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
Monday, 03. October 196619.30 o' clock Konzerthaus ⁄ Grosser Saal
1st. concert of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra Benefizkonzert zu Gunsten der Hochwasser-Katastrophen-Hilfe
Heinz Sandauer Conductor and pianist Franz Zelwecker conductor Leo Lehner conductor Lucia Popp soprano Dagmar Koller soprano Walter Kraeutler tenor Friedrich Nidetzky bass-bariton Otto Stradal narrator Chorvereinigung «Jung-Wien» choir
Program Heinz Sandauer : Festive Fanfare of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Johann Strauss II : Ja, dies alles auf Ehr' Johann Strauss II : Wer uns getraut, Duett aus der Operette «Der Zigeunerbaron» Johann Strauss II : Morning Papers / Waltz op. 279 Anonymus : Das Schönste auf der Welt / Volkslied aus Tirol Anonymus : Aba heidschi, bum beidschi / Volkslied aus Salzburg Anonymus : Übers Bacherl / Volkslied aus der Steiermark Anonymus : Im Fruahjahr, wanns grean wird Anonymus : A weni kurz, a weni lang / Volkslied aus Kärnten Heinz Sandauer : Paraphrase über Themen aus «Die Fledermaus» von Johann Strauss Heinz Sandauer : Gib acht, es kracht! / Rondo mobile nach Themen von Johann Strauss Vater Break Josef Strauss : Music of the Spheres / Waltz op. 235 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : Entree und Marschcouplet des Zsupan Johann Strauss II : Wünsch guten Morgen Johann Strauss II : Artist’s Life / Waltz op. 316 Johann Strauss II : «Mein Herr Marquis», Lachcouplet der Adele aus der Operette "Die Fledermaus" Leo Lehner : Ich hab dich lieb, mein Wien Johann Strauss II : Excursion Train / Quick polka op. 281 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314
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