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ヨハン･シュトラウス2世
ポルカ・シュネル「観光列車
op. 281 (1864)

Pleasure trips by train to places close to — or even some distance from — Vienna, or perhaps by steamship to faraway destinations such as Constantinople, Cairo or even further into the Orient, became extremely popular in the second half of the nineteenth century. And so in the winter of 1863–4 Johann Strauss II composed the quick polka with the title Vergnügungszug, even including in the instrumentation a ‘conductor’s horn’, which was used to sound the signal for a train to depart. The various railway companies, at that time competing with one another, regularly offered their passengers so-called ‘excursion trains’ to attractive destinations.

On 19 January 1864 Der Zwischenakt, a newspaper published in Vienna, announced for the last three days of the Carnival season a festival entitled ‘An Evening in Paris, An Evening in Vienna’, with the three Strauss brothers Johann, Josef and Eduard being named as performers. It was even intended to organise an ‘excursion train’ from Paris to Vienna.

Strauss had composed his ‘excursion train polka’ for the ball of the association of Industrial Companies. This took place on 19 January 1864 in the Imperial-Royal Redouten-Säle rooms in the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. In the course of the evening Strauss’s new quick polka received its first performance. It was played by the Strauss Orchestra conducted by Eduard Strauss.

The work is dedicated not to a railway company, as one might suppose on the basis of the title, but of course to the organiser of the ball, namely the Association of Industrial Companies, some of the most important among them being the profitable railway companies.

Synopsis: Prof. Norbert Rubey

English translation: Dr. Leigh H. Bailey

Johann Strauss II. : Pleasure Train / Polka schnell op. 281
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月曜日, 4月 14 198622.00 Uhr
サンファン ⁄ オーディフアンビクトリア

サンファンでのコンサート
第3回南米ツアー

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Programm
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 序曲／喜歌劇「くるまば草」
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : アンネン・ポルカ op. 117
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ「ハンガリー万歳！ op. 332
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ワルツ「レモンの花咲くところ」 op. 364
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ポルカ・シュネル「観光列車 op. 281
カレルコムザーク2世 : The girls of Baden / Walz op. 257
Pause ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : ペルシャ行進曲 op. 289
ヨーゼフシュトラウス : 水彩画 op. 258
カール·マイケルツィーラー : Release! / Polka schnell op. 386
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 山賊のギャロップ op. 378
ヨハン･シュトラウス2世 : 新ピチカート・ポルカ op. 449
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1世 : ラデツキー行進曲 op. 228

As an artistic support the mezzo-sopranist from the vienna Volksoper Sigrid Martikke joined the main part of this tour. She enchanted with selected arias form operettas of Franz Lehar and Johann Strauss (son).

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