The Philharmonics, the ensemble founded by members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, fill the Café Sperl with some of the most authentically Viennese sounds imaginable – the Strauss waltzes that Schoenberg, Berg and Webern arranged and performed in May 1921 to raise funds for their pioneering “Society for Private Musical Performances”.
This is music the players have in their blood, and they maintain the echt atmosphere with Godowsky’s tribute to the city, “Alt-Wien” and a clutch of Kreisler gems, rounding the programme off with a new piece by the ensemble’s leader Tibor Kováč, based on traditional Jewish melodies and Mahler themes, “Yiddische Mame”.
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Setlist:
Godowsky:
Triakontameron No. 11 'Alt Wien'
Kováč:
Yiddische Mame
Kreisler:
Marche miniature viennoise
Schön Rosmarin
Caprice Viennois, Op. 2
Strauss, J, II:
Kaiser-Walzer, Op. 437
arr. by Arnold Schoenberg
Lagunen-Walzer Op. 411
arr. by Arnold Schoenberg
Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388
arr. by Arnold Schoenberg
Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333
arr. by Alban Berg
Schatz-Walzer, Op. 418
arr. by Anton Webern