In the autumn of 1888, Johann Strauss II returned to Vienna from his engagement in Russia at the end of November. His first contract with the Russian railway company, where he had conducted these events as its conductor, had expired, and nobody in Vienna really knew what Strauss was planning for the near future. The city was full of rumours: they concerned the artistic projects of the young music director, but above all the alleged or actual amorous adventures of the dashing artist. In addition, at the same time, a joke paper entitled "Tritsch-Tratsch“ (Chit-Chat) was founded in the imperial city. Johann Strauss II designed a polka titled "Tritsch-Tratsch" and brought it home from his trip to Russia. On November 24, 1888, he used the opportunity of a concert in the cozy setting of the "Zum Grossen Zeisig" establishment and performed this work there for the first time. There was cheering and commotion in the audience. A few weeks later the first edition of the amusing polka, which the publisher Haslinger had rushed to issue, was already sold out. Such a paragraph would certainly also have been welcome in the "Tritsch-Tratsch" joke. Text: Prof. Franz Mailer
Johann Strauss II. : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 © by WJSO-Archive
Saturday, 02. February 198518.30 o' clock Tokio ⁄ Shibuya Kokaido (Public Hall)
Concert in Tokyo Fourth Japan tour
Kurt Woess conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta «Waldmeister» (Woodruff) Josef Strauss : Heart of Woman / Polka mazurka op. 166 Johann Strauss II : Eljen A Magyar! « Long Live the Magyar!» / Quick polka op. 332 Josef Strauss : Delirien / Waltz op. 212 Josef Strauss : Moulinet Polka / Polka française op. 57 Johann Strauss II : Chit-Chat Polka op. 214 Johann Strauss II : Voices of Spring / Waltz op. 410 Break Johann Strauss II : Overture to «A Night in Venice» Josef Strauss : Without a Care! / Quick polka op. 271 Josef Strauss : Watercolours / Waltz op. 258 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Explosions Polka op. 43 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
Tokio ⁄ Shibuya Kokaido (Public Hall) 1-1 Udagawa-cho Shibuya-ku 〒 150-0042 Tokio Japan Website Show Map
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