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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Johann Strauss I and II

Composer of the Week: Johann Strauss I and II: Episode 3: Having a Ball

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Episode 3: Having a Ball

Johann Strauss I and II

Having a Ball

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Johann Strauss I and II, Having a Ball

Donald Macleod explores J Strauss II's joyous decade of grand concert waltzes.

Donald Macleod focuses on the highly productive, joyous decade in which J Strauss II's waltzes transcended their original function to become grand concert works.

The story of the Waltz Kings: today Donald Macleod relishes the highly productive, joyous decade in which Strauss II's waltzes transcended their original function to become grand concert works.

The 1860s were a glorious ten years in which Johann Strauss II produced some of his most remarkable music, transforming the waltz he'd inherited from his father from a more civilised version of a country dance, into a highly sophisticated concert piece with endlessly long phrases, depth, and complexity: music which has stood the test of time and is an enduring part of Vienna's cultural heritage. 

J Strauss II: Perpetuum Mobile, Musikalischer Scherz, Op 257 
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker

J Strauss II: Morgenblätter, Walzer, Op 279
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker

J Strauss II: Persischer Marsch, Op 289
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker

J Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op 314
Johannes Wildner, conductor
Vienna Mannergesang-Verein
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

J Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz, Polka Schnell, Op 324
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker

J Strauss II: Sängerlust, Polka, Op 328 
Johannes Wildner conductor
Vienna Mannergesangverein
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

J Strauss II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Walzer, Op 333 
Willi Boskovsky, conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker

Producer: Dominic Jewel.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod explores the lives of and music of Johann Strauss I and his son, Johann

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