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.

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 ...