The Minoritenkirche, a Gothic masterpiece in the heart of Vienna, provides a unique setting for unforgettable classical concerts. With its stunning architecture and exceptional acoustics, it transforms every performance into a magical experience. Here, history and music merge into a harmonious unity as world-renowned musicians interpret masterpieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi, and many others with the utmost perfection.

These concerts are a feast for the senses: the rich sound of the strings, virtuosic solos, and masterful interpretations of great works illuminate the church in a truly special way. Thanks to its outstanding acoustics, every note comes to life—delicate pianissimo fill the space with intimacy, while powerful forte passages resonate majestically.

The diverse program spans the entire year, featuring top-tier performances—from festive Advent and Christmas concerts to grand New Year’s celebrations and musical highlights across all seasons. The concerts captivate audiences with their musical excellence, attracting both classical music lovers and curious newcomers from around the world.

Experience world-class musical enjoyment in one of Vienna’s most beautiful churches. Secure your tickets now and let yourself be enchanted by the masterpieces of classical music!

Programme

September 19 & 20, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - Bach, Mozart and Vivaldi

Performers:
Les Orpheistes Orchestra

Soloists (members of the Vienna Philharmonic):
Shkelzen Doli, Violin
Clemens Horak, Oboe

Program highlights:

Antonio Vivaldi:
- Concerto for Strings in C major, RV 157
- Concerto for Violin and Cello

Johann Sebastian Bach:
- Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060R

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Adagio and Fugue in C minor, KV 546
- Divertimento in D major, KV 136

September 21, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - Schubert – Mass No. 6 in E-flat major

Performers: 
Györ Philharmonic Orchestra
Philharmonia Choir Vienna
Martin Sieghart, Conductor

Soloists:
Miriam Kutrowatz, Sopran
Annelie Sophie Müller, Alto
Jan Petryka, Tenor
Anton Saris, Tenor
Matthias Helm, Bass

Program:

• F. Schubert: Mass No. 6 in E-flat major, D 950

September 26 & 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Grande Musica"

Performers: 
Marialena Fernandes, Piano
Mario Hossen, Violin
Marta Potulska, Viola
Liliana Kehayova, Cello
Ciro Vigilante, Double Bass

Program:

F. Schubert: Trout Quintet in A Major, D 667
R. Schumann: Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 47 

October 10 & 11, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Grande Musica"

Performers: 
Pavel Vernikov, Violin
Svetlana Makarova, Violin
Marta Potulska, Viola
Barnaba Poprawski, Viola
Liliana Kehayova, Cello
Rudolf Leopold, Cello

Program:

J. Brahms: String Sextet No. 1, Op. 18
P. Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70

October 24, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "From Quartets to Symphonies"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie

Program:

Ludwig van Beethoven: Coriolan Overture
Franz Schubert: 1st movement from Death and the Maiden (arr. Gustav Mahler)
Gustav Mahler: 1st movement from the 4th Symphony
Franz Schubert: Five Minuets, D 89
Anton Bruckner: Scherzo from the 7th Symphony

October 31, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - CELLISSIMO (VIVALDI)

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Harriet Krijgh – Cello
Liliana Kehayova – Cello

Program:

Antonio Vivaldi:
 – Concerto for Strings in G minor, RV 114
 – Cello Concerto in C minor, RV 401
 – Cello Concerto in F major, RV 412
 – Double Concerto for Two Cellos in G minor, RV 531

November 1, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. - "Mozart – Requiem"- Concert for All Saints

Performers: 
Györ Philharmoic Orchestra
Philharmonia Choir Vienna
Martin Sieghart, Conductor

Soloists: 
Camilla Nylund, Sopran
Hermine Haselböck, Alt
Anton Saris, Tenor
Günther Groissböck, Bass

Program:

Anton Bruckner: Four Motets a cappella
W. A. Mozart: Requiem in D Minor, KV 626 

November 2, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Vivaldi – The Four Seasons"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525
- Allegro|Romance. Andante|Menuetto. Allegretto|Rondo. Allegro
A. Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni – The Four Seasons

November 21 & 22, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Grande Musica: Bach & Mendelssohn"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Dmitry Sitkovetsky, Violin & Conductor
Amira Abouzahra, Violin
Mariam Abouzahra, Violin

Program:

J. S. Bach: Concerto in D Major for Three Violins, BWV 1064R
F. Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in D Minor
J. S. Bach: Arrangements for String Orchestra by D. Sitkovetsky

November 28, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -"Advent Concert at the Minoritenkirche"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Ola Asdahl Rokkones, Saxophon

Program:

Johan Svendsen: Romance in G major, Op. 26
Antonín Dvořák: Scherzo from the String Quintet Op. 77
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: 2nd and 4th Movements from the Clarinet Quintet in A major, KV 581 (arranged for saxophone)
Jean Sibelius: Impromptu
Joseph Haydn: Divertimento in E-flat major, Hob. II:6 (arranged for string quintet)

November 29 & 30, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -"Advent Concert at the Minoritenkirche"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Ola Asdahl Rokkones, Saxophon

Program:

Jean Sibelius: Valse triste
Antonín Dvořák: Scherzo from the String Quintet Op. 77
Carl Maria von Weber: Clarinet Concerto in E-flat major (arranged for saxophone)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony in A major, KV 201

December 3, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -"opia|lullay"

Performers: 
opia - An ensemble dedicated to contemporary interpretations of early music — from the Middle Ages to the early Baroque.
Eva Leonie Fegers, Recorder & Voice
Alina Loewenich, Recorder & Recitation
Julia Willeitner, Viola da Gamba
Mauro Colantonio, Viola da Gamba
Alexander Gergelyfi, Harpsichord
Fabio Kapeller, Percussion

Program:

Lullay: I Saw, Anonymous
England, 14th century

Preludium, Anonymous
Northern Germany, c. 1640

"Vns kompt ein Schiff gefahren", Anonymous
Andernacher Gesangbuch, Cologne, 1608

Sinfonia terzo tuono, Biagio Marini (1594–1663)
Per ogni Sorte di Strumento musicale diversi Generi di Sonate, Op. 22, Venice, 1655

"Dadme albricias, hijos d’Eva", Anonymous
Cancionero de Upsala, Venice, 1556

Praeludium, William Byrd (1540–1623)
Fitzwilliam Virginal Book, England, c. 1610–1625

"Lulla, lullaby, my sweet little baby", William Byrd
Psalmes, Sonets & Songs of Sadnes and Pietie, London, 1588

Galliard à 4, Johann Schop (1590–1667)
Erster Theil newer Paduanen, Hamburg, 1633

"Dormi, dormi bel Bambin", Traditional
Italy & Ticino, 16th century

"Magnum nomen Domini / Joseph, lieber Joseph mein", Michael Praetorius (1571–1621)
Musae Sioniae, Book 6, Wolfenbüttel, 1609
&
Erhard Bodenschatz (c. 1576–1636)
Harmoniae Angelicae Cantionum Ecclesiasticarum, Leipzig, 1608

Balletto quarto allemano, Biagio Marini
Per ogni Sorte di Strumento musicale diversi Generi di Sonate, Op. 22, Venice, 1655

"O Jesulein süß", Samuel Scheidt (1587–1654)
Tabulatur-Buch / Hundert geistlicher Lieder und Psalmen, Görlitz, 1650

"Bambino Divino", Traditional
Italy, 14th century

Greensleeves / What Child is This?, Anonymous
England, 17th century
Text: William Chatterton Dix (1837–1898)

Lenteley, Johann Jacob Froberger (1616–1667)

"Remember, O Thou Man", Thomas Ravenscroft (1582/93–1635)
Melismata, London, 1611

Galliard, Anonymous
Scotland, 16th century

"Entre le bœuf et l’âne gris", Traditional
France, 13th century

December 4 & 5, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -"Hommage à Mozart"

Performers: 
Kristina Miller, Piano
Karin Bonelli, Flute
Ekaterina Frolova, Violin
Marta Potulska, Viola
Liliana Kehayova, Cello

Program:

C. M. von Weber: Trio Op. 63 (1819) for Piano, Flute, and Cello
W. A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, KV 550 (arr. J. N. Hummel) 

December 6, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -"Advent Concert: The Magic of Vivaldi"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin & Conductor
Liliana Kehayova, Violoncello

Program:

A. Vivaldi:
Concerto in C Major, RV 114
Cello Concerto in F Major, RV 412
Le Quattro Stagioni – The Four Seasons

December 7 & 8, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.-  "The Three Tenors: An Italian Evening"

Performers: 
Trio Caruso
Liliana Kehayova, Cello
TBA, Piano
TBA, Violin

Program (excerpt):

G. Verdi: La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
G. Puccini: Nessun dorma (Turandot)
G. Donizetti: Una furtiva lagrima (L’elisir d’amore)
I. Berlin: White Christmas
A. Lara: Granada...

The three tenors of Trio Carusso present an impressive program featuring the greatest arias of the opera world and beloved Christmas classics. 

December 12 & 14, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Advent Concert in the Minoritenkirche"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie

Program:

Works by Mozart, Haydn, Schubert

December 19, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.-  "Goldberg Variations"

Performers: 
Mario Hossen, Violin
Marta Potulska, Viola
Liliana Kehayova, Cello

Program:

J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (arr. for String Trio by D. Sitkovetsky)
R. Bischof: String Trio

December 20, 21 & 22, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.-  "Per la notte di Natale – Baroque Music for Christmas"

Performers: 
BARUCCO Consort on historical instruments
Andreas Helm, oboe and conductor
Elisabeth Wiesbauer, solo violin
Ulli Engel and Lucia Froihofer, violin
Julie Kriechbaum, viola
Kaspar Singer, cello
Herwig Neugebauer, violone
Anne Marie Dragosits, harpsichord

Program:

Johann Melchior Molter (1696–1765): Concerto Pastorale in G major
- Larghetto – Allegro e forte
- Aria 1: A tempo giusto
- Aria 2: Lento e sempre piano
- Aria 3: Tempo di Minuetto

Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741): From "The Four Seasons": Winter
Concerto in F minor, Op. 8, No. 4 for violin, strings, and basso continuo
- Allegro non molto
- Largo
- Allegro

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767): Concerto for oboe d’amore, strings, and basso continuo in A major
- Siciliano
- Allegro
- Largo
- Vivace

Johann Christoph Pez (1664–1716): Concerto Pastorella
- Pastorella
- Grave – Allegro – Largo – Allegro
- Grave – Andante

Antonio Vivaldi:
Il Riposo – For the Most Holy Christmas
Concerto in E major, RV 270 for violin, strings, and basso continuo
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750): Concerto in C minor, BWV 1060R, for oboe, violin, strings, and basso continuo
- Allegro
- Adagio
- Allegro

December 23, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.-  "Vivaldi – The Four Seasons"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525
Allegro|Romance. Andante|Menuetto. Allegretto|Rondo. Allegro
A. Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni – The Four Seasons

December 25 & 26, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -  "Christmas Concerts"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Michael Bednarik, Trumpet

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Overture to Der Schauspieldirektor, KV 486
J. Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1
V. Bellini: Trumpet Concerto in E-flat Major
W. A. Mozart: Arias from Le nozze di Figaro, KV 492
G. F. Händel: Suite in D Major for Trumpet and Strings, HWV 335

December 27, 2025 at 8:00 p.m.-  "Vivaldi – The Four Seasons"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Alexandra Tirsu, Violin

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Eine kleine Nachtmusik, KV 525
- Allegro|Romance. Andante|Menuetto. Allegretto|Rondo. Allegro
A. Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni – The Four Seasons

December 28, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. -  "Grande Musica: Mozart & Beethoven"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Ensemble

Program:

W. A. Mozart: Flute Quartet, KV 285
L. v. Beethoven: Septet in E-flat Major, Op. 20

New Year’s Festival 2025/2026

December 29 & 30, 2025 at 8:00 p.m. - "Baroque Gala"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin & Conductor
Don Elias Stolz, Trompete

Program:

F. Geminiani: Concerto grosso No. 1 in D Major (after Corelli, Op. 5/1)
P. Locatelli: Concerto grosso, Op. 1 No. 11
G. Tartini: Violin Concerto in A Minor, D. 115
T. Albinoni: Adagio in G Minor (reconstructed by R. Giazotto)
A. Vivaldi: Concerto in G Minor, RV 157
F. Geminiani: Concerto grosso in D Minor La Folia 

December 31, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. - "New Year's Eve Gala"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin & Conductor

Program:

A tribute to Fritz Kreisler (150th birthday) and Johann Strauss (200th birthday)

• Works by F. Kreisler, J. Strauss (arr. A. Berg & A. Webern) and A. Piazzolla

January 1, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. - "New Year's Concert"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin & Conductor

Program:

• (TBA)

January 2 & 4, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  "The Magic of Vivaldi"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin & Conductor

Program:

Works by A. Vivaldi

Programs may be subject to change

Venue

The Minorite Church is a Catholic church built in French Gothic style and is located at the center of Vienna’s historic inner city, in the first district and just a few minutes away from the Hofburg. The so-called Minorites were Franciscans who founded the Minorite Monastery in Vienna in 1224. The church building was completed in 1350, as one of the first Gothic churches in Eastern Austria. Ever since then, the Minorite Church is considered as one of the most beautiful churches in Vienna. 

Since 1784, the church has been owned by the Italian Congregation and has grown to become the cultural and social centre of the Italian Catholic community of Vienna. It is often referred to as the Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows.

The striking saddle roof of the church rises above the silhouette of Vienna's city centre and its "shot down“ tower is another striking characteristic of the building, dating back from the times of the Austro-Turkish wars. Since then, some massive alterations have taken place, the last major alteration being in the years around 1900, when the neo-Gothic annexes were built in which the Italian Congregation is housed. 

The Minorite Church in Vienna is one of the oldest and most artistically valuable churches in the city and definitely provides a unique venue for classical concerts – both acoustically and architecturally.

Minorite Church
Minoritenplatz 2A
1010 Vienna

Duration

The duration of the concert is about 75 minutes, without intermission. 

Tickets

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How to get there?

The Minorite Church is located in the city centre. The easiest way to get there is by the subway line U3 until the station “Herrengasse” and take the exit “Minoritenplatz” which will lead you directly in front of the Minoriten Church. 

Alternatively, one can take the Tram line D,1 or 71 to the station “Rathausplatz/Burgtheater”. From there the Minoriten Church is a few minutes walk behind the Burgtheater.  

Cancellations
 

Cancellations are possible for this ticket up to 48 hours before the concert begin.