Vacation Advisory!

[DaveF]

The Fourth is your *least* favourite Bruckner symphony?! And Martha-freaking-Argerich performing Schumann's Piano Concerto is not good enough for you?! Oh, you do so deserve those J.Strauss-dancing horses! 😜🤷‍♂️😁

Yes, it is my least favourite, sorry.  OK, Argerich in Schumann would certainly be a highlight of the visit; I was just hoping for something Viennese and 20th century...  And if Madame finds out about the horses, then we'll have to go anyway, so I'll be justly served.

[Wanderer]

Yes, it is my least favourite, sorry.  OK, Argerich in Schumann would certainly be a highlight of the visit; I was just hoping for something Viennese and 20th century...  And if Madame finds out about the horses, then we'll have to go anyway, so I'll be justly served.

Joking aside, digging a little deeper, I did find a recital for you, at the Arnold Schönberg Center:

Thursday, 22 September 2022
6.30 pm

Members of the Vienna Philharmonic
   Lara Kusztrich violin
   Sebastian Führlinger viola
   Stefan Gartmayer violoncello
Katharina Hirschmann presentation

Arnold SCHÖNBERG String Trio op. 45
Friedrich CERHA Suite für Violoncello solo WV 197
Lukas HASELBÖCK Triptychon (WP)
Tomasz SKWERES Elusive Thoughts - 6 Miniaturen für Streichtrio

Free admission, with online reservation here.

Any other particular sightseeing you're thinking of?

[DaveF]

I did find a recital for you, at the Arnold Schönberg Center:

Any other particular sightseeing you're thinking of?

Ah, thank you - that's the day after we come back (we're there Wednesday 14th, but probably arriving too late for the Cleveland Orchestra that night, until 21st).  Otherwise I would have been there like a shot - and Madame F could have gone and seen the horses...  And I do like the sound of the free tours of the Schönberghaus, if we can find our way out to Mödling.  Regarding the Philharmoniker, I see tickets for the remaining 1st Subscription concerts go on sale tomorrow (I'm wondering if that means after midnight tonight), so will see what we can get.

Other plans include the Kunsthistoriches Museum (obviously) and day trips to Salzburg and down the river to Bratislava. 

[Wanderer]

Ah, thank you - that's the day after we come back (we're there Wednesday 14th, but probably arriving too late for the Cleveland Orchestra that night, until 21st).  Otherwise I would have been there like a shot - and Madame F could have gone and seen the horses...  And I do like the sound of the free tours of the Schönberghaus, if we can find our way out to Mödling.  Regarding the Philharmoniker, I see tickets for the remaining 1st Subscription concerts go on sale tomorrow (I'm wondering if that means after midnight tonight), so will see what we can get.

Other plans include the Kunsthistoriches Museum (obviously) and day trips to Salzburg and down the river to Bratislava.

Ah, that's just bad luck re. the recital. A tour of the Schönberghaus sounds like a very good idea (and in case visiting famous graves is your thing, he's interred in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof, along with Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert and others).
If you like Jugendstil, I would recommend a visit to the Ernst Fuchs Museum. Google it to get an idea of what you'll be stepping into. Also, this year may be your last chance to see Klimt's Kiss at the Belvedere without the pre-covid crowds of Chinese selfie-takers. The Albertina (splendid in itself) is having a temporary exhibition on Basquiat (first Austrian retrospective) and if you like Schiele, you'll also need to go to the Leopold Museum. The Kunsthistorisches Museum is a treasure, of course, one of the finest art museums in the world. And having a coffee break at its luxurious café under the dome is an experience in itself. See if you can spot the two (small) fragments of the Parthenon Sculptures in the archaeological section! And if you have time to visit the Picture Gallery of the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts at Schillerplatz, you'll be able to admire a breathtaking Hieronymus Bosch triptych all by yourself. Have a great trip!

[Wanderer]

I don't know if this is your kind of thing, but on a Sunday morning you can hear a sung mass at a number of churches across Vienna.  My favourite, both musically and aesthetically, is the Jesuitenkirche, right in the centre, where this coming Sunday at 10:30am they'll perform Haydn's Kleine Orgelmesse and Bruckner's Locus iste.  Afterwards you can get an excellent cooked breakfast, and rub elbows with the musicians, at the delightful Kaffee Alt Wien just around the corner.

Mine, as well! They were performing Haydn's Harmoniemesse when I last attended (and they will be performing Mozart's Orgelsolomesse next time I'll be there). The church itself is very beautiful, with a remarkable trompe-l'œil painted ceiling by Andrea Pozzo (whose work can most famously be admired in Rome's Sant'Ignazio di Loyola). Other churches in the city are also performing sung Masses, as you noted, there are notices at their entrances marking the relevant dates; I remember, for instance, hearing Mozart's Krönungsmesse and Haydn's Nelsonmesse at Augustinerkirche.