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!

Program

March 7,  2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Piano Solo”

Performers: 
 Luis González Lladó – Piano

Program

•  - Leoš Janáček (1854–1928): Sonata 1. X. 1905
   – Foreboding
   – Death
• Manuel de Falla (1876–1946): Fantasía Baética (1919)
• - Franz Liszt (1811–1886): Sonata in B minor, S. 178 (1849–1853)
  
  

March 13,  2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  "Symphony No. 7"

Performers: 
Győr Philharmonic Orchestra
Martin Sieghart, Conductor

Program:

• - Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 7

March 28,  2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  "GOLDBERG VARIATIONS"

Performers: 
 Mario Hossen, Violin
 Alexander Gordon, Viola
 Liliana Kehayova, Cello

Program:

• - Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
   (arranged for string trio by Dmitri Sitkovetsky)

Easter Concerts

April 3 , 2026 at 7:00 p.m. -  "St John Passion"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchester
Chorus ALEA

Soloists:
 Natalie Peña Comas – Soprano
 Hermine Hasselbäck – Alto
 Paul Schweinester – Tenor / Evangelist
 Klemens Sander – Bass
 Günter Haumer – Baritone (Jesus)

Conductor:
 Martin Sieghart

Program:

• - Johann Sebastian Bach: St John Passion, BWV 245

April 5, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  "Easter Concert"

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie

Program:

• - Johann Sebastian Bach:
  •  - Sinfonia from the Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
  • -  From the Cantata “God’s Time is the Best Time” (Actus tragicus), BWV 106: Sonatina
  • - Violin Concerto
• - Ludwig van Beethoven: Allegretto from Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
• - Franz Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”, D 759

April 6, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  "Easter Concert"

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen, Violin and Conductor
Don Elias Stolz, Trumpet

Program:

• -  Johann Sebastian Bach
  •  – Chorale “Rejoice, ye Hearts”, BWV 66
  •  – Violin Sonata in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, BWV 1023
• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – Violin Concerto in E major, RV 269 “La Primavera”
• - Joseph Haydn:
  • - The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob. XX/1:B
• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – Sinfonia “Al Santo Sepolcro” in B minor, RV 169
• - Georg Philipp Telemann:
  • – Sinfonia Spirituosa in D major, TWV 44:1
• - Johann Sebastian Bach:
  • – Chorale “Jesus Remains My Joy”, BWV 147

April 18, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  „Vivaldi - The Four Seasons“

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Cornelia Gradwohl – Violin

Program:

• Joseph Haydn:
   – Symphony No. 104 in D major, Hob. I:104
• Antonio Vivaldi:
   – Le quattro stagioni – The Four Seasons

April 25, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  „Cycle: GRANDE MUSICA - MOZART and SCHUBERT”
 

Performers: 
Karin Bonelli – Flute
Alexander Swete – Guitar
Maria Sotriffer – Violin
Thomas Selditz – Viola
Liliana Kehayova – Cello

Program:

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
– Flute Quartet in D major, KV 285

Franz Schubert:
– Quartet in G major, D 96 (after the Notturno Op. 21 by W. Matiegka)

May 01 & 02, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. - „MOZART Cycle – Instrumental Concerts”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Conductor & Violin

Program:

• W. A. Mozart:
  • – Divertimento in D major, KV 136 (“Salzburg Symphony”)
  • – Violin Concerto in A major, KV 219
  • – Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, KV 16

May 15, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  „VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchester
Mario Hossen – Conductor & Violin

Program:

• - Antonio Vivaldi
  •  – Concerto in C major, RV 157
• - Niccolò Paganini
  •  – Le Streghe, Variations on a theme from Süssmayr’s ballet
     Il noce di Benevento, M.S. 19
• - Antonio Vivaldi
   – La Primavera – Allegro, RV 269
   – L’Estate – Allegro non troppo, RV 315
   – L’Inverno – Largo – Allegro, RV 297
• - Niccolò Paganini
  •  – Rondo “Il Campanello”, M.S. 67/1 (arr. R. Leopold)
• - Antonio Vivaldi
  • – Concerto in G minor, RV 114
• - Niccolò Paganini:
  •  – Sonata Preghiera (Prayer) for one string,
     based on a theme from Rossini’s opera Mosè in Egitto, M.S. 23
• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – L’Autunno – Allegro – Adagio molto – Allegro, RV 293
  •  – L’Estate – Presto, RV 315

May 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Breath and Strings”

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie
Massimo Mercelli – Flute

Program:

• - Giovanni Paisiello: Sinfonia Il Barbiere di Siviglia
• - Michael Nyman: Flute Concerto
• - Antonio Salieri: Sinfonia La Veneziana
• - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony No. 38 in D major “Prague”, KV 504
• -  Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto in D minor

May 23, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Haydn & Dvořák”

Performers: 
String Quintet Wiener Kammersymphonie

Program:

• - Joseph Haydn: Overture to Armida
• - Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 1
• - Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dance Op. 46 No. 3
• - Joseph Haydn: Symphony No. 6 in D major “Le Matin”, Hob. I:6
• - Antonín Dvořák: 2nd movement from the String Quintet
• - Joseph Haydn: Quintet in A major

May 30, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “ Between Fantasy and Variation”

Performers: 
Natalia Rehling – Piano
 Varga Quartet Vienna

Program:

•  - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • – Fantasy in D minor, KV 397
•  - Franz Schubert
  •  – String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 “Death and the Maiden”
• - Frédéric Chopin
  • – Variations in B-flat major, Op. 2
     on “La ci darem la mano” from the opera Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
     (arranged for piano and string quartet)

June 4 & 5, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. - “La Passione”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Christoph Sietzen – Marimba
Martin Sieghart – Conductor

Program:

• - Joseph Haydn: Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49 (final movement)
• - Christoph Sietzen: Improvisation “La passione”
• - Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in E minor, BWV 996 – Prélude
• - Emmanuel Séjourné: Concerto for Marimba and String Orchestra (2006)
• - Johann Sebastian Bach: Lute Suite in G minor, BWV 995 – Gigue
• - Joseph Haydn: Symphony in F minor “La Passione”, Hob. I:49

June 12, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. - “Cycle: GRANDE MUSICA - Beethoven & Arensky”

Performers: 
Mario Hossen – Violin
Nikita Boriso-Glebsky – Violin
Gerhard Marschner – Viola
Harriet Krijgh – Cello
Liliana Kehayova – Cello

Program:

• - Ludwig van Beethoven
  •  – String Quintet in A major, after the “Kreutzer Sonata” Op. 47
• - Anton Arensky
  •  – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

November 1, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. - “Mozart – Requiem – All Saints’ Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

•  - W. A. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, KV 626

November 26, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

November 27, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

November 28, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

November 29, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 4 & 5, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Hommage à Mozart”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

• Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

December 6, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  „VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchester
Mario Hossen – Conductor & Violin

Program:

• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  •  – Concerto in C major, RV 157
• - Niccolò Paganini:
  •  – Le Streghe, Variations on a theme from Süssmayr’s ballet
     Il noce di Benevento, M.S. 19
• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  •  – La Primavera – Allegro, RV 269
  •  – L’Estate – Allegro non troppo, RV 315
  •  – L’Inverno – Largo – Allegro, RV 297-
• Niccolò Paganini:
  •  – Rondo “Il Campanello”, M.S. 67/1 (arr. R. Leopold)
• - Antonio Vivaldi: 
  • – Concerto in G minor, RV 114
• - Niccolò Paganini:
  • – Sonata Preghiera (Prayer) for one string,
     based on a theme from Rossini’s opera Mosè in Egitto, M.S. 23
• - Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – L’Autunno – Allegro – Adagio molto – Allegro, RV 293
  • – L’Estate – Presto, RV 315

December 7 & 8, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. - “Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples”

Performers: 
Trio Caruso – The Three Tenors from Naples
N. N. – Violin
N. N. – Cello
N. N. – Piano

Program:

• Arias by Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti

December 11, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 12, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Advent Concert”

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 19, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “VIVALDI versus PAGANINI”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Conductor & Violin

Program:

• Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – Concerto in C major, RV 157
• Niccolò Paganini
  •  – Le Streghe, Variations on a theme from Süssmayr’s ballet
     Il noce di Benevento, M.S. 19
• Antonio Vivaldi:
  • – La Primavera – Allegro, RV 269
  •  – L’Estate – Allegro non troppo, RV 315
  •  – L’Inverno – Largo – Allegro, RV 297
• Niccolò Paganini:
  •  – Rondo “Il Campanello”, M.S. 67/1 (arr. R. Leopold)
• Antonio Vivaldi:
  •  – Concerto in G minor, RV 114
• Niccolò Paganini:
  •  – Sonata Preghiera (Prayer) for one string,
     based on a theme from Rossini’s opera Mosè in Egitto, M.S. 23
• Antonio Vivaldi:
  •  – L’Autunno – Allegro – Adagio molto – Allegro, RV 293
  •  – L’Estate – Presto, RV 315

December 20, 21 & 22, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -  “Per la Notte di Natale”

Performers: 
Barucco Consort – period instruments
Andreas Helm – Oboe & Conductor

Program:

• Works by Bach and Vivaldi

December 23, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Vivaldi - The Four Seasons"

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 25, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Christmas Concert"

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 26, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Christmas Concert"

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 27, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Vivaldi - The Four Seasons"

Performers: 
To be announced

Program:

To be announced

December 29 & 30, 2026 at 8:00 p.m. -   “Baroque Gala”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Violin & Conductor
Don Elias Stolz – Trumpet

Program:

• - Works by Vivaldi, Albinoni, Locatelli

December 31, 2026 at 4:00 p.m. -   “New Year’s Eve Concert”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Violin & Conductor

Program:

• - A. Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni
• - A. Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

January 1, 2027 at 4:00 p.m. -   “New Year’s  Concert”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Violin & Conductor

Program:

• - A. Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni
• - A. Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas

January  2 & 3, 2027 at 8:00 p.m. -   “New Year’s  Concert”

Performers: 
Les Orpheistes Orchestra
Mario Hossen – Violin & Conductor

Program:

• - A. Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni
• - A. Piazzolla: Las Cuatro Estaciones Porteñas
   

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 70 minutes, without intermission. 

Tickets

Once your booking has been confirmed, you will receive an e-mail containing your booking voucher. Please print it out or download it on your smartphone/tablet to show it at the evening box on the day of the concert.

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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.