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The Vienna Symphony Orchestra is one of the top international orchestras. The focus of the orchestra's work is the conscious cultivation, sustainable development and broad communication of traditional Viennese sound culture. At the same time, in its more than 100-year history, the orchestra has earned a worldwide reputation for its passion for artistic innovation with premieres by leading composers, sensational artistic projects, collaborations and programs.
Program and cast
SATURDAY, MAY 3, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.,
SUNDAY, MAY 4, 2025 - 7:30 p.m
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Singing club of the Society of Music Friends in Vienna
Lahav Shani, conductor
Soloist of the Vienna Boys' Choir, singing
Vikingur Olafsson, piano
PROGRAM
JOHN ADAMS
New work for piano and orchestra (Austrian premiere)
- Intermission -
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms
Symphonic Dances from “West Side Story”
Ends approximately 9:30 p.m
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.,
THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2025 - 7:30 p.m
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Alain Altinoglu, conductor
Isabelle Faust, violin
PROGRAM
MODEST PETROVICH MUSSORGSKIJ
Prelude to the opera “Khovanshchina”
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 2 in C sharp minor, op. 129
- Intermission -
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
La Mer. Three symphonic sketches for orchestra
MAURICE RAVEL
La Valse. Poème chorégraphique pour Orchestra
Ends approximately 9:30 p.m
Saturday, May 24, 2025
Wiener Symphoniker
Petr Popelka, conductor
Program
Final concert:
Beethoven Piano Competition Vienna
TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.,
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2025 - 7:30 p.m
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Singing club of the Society of Music Friends in Vienna
Lorenzo Viotti, conductor
Christina Gansch, soprano
Rachael Wilson, mezzo-soprano
Andrew Staples, tenor
Derek Welton, bass-baritone
PROGRAM
ALEXANDER ZEMLINSKY
Spring Burial
- Intermission -
ANTON BRUCKNER
Mass in F minor
Ends approximately 9:30 p.m
SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 2025 - 7:30 p.m.,
SUNDAY JUNE 22, 2025 - 7:30 p.m
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
Leonidas Kavakos, violin
PROGRAM
LERA AUERBACH
New work (Austrian premiere)
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Concerto for violin and orchestra in D major, op. 35
- Intermission -
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 7 A major, op. 92
Ends approximately 10:00 p.m
October 4 and 5, 2025
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Kazuki Yamada, conductor
Lukas Sternath, piano
Program
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
– Intermission –
Lili Boulanger
D’un soir triste
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, Pathétique
October 25, 2025
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Manfred Honeck, conductor
October 29 and 30, 2025 – 125 Years of the Wiener Symphoniker
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Anna Vinnitskaya, piano
Hannah-Elisabeth Müller, soprano
Program
125 Years of the Wiener Symphoniker
Richard Wagner
A Faust Overture in D minor
Maurice Ravel
Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D major
– Intermission –
Alban Berg
Seven Early Songs
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in C major, K. 551, Jupiter Symphony
November 19 and 20, 2025
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Marie Jacquot, conductor
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Program
Kristine Tjøgersen
Between Trees
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
– Intermission –
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
November 29, 30, and December 1, 2025
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Adam Fischer, conductor
Katharina Konradi, soprano
Yajie Zhang, alto
Mauro Peter, tenor
Florian Boesch, bass
Program
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony in G minor, K. 550
– Intermission –
Joseph Haydn
Missa in angustiis in D minor, Hob. XXII:11, Nelson Mass
December 17 and 19, 2025
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Leif Ove Andsnes, piano
Program
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83
– Intermission –
Richard Strauss
Death and Transfiguration, tone poem for large orchestra, Op. 24
Antonín Dvořák
The Noon Witch, symphonic poem after Karel Jaromír Erben, Op. 108 (Polednice)
January 14 and 15, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Alexander Soddy, conductor
Augustin Hadelich, violin
Program
Richard Wagner
Prelude to Tristan und Isolde and Isolde’s Liebestod
Sergei Prokofiev
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63
– Intermission –
Edward Elgar
Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma), Op. 36
January 17 and 18, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Program
Gustav Mahler
Symphony No. 7 in E minor
February 25 and 26, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Petr Popelka, conductor
Lucas Jussen, piano
Arthur Jussen, piano
Michael Vladar, percussion
Thomas Schindl, percussion
Program
Béla Bartók
Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, Sz 115
– Intermission –
Richard Strauss
An Alpine Symphony, Op. 64
March 18 and 20, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Robin Ticciati, conductor
Alina Ibragimova, violin
Program
Leoš Janáček
The Cunning Little Vixen, suite from the opera (Příhody lišky Bystroušky)
Violin Concerto (The Wandering of a Little Soul)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
The Lark Ascending
– Intermission –
Antonín Dvořák
Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
April 25 and 26, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Giedrė Šlekytė, conductor
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Program
John Adams
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Béla Bartók
Viola Concerto
– Intermission –
Hector Berlioz
Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14, Episode de la vie d’un artiste
April 29 and 30, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Santtu-Matias Rouvali, conductor
Kirill Gerstein, piano
Program
Leonard Bernstein
Three Dance Episodes from On the Town (The Great Lover / Lonely Town / Times Square)
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 43
– Intermission –
George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
An American in Paris
June 10 and 11, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Krzysztof Urbański, conductor
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello
Program
Dmitri Shostakovich
Scherzo in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
Edward Elgar
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
– Intermission –
Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), Pictures from Pagan Russia
June 13 and 14, 2026
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien
Petr Popelka, conductor
Julia Kleiter, soprano (Peri)
Andrew Staples, tenor
Marie Smolka, soprano
Wiebke Lehmkuhl, alto
Patrick Grahl, tenor
Matthias Goerne, bass
Program
Robert Schumann
Das Paradies und die Peri, oratorio for soloists, choir, and orchestra, Op. 50
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Musikverein Golden Hall
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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