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Concerts in Austria and Hungary Austria Graz Theater Graz Tel: +43 316 8008 8511 Web: www.theater-graz.com Theater Graz offer generous group concessions for all performances at the opera and theatre. Groups can have specially tailored backstage tours Innsbruck Tyrolean Evening with the Gundolf Family Tel: +43-512-263 263 Fax: +43-512-263 263-4 E-m: office@tirolerabend.info Web: www.tirolerabend.info At Gasthaus SANDWIRT Tyrolean Evening. Daily 20.30 – 22.00 April – October, out of season – on request Christmas Concerts - Every Sat in December - 1 hour programme incl. traditional Christmas songs, Tyrolean string music & brass instruments in a cosy atmosphere- starts at 18:00h www.tiroler-abend.com/en/ christmas-concerts Lower Austria Rosenburg Palace Concerts Rosenburg/Kamp Tel: +43 2982 2911 Web: www.rosenburg.at The Renaissance palace is the venue for musical performances in a romantic candlelight setting, a unique optical and acoustic experience Salzburg Mozart Dinner Concerts Tel: +43 662 82 86 950 Fax: +43 662 82 86 9514 E-m: office@skg.co.at Web: www.mozartdinnerconcert.com Central Europe’s oldest restaurant - the Stiftskeller St Peter in historic Salzburg - plays host to themed Mozart Luncheon & Dinner Concerts. Guests are entertained in the famous Barock Hall by singers and musicians in authentic costumes, performing Mozart’s most popular compositions. Open throughout the year, check website for special arrangements and reserved seating options. Salzburg Festival Tel: +43 662 8045 500 Fax: +43-662-8045-555 E-m: info@salzburgfestival.at Web: www.salzburgerfestspiele. at 20th July to 2nd September 2012 one of the cultural highlights of the year 232 events at 15 venues on 45 days: opera, drama and concerts Salzburg Fortress Concerts & Concerts at the “Residenz” Tel: +43 662 825858 E-m: info@mozartfestival.at Web: www.mozartfestival.at Jan – Dec, music by W Mozart at the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Residenz state rooms Salzburg Marionette Theatre Tel: +43 662 872 406 Fax: +43 662 882 141 Web: www.tcs.co.at/mario May-Sept, Christmas and Mozart week, Easter .The repertoire of a major opera house, with recordings of world famous orchestras and opera singers and “performing” marionettes Salzburger Schloss Konzerte Tel: +43 662 848586 Fax: +43 662 84858687 E-m: info@salzburgerschlosskonzerte.at Year round, 300 concerts per year. Chamber music (classical and romantic period)performed at the most beautiful concert halls in the city – the Marble Hall of Mirabell Palace and the Tanzmeistersaal at the Mozart residence Sound of Salzburg Dinner Show Office: Stieglkeller, Festungsgasse 10, Salzburg Reservation Hotline: +43 662 826 617 Fax: +43 662 826 617-1 E-m: reservation@ soundofsalzburgshow.com Web: www. soundofsalzburgshow.com During high season from May to September daily, special shows for groups on request all year around. Music which made Salzburg famous: Sound of Music, Salzburg Folklore and operetta, Mozart melodies The best concert show in town!”Special rates for groups VOLKS OPERwien Web: www.volsoper.at Tel: +43/1/514 44 3670 Stages operettas as well as 18th, 19th and 20th century operas (‘The Magic Flute’, ‘Tosca’, ‘La Bohemé’, etc.), classical musicals (‘My Fair Lady’) and ballet. The season, runs from September to July, consists of some 300 performances divided among some 35 different productions and revivals from previous years. Vienna Schönbrunn Palace Marionette Theater E-m: www.marionettentheater. at Tel: +43 01 8173247 Fax: +4 01 8173247-4 The valuable marionettes are brought to life through a combination of traditional puppet mastery and state-of-the-art technology. Performances run throughout the year, with kids’ versions of The Magic Flute, Die Fledermaus and Hansel and Gretel among the highlights. Marionette Theater © Roman Gerhard Schönbrunner Schlosskonzerte Tel: +43 (1) 812 50040 Fax: +43 (1) 812 5424 E-m: office@imagevienna.com The former summer residence of the Habsburgs is the venue for a dinner and concert package, with dinner being serve in the Café-Restaurant Residenz and the concert in the palace Orangery. Dinner begins at 18.30, concert at 20.30. Guided tours of the palace can also be arranged. Sound of Vienna Strauss & Mozart Concerts Kursalon Wien Johannesgasse 33 A-1010 Wien Tel: +43 (0)1 512 57 90 Fax: +43 (0)1 512 57 91 E-m: sound@soundofvienna.at Web: www.soundofvienna.at Concerts performed daily at 8.15 pm.Concerts at 6.00 pm on request. You can also have lunch or dinner at our Johann Cafe Restaurant or on the lovelyterrace overlooking the City Park. Vienna Mozart Orchestra Tel: +43 1 505 77660 Fax: +43 1 505 9720 E-m: Concerts@mozart.co.at Web: www.mozart.co.at Impressive performances of Mozart’s masterpieces, performed at some of Vienna’s most famous concert venues including Musikverein, Vienna State Opera, Konzerthaus , Imperial Palace and Vienna State Opera. Special packages available including dinner, horse drawn carriage to the concerts, wine during the performance etc. Performed Mon: Wed: Fri: Sat at 8.15pm Vienna Residence Orchestra Palais Auersperg Auerspergstrasse 1, 1080 Wien Tel: +43 1 817 21 78 Fax: +43 1 813 28 65 E-m: konzert@ residenzorchester.at Web: www.wro.at Mozart & J. Strauss Concert Daily 6:30 & 8:15 p.m Imperial Dinner before or after the concert. One of the best orchestras of Vienna’s music world will take you on a journey through time back to the days of Imperial Vienna. The orchestra and singers all in beautiful period costume Wiener Hofburg-Orchester Tel: +43 1587 2552 Fax: +43 1587 4397 E-m: konzerte@hofburgorchestr a.at Web: www.hofburgorchestra.at The Vienna Hofburg Orchestra gives Johann Strauss and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart concerts from May until mid October and on Saturdays from mid October until December. The concert venues are the magnificent halls in the Vienna Hofburg as well as the Vienna Konzerthaus or the Musikverein. Concerts begin at 8.30 pm. Wiener Rathauskeller A-1010 Vienna Tel: +43 (1) 405 1210 E-m: office@wiener- Rathauskeller.at The Austrian Dinner Show Ensemble consists of musicians, vocal soloists and spirited dancers, who appear in colourful local costumes.. Between each dinner course, a program divided into 3 entertaining show scenes.. Special menus for groups available on request Hungary Budapest The Budapest Festival Orchestra Concerts Tel: +36-1/355-4015 Web: www.bfz.hu The orchestra, formed in 1983 from “Hungary’s best and brightest young musicians,” has made guest appearances in some of the worlds most important music centres. It places emphasis on performing new pieces. The Gypsy Orchestra of the Hungarian State Folk Ensemble Classical Concerts Tel/Fax: + 36-1/317-2754 Web: www.ticket.info.hu The gypsy orchestra plays classical pieces, with their own musical arrangements. The works of Strauss, Boulanger, Rózsavölgyi, Rossini, Liszt, Brahms, Monti, Dinicu and lesserknown composers. Palace of Arts Tel: +Ticket office 00361 555 3300 /01 Béla Bartók National Concert Hall (1800 seats) performances throughout the year. And the Festival Theatre (452 seats)100 + dance recitals a year. Performances of classical music, jazz, , opera, and pop music, ballet performances, folklore programmes, contemporary choreographies as well as performances for children. 32 You can see all editions of the Guide and magazine at www.ontheroad.co.uk
Austria Eisenstadt Schloss Esterházy Tel: +43 2682 63854-12 Email:ausstellung@esterhazy.at Web:www.esterhazy.at Was the seat of the Esterházy princes, a great and powerful Hungarian family that helped the Hapsburgs gain control of Hungary. Haydn worked on his music here. Exhibitions and concerts held regularly through the year Innsbruck Schloß Ambras Tel: +43 1 525 24745 Fax: +43 1 525 24750 Web: www.khm.at/ambras Em: schloss.ambras@khm.at This beautiful palace was the residence of an Austrian emperor nestled on a hill above the City, tours of the palace, gallery with a very large art collection and armoury, and gardens. Salzburg Schloß Hellbrunn Tel: +43 662 8203 720 Web: www.hellbrunn.at The castle was built in 1615 as Italian-style “villa suburbana”, with park, beautiful “trick” fountains and magical grottos, a remarkable mechanical theatre. Evening tours also available for groups Vienna Belvedere Palaces Tel: +43 1 79 5570 The two magnificent palaces on the Belvedere grounds lie in the middle of a splendid park. They were constructed for Prince Eugene of Savoy by J.L. von Hildebrandt, a famous Baroque architect Schloß Schönbrunn Tel: +43 811 13 239 E-m: reservierung@ schoenbrunn.at Web: www.schoenbrunn.at The summer residence of the Austrian emperor’s family, built by J.B. Fischer von Erlach between 1695 and 1713. There is a carriage museum and a zoological garden nearby Hofburg Imperial Apartments Tel: +43 533 75 70 Em: info@hofburg-wien.at Web: www.hofburg-wien.at. Highlights include Amalia’s Wing - the private apartments of Empress Elizabeth, Francis Joseph’s wife, the Alexander apartments and dining room of the imperial family. Now also the Sisi Museum dedicated to Empress Elizabeth Belgium Celles Castle of Veves Tel: +32 (0) 82 666.393/395 Fax: +32 (0) 82 666.036 E-m: veves-noisy@skynet.be Web: chateau-de-veves.be Fairytale, turreted castle dating from 1410. The castle houses 18th century furniture and a rare porcelain collection. Nr Brussels Gaasbeek Castle Tel: +32 (0)2 5310130 Fax: +32 (0)2 5310143 Em: kasteelvangaasbeek@ vlaanderen.be Web: www.kasteelvangaasbeek. be Just outside Brussels, this fairytale castle is a stone shrine for the impressive art collection of its latest occupant, Marquise Arconati Visconti: an impressive series of tapestries, pieces of furniture, paintings, statues … Extensive park with centuries-old trees, historical buildings and ponds. Modave Castle of the Counts of Marchin Tel: +32(0)85/41.13.69 Fax: +32(0)85/41.26.76 E-m: info@modave-castle.be Web: modave-castle.be The current building dates from late 17th century, stands in the middle of a nature reserve and has about twenty richly decorated and furnished rooms. Astonishing stucco and 17th century tapestries, beautiful faience from Gien and 19th century Val-St-Lambert crystal are on show Czech Republic Prague Lobkowicz Palace Tel: +420 233 312 925, 724 557 617 Em: palace@lobkowiczevents. cz A privately-owned palace with all the royal goodies you would expect -beautiful royal portraits, collections of instruments and fabulous dishware The audio-tour included the family’s personal story and reflections. Hluboká nad Vltavou Hluboká Castle Tel: +420 387 843 911 Web: www.zamek-hluboka.eu Tour the private apartments of the last four generations of the owners. A collection of porcelain, silver, firearms and woven tapestries from the 17C. Renovated in the 19C modelled on the Royal Castle Windsor. Open for tours during the winter Denmark Helsingor Kronborg Castle Tel: +45 49 21 30 78 Web: www.kronborg.dk UNESCO's World Heritage site This noble Renaissance castle in the town of Elsinore, is world famous as Hamlet’s castle Amalienborg Palace Tel: +45 (33) 92 6492 Built in 1794 to commemorate the Oldenburg family's 300-year reign. One of the Denmark's finest example of rococo architecture. There are four identical palaces of Christian VII's ,Christian VIII's, Frederik VIII's and Christian IX's. The four palaces surround an octagonal square, one of the most beautiful in Europe. England Bucks Nr Aylesbury Waddesdon Manor and Gardens Buckinghamshire HP18 0JH Tel: +44 1296 653226 Email: waddesdonmanor@ nationaltrust.org.uk Web: www.waddesdon.org.uk This French Renaissance-style château houses the Rothschild Collection of superb art treasures and wine cellars. The Victorian garden is considered one of the finest in Britain with an aviary, parterre, seasonal displays and statuary, restaurants and shops. Just 20 miles from Oxford, Waddesdon makes a memorable day out. Hever Castle Tel: +44 01732 865224 Childhood home of Anne Boleyn wooed and won by King Henry VIII. later gave Hever Castle to his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Also boasts spectacular gardens. Leeds Castle Tel: +(0) 1622 765400 Tel: +(0) 1622 767865 Groups Fax: +(0) 1622 735616 Em: enquiries@leeds-castle. co.uk Web: www.leedscastle.com Listed in the Domesday Book, this castle has been a Norman stronghold, a royal residence for six of England’s medieval queens, a palace of Henry VIII. Group Castle, garden and aviary tours London Historic Royal Palaces Tel: +44 870 750 8080 Em: groupsandtraveltrade@ hrp.org.uk. Web: www.hrp.org.uk Spectacular options which Include HM Tower of London Hampton Court Palace and Gardens, Kensington Palace Kew Palace and Queen Charlotte’s Cottage. North Yorkshire Bolton Castle Nr Leyburn Tel: 01969 623981 We aim to give our visitors a taste of what life was really like during the Castle’s heyday through providing the sights, sounds, smells and experiences of life in the past. New for 2011! Falconry Experience, Wild Boar park, Bee Keeping through the ages display and archery! Oxfordshire Blenheim Palace Tel: 0800 849 6500 (24 hour info) Web: www.blenheimpalace.com Em: operations@blenheimpalace.com 'World Heritage Site - Baroque home (by Sir John Vanbrugh) of the 11th Duke of Marlborough and birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill, a wonderful Palace with treasure-filled interior and beautiful gardens and Park. Blenheim Palace South Side North Yorkshire Castle Howard York Tel: +(0)1653 648 444 Fax: +(0)1653 648 529 Web: www.castlehoward.co.uk Home to the Howard family for 300 years. Much more than just a stately home, the history of the house, the collections and the grounds stretches back over three centuries. Used consistently as a film location for productions such as “Brideshead Revisted” Castles, Manor Houses, Chateaux and Palaces Waddesdon Manor II - Stuart Bebb Kent continued on page 34.. You can see all editions of the Guide and magazine at www.ontheroad.co.uk 33
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