NSO: New Years Day - Strauss 200

National Symphony Orchestra
Gavin Maloney conductor
Jennifer Davis soprano

Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric fm 

Johann Strauss II Éljen a Magyár! Schnell-Polka 
Johann Strauss II Csárdás (Ritter Pásmán)
Millöcker ‘Ich schenk mein Herz’ (Die Dubarry)
Johann Strauss II Persischer Marsch 
Johann Strauss II Tausend und eine Nacht
Lehár ‘Einer wird kommen’ (Der Zarewitsch)
Heuberger ‘Im chambre séparée’ (Der Opernball) 
Josef Hellmesberger II Danse diabolique
Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus Overture
Johann Strauss II Czárdás (Die Fledermaus)
Richard Strauss ‘Moonlight Music’ (Capriccio)
Johann Strauss II On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Josef Strauss Ohne Sorgen! 
Lehár ‘Meine Lippen sie küssen so heiss’ (Giuditta) 
Johann Strauss II Unter Donner und Blitz

Concert estimated duration including interval: 110'

‘With an extraordinary radiance (hers really is a most beautiful voice)… the blaze in her tone is simply breathtaking’ (The Guardian), Jennifer Davis, fresh from success in English National Opera’s Jenůfa, joins conductor Gavin Maloney and the NSO for a New Year Celebration ushering in Johann Strauss II’s 200th birthday.

Vocal gems include the Czárdás from Die Fledermaus, Heuberger’s ‘Im chambre séparée’, a relishable rarity by Millöcker, and the master of romance Franz Lehár’s ever-popular ‘Meine Lippen’.

Revel in Viennese elegance and glamour with some of the Waltz King’s greatest hits, including the Die Fledermaus Overture, Frühlingsstimmen, Thunder and Lightning Polka, and On the Beautiful Blue Danube.

Viennese magic, too, in Ohne Sorgen! (Josef Strauss) and Capriccio’s ‘Moonlight Music’ (Richard Strauss). 

Did you know?

Johann Strauss had other ideas for his sons, forbidding them to follow his musical career: Johann II was meant to become a banker.

Richard Strauss was not related to the famous musical family of the same name.

Besides much else, he wrote 200 songs, among them his valedictory Four Last Songs which have become a staple of the soprano repertoire.

Franz Lehár had no formal music training; he learned his craft in a theatre orchestra and as a military bandmaster.

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