Mozart Festival in Salzburg

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Tour Director John Bryden, MA,ARCM, ARCO is an organist and pianist who has performed internationally as a soloist, accompanist and chamber musician.

January 25–31, 2021 from £2995 per person | with John Bryden

Opening ceremony of the 2019 festival

• Experience a specially chosen selection of Mozart’s dramatic music, from his Requiem to his Mass in C minor • Hear some of the most celebrated performers of Mozart in the world, including theVienna Philharmonic,

Daniel Barenboim, Mitsuko Uchida and the Hagen Quartet • Make an excursion to the neoclassical Kaiservilla, once the summer residence of Emperor Franz

Joseph I Building on its remarkable legacy of performances over many years, the annual Mozart Festival returns for a celebration of the composer as a “creator of musical drama”. Te selection of works for the 2021 festival includes almost all of those composed in a minor key – chosen for their particularly powerful impact – and will allow festival-goers to experience the inherent drama of Mozart’s music in all its diversity.

Among the larger-work highlights of our tour will be a dual performance of the Missa brevis and Requiem, both in D minor, by the excellent ensemble L’Arpeggiata under Christina Pluhar with Salzburg’s Bach Choir. Continuing the emphasis on dramatic sacred works, a musical treat awaits us at the Grosses Festspielhaus where we will experience the magnifcent Mass in C minor performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in partnership with Vienna State Opera Chorus and a superb selection of soloists. Te Vienna Philharmonic returns later for a performance of symphonic works under

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the baton of Daniel Barenboim, who will take to the stage himself for Mozart’s Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor.

Interspersed with these larger works, we will hear a variety of more intimate chamber concerts including string quartets and quintets from the award-winning Hagen Quartet and Spunicunifait Quintet respectively. Uncovering Salzburg’s musical heritage, we will explore Mozart’s birthplace and Wohnhaus and enjoy a unique private tour of original manuscripts, guided by an archivist of the Mozarteum. Our tour also includes a visit to the 17th century Residenz – the sumptuous home of the Prince-Archbishops of Salzburg, where Mozart performed as a boy. We will stay at the four-star Hotel Imlauer & Bräu Salzburg, a pleasant and comfortable establishment ideally placed for exploring the main sites on our tour. Please note that this tour fies out of Heathrow and returns to Gatwick.

FITNESS / PRACTICALITIES: This tour involves a signifcant amount of walking to our daytime visits and concert venues, however this is mainly over fat ground, some of which is within the pedestrian zone of Salzburg. While this makes for a relaxing overall experience, participants should be aware of the amount of walking as well as the possibility of snow and ice at this time of the year. Some terrain is cobbled. Participants should have a good overall level of ftness.

Please note that the itinerary represents a guide to what we hope to offer, and some elements may be subject to change or confrmation nearer the time. Performances are subject to confrmation by the festival offce and some visits are weather dependent. Day 1 Depart London Heathrow 1110 on British Airways, arriving Salzburg 1410. Transfer to Hotel Imlauer & Bräu Salzburg for six nights. Short orientation walking tour (time permitting). Evening concert at the Stiftung Mozarteum featuring L’Arpeggiata, Bach Choir Salzburg and soloists: Mozart Missa brevis in D minor, K 65, Requiem in D minor, K 626. Day 2 Whole day excursion to the Salzkammergut area including private visit to the Kaiservilla (summer residence of Emperor Franz Joseph I), visits to ‘Bruckner Church’ in Bad Ischl including organ recital (subject to confrmation) and church in St Wolfgang. Day 3 Morning lecture followed by guided walking tour of Salzburg to include Mozart’s birthplace, cathedral and Mozart’s Wohnhaus. Evening performance at the Grosses Festspielhaus featuring Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus and soloists: Mozart arias including ‘Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!’ and ‘Vado, ma dove? Oh dei!’; Mozart Mass in C minor, K 427. Day 4 Morning lecture followed by late morning performance at Salzburg Residenz featuring Spunicunifait Quintet: Mozart String Quintets No 2 in C minor, K 406, and No 4 in G minor, K 516. Optional afternoon visits to the Franciscan Church and St Peter’s Abbey. Evening performance at the Grosses Festspielhaus featuring Martha Argerich & Daniel Barenboim (piano): Mozart selected piano works for four hands. Day 5 Morning lecture followed by late morning performance at the Stiftung Mozarteum featuring Hagen Quartet: Mozart String Quartets No 17 in B fat major, K 458, No 18 in A major, K 464, No 19 in C major, K 465. Afternoon: guided tour of the original archives in the Mozarteum’s Autograph Vault and some free time. Day 6 Morning lecture followed by visit to Salzburg Residenz and free time. Afternoon performance at the Stiftung Mozarteum featuring Mahler Chamber Orchestra with Mitsuko Uchida (conductor, piano): Piano Concerto No 18 in B fat major, K 456, Ballet music from Idomeneo, K 367, Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467. Evening performance at the Grosses Festspielhaus featuring Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim (conductor, piano): Mozart Symphony No 33 in B fat major, K 319, Symphony No 38 in D major, K 504 ‘Prague Symphony’, Piano Concerto No 24 in C minor, K 491. Day 7 Depart Salzburg 1105, arriving London Gatwick 1210.

Cost of £2995 includes: return airfare, accommodation based on sharing a superior twin or double bedded room, performances as described, breakfast, one lunch, fve dinners with water & coffee, excursions & admissions, gratuities. Not included: travel insurance, superior double room for single use supplement £295. TOUR CODE: MOZS21

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