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Vienna

Musikverein

The Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien built its house on land granted by Emperor Franz Joseph during the laying-out of the Ringstraße. The Danish architect Theophil Hansen designed it in the manner of a Greek temple, and it opened on 6 January 1870. Its Great Hall, known as the Golden Hall for its gilded decoration, is a shoebox about 49 metres long and 19 metres wide with 1,744 seats, and it is counted among the finest-sounding concert rooms anywhere; Hansen worked by intuition, without any science of acoustics to guide him. The smaller Brahms Hall is used for chamber music and song. The Vienna Philharmonic has made the Musikverein its home since the building opened, and it plays the annual New Year’s Concert in the Golden Hall, broadcast around the world.

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Sources 23

  1. 5th Subscription Concert, 16 January 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in A Classical Joke, a Birthday Present, and Fate. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  2. 5th Soirée, 13 February 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in An Argument at the Piano and a Child’s Heaven. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  3. 6th Subscription Concert, 20 February 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Resurrection in the Golden Hall. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  4. 7th Subscription Concert, 20 March 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Two Hundred Years On. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  5. Wiener Philharmoniker, 26 March 2027, Musikverein Wien Cited in Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Two Hundred Years On. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  6. 8th Subscription Concert, 17 April 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Mutter Plays Penderecki, and the Boy Korngold. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  7. Wiener Philharmoniker, 24 April 2027, Musikverein Wien Cited in Mutter Plays Penderecki, and the Boy Korngold. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  8. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 8 May 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Muti’s Bridge from Haydn to Beethoven. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  9. Wiener Philharmoniker, 8 May 2027, Musikverein Wien Cited in Muti’s Bridge from Haydn to Beethoven. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  10. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 4 June 2027, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and Schoenberg’s Pelleas. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  11. Konzert, 04.06.2027, Wiener Philharmoniker, Musikverein Wien Cited in Strauss’s Oboe Concerto and Schoenberg’s Pelleas. Accessed 7 October 2026.
  12. Musikverein, Wikipedia Accessed 30 September 2026.
  13. The Vienna Musikverein: Concert hall with tradition, Austria.info (Austrian National Tourist Office) Accessed 30 September 2026.
  14. Great Hall, Musikverein Wien Accessed 30 September 2026.
  15. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna (Thursday, 14 May 2026), Vienna Philharmonic Cited in Three Times London. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  16. 10th Subscription Concert, 13 June 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Fables, a Lost Spring, and a Mermaid’s Tale. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  17. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 25 September 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Northern Visions. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  18. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 3 October 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Cathedral in Sound. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  19. 2nd Subscription Concert, 10 October 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Grace and Grandeur. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  20. 3rd Subscription Concert, 28 November 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Jazz, Metamorphosis, and a Boléro. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  21. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 1 December 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Buchbinder at Eighty: Haydn, Beethoven, Schumann. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  22. Concert of the Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, 12 December 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in A Plea for Peace: Britten’s War Requiem. Accessed 30 September 2026.
  23. 4th Subscription Concert, 19 December 2026, Wiener Philharmoniker Cited in Faun, Asylum, and a Sacrifice. Accessed 30 September 2026.