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Johan Strauss II - Thermen, Walzer, Op. 245 (1861)

In Austria, as elsewhere across Europe, fashionable spa resorts have long attracted generations seeking the curative effects of hot mineral springs and health-giving waters. Reflecting upon this, the resourceful mind of Johann Strauss seized upon the title Thermen as entirely appropriate for the waltz dedication he was commissioned to compose for the ball of the medical students at Vienna University, held in the Sofienbad-Saal on 22 January 1861. The work was to prove a particular favourite with Russian audiences when Johann introduced it during his series of concerts in Pavlovsk during summer 1861, and it remained a staple of his repertoire there for the next two summer seasons. The composer himself wrote in 1861 from Pavlovsk to his Vienna publisher, Carl Haslinger: "Thermen is giving enormous pleasure here – I don't understand it – why should it be so? – Every concert has to have Thermen on the programme; by order of the management!!! It's too silly!!!" Painting: Hubert Robert - Ancient Ruins Used as Public Baths (1798) Fabio Luisi & Wiener Symphoniker