Clap along with the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Andris Nelsons to the annual fan favorite, Johann Strauss Sr.’s “Radetzky March.” Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with ...
The music of Strauss is as festive as turkey, mince pies and bonbons. In the otherwise fallow landscape between Christmas and 12th Night the airwaves pop and cackle with polkas and waltzes as the ...
Johann Strauss Senior is known as 'the father of the waltz', though it was his son, 21 years his junior, who earned the title 'the Waltz King'. Strauss's mother died when he was seven and his father ...
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For the last 10 years, John Suchet has presented the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s series of Christmas concerts. In his final year of presenting RLPO’s Spirit of Christmas series, Suchet ...
FIELD MARSHAL Count Josef Radetzky von Radetz is chiefly known today for the lively Radetzky March, composed in his honour by Johann Strauss the Elder. That he is less celebrated than his ...