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MAGIC MOZART MOMENTS
INTERNATIONAL CHOIR FESTIVAL
Salzburg
13th – 16th October 2011 - Great Mass in C Minor, Mozart.
11th - 14th October 2012
Singers from all over the world come together in Salzburg for an incomparable musical experience, performing together with the choir and orchestra of the Salzburg Cathedral
During these four days you'll experience Mozart as never before - in the city where he was born, where he left his mark, rebelled against the narrow conventions of the archbishop and which he has made famous all over the world long after his death.
Individual Singers and Choruses are invited to take part in the performance of Mozart’s Mass in C Minor, KV427, in the city where he was born and worked for many years. Singers and Choirs will perform alongside the Salzburg Cathedral Choir and Orchestra under the direction of Prof. Janos Czifra, the Musical Director of the Cathedral.
Enjoy Mozart as a member of this international choir with singers from all over the word, or, as a listener, and experience the unbelievable grandeur of this event,
Contact us for further information and tailor-made travel packages to this event.
PROGRAMME
(Provisional and subject to change)
Thursday13th October 2011. Arrive in Salzburg and check in to your hotel. In the late afternoon, at a time when the cathedra is closed to the public, participants in the “Magic Mozart Moments” begin a special “Musical” tour of the Cathedral. This exclusive tour of the cathedral steeps you in music and history, emphasised by musical interludes on the organ. This evening there is an “International Get Together” of all participants with a buffet of Austrian dishes and Austrian Folk Music.
Friday 14th October 2011. Breakfast in your hotel. This morning take a tour of the City of Salzburg with a guide specialising in Mozart. Visit the house where Mozart was born, the Cathedral District and the monastery church of St Peter, where Mozart performed his great C Minor Mass for the first time. Following the tour, there will be a short lecture on how the C Minor Mass came to be composed. This afternoon there is a chorus rehearsal with Prof. Janos Czifra, Director of Music at Salzburg Cathedral.
Optional: Mozart Dinner - The candlelit Baroque Hall, glorious music performed by artists in period costume and a superb dinner inspired by 18th Century recipes - the authentic concerts are certain to take you back to the age of Mozart.
Additional charge: Euro 35,00 per person - individually bookable
Optional: Edelweiß Dinner - Hear and sing with us the famous tunes of Vienna operettas, opera and the world famous "Sound of Music" while enjoying a typical Austrian dinner.
Additional charge: Euro 30,00 per person - min. 40 participants
Saturday 15th October 2011. Breakfast in your hotel. Then:-
Morning free or powerpoint lectures:
9 - 10 am: Michael Griffin M. Ed; B. Ed (Mus); A. Mus. A
Learning music - practice and performance
1 - 2 pm: Dipl. phys. Birgitt Stieldorf
Music in motion
Admission for both lectures: Euro 15,00 per person
Afternoon: dress rehearsal with Prof. Janos Czifra.
7 pm Mozart Festival Concert at Salzburg Cathedral.
Followed by a get together with all participants and hand out the participations certificates.
Sunday 16th October 2011. Breakfast at your hotel. You may participate in the mass in the cathedral. Afternoon departure.
Prof. Janos Czifra is a native of Hungary and has been the cathedral music director since 1989. In addition to the normal services at the cathedral, he has led the cathedral choir and orchestra in events of international interest, including two papal visits, episcopal consecrations and jubilees, festivals of sacred music and symposiums. Invitations from abroad and numerous concert tours have led Prof. Czifra and the cathedral choir to the USA, Japan and many European cities. In 2002, he became a member of the European Academy of Science and Arts and was awarded the title of Professor. He very much values and enjoys the opportunities to work together with the many musical guests to Salzburg and the cathedral.
