The 1923 South American Tour of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss conducted most of the  concerts.

 

Karl Stiegler, the famous principal of the horn section, made his last will & testament before leaving Vienna for this long tour, which was not a strange idea, as the principal clarinet, Mr.Behrends, died during the return journey from the 1923 Sounthamerican tour & was buried in the ocean.. If  you look at the programs, you might understand the state of exhaustion. The other horn players of this tour were: Christian Nowak sen. (principal), Christian Nowak jun. & Hans Koller (3rd), Franz Moissl & Karl Romagnoli (2nd), Anton Stark & Hermann Moissl (4rth) & Rudolf Reiss (?)

 

 

date

place

program

18.7.1923

Rio de Janeiro

Sommernachtstraum - Leonore 3 - Till - Schillings: Ingwelde - Meistersinger Vorspiel -Trauermarsch dir.: Strauss

19.7.1923

 

Verkaufte Braut - Mignon: Tanz & Minuetto - 4.Brahms - Zarathustra - Meistersinger Vorspiel dir.: Strauss

20.7.1923

 

Heldenleben - Feuervogel - Siegfried Idyll - Rheinfahrt = 5.Beeth. Dir.:Strauss

21.7.1923

 

Aus Italien - Chabrier: Rhapsodie espagnole - Till - Faust Ouv. - Tristan Prelude & Isoldes Tod - Tannh. Ouv

22.7.1923

 

Don Juan - Salomes Tanz - Tod & Verklärung - Bacchanal - Rienzi Ouv. - Lohengrin Vorspiel - Parsifal Prelude - Karfreitagszauber (Holy Friday) dir.: Strauss

23.7.1923

 

Liszt: Tasso - Schmidt: Intermezzo (Notre Dame) - Holländer Ouv. - Tristan Vorsp. & Isoldes Tod - Sinf.domestica dir.: Strauss

24.7.1923

 

4.Beeth. - Tod & Verklärung - Salomes Tanz - 'Holländer Ouv. - Lohengrin Vorsp. - Rienzi Ouv.

25.7.1923

 

Korngold: Viel Lärm um nichts) - Beeth. Es-Dur Klavierkonz (Alfred Blumen) - Don Quixote (Fried.Buxbaum & Karl Freith) - Tod & Verklärung dir.:Strauss

26.7.1923

 

Freischütz Ouv. - Trauermarsch - Meistersinger Vorspiel - Alpensymphonie - Mozart: Türk.Marsch - Salomes Tanz - Till dir.: Strauss

27.7.1923

travel to Sao Paolo - Sao Paolo Teatro St.Anna

Euryanthe Ouverture - 5.Beeth. - Don Juan - Siegfried Idyll - Lohengrin Vorspiel - Tod & Verklärung dir.. Strauss

28.7.1923

Sao Paolo Teatro St.Anna

Verk.Braut - Mignon: Tanz & Menuett - Aus Italien (Strauss) - Tannhäuser Vorspiel - Tristan Vorspiel & Liebestod - Meistersinger Vorspiel dir.: Strauss

29.7.1923

 

travel back to Rio de Janeiro (Santos)

30.7.1923

 

sea travel to Montevideo

31.07.1923

 

sea travel to Montevideo

1.8.1923

Montevideo

Heldenleben - Till - Salomes Tanz - Tod & Verklärung dir.: Strauss

2.8.1923

 

Sommernachtstraum music - Zarathustra - Tannhäuser Ouv. - Siegfried Idyll - Meistersinger Ouv. - Dir.: Strauss

3.8.1923

 

Euryanthe - 7.Beeth. - Don Juan - Sinf.domestica dir.: Strauss

4.8.1923

 

Jupiter Symphony - Beeth.Es-Dur piano concert0 (Alfred Blumen) - Alpensinfonie dir.:Strauss

5.8.1923

 

6.Beeth. - Leonore 3 - Don Quixote - Holländer Ouv. - Trauermarsch - Tristan Prelud. & Tod dir.:Strauss

6.8.1923

 

Sea Travel to La Plata

07.08.1923

La Plata

Don Juan - Salomes Tanz - Tannhäuser Ouv. - Trauermarsch - Meistersinger Vorspiel

08.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Euryanthe Ouv., Beethoven no.7, Max v. Schillings: Preludium to Ingwelde, R.Strauss: Till & Heldenleben

09.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Elektra, dir.R.Strauss

10.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Ouv. to "Bartered Bride" (Smetana), F.Schubert: Sinf. in C (Grande), Wagner: Parsifal Prelude, R.Strauss: Sinf.domestica

11.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Ouv. von L.Sinigaglia, Corelli: Conc.grosso no.8 (Christmas), Pick-Mangiagalli: Notturno e Rondo, Beethoven No.3, Wagner: Tristan Preludium & Death of Isolde, dir. Gino Marinuzzi

12.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Beethoven no.6, Leonore Ouv. No.3, R.Strauss: Don Quixote, Wagner: Flying Dutchman Ouv., Funeral March from Goetterdaemmerung, Tannhaeuser Ouv., dir. R.Strauss

13.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Mozart: Jupiter Symph., R.Strauss: Aus Italien, Liszt: Tasso, Franz Schmidt: Intermezzo from Notre Dame, Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, dir. R.Strauss

14.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Mahler No.1 Symph., Beethoven: Coriolan & Piano concerto in E-fl., soloist: Alfred Blumen, R.Strauss: Death & Transfiguration, dir. R.Strauss

15.08.1923

15:00 PM

Buenos Aires

Beethoven No.5, Mendelssohn: Music for Midsummernights Dream, R.Strauss: Don Juan, Salomes dance, Wagner: Siegfried Idyll, Mastersinger Prelude

15.08.1923

21:15 PM

Buenos Aires

Egmont Ouv., Mozart: Sinf. A-mayor K201, Strauss: Macbeth, Liszt: Mephisto Waltz, Wagner: Tristan prelude & Death of Isolde, dir. R.Strauss

16.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Brahms no.4 Sinf., Haydn: Sinf. in A, Wagner: Faust Ouv., Bacchanal from Tannhaeuser, Goldmark: Sakuntala Ouv., dir. R.Strauss

17.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Rossini: Semiramide Ouv., Beethoven No.4, Dukas: Sorcerer, Cherubini: Scherzo, Pietro Nardini: Adagio, Marinuzzi: Sicania, Strauss: Till, Verdi: Vesperei Siciliani Ouv., dir. Gino Marinuzzi

18.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Beethoven no.3, Strauss: Death & Transfiguration, Salomes Dance, Wagner: Parsifal Prelude, Funeral March from Goetterdaemmerung, Tannhaeuser Ouv., dir. R.Strauss

19.08.1923

15:00 PM

Buenos Aires

Beethoven no.9 dir. R.Strauss, Cherubini: Scherzo, Pietro Nardini: Adagio, Marinuzzi: Sicania, dir. Gino Marinuzzi, Zarathustra, dir. R.Strauss

19.08.1923

21:15 PM

Buenos Aires

Bach: Concerto in Fa, Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Mancinelli: Scherzo, Beethoven No.5, Smetana: Moldavia, Wagner: Rienzi Ouv., dir. G.Martinuzzi

20.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Salome, dir.R.Strauss

21.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Bruckner: no.7 Symph., Korngold: Suite of musical scenes from "Much noise about nothing" (Shakespeare), Floro M. Ugarte: In the Mountains (symph.poem), Liszt: Mazeppa, dir. Strauss

22.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Pfitzner: Kaethchen von Heilbronn Ouv., Schumann: Manfreds Ouv., Max Reger: Variations over a Theme by Adam Hiller, dir. R.Strauss

23.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Ed.Fabini: Campo (symph.poem), Beethoven No.8, R.Strauss: Burleske for piano & orch.,  Wagner: Lohengrin Preludium, Strauss: Sinf.domestica, dir.R.Strauss

24.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Weber: Oberon Ouv., Zandonai: Serenata medioeval, Mancinelli: Scherzo, Dukas: Sorcerer, Rimsky-Korsakoff: Sheherezade, Wagner: Holy Friday from Parsifal, Mastersinger Prelude, dir. R.Strauss

25.08.1923

Buenos Aires

Strauss: Don Quixote, Zarathustra, Serenade op.9 for winds, Gavotte from Suite op.4 for winds, Till, dir. R.Strauss

26.08.1923

15:00 PM

Buenos Aires

Beethoven no.1, Leonore no.3, Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Zandonai: Serenata medioeval, Strauss: Till, Rimsky-Korsakoff: Sheherezade, dir. G.Martinuzzi

26.08.1923

21:00 PM

 

Buenos Aires

Beethoven: Prometheus Ouv., Sinf. no.5, Alfredo Casella: Suite (Le convent sur l´eau), P.Nardini: Adagio, Marinuzzi: Sicania, Wagner: Rhine Journey, Funeral March, Ride of Valkyries, dir. G. Marinuzzi

 

 

 

 

 

most concerts had two intermissions, means they took nearly three hours.

 

 

to see the tour program from 1922 click below:

 

 

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