So, I am going to Austria Wednesday morning and I will be there until Sunday morning. Therefore, there will be no posts till then. We are going to be staying on night in Salzburg and three nights in Vienna. Here is some of an email that our program director sent us about some of the stuff that we are going to be doing there:
Mozart's Birthplace in Salzburg (Mozart Geburtshaus)
Vienna State Opera (Guided Tour)
Musikverein Wien (concert with the Vienna Symphony Orchestra on Friday night)
Mozarthaus (Domgasse 5, Wien) This is the location of two of the most remarkable meetings in the history of music: where Haydn heard three of the string quartets Mozart dedicated to him and after which Haydn told Mozart's father, Leopold, that his son is the greatest composer he has ever known. The second is when the 16 year-old Beethoven came to ask Mozart if he could study with him and performed for him.
Haydn House (Haydngasse 19, Wien)
Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery where Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Hugo Wolf, Johann Strauß--younger and elder--, Schönberg, Salieri, Zemlinksy, von Suppé, Krenek, Bösendorder and Hanslick are buried)
I'm very happy to be able to tell you that our trip coincides with "The Long Night of the Museums" (Der lange nacht der Museen) on Saturday night in Vienna. This is an excited event: all museums in Vienna are open from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. on Saturday night--one ticket and you can see any (and all) museum you want.
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Too cool! I'm a nut for cemeteries where famous literary people are buried. I'm sure I'd love the one where the musicians are buried, too.
And it's very cool that your trip coincides with Der Lange Nacht. Can't beat that deal!
I can't wait to see the photos. :)
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