Organ at eight in the Michaelerkirche
Saturday at eight, from June to September: half an hour on the Sieber organ of 1714, the largest baroque organ in Vienna. The instrument is explained in German and English, and afterwards you may go up to the organ loft. Ten euro, given freely, right beside the Hofburg. The loveliest way we know to end […]
Early music at the Ruprechtskirche, in summer
Vienna’s oldest church, Monday and Tuesday at half past seven, from early July to early September. An hour of music from the middle ages to the early romantic period, on period instruments. Twenty euro. No marketing, no costumes, no website full of glossy pictures. Instead three things you need to know: summer only, cash only, […]
Klangkultur at the Minoritenkirche
The address we missed the longest ourselves. All year round at eight, about seventy minutes, 29 to 65 euro. What is played is real repertoire, not a best-of: a Mozart piano concerto cycle, Bach, Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms. What makes the difference: the ensembles and soloists are named in the programme. That is rare among Vienna’s […]
Classic Ensemble Vienna at the Peterskirche
The best rated address among the evening concerts in Vienna, and that across more than a thousand reviews. An hour of Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart and Schubert in one of the loveliest baroque rooms in the city, two minutes from the Graben. We like to suggest it before or after dinner in the old town. Bring […]
Vivaldi at the Karlskirche, Orchester 1756
The Four Seasons on period instruments, in the domed church on Karlsplatz, a few steps from Vivaldi’s grave. Around seventy-five minutes, no interval, no singing, no wigs. This is the evening for guests who say: please, nothing made for tourists. The church acoustic has a mind of its own, so sit further forward if you […]
The Four Seasons in St Stephen’s Cathedral
On Friday and Saturday evenings in the summer half of the year: Bach and Vivaldi inside the cathedral, played by the Harmonia Ensemble Wien. Sixty minutes, no interval. The concerts support the cathedral, and that is not a footnote, it is the reason they exist. This is the most transparent organiser in the whole field: […]
Eine kleine Nachtmusik at the Kapuzinerkirche
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at seven, directly above the Imperial Crypt on the Neuer Markt. Mozart, Bach, Schubert and Vivaldi, sixty minutes, played by the same ensemble as in the cathedral. A quiet, short evening that sits well at the end of a long day. Tickets at kunstkultur.com.
