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Golden Hall

The First Hall of the World is often called the “Golden Hall” of the Vienna Philharmonic, the center of musical life.

The Vienna Music Collection is located in the Inner City and is the concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The Golden Hall, thanks to its acoustics, belongs to the best concert halls in the world along with the halls of the Berlin Drama Theater, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Boston Symphony Hall and the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires. All of them were built without the use of modern acoustic technologies and have a long and narrow shape with high ceilings.

The building of the Vienna Musical Assembly was built as a new concert hall for the "Vienna Society of Music Lovers" on land allocated by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1863. The project was designed by Theophilus Hansen in the neoclassical style of an ancient Greek temple and included a large concert hall (the “Golden Hall”), as well as a small one for chamber music. This monumental building was built in the best traditions of antiquity. A powerful foundation, three tiers of balconies, gilded bas-relief, statues, arabesques, all this emphasizes the majesty of the concert hall. Due to the large number of gilded interior details, it was called the “Golden Hall”. Not only the walls turned out to be golden, but also the sound in the new hall.

The first concert here took place on January 6, 1870. During the opening of the concert hall, it was not waltzes that were performed, but Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

The “Golden Hall” is about 49 m long, 19 m wide and 18 m high. There are 1,744 seats and another 300 standing. The hall owes its acoustics to the skill of Theophilus Hansen, who at that time could not count on the achievements of acoustic physics. The rectangular shape of the room and its proportions, the location of windows and sculptures contribute to numerous reflections of sound.

Initially, the hall was equipped with an organ made by Friedrich Ladegast, and the first solo concert of organ music was given by Anton Bruckner in 1872. The modern organ was installed by the Austrian company Rieger Orgelbau in 1907, and was highly praised by musicians such as Franz Schmidt and Marcel Dupre. The organ was completely restored in 2011. Since 2001, the building has been undergoing reconstruction, which, however, does not affect concert activities. Thus, in particular, several new rehearsal rooms were built in the basement of the building.

The Golden Hall hosts the New Year's concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which mainly includes works by musicians from the Strauss dynasty.

For decades, the Vienna Philharmonic has delighted its audiences with an upbeat, lively program from the rich repertoire of the Strauss family and their contemporaries. This concert can be enjoyed by music lovers in Vienna and guests of the Austrian capital. Television broadcasts are also very popular throughout the world, currently broadcast in more than 70 countries.

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The Vienna Music Collection is the concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The Golden Hall, thanks to its acoustics, belongs to the best concert halls in the world.

The Vienna Music Collection (Wiener Musikverein) is located in the Inner City and is the concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Thanks to its acoustics, the Musikverein's Golden Hall ranks among the best concert halls in the world, along with the halls of the Berlin Drama Theater, the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Boston Symphony Hall and the Teatro Colon of Buenos Aires. All of them were built without the use of modern acoustic technologies and have a long and narrow shape with high ceilings.

Golden Hall, photo Bwag

The “Golden Hall” is about 49 m long, 19 m wide and 18 m high. There are 1,744 seats and another 300 standing. The Golden Hall hosts the New Year's concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. The hall owes its acoustics to the intuition of Theophil Hansen, who at that time could not count on the achievements of acoustic physics. The rectangular shape of the room and its proportions, the location of windows and sculptures contribute to numerous reflections of sound.

Brahms Hall, photo Bwag

Initially, the hall was equipped with an organ made by Friedrich Ladegast, and the first solo concert of organ music was given by Anton Bruckner in 1872. The modern organ was installed by the Austrian company Rieger Orgelbau in 1907, and was highly praised by musicians such as Franz Schmidt and Marcel Dupre. The organ was completely restored in 2011. In 2001-2004, the building underwent reconstruction, which, however, does not affect concert activities. Several new rehearsal rooms were built in the building's basement.

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The Musikverein is Vienna's most famous center for classical music. Attending a concert at the Musikverein means experiencing the city of music, Vienna, at the highest level of quality. And also with such musical giants as the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Millions of music lovers from all over the world know the Musikverein as one of the most traditional concert halls, where artists of the highest rank perform. The building on Karlsplatz, near the luxurious Ringstrasse boulevard, built in 1870 by Theophil Hansen in a historicizing style with columns, gables and reliefs, resembles a temple.

The Musikverein's Great Hall, also called the "Golden Hall", is famous for its luxurious decoration. Apollo and the muses attract attention on the ceiling; the columns are decorated in the form of antique female figures. Just as incomparable as the appearance is the acoustics of the room - the sound of music in the Golden Hall is unique in the whole world. Every year the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra broadcasts from the Golden Hall to an audience of millions from all over the world. On the remaining 364 days of the year, the Musikverein offers concerts of the highest standard. However, it has long been no longer a temple of exclusively classical music.

Glass, metal, stone, wood

Since 2004, the Musikverein has had four new halls: the Glass Hall, the Metal Hall, the Stone Hall and the Wooden Hall. Here the focus of the program is the presentation of the younger generation of artists. Thus, the debut of soprano singer Anna Prachazka, who has already gained worldwide fame, took place in the Glass Hall.

In the four new halls of the Musikverein, jazz is as firmly established as the spoken genre - actors, authors and musicians read excerpts from their own works, tell stories or talk about musical topics. The young public also willingly gathers in the new halls; More than 230 children's and youth concerts are held here every year, captivating the younger generation with music.

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Concert hall of the Vienna Philharmonic Musikverein - Wiener Musikverein. Building of the Vienna Musical Society. It is the center of Viennese musical culture and one of the centers of the international concert culture associated with classical music. Vienna Musikverein was opened by the emperor Franz Josef January 6, 1870 and is still considered one of the best concert halls in the world. 1744 seats, Goldener Saal ( Golden Hall); 570 seats, Brahms Saal (Brahms Hall). The Golden Hall is the most famous - magnificent "crystal" acoustics, luxurious decoration. Vienna Musikverein - this is the base Vienna Strauss Philharmonic Orchestra. A famous event took place here Schonberg's scandalous concert with mass brawl in 1913 year. Conducted here Rubinstein, Brahms, Karajan... In a word, this is a magnificent monument of classical music and architecture.

Franz Joseph I granted land in this place for the construction of a cultural center in 1863, entrusting the work to the Danish architect Theophil Hansen. He designed the building in the neoclassical style - although in many features it resembles monuments of ancient Greek architecture. The construction was sponsored by a certain Nikolaus Dumba - one of the surrounding streets now bears his name.

The Golden Hall (Goldener Saal) measures 49 x 19 x 18 meters, with 1,744 seats and 300 standing places. The acoustics in the hall turned out to be ideal - although Hansen, as they say, did not have any knowledge in terms of creating buildings with good acoustics. I did everything purely on a whim...

The first organ in the hall was built by Friedrich Ladegast, and Anton Bruckner (1872) performed his organ concert on it in 19872. The organ that still exists today was built by Rieger Orgelbau in 1907 and restored in 2011. Since 2001, the building has been partially remodeled - more precisely, a couple more rehearsal rooms were built in the basement.

But in addition to the main Golden Hall, the Musikverein building houses six more concert halls. These are the Brahms Hall (Brahmssaal, 32.5 x 10.3 x 11 meters, seats - 600), Glass Hall (Gläserner Saal/Magna Auditorium, 22 x 12.5 x 8 meters, seats - 380), Metal Hall (Metallener Saal, 10.5 x 10.8 x 3.2 meters, seats - 70), Stone Hall (Steinerner Saal/Horst Haschek Auditorium, 13 x 8.6 x 3.3 meters, seats - 60) and Wooden Hall (Hölzerner Saal, 11.5 x 7.5 x 3.4 meters, seats - 60).

Among others, Anton Rubinstein (1871 to 1872), Johannes Brahms (1872 to 1875), and Herbert von Karajan (1948 to 1964) conducted here.

In 1913, it was in the Golden Hall that the so-called Scandalous Concert (Skandalkonzert) took place. The music performed then was, to put it mildly, innovative and experimental. The “protagonist” of the event was Arnold Schoenberg. On March 31, he conducted and performed not only his chamber symphony N1, but also “Four Songs on Poems by Maeterlinck” by Alexander von Zemlinsky, Schoenberg’s teacher, as well as works by two of his students, Anton von Webern and Alban Berg (Alban Berg). The audience endured all the sound experiments for a long time, but when they heard the first monstrous dissonances of Berg’s “Songs based on texts from Peter Altenberg’s postcards,” they lost patience, began yelling, destroying everything, and climbed onto the stage. The “combatants” were also divided into two camps - opponents and supporters of what they heard - so everyone got it. The horrific massacre was barely stopped by the police, and the planned presentation of Gustav Mahler's "Songs of Dead Children" never took place that evening. Later, one of the spectators sued the organizers of the show...

The New Year's concert of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, broadcast throughout the world every year since 1959, is held in the famous Golden Hall of the Musikverein; for the orchestra, this hall is generally a permanent place for rehearsals and concerts. The majestic Musikverein building is also home to the famous Vienna Male Choral Society (Wiener Singverein), the renowned music publisher Universal Editions and the internationally respected manufacturer of Viennese pianos Bosendorfer.

Go to the Schwarzenbergplatz stop, tram number 71 and "D". Close to Karlsplatz metro station.

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Ordering tickets for concerts is possible in Moscow, provided you book a hotel in Vienna.

MUSICVEREIN

(www.musikverein.at)
Golden Hall of the Vienna Philharmonic

The first hall of the world is often called the Vienna Grosser Musikverein, the center of Austrian musical life. Opened in 1870, the hall, in addition to its noble beauty, which in its purest form embodies the Viennese architectural style of the second half of the 19th century, is famous for its unique, pure acoustics. It is not surprising that this hall was chosen as its residence by the most famous symphony orchestra in the world, the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, which has regularly held its subscription concerts here for more than a century and whose New Year's concert in the Golden Hall is broadcast throughout the world every year. The stage of the Golden Hall has seen many major musicians, from Gustav Mahler to Herbert von Karajan. The best of the best still come here very often. And yet, for your first visit, it is better to choose a concert of the Vienna Philharmonic; after listening to their performance of symphonies by Brahms or Beethoven, you can proudly say that you have visited the epicenter of the musical life of the planet.

The Philharmonic building is air-conditioned and can accommodate 1,744 people.

KONZERTHAUS

(www.konzerthaus.at)
Vienna Concert Hall

The Vienna Concert Hall building was completed by 1913, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, and completely reconstructed by 2000. It currently houses the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Famous festivals are also held here, for example, the “Vienna Music Weeks” (“Wiener Festwochen”).

Konzerthaus is a large complex housing four concert halls with different names: Bolshoi, Mozart, Schubert and New. The best repertoire and best performers go to the Great Hall with a capacity of 1,865 souls, plus the Vienna School of Music, which produces the best Austrian musicians. The Konzerthaus annually offers many interesting concert tickets, where there are symphony and chamber concerts, baroque music and even folklore from around the world.

On Sundays, the Konzerthaus hosts high-level Viennese festivals.
The Vienna Concert Hall building is air-conditioned and seats 1,808 people.

HOFBURG

(www.hofburgkapelle.at)
Main hall of the Hofburg Imperial Palace

The Hofburg Palace is the former winter residence of the Habsburgs, and today it is a unique concert hall in terms of the sound of music, making a colossal impression.

As the former winter residence of the Habsburgs, the palace enjoys a unique position within the festive framework in Vienna. In these magnificent baroque halls the emperor celebrated his great fortress.

The hall is air-conditioned and seats 1,298 people.

KURSALON

(www.kursalonwien.at)

In 1862, the City Park, designed in the English landscape style, opened. Five years later, the famous Viennese Kursalon, a concert hall, was built there, where the first concert of the works of Johan Strauss took place the following year. Since that time, the Kursalon, designed in the style of the Italian Renaissance, has become one of the most pompous and aristocratic buildings in Vienna, and at the same time, one of the centers of social life in Vienna, a venue for dance evenings and musical performances.

Initially - despite its splendor - the Vienna Kursalon attracted only a few visitors, since the wedding guests in these luxurious premises had to indulge exclusively in water procedures. Concerts and other entertainment were strictly prohibited. But the thirst for music triumphed over the thirst for water: a year after the opening, on October 15, 1868, the first concert of Johann Strauss took place here.

In this luxurious building, Strauss celebrated his greatest success. Today the Kursalon presents an evening full of Viennese charm, with fiery waltz melodies, polkas, arias, duets, as well as melodies of operettas and solo concerts at the highest artistic level.

VIENNA PEOPLE'S OPERA

(www.volksoper.at)

DIE VOLKSOPER WIEN

The Vienna Volksoper is one of Vienna's most significant musical scenes, presenting today the most diverse repertoire of operas, operettas, musicals and contemporary music and dance productions.

The operettas "Countess Mariza" (Graefin Mariza) by Imre Kalman, The Bat (Fledermaus) by Strauss, the opera "Der Freischutz" (Der Freischutz) by K. M. von Weber, the founder of German romantic opera, are the most beloved works by the public.

AN DER WIEN

(www.theater-wien.at)

Theater "An Der Wien" is a theater with a rich tradition located on the Left Wienzeil in the 6th district of Vienna, Mariahilfe. This is the youngest opera stage in the city.

On September 30, 1791, the most successful premiere took place at the then theater “Auf der Wieden”: the opera “The Magic Flute” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The birdcatcher Papageno was played by Schikaneder himself, the author of the libretto.

The opera was so commercially successful that Schikaneder, with the support of the merchant Bartholomew Zitterbart, was able to build a new theater at the same address, the An Der Wien Theater. Therefore, in 1801, the old theater "Auf der Wieden" was closed and turned into a tenement house. The theater "An Der Wien" opened on June 13, 1801 with Schikaneder's opera "Alexander" (music by Franz Tiber). Artistically, the new theater offered a much more serious repertoire: the premieres of Schubert's Rosamond and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, where he himself conducted, took place here; the premiere of the first version of Beethoven's opera Fidelio took place here.

For the first fifty years of its existence, the theater assigned the main role in the formation of its repertoire to opera productions; in the second half of the 19th century, it became the center of the Viennese operetta cult. From 1945 to 1955, after the destruction of the building on the Ring in March 1945, the theater became a temporary home for the Vienna Opera staff. In 2004, it was decided to transform the An Der Wien theater into an opera house again, starting in 2006, the year of Mozart.