Under the eighty-two-year-old Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Austrian army, Count Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, the Habsburg troops had won a decisive victory over the Italian forces at Custozza in August 1848. Johann Strauss senior commemorated this significant event with his Radetzky-Marsch, which was first heard in the Vienna Wasserglacis on 31 August 1848, at a "Victory celebration to honour the courageous army in Italy, and for the benefit of the wounded soldiers". Composed in honour of Count Radetzy, the march is dedicated to the victorious Austrian army. Text: Peter Kemp, 1978 Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain.
Johann Strauss I : Radetzky-March op. 228 © by «Kulturverein Wiener Blut»
Wednesday, 15. May 197421.00 o' clock São Paulo ⁄ Teatro Municipal
Concert in Sao Paulo 1st. South America-Tour
Kurt Woess conductor
Program Walter Goldschmidt : Feierliche Eröffnung Johann Strauss II : Ouverture to «Die Fledermaus» Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Johann Strauss II : Anna Polka op. 117 Break Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Johann Strauss II : Cuckoo Polka / Polka française op. 336 Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
The fist South America tour started with some troubles. Some say, because of missing of promised subsidies, some because of mistakes of the organizers, the orchestra couldn't afford the cost for the flights, so the tour almost couldn't take place. The orchestra travelled after all then, only with a smaller cast. The people of Sao Paulo welcomed the orchestra anyway, especially those, who had german and austrian antecedents.
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