Monday was a national holiday here in traditionally Catholic Austria: the Feast of the Assumption, which marks the death and ascension into heaven of the Virgin Mary. We Orthodox Christians observe ...

Clap along with the Vienna Philharmonic and conductor Andris Nelsons to the annual fan favorite, Johann Strauss Sr.’s “Radetzky March.” Celebrate the centennial birthday of composer Henry Mancini with ...

The Vienna Philharmonic performs Strauss' Radetzky March. The Vienna Philharmonic performs Johann Strauss Sr.'s Radetzky March.

For the last 10 years, John Suchet has presented the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra’s series of Christmas concerts. In his final year of presenting RLPO’s Spirit of Christmas series, Suchet ...

FIELD MARSHAL Count Josef Radetzky von Radetz is chiefly known today for the lively Radetzky March, composed in his honour by Johann Strauss the Elder. That he is less celebrated than his ...

Joseph Roth’s magnum opus, The Radetzky March, is perhaps one of the greatest novels that emerged out of the carnage of the First World War describing the dying days of Habsburg rule in Central Europe ...

Johann Strauss senior was a major figure in Viennese musical life – but nowadays, he’s not the Strauss most people remember. While Strauss the elder wrote some popular tunes (not least this, his ...

Key point: The Radetzky March is worth a read and is full os history. Joseph Roth’s magnum opus, The Radetzky March, is perhaps one of the greatest novels that emerged out of the carnage of the First ...