Name: Two Sides of Vienna
Start: 2023-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2023-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Fisher Center

Organization

Conductor

Leon Botstein

Fisher Center at Bard

Orchestra

The Orchestra Now

Two Sides of Vienna

Annandale

United States

Fisher Center

Sosnoff Theater

Two Sides of Vienna: Die lustige Witwe Lehár (+3 More)

Public

The Merry Widow

Bahn frei!, Op.45

Emperor Waltz

Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragic"

Approved

Music Director Leon Botstein opens TŌN’s ninth season with a concert juxtaposing two distinct styles of Viennese music from the late 19th and early 20th centuries: the vibrant and festive melodies of Franz Lehár and the Strauss brothers, and Mahler’s beautifully tragic Sixth Symphony.

The concert opens with an overture of music from Lehár’s well-known 1905 operetta The Merry Widow, which was compiled in 1940 for the Vienna Philharmonic in celebration of the composer’s 70th birthday. This is followed by two dance pieces: Eduard Strauss’ train-themed polka Bahn frei!, and his brother Johann Jr.’s majestic Emperor Waltz, written to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the crowning of Emperor Franz Josef.

After intermission, the program explores a contrasting style from the same era with Mahler’s deeply personal and darkly passionate Symphony No. 6.

English

Two Sides of Vienna by Lehár, Strauss, Eduard, Strauss II, Mahler, Sat 16 Meán 2023, Ó (2023/2023), Seoltóir Leon Botstein, Fisher Center, Annandale, United States

Creidmheasanna feidhmíochta (Foireann & Criú )

Ensemble

Clár, Eolas & Achoimre

Grianghraif

Tuilleadh léitheoireachta

Dátaí & Ionaid Feidhmíochta

Ionaid