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
Saturday, 10. December 196620.30 o' clock Newark ⁄ Symphony Hall
Concert in Newark 1st. Canada and USA tour
Eduard Strauss II conductor Dagmar Koller soprano Walter Kraeutler tenor
Program Heinz Sandauer : Festive Fanfare of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra Josef Strauss : My Character is Love and Joy / Waltz op. 263 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Eduard Strauss I : Clear the Track! / Quick polka op. 45 Johann Strauss II : Barons opening Aria from «Der Zigeunerbaron» Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Light of Heart / Quick polka op. 319 Johann Strauss II : Ich liebe das Leben Song of the operetta «Drei Walzer» Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Artist’s Life / Waltz op. 316 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : «Draußen in Sievering blüht schon der Flieder», Walzerlied aus der Operette «Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler» Johann Strauss II : Treu sein, das liegt mir nicht Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Johann Strauss II : Wer uns getraut, Duett aus der Operette «Der Zigeunerbaron» Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228 Johann Strauss II : Tick Tock / Quick polka op. 365 Johann Strauss II : Duett aus der Operette «Wiener Blut»
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