Classical Concerts in the Minorite Church

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 concert 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 presents an inspiring journey through the masterpieces of classical music. From the elegance of Mozart’s Requiem and the profound beauty of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem, to the vibrant energy of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons and the passionate rhythms of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, the programme offers an exceptional variety of musical experiences.

The festive season brings special Advent and Christmas concerts, featuring beloved works by Bach, Vivaldi, Telemann and Handel, alongside atmospheric Baroque programmes performed on historical instruments. The season continues with highlights such as Mozart Piano Concerts, Grande Musica, the Italian Baroque Gala, and the popular Vivaldi meets Piazzolla.

From intimate chamber music to the powerful sound of orchestra and choir, the programme combines Baroque brilliance, Classical elegance, Romantic expression and festive seasonal traditions in one of Vienna’s most atmospheric historic settings.

Experience unforgettable evenings where music, history and the spirit of Vienna meet. Book your tickets now and discover the 2026/2027 concert season at the Minoritenkirche.

10 Oktober2026 at 8:00 pm

Cycle – GRANDE MUSICA
“GRANDE MUSICA”

Performers:
Pavel Vernikov – violin
Svetlana Makarova – violin
Anna Morgoulets – viola
Alexander Gordon – viola
Liliana Kehayova – cello
Loukia Loulaki – cello
Denitsa Laffchieva – clarinet

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence

17 Oktober2026 at 8:00 pm

Cycle – CELLO ENSEMBLE
“CELLO ENSEMBLE”

Performers:
Cello Ensemble
Rudolf Leopold and Friends
Six Cellos in Concert

Program:

• Johann Sebastian Bach – Allegro from the Sonata in G minor, BWV 1029
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – “Se vuol ballare” from Le nozze di Figaro
• Franz Schubert – Andante sostenuto
• Claude Debussy – La fille aux cheveux de lin
• Gustav Mahler – Adagietto
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Scenes from Eugene Onegin

All works in arrangements for cello ensemble

30 Oktober2026 at 8:00 pm

Cycle – CELLO ENSEMBLE
“CELLISSIMO”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Harriet Krijgh – cello
Liliana Kehayova – cello

Program:

• Works by Antonio Vivaldi

31 Oktober2026 at 8:00 pm

“MOZART, HAYDN & MAHLER”

Performers:
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie

Program:

• Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 4, First Movement
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major, K. 137
• Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 “The Bear”, First Movement
• Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 94 “Surprise”, Second Movement
• Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 82 “The Bear”, Fourth Movement
• Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet, Op. 77, Scherzo and Fourth Movement

NOVEMBER 2026

1 November 2026 at 4:00 pm

“MOZART – REQUIEM. ALL SAINTS’ DAY CONCERT”

Performers:
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Martin Sieghart – conductor

Soloists:
Annette Dasch – soprano
Annelie Sophie Müller – alto
Anton Saris – tenor
Sebastian Holecek – bass

Program:

• Sergei Rachmaninoff – Bogoroditse Devo
• Dmitri Bortniansky – Tebe Poyem
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Requiem in D minor, K. 626

15 November 2026 at 4:00 pm

“JOHANNES BRAHMS – A GERMAN REQUIEM”
20 Years of Philharmonia Chor Wien

Performers:
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Chor Wien
Martin Sieghart – conductor

Soloists:
Nathalie Peña Comas – soprano
Günter Haumer – baritone

Program:

• Johannes Brahms – A German Requiem, Op. 45

20 & 21 November 2026 at 8:00 pm

“SAXOPHONE MEETS CLASSICS”

Performers:
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Ola Asdahl Rokkones – saxophone

Program – selections:

• 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, K. 581
  (arrangement for saxophone)
• Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 6 in D major “Le Matin”
  (arrangement for string quintet)

26 November 2026 at 8:00 pm

“ADVENT CONCERT”
Festive Baroque Music for Advent

Performers:
Il Concerto Viennese
Rudolf Leopold – artistic director

Program:

• Works by Giuseppe Torelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque masters

27 November 2026 at 8:00 pm

“MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Patrick Dheur – conductor and soloist
Mario Hossen – violin
Benjamin Beck – viola

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenata notturna, K. 239
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante, K. 364
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414

28 November 2026 at 8:00 pm

“MOZART PIANO CONCERTOS”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Filipe Pinto Ribeiro – conductor and soloist
Mario Hossen – violin
Benjamin Beck – viola

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 3, K. 18
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 4, K. 19
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia concertante, K. 364
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 12 in A major, K. 414

29 November 2026 at 8:00 pm

“ADVENT CONCERT”
Festive Baroque Music for Advent

Performers:
Il Concerto Viennese
Rudolf Leopold – artistic director

Program:

• Works by Giuseppe Torelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque masters

DECEMBER 2026

2 & 3 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“ADVENT CONCERT”

Performers:
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Marley Erickson – violin

Program:

• Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216

4 & 5 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“MOZART CYCLE”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
David Frühwirth – conductor
Julian Walder – violin

Program:

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4, K. 218
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 5, K. 22
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 6, K. 43
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Serenata notturna, K. 239

6 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“VIVALDI MEETS PIAZZOLLA”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Mario Hossen – conductor and violin

Program:

• Antonio Vivaldi – Le quattro stagioni
• Astor Piazzolla – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

7 & 8 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“TRIO CARUSO – THE THREE TENORS FROM NAPLES”

Performers:
Stefano Sorrentino – tenor
Marco Ferrante – tenor
Alessandro Fortunato – tenor
Francesco Capozzi – piano
N. N. – violin
N. N. – cello

Program – selections:

• Pietro Mascagni – Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana (for piano trio)
• Agustín Lara – Granada
• Ruggero Leoncavallo – Mattinata
• Giuseppe Verdi – “La donna è mobile” from Rigoletto
• Giacomo Puccini – “Nessun dorma” from Turandot
• Francesco Sartori – Con te partirò
• Franz Schubert – Ave Maria, D. 839
• César Franck – Panis angelicus
• John Francis Wade – Adeste fideles
• Alfonso Maria de’ Liguori – Tu scendi dalle stelle
• Irving Berlin – White Christmas
• Adolphe Adam – O Holy Night
• Lucio Dalla – Caruso
• Ernesto De Curtis – Torna a Surriento
• Eduardo di Capua – ’O sole mio
• Luigi Denza – Funiculì, funiculà

10 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“ADVENT CONCERT”
Festive Baroque Music for Advent

Performers:
Il Concerto Viennese
Rudolf Leopold – artistic director

Program:

• Works by Giuseppe Torelli, Antonio Vivaldi, Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque masters

11, 12 & 13 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“ADVENT CONCERT”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Martin Sieghart – conductor
Alois Mühlbacher – countertenor
Don Elias Stolz – trumpet
Chorus ALEA

Program:

• 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
• Georg Philipp Telemann – Trumpet Concerto in D major
• Johann Sebastian Bach – “Schließe, mein Herze” from the Christmas Oratorio
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Air from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
• Johann Sebastian Bach – Two Chorales from the Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
• Georg Friedrich Handel – Venti, turbini, prestate from Rinaldo
• Johann Sebastian Bach – “Brich an, o schönes Morgenlicht” from the Christmas Oratorio

18 & 19 December 2026 at 8:00 pm

“VIVALDI MEETS PIAZZOLLA”

Performers:
Les Orpheistes
Mario Hossen – conductor and violin

Program:

• Antonio Vivaldi – Le quattro stagioni
• Astor Piazzolla – Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

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)