The quick polka So ängstlich sind wir nicht! is one of six dances arranged from the melodies of Johann Strauss’s operetta Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), which was first performed in Berlin on 3 October 1883. The title of the polka is taken from the refrain of the song sung by Agricola, the wife of Senator Stefano Barbaruccio, at the beginning of the second act (no. 8 in the piano edition). The melody to which this refrain is sung is used as the first theme of the middle section of the polka. Its second theme is derived from a duet performed by Annina and Agricola which is not included in the piano edition, ‘Überall Karneval!’ (Carnival is everywhere!). The two melodies of the outer sections of the polka are taken from the opening number of the first act, Pappacoda’s entrance song, ‘Ihr habet Euren Marcusplatz’ (You’ve got your Saint Mark’s Square). On 5 December 1883 the publication of the piano edition was advertised in the Fremden-Blatt newspaper. This suggests that the first performance of the quick polka So ängstlich sind wir nicht! was given in the autumn of 1883, probably after the first performance of the operetta in Vienna in the Theater an der Wien on 9 October, but before the publication of the piano edition on 5 December. The exact date of the polka’s first performance is not known.
Sunday, 17. January 198814.00 o' clock Kitakyushu ⁄ Kosei Nenkin Kaikan
Concert in Kitakyushu Sixth Japan tour
Alfred Eschwé conductor
Program Johann Strauss II : Overture to the operetta "The Gypsy Baron" Josef Strauss : Heart of Woman / Polka mazurka op. 166 Johann Strauss II : From the Banks of the Danube / Quick polka op. 356 Johann Strauss II : Egyptian March op. 335 Johann Strauss II : Literary Essay / Waltz op. 293 Josef Strauss : Jockey / Quick polka op. 278 Johann Strauss II : Emperor Waltz op. 437 Break Johann Strauss II : Opening march from the operetta «The Gypsy Baron» Johann Strauss II : Vienna Blood / Waltz op. 354 Johann Strauss II : We’re Not That Worried / Quick polka (Galop) op. 413 Johann & Josef Strauss : Pizzicato Polka Johann Strauss II : Hunting / Quick polka op. 373 Johann Strauss II : The Blue Danube / Waltz op. 314 Encore Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March op. 228
Kitakyushu ⁄ Kosei Nenkin Kaikan Fukuoka 〒 Kitakyushu Japan
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