Experience the magic of Vienna in its heyday with classic pieces played by Emma Johnson and Friends highlighted by fascinating insights into the history and art of the era.
Vienna in the 19th century was an extraordinary city, a hotbed of musical creativity that nurtured Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Lehar and Strauss.
Using art as illustration, Emma introduces a programme of wonderful well-known music encapsulating the apparently harmless mania for wine, women and song but which contasts with the seeds of social discontent that would trigger the First World War.
PROGRAMME
- Beethoven : Adagio and Allegro con brio from the Septet Op.20
- Mozart : Larghetto from K581
- Schubert : Scherzo from the Octet D803
- Brahms : Hungarian Dances No.1 and 3 (1879)
- Johann Strauss I : Radetzky March
- Johann Strauss II : Waltzes and Polkas
- Mozart : Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
- Franz Lehar : Merry Widow Waltz
- Johann Strauss II : Waltzes and Polkas
Such an enjoyment of music making with technically superb, charismatic playing……Emma Johnson’s Strauss arrangements are as frothy as a glass of bubbly! Gramophone Magazine
- Sunday 30 June 2024, 7.30pm
- St Mary’s Church, Beaminster, DT8 3BA
- Adults £22/£19 Students £5 (depends on number of players if Cavatina)
Kindly sponsored by the Friends of Beaminster Festival