Scheduled concerts

Max Bruch Kol Nidrei op 47, arr. for string orchestra
Mieczysław Weinberg Concertino for violin and string orchestra op. 42
Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski Serenade for string orchestra

Orsolya Korcsolán Violin
Nátán Sugár Conductor

Photo ©Laszlo Emmer

Juta Pranulyte NEW WORK for solo horn WORLD PREMIER
Christian Ofenbauer 9. Streichquartettsatz
Alexander Wagendristel Water and Stone, for horn and five-string players WORLD PREMIERE
Michael Amann Flusslandschaft mit Inseln, for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass WORLD PREMIERE
Morgana Petrik Du sublime au ridicule for solo double bass WORLD PREMIERE of the version for double bass
Johannes Beranek „im licht das licht.” for string quintet and solo horn WORLD PREMIERE

Johannes Beranek Conductor, horn
Franz Michael Fischer Violin
Christopher Bainbridge Double bass

Part of SCHALLWENDE – Festival for New Music: stromaufwärts ≈ frutz ≈ Ill ≈ frödisch. Further information can be found here.

Photo ©Mira Weihs

An interview with Alisa Kobzar: How do computer music tools influence compositional thinking, the creative process and the artistic outcome?

Anna Maly "Atmend … in den Klang hineinkriechen", for piano, violin and electronics WORLD PREMIER
Alisa Kobzar "Elektrisierte Ruinen" from the cycle "Geisterstädte", for acoustic piano, digital piano and physically modelled piano WORLD PREMIER
Martin Gut "e luz e paz e graça", for violin, piano, electronics WORLD PREMIER
Benedikt Alphart "indivisiBELLS", for piano and electronics WORLD PREMIER
Gerard Erruz "memory stream", for violin and electronics
Lars Tuchel "for lack of a better" for quadraphonic sound WORLD PREMIER

Alisa Kobzar Piano
Hyewon Lim Violin
Franz Michael Fischer, Mira Weihs Moderation
Anna Maly, Alisa Kobzar, Martin Gut, Gerald Erruz, Lars Tuchel Electronics

Part of SCHALLWENDE – Festival for New Music: stromaufwärts ≈ frutz ≈ Ill ≈ frödisch. Further information can be found here.

Photo ©Mira Weihs

Ilia Osokin (Music) „Ambient story“, Ilia Osokin documentary (FILM)
Guillaume Zanier (Direction)

Ilia Osokin „Septième jour“ from the cycle „Wave Creation“ for violin and cello (FILM MUSIC) WORLD PREMIER
Johannes Berauer Prelude for m.c. Escher Piano solo (IMAGE AI generated)

Tamara Štajner (Music, Direction) (FILMS)
„KRŠKO“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner
„LOŠINJ“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner
"von fröschen + raketen geträumt"
„KÜSTENKIND“, Text from the poetry collection ‘Schlupflöcher’ by Tamara Štajner

Shiqi Geng 2. Satz from the Sonata based on paintings by Marc Chagall, for solo viola (IMAGE AI generated)
Florian Hecher (Music, Acting, Editing) / Susanne Schönthaler (Direction, Editing) (FILM)
"Piano Epico“, Florian Hecher performs the film’s soundtrack

Florian Hecher "Gefühlt 2026 Ω“, Piano solo improvisation based on the theme of the Schallwende Festival 2026 WORLD PREMIER

Ilia Osokin Violoncello
Georgy Begletsov Violin
Florian Hecher Piano
Katharina Plankensteiner Viola

Part of SCHALLWENDE – Festival for New Music: stromaufwärts ≈ frutz ≈ Ill ≈ frödisch. Further information can be found here.

Photo ©Mira Weihs

Edvard Grieg - Holberg Suite
Carl Nielsen - Little Suite for Strings 
Benjamin Britten - Simple Symphony
Granville Bantock - Scene from the Scottish Highlands

Franz Michael Fischer - Conductor/Concertmaster

Marianna Martines (1744 Vienna - 1812 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 1 C-Dur 1. Satz

Ferruccio Busoni (1866 Empoli/Florence - 1924 Berlin) Duettino Concertante based on the finale of W. A. Mozart’s Piano Concerto K. 459 for two pianos
Joseph Haydn (1732 Rohrau - 1809 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 43 Es-Dur „Merkur“
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Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Konzert für 2 Klaviere, Es-Dur K. 365

Françoise Choveaux (*1953 Lille) Tango op. 261 "Cristián en el Tortoni Buenos Aires“ 2 pianos, Bandoneon, Strings

Margarita Höhenrieder Piano
Antti Siirala Piano
Sébastien Innocenti Bandoneon
William Garfield Walker Conductor

Marianna Martines (1744 Vienna - 1812 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 1 C-Dur 1. Satz
Philipp Manuel Gutmann (*1993 Zwettl) Ich warf eine Rose ins Meer, GWV 95 A novella for string orchestra based on Richard Dehmel
Joseph Haydn (1732 Rohrau - 1809 Vienna) Sinfonia n° 43 Es-Dur „Merkur“
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Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna)  Concerto for Two Pianos, Es-Dur K. 365
Françoise Choveaux (*1953 Lille) Tango op. 261 "Cristián en el Tortoni Buenos Aires“ 2 pianos, bandoneon, strings

Margarita Höhenrieder Piano
Antti Siirala Piano
Sébastien Innocenti Bandoneon
Andrea Götsch Conductor

The “Zauber der Dualität” describes the fascinating interplay of opposites – such as light and dark, self and world, mind and heart, or major and minor – which shape our experience and, through their balance, give rise to harmony and wholeness. It is a fundamental principle in philosophy, mathematics, spirituality and, not least, in music, which uses separation as a necessary means of understanding unity.

Ich warf eine Rose ins Meer,
eine blühende Rose ins grüne Meer.
Und weil die Sonne schien, Sonne schien,
sprang das Licht hinterher,
mit hundert zitternden Zehen hinterher.
Als die erste Welle kam,
wollte die Rose, meine Rose, ertrinken.
Als die zweite sie sanft auf ihre Schultern nahm,
musste das Licht, das Licht ihr zu Füßen sinken.
Da fasste die dritte sie am Saum,
und das Licht sprang hoch, zitternd hoch, wie zur Wehr;
aber hundert tanzende Blütenblätter
wiegten sich rot, rot, rot um mich her,
und es tanzte mein Boot,
und mein Schatten auf dem Schaum,
und das grüne Meer, das Meer - -

~ Richard Dehmel

Giacomo Puccini Crisantemi
Edvard Grieg Aus Holbergs Zeit
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Noveletten 1 und 4
Antonin Dvorak Serenade für Streichorchester E-Dur

Dora Pejačević (1885 Budapest -1923 Munich) Piano Concerto op 33.  g moll 1. Satz Allegro Moderato
Mirela Ivičević (*1980 Split) Piece for piano, percussion and string orchestra WORLD PREMIER
Richard Strauss (1864 München - 1949 Garmisch-Partenkirchen)/Richard Dünser (*1959 Bregenz) Four Last Songs for Soprano and Orchestra, WoO, AV 150; arranged for chamber orchestra
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Frano Parać (*1948 Split) Concerto for Violin, Viola and Strings
Ivo Josipović (*1957 Zagreb) Samba Brevis
Franz Schubert (1797 Vienna - 1828 Vienna) Symphonie No. 3 in D-Dur, D. 200
Richard Strauss/Richard Dünser Aber der Richtige, wenn‘s einen gibt für mich. Arabella’s aria from the opera of the same name WORLD PREMIERE of the arrangement for chamber orchestra    

Tonči Bilić Conductor
Darija Auguštan Soprano
Lovre Marušić Piano
Krunoslav Marić Violin
Hrvoje Philips Viola

The Zagreb Music Society has invited the Wiener Concert-Verein to perform the gala opening concert at the new Musikverein building in Zagreb and to embark on a concert tour of Croatia with this programme, which highlights the friendly musical ties between the two countries.

Irmfried Radauer  (1928 Salzburg - 1999 Patras) "Hommage … Mozart 1984" (Partita correlativa) 1. Satz
Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Gran Partita
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Friedrich Gulda (1930 Vienna - 2000 Weißenbach/Attersee) Cello Concerto

Aleksander Simić Violoncello
Glass Marcano Conductor

Friedrich Gulda dedicates his Cello Concerto to Heinrich Schiff, who premieres the work. In his music, Gulda turns to ‘Mr Mozart’ with striking frequency, building a bridge between the Classical period and contemporary music. The instrumentation of the Cello Concerto also echoes the unusual ensemble of Mozart’s Gran Partita.

In the Mozart Year, Radauer composes a piece inspired by the Gran Partita, which itself becomes a ‘cult’ work and is titled ‘Gran Partita’ not by Mozart but by an unknown composer, clearly demonstrating its status amongst the otherwise rather ‘folk-like’ serenades: the uncrowned, undisputed queen of concert music.

Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden (1819 Linz - 1944 Vienna) 1. Satz from the Violin Concerto
Anton Bruckner (1824 Arnsfelden - 1896 Vienna) Adagio from the String Quintet
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L. van Beethoven (1770 Bonn - 1827 Vienna)/G. Mahler (1860 Kalischt - 1911 Vienna) String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95, arr. for string orchestra
Sylvia Bodorova (*1954 in České Budějovice) "Concerto Danubiano" for violin, timpani and string orchestra   

Paul Kropfitsch Violin 
Marek Stilec Conductor

Here, the Danube brings a sense of dynamism, swirling around the lives of the composers who moved in Gustav Mahler’s circle:

Mathilde Kralik von Meyerswalden, an outstanding student of Bruckner and, at the same time, Mahler’s colleague at the Vienna Conservatory of the Friends of Music;

Sylvia Bodorova, also a strong woman and one of the most significant contemporary Czech composers, who is developing her compositional style within this tradition and finds herself caught in the maelstrom: Mahler, who cannot rest easy with Beethoven’s late, compact string quartets...

Wolfgang A. Mozart (1756 Salzburg - 1791 Vienna) Symphonie Kv 385 „Haffner Symphonie“
Pierre Wissmer (1915 Genf - 1992 Valcros/France) Croissière
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Maria Gstättner (*1977 Mürzzuschlag) sunshivery for chamber ensemble, WORLD PREMIER
Amy Beach (1867 New Hampshire - 1944 New York) Pastorale for Wind Quintet
Maurice Ravel (1875 Ciboure - 1937 Paris) Piano Concerto in G major

Karl Eichinger Piano
Glass Marcano Conductor

"Mozart, Ravel and the Beach !?", a whimsical, light-hearted listening experience that gets you in the mood for summer!