The Vienna Walzer Concerts internationally renowned orchestra, is honored to interpret for you the most suggestive and famous Viennese Waltzes and the melodies by the genius composer W.A. MOZART. Along with the soloists of the Wiener Ballet and with opera singers of international fame, you will be taken back in time to the romantic atmosphere of Imperial Vienna. The concerts will take place in the KURSALON, the historic palace in the heart of Vienna, where Johann Strauss performed and conducted his orchestra about 150 years ago. A surprise, at the end of the concert, will make this event and unforgettable experience.
The members of this ensemble share a common desire to perform the Viennese waltz in it's most perfect form, the works of the incomparable Johann Strauss as well as the finest pieces from W.A.Mozart.
Well-known singers and ballet dancers round out the orchestra’s renditions, allowing the vitality of life in the Strauss era as well as the gentle melodies of Mozart to re-emerge and also enticing the audience to join them on a nostalgic trip back through the 18th century and to the merry parties of the "fin de siècle" Vienna.
The ballet dancers perform the waltz in inimitable Viennese style, following the violine in a colourful springtime roundel while offering tender declarations of love in three-four time.
FROM "SCHANT" STRAUSS TO THE WALTZ KING
For 200 years now, the waltz has been an integral part of life in the Austrian capital. It is waltzes which celebrate the beautiful things in Vienna, the silver ribbon of the Danube, springtime, love and wine.
Inextricably connected with this tradition is the Strauss family, who reigned delightfully in three-quarter time, shaping the world of the "Silver Operetta" with it’s compositions.
The title "Waltz King", however, was reserved for one person and one person only, the unforgettable Johann Strauss the younger, who in the course of his life wrote five hundred compositions, far eclipsing his father and two brothers Josef and Eduard as a musical genius.
Before the backdrop of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire, Johann Strauss cast a spell with the magic of his music, delighting all peoples and lands of the vast empire and launching the waltz on its way to capturing the hearts of the world. Of course, back in those days a true Austrian would always include polkas, czardas and snappy marches as well. "Schani" Strauss - the Austrian dialect name for Johann which the Viennese still fondly use in reference to him - took up his fiddle and imbued these dances, too, with his inimitable style.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Born in Salzburg in 1756 the young composer received music lessons from his father from the age of four. He wrote his first composition at the age of five and promptly performed it in Salzburg as a "child protégé".
At the age of six "Wolferl" impressed Empress Kaiserin Maria Theresia and her family with his piano playing. Concert tours Over the next years took him to Germany, France, England and Italy.
As Concert Master of the Prince-Arch-Bishop's court ensemble he fell into disagreement the Prince Arch Bishop and moved to Vienna, where more than half of his works were written over 10 years. Despite his artistic success as Imperial Chamber Musician his debts grew.
W.A.Mozart died a pauper on 5th December 1791 in Vienna.