Иоганн Штраус, король вальсов by Various, S 07 nov 2020, No (2020/2021), Diriģents Evgeny Samoilov, Andrey Lebedev, Vasily Valitov, Stadttheater, Amberg, Germany

The most outstanding representative of the Strauss musical family, Johann Strauss the Son, went down in history as the "king of waltzes". He is the author of more than 160 works of this genre, for many years he was the conductor-manager of the court viennese balls. However, with the same success, Strauss could be called the king of poleks, marches, quadrilles, which received as much popularity as his waltzes. True art has not lost its value over the centuries, just as the music of Johann Strauss the son has not lost its attractiveness and charm. To make sure of this will help the gala concert "Johann Strauss, the king of waltzes". The concert program includes the famous waltzes: "On the Beautiful Blue Danube", "Spring Voices", "Imperial Waltz" and the waltz "Tales of the Vienna Woods", which, according to the frames of the Hollywood film about the life of Strauss "The Big Waltz", was born to the creak of a carriage, the clatter of horse hooves and the chirping of birds during the composer's trip through the forest. The forest theme will be picked up by the polka "On the Hunt", and unexpected sound effects will hit the polkas "Thunder and Lightning", "Trick Truck", "Pizzicato Polka". This musical cocktail will be complemented by fragments from the two most popular operettas of the composer: the sparkling and incendiary "Bat" and the colorful, saturated with Hungarian-Gypsy intonations "Gypsy Baron".