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»
Sunday, 14. October 198420.00 o' clock Worcester ⁄ Mechanics Hall
Concert in Worcester 1st US tour
Kurt Woess conductor Worcester Chorus choir
Program Johann Strauss II : Wine, Women and Song / Waltz op. 333 Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Artist’s Life / Waltz op. 316 Josef Strauss : On Holiday Travels! / Quick polka op. 133 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Johann Strauss II : Perpetual Motion / Musical joke op. 257 Break Johann Strauss II : Opening march from the operetta «The Gypsy Baron» Johann Strauss II : Where the Lemon Trees Blossom / Waltz op. 364 Josef Strauss : Jockey / Quick polka op. 278 Johann Strauss II : New Pizzicato Polka, from the Operetta «Fürstin Ninetta» op. 449 Josef Strauss : Fire-Proof! / Polka française op. 269 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
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