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Donald Macleod explores how Johann Strauss II fared in Vienna as revolution swept across Europe in 1848.

In the composer鈥檚 200th anniversary year, Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Johann Strauss II, who became so popular for his operettas and Viennese waltzes that he would be dubbed 鈥淭he Waltz King鈥�. In his time his huge popularity was akin to a pop star or Hollywood film icon today, and his music filled the ballrooms of Europe and America. Over the course of the week, we鈥檒l see how he made his name, and overcame setbacks to became one of the most famous figures in all of Europe.

In Tuesday鈥檚 programme, Donald explores how Johann Strauss II fared in Vienna as revolution swept across Europe in 1848. The tumult was to affect him and his prospects of work in the city for a long time because he sided with the revolutionaries, against both the old regime and his own father. Donald discovers why Strauss himself was arrested, interrogated and charged by the police, and he also follows the immense funeral procession through the streets of Vienna as Strauss鈥� father dies and is laid to rest.

Explosions Polka, Op 43
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Erich Kunzel, conductor

Revolutions-marsch, Op 54
Vienna Johann Strauss Orchestra
Franz Bauer-Theussl, conductor

Freiheits-Lieder, Op 52
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Eschwe, conductor

Der Zigeunebaron: Her die Hand (the recruiting song)
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, tenor
Bavarian Radio Chorus
Das Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Willi Boskovsky, conductor

Ligourianer Scherzo-Polka, Op 57
Johann Strauss Orchester
Herbert Siebert, conductor

Geisselhiebe Polka, Op 60
Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Alfred Walter, conductor

Traumbild
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Michael Dittrich, conductor

Emperor Waltz, Op 437
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Jacek Kaspszyk, conductor

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