(c) Kunst & Kultur - ohne Grenzen Wiener Advent — The Advent Concert by the Wiener Symphoniker
Vienna, Stephansdom — main
About the Event
Advent at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna has already become a tradition in the capital’s musical calendar. In 2026, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra will once again present an exclusive Advent concert at St. Stephen’s Cathedral—a Russian‐French “Winter Journey” in the style of the Belle Époque, designed to set the mood for a season of reflection. The 2026 program features moving works by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky (The Nutcracker), Camille Saint‐Saëns, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, among others.
The grand finale: a joint performance of “O du fröhliche”—the unforgettable conclusion to an evening full of magic and anticipation for Christmas. Secure your tickets now!
Program
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus K. 618
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Exsultate Jubilate KV 165
- Jules Massenet – Thais – Meditation from Thais
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – from the Nutcracker Suite ‘Overture’
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – from The Nutcracker Suite, No. 2, March
- Camille Saint‐Saëns – from the Oratorio de Noël ‘Domine ego credidi’
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – from The Snowflake ‘Dance of the Jugglers’
- César Franck – from the Mass Op. 12, ‘Panis Angelicus’
- Hector Berlioz – Drom Tristia: 1. ‘Méditation religieuse’
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – from the Nutcracker Suite ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’
- Charles Gounod – from Romeo and Juliet: Madrigal ‘Ange adorable’
- Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky – from the Nutcracker Suite ‘Dance of the Snowflakes’
Artists
| Orchestra, Soloist: | Wiener Symphoniker The Wiener Symphoniker can look back on an eventful history, an outward sign being the several alterations that its name has undergone. Unforgettable will remain the legendary concert before Pope John XXIII at the Vatican in 1959 as well as the world premieres of such masterpieces as Bruckner’s 9th Symphony, Arnold Schönberg’s Gurrelieder, Ravel’s Piano Concerto for the Left Hand and Franz Schmidt’s The Book with the Seven Seals. During the First World War, the orchestra was saved from being disbanded only by a fusion with the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra, founded in 1913. In 1944 however, the orchestra’s activities came to a halt for eight months. |
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| Soprano: | Christiane Karg |
| Conductor: | Elim Chan |
| Tenor: | Lucas van Lierop |
Address
Stephansdom, Stephansplatz 1 , Vienna, Austria — Google Maps
