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Program and cast
MARCH 15, 2023
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Lorenzo Viotti
conductor
Augustine Hadelich
violin
PROGRAM
Olivier Messiaen
Les offrandes oubliées. Meditation symphonique
Alban Berg
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, "In Memory of an Angel"
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Arthur Honegger
Symphony No. 3, "Liturgique"
End approx.: 21:15
APRIL 19, 2023
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Andrew Manze
conductor
Francesco Piemontesi
piano
PROGRAM
Tobias Brostrom
On Urban Ground
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto for piano and orchestra in D minor, KV 466
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68, "Sinfonia pastorale"
End approx.: 21:30
29 - 30 APRIL 2023
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Adam Fisher
conductor
Leah Desandre
mezzo-soprano
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
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Joseph Haydn
Berenice, che fai. Cantata for soprano and orchestra, Hob. XXIVa:10
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C major, KV 551, "Jupiter Symphony"
End approx.: 21:20
MAY 20 - 21, 2023
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbanski
conductor
Wilde Frang
violin
PROGRAM
Krzysztof Penderecki
Threnos, the victims of Hiroshima. Lamentation for 52 String Instruments
Bela Bartok
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2, Sz 112
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Antonin Dvořák
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "From the New World"
End approx.: 21:30
MAY 24, 2023
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Andrés Orozco-Estrada
conductor
Hilary Hahn
violin
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 77
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Richard Strauss
Don Juan. Tone poem after Nikolaus Lenau for large orchestra, op. 20
Suite from the opera "Der Rosenkavalier", AV 145
End approx.: 21:30
11 - 12 OCTOBER
Giedre Slekyte
Bartók • Schumann • Dvořák
7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė | conductor
Kian Soltani | violoncello
PROGRAM
Béla Bartók: Dance Suite for Orchestra, Sz 77
Robert Schumann: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in A minor, Op. 129
Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
SUNDAY 29 OCTOBER
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Santtu Matias Rouvali
Tchaikovsky • Shostakovich • Sibelius
7.30pm – 9.35pm
Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Santtu Matias Rouvali | conductor
Leonidas Kavakos | violin
PROGRAM
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Italian Capriccio in A major, Op. 45
Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Jean Sibelius: Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
THURSDAY 9 NOVEMBER
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher
Schubert • Mahler • Reger
7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Joyce DiDonato | mezzo-soprano
PROGRAM
Franz Schubert: Interact music to "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus", D 797
Gustav Mahler: Rückert songs
Max Reger: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, op. 132
SATURDAY 25 NOVEMBER
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Heras Casado
Haas • Bruckner
7.30 p.m. – 9.35 p.m. Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Pablo Heras Casado | conductor
PROGRAM
Georg Friedrich Haas: Joshua Tree
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 4 in E flat major, "Romantic"; Version 1878-1880
Musikverein
This building is located on Dumbastraße/Bösendorferstraße behind the Hotel Imperial near the Ringstraße boulevard and the Wien River, between Bösendorferstraße and Karlsplatz. However, since Bösendorferstraße is a relatively small street, the building is better known as being between Karlsplatz and Kärntner Ring (part of Ringstraße loop). It was erected as the new concert hall run by the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, on a piece of land provided by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria in 1863. The plans were designed by Danish architect Theophil Hansen in the Neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple, including a concert hall as well as a smaller chamber music hall. The building was inaugurated on 6 January, 1870. A major donor was Nikolaus Dumba whose name the Austrian government gave to one of the streets surrounding the Musikverein.
Great Hall - Golden Hall
“As high as any expectations could be, they would still be exceeded by the first impression of the hall which displays an architectural beauty and a stylish splendour making it the only one of its kind.” This was the reaction of the press to the opening of the new Musikverein building and the first concert in the Großer Musikvereinssaal on 6 January 1870.
The impression must have been overwhelming – so overwhelming that Vienna’s leading critic, Eduard Hanslick, irritatingly brought up the question of whether this Großer Musikvereinssaal “was not too sparkling and magnificent for a concert hall”. “From all sides spring gold and colours.”
Brahms Hall
"In order not to promise too much it can be said that it has been made into the most beautiful, most magnificent, perfect example of a chamber concert hall that any of us knows in the world.” This was the reaction of a Vienna daily newspaper in October 1993 as the Brahms-Saal was presented to the public after extensive renovation work.
The surprise was perfect. It was a completely new hall. In contrast to the Grosse Musikvereinssaal, the Brahms-Saal had changed its appearance quite considerably over the years. When and how it acquired that slightly melancholy duskiness that was known to music lovers before 1993 cannot be precisely documented.
Glass Hall
As a venue for events from concerts to luxury banquets, the Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium is not only the largest of the Musikverein's 4 new halls but also the most flexible in terms of usage.
Hub podiums enable the smooth transformation of the concert hall into a conference centre, the cinema into a ballroom, or the stage into a catwalk. State-of-the-art equipment for sound, lighting, video and widescreen digital projection provide the ideal conditions for half-scenic productions.
The Glass Hall / Magna Auditorium was designed by the Viennese architect Wilhelm Holzbauer. With a height of 8 metres, the hall (including the gallery) can play host to up to 380 visitors.
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