Chamber music in the Sala Terrena

The oldest concert room in Vienna, an oval frescoed hall with a cupola and thirty-five seats. Mozart lived and played music here in 1781. Today a string quartet or piano trio plays, Tuesday to Sunday, no singing, no ballet, no costumes. Said honestly: the seating is tight, 59 to 69 euro is not cheap, and […]

Palace concerts at Schönbrunn, the Orangery

Every evening at half past eight in the Orangery, where Mozart was set against Salieri in 1786. Mozart in the first half, Strauss in the second, two opera voices, one hour forty-five with an interval. Two things worth knowing before you book. From April to October the orchestra plays, in winter the smaller ensemble. And […]

Vienna Mozart Concert at the Musikverein

The Golden Hall is the Golden Hall, there is no arguing with that. Mozart and Strauss, thirty-three performers in period costume, around one hundred and five minutes with an interval. Our advice, if you have set your heart on that hall and cannot get a seat in the regular programme at short notice: category A […]