An “Eroic” Performance

What is Vienna without music?

Tonight we had the opportunity to enjoy a performance by the Vienna Imperial Orchestra in the ornate baroque palace of Prince Franz Joseph Maximillian Libkowitz, Beethoven’s early patron. In this room the composer gave the premiere of his Eroica Symphony in 1804, which was later given its first public performance at the Theater am der Wien nearby.

Of course the program tonight was heavy with works by Vienna’s Waltz King Richard Strauss. There were also some very accessible works by Mozart with contributions from a male and a female vocalist.

A poignant moment concluded the concert when the vocalists offered the Christmas son “Silent Night” in its original German version.

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