Classical Concerts in the Minorite Church
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Concerts in the Minorite Church
Concerts at the Minorite Church – Where Music and History Meet
Step into the breathtaking Minoritenkirche in the heart of Vienna and experience a new season where timeless music and historic atmosphere come together in perfect harmony. Surrounded by magnificent Gothic architecture, each concert becomes more than a performance—it becomes a moment to remember.The 2026/2027 season invites you on an inspiring musical journey through the masterpieces of classical music. From the intricate beauty of Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the profound depth of the St John Passion, to the vibrant brilliance of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, the program brings together iconic works that have shaped musical history.Celebrate the spirit of the seasons with special highlights throughout the year: moving Easter concerts, atmospheric Advent evenings, festive Christmas performances, and dazzling New Year’s concerts. Whether it’s an intimate chamber music setting or the powerful sound of orchestra and choir, each event reveals a unique dialogue between music and space.Renowned ensembles and outstanding soloists return to the Minorite Church, including Les Orpheistes Orchestra, the Wiener Kammersymphonie, and as well as members of the Vienna Philharmonic, renowned choirs, and world-class soloists, all delivering concerts of exceptional quality and emotion.. From baroque elegance to classical masterpieces and virtuosic showpieces, the season offers exceptional artistry, passion, and musical diversity.Experience unforgettable evenings where tradition meets excellence, and where every note resonates within one of Vienna’s most iconic sacred spaces.Book your tickets now and immerse yourself in a season of classical brilliance in the heart of the imperial city.
12 June 2026 at 8:00 pm
Cycle – GRANDE MUSICA
“BEETHOVEN and ARENSKY”
Performers:
Mario Hossen – violin
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky – violin
Gerhard Marschner – viola
Harriet Krijgh – cello
Liliana Kehayova – cello
Program:
- Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quintet in A major, after the “Kreutzer Sonata” Op. 47
- Anton Arensky – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35
18 & 19 July 2026 at 8:00 pm
“La Passione”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Christoph Sietzen – Marimba
Martin Sieghart – Conductor
Program:
- Joseph Haydn- Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49 (final movement)
- Christoph Sietzen- Improvisation “La passione”
- Johann Sebastian Bach- Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 – Prelude
- Emmanuel Séjourné- Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006)
- Johann Sebastian Bach- Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995 – Gigue
- Joseph Haydn- Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49
Wiener Klassikfestival 2026
3rd Edition - Minoritenkirche Vienna
July 2026
24 & 25 July 2026 at 8:00 pm
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
'Martin Sieghart – conductor
Selina Ott – trumpet
Program:
- Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6 No. 1
- Giuseppe Tartini - Concerto for trumpet and strings
- Maurice Ravel - Suite for strings
- Jean-Michel Defaye / Planel - Concerto for trumpet and strings
- Arcangelo Corelli - Concerto grosso in G major, Op. 6 No. 6
26 July 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Mozart Evening”
Performers:
Varga Quartet Vienna – string quartet
Adela Liculescu – piano
Program:
Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
29 July 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Late Night Concert in Vienna” – Premiere
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – violin
Nataliya Stepanska – soprano
Don Elias Stolz - trumpet
Program (selected works):
- Arvo Pärt - Spiegel im Spiegel
- Jules Massenet - Méditation from Thaïs
- Niccolò Paganini - La Campanella
- Pablo de Sarasate - Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
- Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
- Antonio Vivaldi - “L’estate” (Presto) from Le quattro stagioni
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - “Laudate Dominum” KV 339
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - “Exsultate, jubilate” KV 165 (I. Exsultate, jubilate – Allegro / IV. Alleluja – Molto Allegro)
31 July & 01 August 2026 at 8:00 pm
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Ivan Martín – piano (conductor & soloist)
Program:
- Joseph Haydn – Piano Concerto in D major, Hob. XVIII:11
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 29 in A major, KV 201
August 2026
02 August 2026, at 8:00 pm
“Bach & Paganini meet Schumann – Vol. I”
Performers:
Mario Hossen – violin
Ivan Martín – piano
Program:
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Sonatas and Partitas for solo violin BWV 1001 / 1003 / 1004 - Niccolò Paganini
- 24 Caprices (selection) Nos. 1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 10, 13, 14, 17, 18, 21, 22, 24
15 & 16 August 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Mozart Piano Concerto”
Performers:
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Andrea Vivanet – piano
Program:
- Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
September 2026
19 September 2026 at 8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”
Performers:
Marialena Fernandes – piano
Ranko Markovic – piano
Mario Hossen – violin
Maria Sotriffer – violin
Nikita Gerkusov – viola
Liliana Kehayova – cello
Program:
- Robert Schumann – Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66
- Robert Schumann – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
- Robert Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
25 & 26 September 2026 at 8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA - Souvenir de Paris”
Performers:
Mario Hossen – violin
Kristina Miller – piano
Les Orpheistes String Quartet
Program:
- Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (original version for piano and string quintet)
- Ernest Chausson – Concert for violin, piano & string quartet (double concerto)
October 2026
10 October 2026 at 8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”
Performers:
Pavel Vernikov – violin
Svetlana Makarova – violin
Anna Morgoulets – violin
Alexander Gordon – viola
Liliana Kehayova – cello
Loukia Loulaki – cello
Denitsa Laffchieva – clarinet
Program:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Souvenir de Florence
30 October 2026 at 8:00 pm
“GRANDE MUSICA”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Harriet Krijgh - cello
Liliana Kehayova - cello
Program:
- Works by Antonio Vivaldi
31 October 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Mozart, Bruckner & Haydn”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Program:
- Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Haydn
November 2026
01 November 2026 at 4:00 pm
“Mozart – Requiem – Concert for All Saints’ Day”
Performers:
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra - orchestra
Philharmonia Choir Vienna - choir
Martin Sieghart - conductor Soloists - TBA
Programme:
- Anton Bruckner - Four motets a cappella
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem in D minor, KV 626
20 & 21 November 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Saxophone meets Classical Music”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Ola Asdahl Rokkones - saxophone
Programme:
- Johan Svendsen - Romance in G major, Op. 26
- Antonín Dvořák - Scherzo from String Quintet Op. 77
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 2nd and 4th movements from Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581 (arr. for saxophone)
- Joseph Haydn - Symphony No. 6 in D major “Le Matin” (arr. for string quintet)
26 November 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Advent Concert”
Performers:TBA
Programme:
- TBA
27 November 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Mozart Piano Concertos”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra - orchestra
Patrick Dheur - conductor & soloist
Mario Hossen - violin
Benjamin Beck - viola
Programme:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenata Notturna KV 239
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante KV 364
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto KV 414
28 November 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Advent Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra - orchestra
Filipe Pinto Ribeiro - conductor & soloist
Mario Hossen - violin
Benjamin Beck - viola
Programme:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 3 KV 18
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 4 KV 19
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante KV 364
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Piano Concerto KV 414
29 November 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Advent Concert”
Performers:
To be announced
Programme:
- To be announced
December 2026
02 & 03 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Advent Concert”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Marley Erickson - violin
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, KV 216
04 & 05 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“MOZART CYCLE”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
David Frühwirth - conductor
Julian Walder - violin
Programme:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Violin Concerto No. 4, KV 218
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 5, KV 22
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No. 6, KV 43
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Serenata Notturna, KV 239
06 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen –conductor & Violin
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Sonata “La Follia”, RV 63
- Violin Concerto in A major, RV 210
- Concerto in C major, RV 157
- Selection from The Four Seasons - Niccolò Paganini
- I Palpiti, Op. 13
- Sonata “Preghiera”- Moto perpetuo
- Rondo “Il Campanello”, M.S. 67/1 (arr. R. Leopold)
07, & 08 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples”
Performers:
Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples
N. N. – Violin
N. N. – Cello
N. N. – Piano
Programme:
- Arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti
11, 12 & 13 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Advent Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Martin Sieghart - conductor
Alois Mühlbacher - countertenor
Don Elias Stolz - trumpet
Chorus ALEA
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantata V)- Opening chorus: “Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen”
- Antonio Vivaldi - Nisi Dominus, RV 608 (for countertenor and orchestra)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Two chorales from the Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
- Antonio Vivaldi - Gelido in ogni vena (from Farnace)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
- Antonio Vivaldi - Trumpet Concerto in D major
- George Frideric Handel - Venti, turbini, prestate (from Rinaldo)
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (Cantata VI)
18 & 19 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”
Performers:Les Orpheistes OrchestraMario Hossen – conductor & violin
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto RV 235- Concerto RV 114- Sinfonia from L’Olimpiade, RV 725- Concerto for four violins in B-flat major, RV 553- Selection from The Four Seasons
- Niccolò Paganini - Le Streghe- Preghiera di Mosè- Non più mesta- La Campanella
20, 21 & 22 december 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Per la Notte di Natale - Baroque Music for Christmas Time”
Performers: Barucco Consort - on historical instruments Andreas Helm - oboe & director
Programme:
- Johann Melchior Molter - Concerto Pastorale in G major
- Antonio Vivaldi - “L’inverno” (Winter) from The Four Seasons
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Concerto for oboe d’amore, strings and basso continuo in A major
- Antonio Vivaldi - Il Riposo – Per il Santissimo Natale, Concerto in E major, RV 270
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060R (for oboe, violin, strings and basso continuo)
23 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Christmas Concert”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Michael Bednarik - trumpet
Anastasia Karaieva - soprano
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
- Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (1st movement)
- George Frideric Handel - Arias from Messiah (including festive trumpet aria
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Concertos and festive works for trumpet
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Opera arias from Le Nozze di Figaro
- George Frideric Handel - Additional arias with trumpet
25 & 26 December 2026 at 7:00 pm
“Christmas Concert”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Michael Bednarik - trumpet
Anastasia Karaieva - soprano
Programme:
- Johann Sebastian Bach - Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
- Joseph Haydn - Trumpet Concerto in E-flat major (1st movement)
- George Frideric Handel - Arias from Messiah (including festive trumpet aria
- Georg Philipp Telemann - Concertos and festive works for trumpet
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Opera arias from Le Nozze di Figaro
- George Frideric Handel - Additional arias with trumpet
27 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Vivaldi – The Four Seasons”
Performers:
Wiener Kammersymphonie - string quintet
Marley Erickson - violin
Programme:
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G major, KV 525
- Antonio Vivaldi - Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons)
28, 29 & 30 December 2026 at 8:00 pm
“Italian Baroque Gala”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra - orchestra
Mario Hossen - violin & conductor
Don Elias Stolz - trumpet
Nataliya Stepanska - soprano
Programme selection:
- Pietro Locatelli - Concerto grosso Op. 1 No. 11
- Giuseppe Tartini - Violin Concerto in A minor, D. 115
- Tomaso Albinoni - Adagio in G minor (reconstructed by R. Giazotto)
31 December 2026 at 4:00 pm
“New Year’s Eve Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – violin & conductor
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
- A. Piazzolla- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
January 2027
01 January 2027 at 4:00 pm
“New Year’s Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – violin & conductor
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
- A. Piazzolla- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
02 January 2027 at 8:00 pm
“New Year’s Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – violin & conductor
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
- A. Piazzolla- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
03 January 2027 at 6:00 pm
“New Year’s Concert”
Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – violin & conductor
Programme:
- Antonio Vivaldi- Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
- A. Piazzolla- Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas (The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires)
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
EUR 19.00 to EUR 65.00
