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Opening Gala Concert - A Viennese Evening
Thursday 18th September, 7.30pm - Waterloo Chamber, Windsor Castle
On 18th May 1895 the Court Orchestra from Vienna conducted by Herr Eduard Strauss had the honour of playing a selection of music before the Queen and the Royal Family in Windsor Castle. The Windsor Festival re-creates this splendid evening with the BBC Concert Orchestra and Robin Stapleton, and is delighted to welcome Susan Bullock to perform arias by Strauss and Léhar to add to the glittering occasion.
BBC Concert Orchestra:
Susan Bullock - soprano
Robin Stapleton - conductor
| J Strauss | *Ouverture: Die Fledermaus |
| E Strauss | *Innig und Sinnig – Polka |
| E Strauss | *Waltz – Doctrinen (Op. 79) |
| J Strauss | Aria ‘Zigeunerliede’ (Gipsy Music Playing) from Gipsy Baron |
| Léhar | ‘Love Live Forever’ from Paganini |
| Josef Strauss | *Jocus - Polka schnell |
| Liszt | *Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 |
Interval
| J Strauss | Windsor-Klange |
| J Strauss | *Pizzicato Polka (Op. 449) |
| J Strauss | *Waltz - Seid umschlungen, Millionen |
| Léhar | ‘Einer Wird Kommen’ (One day I’ll find him) from The Zarevitch |
| Léhar | ‘Villia Lied’ from Merry Widow |
| J Strauss | Typsey Polka |
| J Strauss | March from Gypsy Baron |
| J Strauss | *Blue Danube Waltz |
*works performed in 1895
Tickets: £30, £25, £21
Code: WC18
Performance will end at 9.30pm
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This evening’s performance is sponsored by Xchanging.