We welcome you in the 2026/2027 season!
Dear Sir or Madam, Dear music lovers, dear subscribers!
Continuity and a spirit of discovery characterise the Wiener Concert-Verein’s new programme. We warmly invite you to join us on a musical journey of discovery and secure your regular seat for five evenings full of inspiration in the Brahms Hall.
Our new season offers the perfect balance for all those who love the familiar and seek the new: experience the lightness of Mozart and Haydn in dialogue with contemporary influences – from the passionate tango fire of Françoise Choveaux to exclusive world premieres. It is an invitation to enjoy music in all its diversity, without losing the light-heartedness of a classical concert evening.
We are particularly committed to presenting a programme that is bold, modern and masterfully cast: experience a season that gives a central place to distinguished female composers and conductors. With your season ticket, you are choosing the perfect blend of Viennese tradition and a bold spirit of discovery.
In addition to the artistic highlights, as a subscriber you’ll enjoy tangible benefits: significant savings compared to individual tickets, the guarantee of a reserved seat, and exclusive access to new works.
We look forward to welcoming you in the coming year and experiencing the magic of music together with you in the special atmosphere of the Musikverein.
All concerts are available both as part of a subscription and as individual concerts. For further information, please contact:
Christian Roscheck
ch.roscheck@wienerconcertverein.at
+43 699 17 10 07 23
With warm regards,
Yours sincerely,
Wiener Concert-Verein
ABO CONCERTS 2026/2027 Brahms Saal / Musikverein
„Ich warf eine Rose ins Meer … Der Zauber der Dualität"
ABO I
Monday, 2 November 2026, 7.30 pm
Musikverein Brahms Saal
Marianna Martines (1744 Vienna - 1812 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 1 C-Dur 1. Satz
Philipp Manuel Gutmann (*1993 Zwettl) Ich warf eine Rose ins Meer, GWV 95 A novella for string orchestra based on Richard Dehmel
Joseph Haydn (1732 Rohrau - 1809 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 43 Es-Dur „Merkur“
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Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Concerto for Two Pianos, Es-Dur K. 365
Françoise Choveaux (*1953 Lille) Tango op. 261 "Cristián en el Tortoni Buenos Aires“ 2 pianos, bandoneon, strings
Margarita Höhenrieder Piano
Antti Siirala Piano
Sébastien Innocenti Bandoneon
Andrea Götsch Conductor
The “Zauber der Dualität” describes the fascinating interplay of opposites – such as light and dark, self and world, mind and heart, or major and minor – which shape our experience and, through their balance, give rise to harmony and wholeness. It is a fundamental principle in philosophy, mathematics, spirituality and, not least, in music, which uses separation as a necessary means of understanding unity.
Ich warf eine Rose ins Meer,
eine blühende Rose ins grüne Meer.
Und weil die Sonne schien, Sonne schien,
sprang das Licht hinterher,
mit hundert zitternden Zehen hinterher.
Als die erste Welle kam,
wollte die Rose, meine Rose, ertrinken.
Als die zweite sie sanft auf ihre Schultern nahm,
musste das Licht, das Licht ihr zu Füßen sinken.
Da fasste die dritte sie am Saum,
und das Licht sprang hoch, zitternd hoch, wie zur Wehr;
aber hundert tanzende Blütenblätter
wiegten sich rot, rot, rot um mich her,
und es tanzte mein Boot,
und mein Schatten auf dem Schaum,
und das grüne Meer, das Meer - -~ Richard Dehmel
Gala concert to mark the 200th anniversary of the Zagreb Music Society (1827–2027)
ABO II
Tuesday, 22 December 2026, 7.30 pm
Musikverein Brahms Saal
Dora Pejačević (1885 Budapest -1923 Munich) Piano Concerto op 33. g moll 1. Satz Allegro Moderato
Mirela Ivičević (*1980 Split) Piece for string orchestra WORLD PREMIER
Richard Strauss (1864 München - 1949 Garmisch-Partenkirchen)/Richard Dünser (*1959 Bregenz) Four Last Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, WoO, AV 150; arranged for chamber orchestra
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Frano Parać (*1948 Split) Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings
Ivo Josipović (*1957 Zagreb) Samba Brevis
Franz Schubert (1797 Vienna - 1828 Vienna) Symphonie No. 3 in D-Dur, D. 200
Richard Strauss/Richard Dünser Aber der Richtige, wenn‘s einen gibt für mich. Arabella’s aria from the opera of the same name WORLD PREMIERE of the arrangement for chamber orchestra
Tonči Bilić Conductor
Darija Auguštan Soprano
Lovre Marušić Piano
Krunoslav Marić Violin
Hrvoje Philips Viola
The Zagreb Music Society has invited the Wiener Concert-Verein to perform the gala opening concert at the new Musikverein building in Zagreb and to embark on a concert tour of Croatia with this programme, which highlights the friendly musical ties between the two countries.
Musikverein Festival: „Kult! Beethovens Sargschlüssel“
ABO III
Monday, 5 April 2027, 7.30 pm
Musikverein Brahms Saal
Irmfried Radauer (1928 Salzburg - 1999 Patras) "Hommage … Mozart 1984" (Partita correlativa) 1. Satz
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Gran Partita
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Friedrich Gulda (1930 Vienna - 2000 Weißenbach/Attersee) Cello Concerto
Aleksander Simić Violoncello
Glass Marcano Conductor
Friedrich Gulda dedicates his Cello Concerto to Heinrich Schiff, who premieres the work. In his music, Gulda turns to ‘Mr Mozart’ with striking frequency, building a bridge between the Classical period and contemporary music. The instrumentation of the Cello Concerto also echoes the unusual ensemble of Mozart’s Gran Partita.
In the Mozart Year, Radauer composes a piece inspired by the Gran Partita, which itself becomes a ‘cult’ work and is titled ‘Gran Partita’ not by Mozart but by an unknown composer, clearly demonstrating its status amongst the otherwise rather ‘folk-like’ serenades: the uncrowned, undisputed queen of concert music.
"Concerto Danubiano"
ABO IV
Wednesday, 19 May 2027, 7.30 pm
Musikverein Brahms Saal
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden (1819 Linz - 1944 Vienna) 1. Satz from the Violin Concerto
Anton Bruckner (1824 Arnsfelden - 1896 Vienna) Adagio from the String Quintet
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L. van Beethoven (1770 Bonn - 1827 Vienna)/G. Mahler (1860 Kalischt - 1911 Vienna) String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, arr. for string orchestra
Sylvia Bodorova (*1954 in České Budějovice) "Concerto Danubiano" for violin, timpani and string orchestra
Paul Kropfitsch Violin
Marek Stilec Conductor
Here, the Danube brings a sense of dynamism, swirling around the lives of the composers who moved in Gustav Mahler’s circle:
Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden, an outstanding student of Bruckner and, at the same time, Mahler’s colleague at the Vienna Conservatory of the Friends of Music;
Sylvia Bodorova, also a strong woman and one of the most significant contemporary Czech composers, who is developing her compositional style within this tradition and finds herself caught in the maelstrom: Mahler, who cannot rest easy with Beethoven’s late, compact string quartets...
"Mozart, Ravel and the Beach !?"
ABO V
Tuesday, 22 June 2027, 7.30 pm
Musikverein Brahms Saal
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Symphonie Kv 385 „Haffner Symphonie“
Pierre Wissmer (1915 Genf - 1992 Valcros/France) Croissière
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Maria Gstättner (*1977 Mürzzuschlag) sunshivery for chamber ensemble, WORLD PREMIER
Amy Beach (1867 New Hampshire - 1944 New York) Pastorale for Wind Quintet
Maurice Ravel (1875 Ciboure - 1937 Paris) Piano Concerto in G major
Karl Eichinger Piano
Glass Marcano Conductor
"Mozart, Ravel and the Beach !?", a whimsical, light-hearted listening experience that gets you in the mood for summer!