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Program and cast
TUESDAY
18
APRIL 2023
Chamber Music Brahms Hall
19:30
Musikverein, Brahmssaal, Vienna, Austria
WORKS BY
Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Mihail Glinka
SATURDAY
22
APRIL 2023
8th subscription concert
15:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Hindemith, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Riccardo Muti
SUNDAY
23
APRIL 2023
8th subscription concert
11:00 a.m
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Hindemith, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
THURSDAY
27
APRIL 2023
19:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Hindemith, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
FRIDAY
28
APRIL 2023
Concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
19:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Hindemith, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
SUNDAY
30
APRIL 2023
Concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
11:00 a.m
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Paul Hindemith, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
FRIDAY
5
MAY 2023
Concert of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
19:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Jakub Hrůša
WORKS BY
Leoš Janáček, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich
SATURDAY
6
MAY 2023
8th chamber music concert in the Vienna State Opera
11:00 a.m
Vienna State Opera, Mahler Hall, Vienna, Austria
WORKS BY
Antonín Dvořák, Astor Piazzolla
SATURDAY
6
MAY 2023
9th subscription concert
15:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Jakub Hrůša
WORKS BY
Leoš Janáček, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich
SUNDAY
7
MAY 2023
11:00 a.m
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Jakub Hrůša
WORKS BY
Leoš Janáček, Sergei Prokofiev, Dmitri Shostakovich
SATURDAY
17
JUNE 2023
15:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Chailly
WORKS BY
Richard Strauss
SUNDAY
18
JUNE 2023
11:00 a.m
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Chailly
WORKS BY
Richard Strauss
MONDAY
19
JUNE 2023
19:30
Musikverein, Great Hall, Vienna, Austria
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Chailly
WORKS BY
Richard Strauss
29 SEPTEMBER
Daniel Harding
Elgar • Dvořák
7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Daniel Harding | conductor
Frank Peter Zimmerman violin
30 SEPTEMBER
Marie Jacquot
Messiaen • Boulanger • Mendelssohn
7.30pm – 9.30pm
Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Singing association of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna
Marie Jacquot | conductor
Christina Landshamer | soprano
Eleanor Lyons | soprano
Mauro Peter | tenor
PROGRAM
Olivier Messiaen: Un sourire
Lili Boulanger: D'un soir triste
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52, "Sang of Praise"
THURSDAY 19 OCTOBER
Wiener Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev
Beethoven • Brahms
7.30 p.m. – 9.20 p.m. Great Hall
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Tugan Sokhiev | conductor
PROGRAM
Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
07.12.2023 - 13.12.2023
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann | conductor
Igor Levit | Piano
PROGRAM
Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
31.12.2024
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann | conductor
PROGRAM
New Year's concert
01.01.2024
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christian Thielemann | conductor
PROGRAM
New Year's Concert
11.01.2024 - 14.01.2024
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Philippe Jordan | conductor
Nicole Car | soprano
PROGRAM
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: Overture "Calm Sea and Happy Voyage", op. 27
Ernest-Amédée Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, op. 19
Benjamin Britten: Four Interludes from the Opera "Peter Grimes", op. 33a
Claude Debussy: La Mer. Three Symphonic Sketches for Orchestra
23.02.2024 - 25.02.2024
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Franz Welser-Möst | conductor
PROGRAM
Paul Hindemith: Concert music for wind band, op. 41
Richard Strauss: Symphonic Fantasy from the Opera "The Woman Without a Shadow", AV 146
Arnold Schönberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Maurice Ravel: La Valse. Poeme choregraphique pour Orchester
26.02.2024
PERFORMERS
Wiener Philharmoniker
Franz Welser-Möst | conductor
PROGRAM
Alban Berg: Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D minor
16.03.2024 - 22.03.2024
CONDUCTOR
Zubin Mehta
WORKS BY
Maurice Ravel, Anton Bruckner
13.04.2024 - 14.04.2024
CONDUCTOR
Christian Thielemann
WORKS BY
Johannes Brahms
19.04.2024 - 22.04.2024
CONDUCTOR
Kirill Petrenko
WORKS BY
Ottorino Respighi
04.05.2024 - 07.05.2024
CONDUCTOR
Riccardo Muti
WORKS BY
Ludwig van Beethoven
25.05.2024 - 27.05.2024
CONDUCTOR
Herbert Blomstedt
WORKS BY
Ludwig van Beethoven
31.05.2024 - 02.06.2024
CONDUCTOR
Andris Nelsons
WORKS BY
Dmitri Shostakovich, Jean Sibelius
14.06.2024 - 16.06.2024
CONDUCTOR
Lorenzo Viotti
WORKS BY
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Sergei Rachmaninov, Antonín Dvořák
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.