10 January 2010: Ensemble of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
playing the string sextet from the stage music from Richard Strauss’s opera Capriccio and the String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36 by Johannes Brahms.

31 January 2010: Stars of Tomorrow – Young Masters On Stage
Concert at 11 am: The Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert at 3 pm: The Franz Schmidt Chamber Orchestra under Prof. Adolf Winkler

7 February 2010: Friedrich Kleinhapl plays Beethoven’s Cello Sonatas
Their intensive involvement with Beethoven’s music is expressed in a new and exciting interpretation by Friedrich Kleinhapl (violoncello) and Andreas Woyke (piano).

14 February 2010: If the soul had strings, they would be cello strings.
The Cello Quartet of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA presents an unusual programme with works by Saverio Mercadante, Franz Schubert, Arvo Pärt, Wilhelm Fitzenhagen and Franz Danzi.

21 February 2010: Masterpieces by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven for String Trio
The Trio 1800 (Gerlinde Sonnleitner, Martina Reiter, Barbara Reiter) presents the crème de la crème of chamber music by Joseph Haydn and Ludwig van Beethoven on original instruments.

28 February 2010: The Sound of the Harp in New Dimensions
In her compositions Monika Stadler (harp)combines elements of jazz with music of many types – classical, world, folk and improvisation.

7 March 2010: Schubert’s Octet
In 1824, Schubert composed one of the most momentous pieces of chamber music of the nineteenth century. The Prisma Wien ensemble, directed by Thomas Fheodoroff, presents a fascinating response to the challenge of this “symphonic” chamber music.

14 March 2010: String Trio of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
The programme includes the String Duet for Violin and Viola, KV. 424 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, the String Trio in B-flat Major by Franz Schubert, and the Serenade for String Trio by Ernst von Dohnányi of 1901.

21 March 2010: The “Goldberg Variations” for Johann Sebastian Bach’s 325th birthday
Erich Traxler (harpsichord) interprets this unique manifestation of the art of music.

28 March 2010: Johann Sebastian Bach on Palm Sunday
Katrin Auzinger (alto), Bärbel Kretz (flauto dolce), Masae Suzaki (violone) and Matthias Krampe (organ) play arias and chamber music by Johann Sebastian Bach.

4 April 2010 (Easter Sunday): George Frideric Handel and his contemporaries in Prague
The Adamus Trio with Ján Adamus (oboe, cor anglais), Jitka Adamusová (violin) and Květa Novotná (harpsichord) plays treasures of chamber music by George Frideric Handel, Jiri Teml and other contemporaries.

11 April 2010: ALBIN FRIES ENSEMBLE
plays the String Quartet in D Major, KV 499 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart, and the String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor by Albin Fries.

18 April 2010: trumpet & strings
Music from baroque to sound track. With Franz Wagnermeyer (piccolo trumpet) and the Sonare Linz String Quartet.

25 April 2010: Vibraphone, Organ and Percussion
Ulrich Weissert (organ) and Albrecht Volz (vibraphone, percussion) interpret works by Vivaldi, Frescobaldi, Bach and others.

2 May 2010: Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonatas – 1
Robert Neumann (violin) and Rié Suzuki (fortepiano) play the Violin Sonatas Op. 23 in A Minor and Op. 24 in F Major. The programme is completed with the performance of 7 Variations for Violoncello (Doris Lücking)and Piano.

9 May 2010: String Quartet of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
The Quartet plays Op. 76 no. 4 in B-flat Major by Joseph Haydn and the String Quartet no. 2 in A Minor Op. 51 by Johannes Brahms.

16 May 2010: Haydn Quartets – 1
With the words “Famous man and my dearest friend, here, take my children,” Mozart dedicated his six string quartets to Joseph Haydn. Written between 1782 and 1785, they were intended as a worthy response to the Quartet Op. 33, finished by Haydn in 1781. Haydn’s musical reply to this dedication came in 1787 with the Quartet Op. 50. The Concilium musicum Wien plays the quartets Op. 33/1 and Op. 50/4 by Joseph Haydn and KV 464 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart

23 May 2010: Corelli and Rameau in Estonian
For the first time in Austria, the Corelli Consort from Estonia plays baroque masterpieces by Arcangelo Corelli, Jean-Philippe Rameau and their contemporaries.

30 May 2010: Baroque Lute Music
The Klingekunst ensemble takes you on a musical tour from the sonata to dance music and from the courts of Hamburg to Vienna.

6 June 2010: The Ensemble for Ancient Music Berlin and the Golden Apple of Venus
panta rhei, the Ensemble for Ancient Music Berlin, plays music for “Atalante und Hippomenes” painted in 1680 by Nicolas Colombel.

13 June 2010: The Chamber Music Ensemble of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
interpret the String Trio in C Minor of 1797 by Ludwig van Beethoven and the Clarinet Quintet Op. 111 in B Minor, composed by Johannes Brahms in 1891.

20 June 2010: London Flute Music around 1700
The musica NOVAntica vienna ensemble with Katharina Kröpfl, Robert Pinkl (traverse flute), Wolfgang Rieger (violoncello) and Erich Traxler (harpsichord)plays trio and solo sonatas for the traverse flute by Henry Purcell, Gottfried Finger and George Frideric Handel.

27 June 2010: Rare Trios from the 18th Century
Hunting the trail of the music historian and critic Charles Burney are Andreas Helm, (recorder and baroque oboe) Kaspar Singer (cello) and Anne Marie Dragosits (harpsichord).

4 July 2010: SUMMA CUM LAUDE
The Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival is organised under the patronage of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Young musicians from all over the world meet and compete in the Goldener Saal of the Vienna Musikverein. A selection of these outstanding international ensembles will be presented in the Liechtenstein Museum.

11 July 2010: Cello-Vibraphone in Duo
The programme includes works by Antonín Dvořák, Astor Piazolla, Arvo Pärt, Oliver Madas and Gaspar Cassadó. With Maria Grün (cello) and Oliver Madas (vibraphone)

18 July 2010: Schubert’s Frolicsome “Forelle” (The Trout)
The Schubert art Ensemble vocal group has as its motto “Schubert with a difference”. Its aim is to present vocal music by Franz Schubert, especially his lesser known pieces, in a surprising and different way.

25 July 2010: Haydn Quartets – 2
On original instruments, the Concilium musicum Wien plays the quartets Op. 33/5 and Op. 50/5 by Joseph Haydn and KV 421 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.  

1 August 2010: Johann Adolf Hasse: chamber cantatas with concertante instruments
The Hofmusici from Prague present modern world premieres from Italian and German archives, with voice, violin, oboe, traverso and continuo (violoncello, bassoon, harpsichord).

8 August 2010: String Duo of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Johann Sebastian Bach: Two-part Inventions, Vytautas Barkauskas: Partita for Violin Solo, Bohuslav Martinů: Duet for Cello und Violin, Ludwig van Beethoven: Duet E-flat Major “requiring two pairs of spectacles” for Viola und Cello. With Franz-Markus Siegert (violin, viola) and Stephanie Prenn (cello).

15 August 2010: GITARRISSIMA
Famous works from several centuries echoing in a completely new, unusual “sound”. The international players of the guitar quintet present an evening of sheer magic with their sensitive interpretations and virtuosity.

22 August 2010: Opera with a Difference
The Saxon Brass Academy takes us into the opera world of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries – with “Harmoniemusic”, wind-instrument arrangements for musical soirées of the time.

29 August 2010: Romantic Chamber Music for Clarinet and Harp
Gernot Fresacher (clarinet) and Werner Karlinger (harp) take you on a trip through the works of German masters – Louis Spohr, Franz Poenitz and company and on to Carl Maria von Weber.

5 September 2010: Haydn Quartets – 3
On original instruments, the Concilium musicum Wien interprets the quartets Op. 33/6 and Op. 50/6 by Joseph Haydn and KV 387 by Wolfgang Amadé Mozart.

12 September 2010: Two and Two
Taking his inspiration from folk music, Zoltan Kodaly is the epitome of Hungarian joie de vivre. Embedded in the musical presentation, actors from the Max Reinhardt Seminar read a text by the Hungarian-Swiss writer Agota Kristof.

19 September 2010: Garden of Earthly Delight – music and dance from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
The Paul Hofhaimer Consort Salzburg lures you into the “Garden of Earthly Delights”, with erotic love-songs, seductive dances and fiery instrumental pieces.

26 September 2010: Handel and Bononcini – Two Rivals in London
The King's Theatre in London was the stage for Italian opera and also where George Frideric Handel and Giovanni Bononcini came to an exchange of musical blows. The Concertino Amarilli ensemble presents opulent cantatas and virtuoso sonatas. 

3 October 2010: Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonatas – 2
1799 was the publication date of the three sonatas Op. 12 for piano and violin, the direct heirs of the three great Viennese violin sonatas by Mozart. Rié Suzuki plays on a fortepiano after Anton Walter, such as once belonged to Beethoven.

10 October 2010: String Trio of the GUSTAV MAHLER YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Included on the programme is the string trio by Gideon Klein of 1944 and the String Trio in E-flat Major, Op. 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven.

17 October 2010: Mozart & More  
The corno di bassetto was one of Mozart’s favourite instruments. From here, the vienna clarinet connection launches out to take you on a voyage of discovery along the border between classical and jazz.

24 October 2010: Austria meets Hungary
The Louis Spohr Sinfonietta puts a new spotlight on musical treasures from the old Danube Monarchy.

31 October 2010: Telemann and Vivaldi Out of the World
The Ensemble Pygmalion interprets baroque chamber music for flutes, bassoon and string instruments.  

7 November 2010: Angels and Demons: French baroque music
Christoph Urbanetz (viola da gamba) and Jeremy Joseph (harpsichord) play works by the two great rivals of the viola da gamba at the court of Louis XIV – the so-called “Angel” Marin Marais, and the “Demon” Antoine Forqueray.

14 November 2010: La France en musique
The triopartout plays musical rarities by French composers, including, Jean-Marie Leclair’s Sonate en Trio no. 8 in D Major, Claude Debussy’s Syrinx for flute solo, Richard Rodney  Bennett’s Sonata after Syrinx and Debussy’s Sonata for Harp, Flute and Cello.

21 November 2010: Handel, Bach and Telemann with the Trio Colore
The brass ensemble Trio Colore Wien, augmented by timpani and sundry percussion, plays festive intradas and dances by Purcell, Handel, Telemann and Bach.

28 November 2010 (1st Sunday in Advent): VUENV Recorder Quintet
The recorder quintet takes us on a musical journey through centuries of devotion to the Virgin Mary, playing works by Francisco Guerrero, Ludwig Senfl, Guillaume Dufay and John Dunstable.

5 December 2010 (2nd Sunday in Advent): Wachet auf, ruft uns die Simme – Awake, the voice calls us
Klaudia Wagner (soprano) and Peter Frisée (positive organ) take us through some of Bach’s (pre-) Christmas works, including the famous “Schübler” chorales for organ in their specially arranged version for organ and soprano.

12 December 2010 (3rd Sunday in Advent): Theophil Ensemble Vienna
playing Franz Schubert’s masterpiece of chamber music: the Octet in F Major, D 803 for Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn and String Quartet.

19 December 2010 (4th Sunday in Advent): Ring in the Joys of Christmas
Music by Telemann, Schütz, Biber, Handel, Bach and Ebenbauer for soprano (Susanne Kurz), violin (Georg Hamann) and positive organ (Johannes Ebenbauer).

26 December 2010 (St Stephen’s Day): Sounds of the harp and seasonal texts for Christmas
A celebration of Christmas from contemplative to merry, poems and short prose texts on seasonal themes with the actress Elisabeth-Joe Harriet, accompanied by the harpist Silvia Radobersky.

2 January 2011: Into the New Year with top young performers and Old Masters
The Franz Schmidt Chamber Orchestra under Prof. Adolf Winkler and top talents from the University of Music play works from the baroque to modern.