Menuhin Festival Gstaadでのコンサート(Concert canceled)

ヨハン･シュトラウス2世
ポルカ「雷鳴と電光」
op. 324 (1868)

‘Dear Sirs / Herewith I have the honour to submit to the esteemed committee the title “Shooting Star” for a composition – to be precise a quick polka – for the Hesperus Ball.’ This brief announcement was sent by Jetty Strauss to Hesperus, an association of actors and musicians, and the letter was signed ‘Yours faithfully’ by her husband Johann. The date for the Hesperus Ball had already been advertised as 16 February in the Wiener Zeitung, a Vienna daily, on 10 January 1868. Jetty’s letter is undated.

Hesperos – the evening star of Greek mythology – is the planet Venus, seen sometimes in the evening, sometimes in the early morning (Hesperus had a sister society named Aurora). So how did the polka get the title “Shooting Star”? On the evening of 30 January 1868 a meteor was observed in towns to the north of Vienna. It must have been an impressive event, as from 1 February it was reported in many newspapers, both in Austria and abroad, ‘The phenomenon, a ball of blue flame […] disappeared with a crash like thunder’ (Neue Freie Presse, 1 February); ‘The luminous phenomenon was one of splendour and magnificence […] a meteor moving slowly forward in an easterly direction […] The speed of the luminous body increased unusually rapidly and with it the phenomenon grew bigger […] almost the diameter of the sun […].’ (Neue Freie Presse, 3 February).

This means that Jetty’s letter was written at the beginning of February 1868, not earlier, but not later either, because from 6 February there were already announcements that Johann Strauss was preparing a quick polka with the title “Shooting Star” for the Hesperus Ball. He thus had ten days to complete a composition which is orchestrated so as illustrate in music dazzling flashes of light and thunder.

Johann Strauss II. Thunder and Lightning op. 324
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日曜日, 9月 06 202018.00 Uhr
Gstaad ⁄ Festivalzelt

Menuhin Festival Gstaadでのコンサート(Concert canceled)

アルフレッド･エシュヴェ 指揮者
Dovlet Nurgeldiyev テノール
Olena Tokar ソプラノ

Programm
フランツ･レハール : Overture to « Viennese Woman»
カールマーンイムレ : «Grüß mir mein Wien» aus der Operette «Gräfin Mariza»
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : チック・タック・ポルカ op. 365
Oscar Strauss : «Komm komm! Held meiner Träume» aus der Operette «Der tapfere Soldat»
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : エジプト行進曲 op. 335
: «Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol» from the operetta «Der Vogelhändler»
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 南国のバラワルツ op. 388
Pause ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「ウィーン気質」 op. 354
ルドルフジーツィンスキー : Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume / Lied
フランツ･レハール : Zwanzinetta based on motifs from the operetta «Eva»
フランツ･レハール : 『とヴィリアの歌』«メリー・ウィドウ»
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ「雷鳴と電光」 op. 324
フランツ･レハール : 『唇は語らずとも』 «メリー・ウィドウ»
フランツ･レハール : 『金と銀』 op. 79

! Concert canceled !
Dear Sirs and Madames,
dear Strauss friends!

Due to a decision of the Swiss Federal Council of April 29, 2020, there are still an event ban for concerts with over 1000 visitors, which unfortunately makes it impossible to hold the concert.
We are very sorry not to be able to play for our Swiss audience!

A replacement date in 2022 is being worked on.

(As of May 1, 2020)