Spring concert in the Golden Hall

ヨーゼフシュトラウス
Heart’s Sorrow / Orchestral Fantasy *
(1862)

In 1862 Josef Strauss had to stand in at short notice for his brother Johann in Pavlovsk near St Petersburg and complete the summer season there. In the hope of getting a regular engagement in Pavlovsk in the following years he tried to win over the promoter, the public and the press with a wealth of new compositions.

As early as 25 July [6 August NS] he informed Carl Haslinger, his publisher in Vienna, ‘Here I’m composing a polka mazurka, a quick polka, a quadrille (which is very necessary here), and little fantasy pieces with a sighing, kisscurling cello and with a plucked gridiron [i.e. a harp].’ As a model for the use of such a combination of instruments Josef may have been thinking of the two romances which his brother Johann composed in Pavlovsk, works of this kind having been very popular in Russia at that time. However, it seems that a contribution by Josef along these lines did not get beyond the planning stage, but at least his creative interest in the genre of the orchestral fantasy did produce actual results. Peine du Coeur (Heart’s Sorrow), the first such piece he composed, was first performed in Pavlovsk in 1862 and does after all have a lyrical horn solo. There is no harp, and it is only the double bass that is plucked. What was probably new for the audience in Pavlovsk was the rich chromaticism of individual passages in the work. This stylistic technique can be seen as an echo of Josef Strauss’s interest in the music of Richard Wagner, especially Tristan and Isolde.

At a concert held at the Volksgarten establishment in Vienna on 3 July 1860 Strauss had given the first performance worldwide of extracts from this ‘music drama’, and they continued to be heard frequently in his concerts. The title of his orchestral fantasy evokes the theme that underlies Tristan and Isolde, so that the occasional allusions to its musical language are thus given a deeper meaning. According to the programme notes made by F.A. Zimmerman, a member of the orchestra, Heart’s Sorrow was first heard on Thursday 9 [21 NS] August. After that the work received eight further performances, before it sank into oblivion for more than 150 years.

Synopsis: Dr. Thomas Aigner

Translation: Dr. Leigh H. Bailey

* Austrian first performance on May 15, 2016 in the Wiener Musikverein by the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra.

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日曜日, 5月 15 201611.00 Uhr
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Spring concert in the Golden Hall
«Eduard-Strauss-Schwerpunkt» anlässlich des 100. Todestages

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Programm
Heinz Sandauer : Festive Fanfare of the Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 序曲／喜歌劇「ジプシー男爵」
エドゥアルド･シュトラウス1世 : ポルカ・シュネル「ブレーキをかけずに op. 238
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : Heart’s Sorrow / Orchestral Fantasy *
エドゥアルド･シュトラウス1世 : Jubilee Waltz / Waltz op. 296
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : ポルカ・マズルカ『燃える恋』 op. 129
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「ウィーン気質」 op. 354
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ「雷鳴と電光」 op. 324
Pause ヨーゼフシュトラウス : アレグロ・ファンタスティーク*
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : ディナミーデン op. 173
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 「騎士パズマン」のチャルダッシュ op. 441
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ『リグオリアンのため息』 op. 57
ヨハン·ヨーゼフシュトラウス : ピツィカート・ポルカ
エドゥアルド･シュトラウス1世 : Who’ll Join the Dance? / Quick polka op. 251
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「美しく青きドナウ op. 314
Zugabe ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ニコ・ポルカ op. 228
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : ポルカ・シュネル『短いことづて』 op. 240
ヨハン･シュトラウス1世 : ラデツキー行進曲 op. 228

Hinweis:
* Bei den mit dem Stern gekennzeichneten Werken handelt es sich um eine österreichische Erstaufführung.
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