Concert by London Concertante celebrating the Viennese waltz tradition with works by Johann Strauss II, Shostakovich, Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and others.
London Concertante are playing Lincoln Cathedral on Thursday 26 November, with a programme built around the music of Johann Strauss II. They're calling it the Viennese Christmas Spectacular, and it's a night that takes the waltz as its starting point and follows it through a fair few different moods.
Strauss II, the 'Waltz King', provides the anchor: The Blue Danube is the big one, an unofficial anthem of Vienna that you'll recognise from films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, and it sits alongside the Die Fledermaus Overture and the Tritsch-Tratsch Polka. From there, the set moves into other takes on the waltz: Shostakovich's jazz-inflected Waltz No. 2, Sibelius's Valse triste, and Tchaikovsky's Waltz from The Sleeping Beauty and the Nutcracker Suite.
The second half turns to the golden age of operetta, with Lehár's Meine Lippen, sie Küssen so heiß, Suppé's Hab'ich nur deine Liebe, moments from Die Fledermaus, and Korngold's Serenade from The Snowman. It's a broad sweep of the tradition, and the organisers say it's aimed at audiences of all ages, so it's as much for families as for anyone who just likes the music.
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The concert starts at 7:30pm, with doors opening at 7:00pm, and it runs for about two hours. You'll find it at Lincoln Cathedral, Minster Yard, Lincoln LN2 1PX.
