
Monday, 13. January 201414.00 o' clock Tokyo ⁄ Opera City (東京オペラシティタワー)
Concert in Tokio Thirty-first Japan tour
Johannes Wildner conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Furioso Polka op. 260 Johann Strauss II : Roses from the South / Waltz op. 388 Johann Strauss II : Greetings from Austria / Polka mazurka op. 359 Johann Strauss II : Tempestuous in Love and Dance op. 393 Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Break Johann Strauss II : Bandits Galop / Polka schnell op. 378 Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Johann Strauss II : Melodien-Quadrille op. 112 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Anonymus : Toshi no hajime / Japanese Folk Song Johann Strauss II : Champagne Polka op. 211 Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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