Johann Strauss II knew better than any other operetta composer how to arrange and utilize the melodies of his stage works as concert and dance music. This example was eagerly imitated by his colleagues well into the 20th century, albeit not with the same efficiency. Strauss (son) was a born dance composer. The fast polka «Tik-Tak» is like an ingenious mosaic of various melodies from the operetta «Die Fledermaus» (The Bat) and was performed in Strauss concerts soon after its premiere on April 5, 1874 at the Theater an der Wien, for the first time by Eduard Strauss on September 11, 1874 in the Volksgarten. Johann had been in Italy in the meantime and was also temporarily in Graz. The quick polka takes its title from the “Clock Duet” between Rosalinde and Eisenstein in the second act of the operetta. The main theme “Tik-Tak” comes from this, but subsequently fragments from the scenes of the third act (chorus passage “Kein Verzeih'n, der Eistenstein”) and the second act (chorus “Wie fliehen so schnell die Stunden fort”), and even from Adele's couplet “Spiel ich die Unschuld vom Lande”, are inserted so artfully that the enchanting flow of melodies is self-evident. A masterpiece based on the motifs of the masterpiece «Die Fledermaus» (The Bat).
Johann Strauss II: Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 © by WJSO-Archive
Sunday, 24. January 202718.00 o' clock Luzern / Kultur- und Kongresszentrum (KKL)
Concert in Luzern
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Josef Strauss : Vélocipède / Quick polka op. 259 Johann Strauss II : Du und Du, Walzer nach Motiven aus der Operette «Die Fledermaus» op. 367 Johann Strauss II : «Trinke, Liebchen, trinke schnell», Duett aus der Operette «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : «Klänge der Heimat», Csardas der Rosalinde aus «Die Fledermaus» Break Johann Strauss II : Ouverture zu «Prinz Methusalem» Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Franz Lehár : «Einer wird kommen», Lied der Sonja aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : «Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand» Wolgalied aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : Ballettmusik aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Franz Lehár : «Hab nur dich allein» aus der Operette «Der Zarewitsch» Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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