Thu 11 Dec 2025
Wiener Advent - The Advent Concert
by the Wiener Symphoniker
8:30pm | St. Stephen's Cathedral
Experience a musical highlight of the pre-Christmas season in the heart of Vienna: the Vienna Symphony Orchestra's Advent concert with chief conductor Petr Popelka in the beautiful St. Stephen's Cathedral. Next year, a ‘Bohemian Christmas’ will take centre stage - with touching works by Antonín Dvořák, Bedřich Smetana, Josef Suk and others.
You can look forward to special moments such as the enchanting ‘Lullaby’ from the opera Hubička (‘The Kiss’), masterfully interpreted by Kateřina Kněžíková. Other high-calibre soloists of the evening: Štěpánka Pučálková, Pavel Černoch and Adam Plachetka. Accompanied by the Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, the ‘Viennese Advent’ combines music and contemplation in Vienna's landmark.
The crowning finale: the collective ‘O du fröhliche’ - the unforgettable finale to an evening full of magic and anticipation of Christmas. Secure your tickets now!
Concert Details
Performers
Wiener Symphoniker
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Kateřina Kněžíková, soprano
Štěpánka Pučálková, mezzo soprano
Pavel Černoch, tenor
Adam Plachetka, bass baritone
Petr Popelka, conductor
Ticket Prices
Main Concert
1. Category - € 160,-
2. Category - € 130,-
3. Category - € 95,-
4. Category - € 55,-
5. Category - € 40,-
Review: Wiener Advent 2021-2024
Wiener Advent 2024 | 6 Dec 2024, 6:00pm & 8:30pm
Performers
Wiener Symphoniker
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Rosa Feola, soprano
Kate Lindsey, mezzo soprano
Stéphane Denève, conductor
Programme
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass for Choir and Orchestra C major KV 167 "Trinity", 2. Gloria
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: "Laudate Dominum" for soprano solo, mixed choir and orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Three German Dances KV 605, No. 3 C major "Sleigh Ride"
Camille Saint-Saëns: "Ave Maria" for solo voice and organ
Georges Bizet: Suite No. 1 WD 40 "L'Arlésienne", 4. Carillon
François-Auguste Gevaert: "Les anges dans nos campagnes" for Choir in G major
Georges Bizet: Suite No. 1 WD 40 "L'Arlésienne", 3. Adagietto
Anonymus: "Marche des Rois" for Choir (Arrangement: Rosa Parker / Robert Shaw)
Georges Bizet: "Farandole", 4th movement from "L'Arlésienne", Suite No. 2
Anonymus: "Adeste fideles"
Engelbert Humperdinck: Overture from the opera "Hansel and Gretel"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: "Ich harrete des Herr", Duet and choir from the choral symphony No. 2 in B-flat major op. 52 "Hymn of Praise"
Engelbert Humperdinck: "Abendsegen" from the opera "Hänsel and Gretel"
Anonymus: "Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella" (Arrangement for Organ: Keith Chapman)
Florence Price: "Adoration" (Arrangement for string orchestra: Elaine Fine)
Gustav Holst: "In the bleak midwinter"
John Williams: "Somewhere in my Memory"
John Williams: "Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas"
Anonymus: "O du fröhliche" (Arr.: Matthias Spindler)
Wiener Advent 2023 | 7 Dec 2023, 6:00pm & 8:30pm
Performers
Wiener Symphoniker
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde
Fatma Said, soprano
Pavol Breslik, tenor
Marie Jacquot, conductor
Programme
Michael Praetorius
"Es ist ein Ros entsprungen" (Arrangement: Jan Sandström / Heinrich Bruckner)
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
"Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme" ("Awake, the voice calls to us"), 16th chorale from the oratorio "Paulus" op. 36
"Jerusalem! Die du tötest die Propheten" ("Jerusalem! Thou slayest the prophets") 7th aria for soprano from the oratorio " Paul," op. 36
"Drum sing' ich mit meinem Liede" ("So I sing with my song"), duet for soprano and tenor from the Symphony Cantata No. 2 B flat major op. 52 "Lobgesang" ("Hymn of Praise")
Albert Hay Malotte
"The Lord's Prayer"
Johann Sebastian Bach
"Jesus bleibet meine Freude" chorale from the cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147 (arrangement: Heinrich Bruckner)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
"Snowflake Waltz" from the ballet "The Nutcracker" op. 71
"Pas de deux" from the ballet "The Nutcracker" op. 71
Giacomo Puccini
"Astro del cielo", Gebet an den Schutzengel for Tenor, Children Choir, Choir und Orchestra (Arrangement: Michael Kaye / Eugene Kohn)
Leopold Mozart
Sinfonia pastorella G major for alphorn in F and strings, 3rd movement (Presto )
Anonymous
"Ach, mein Seel, fang an zu singen", Folk song from Lustenau
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
"Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" op. 65 No. 6 from the 66 Choral Improvisations for Organ Solo op. 65
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
"Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen" ("For he hath commanded his angels") MWV B 53 (Arrangement: Ben Mansted)
Andrew Lloyd Webber
Pie Jesu from Requiem for three solo voices, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Magnificat, 1st chorus from the Magnificat D major Wq 215
Adolphe Adam
"O Holy Night"
John Rutter
"Shepherd's Pipe Carol"
Anonymous
"Oh du fröhliche"
Wiener Advent 2022 | 14 Dec 2022, 6:00pm & 8:30pm
Performers
Wiener Symphoniker
Wiener Sängerknaben
choir master: Gerald Wirth
Chorus Viennensis
choir master: Michael Schneider
Elsa Benoit, soprano
Stanislas de Barbeyrac, tenor
Selina Ott, trumpet
Diana Tishchenko, violin
Fabien Gabel, conductor
Pre-Show Concert and Main Concert
Johann Sebastian Bach
Magnificat D-major BWV 243, 1. Chor ("Magnificat")
"Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", Kantate BWV 51, I. Aria "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
Georg Friedrich Handel
Overture to the oratorio "Samson" HWV 57
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Arie "Thus when the sun"
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Chor "Awake the trumpet lovely sound"
Oratorium "Samson" HWV 57, Arie "Let the Bright Seraphim"
Giacomo Puccini
"Preludio sinfonico" in A-major SC 32
Gioacchino Rossini
"Petite Messe Solenelle", 4. Aria "Domine Deus"
Hector Berlioz
"L'Enfance du Christ" ("The Childhood of Christ"), Trilogie sacrée for soli, choir and orchestra op. 25, 8. Choir "L'Adieu des bergers à la Sainte Famille"
Jules Massenet
"Méditation", Symphonic Intermezzo from the opera "Thaïs" for violin and orchestra
Alexander Glasunow
"Albumblatt" in Des-major (arrangement for orchestra)
Franz Schreker
"Valse lente" for small orchestra
Richard Strauss
"Wiegenlied" für voice and orchestra op. 41 TrV 195 Nr. 1
Anonymus
"Adeste fideles"
Wiener Advent 2021 | 14 Dec 2021, 8:30pm
Performers
Wiener Symphoniker
Vienna Boys Choir
Chorus Viennensis
Christiane Karg, soprano
Catriona Morison, mezzo-soprano
Mauro Peter, tenor
Michael Nagy, bass
David Afkham, conductor
Programme
J. S. Bach, Christmas Oratorio (Weihnachtsoratorium), BWV 248, 1. Teil "Jauchzet, frohlocket"
C. Saint-Saëns, Prélude from "Oratorio de Noël", op. 12
G. Fauré, Pie Jesu from "Requiem", op. 48
C. Gounod, Sanctus from "Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile"
C. Franck, Panis Angelicus
G. Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine, op. 11
E. Humperdinck, Overture to the opera "Hänsel und Gretel"
M. Reger, Mariä Wiegenlied, op. 76/52
F. Mendelssohn Bartholdy, "Herr Gott Abrahms" from the oratorio "Elijah", op. 70
R. Strauss, "Die heiligen drei Könige" after a text by Heinrich Heine, op. 56 Nr. 6
E. Humperdinck, Abendsegen from the opera "Hänsel und Gretel"
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