Vienna Summer Night Concert 2025 in Livestream
The Vienna Summer Night Concert will take place on Friday, June 13, in the Schönbrunn Palace Park. This cultural highlight of the Vienna Philharmonic is themed "Of Dances and Passions" this year and takes listeners into the enchanting world of classical music.
Program Change and Moment of Silence for Victims of Graz
The program of the Summer Night Concert will be slightly adapted to the circumstances following the rampage in Graz. "Music speaks where words fail. Out of our deepest dismay, we will precede the Summer Night Concert with Johann Sebastian Bach's 'Air'. We then ask for a moment of silence for the victims of the Graz attack and our thoughts are with the bereaved and friends," said the chairman of the Vienna Philharmonic, Daniel Froschauer. The originally scheduled opening piece, the cancan from Jacques Offenbach's "Orpheé aux enfers," will be omitted due to its humorous character.
"Of Dances and Passions" as the Theme
The program at the Vienna Summer Night Concert 2025 includes a wide repertoire from Antonín Dvořák's first Slavonic Dance to Otto Nicolai's overture to the opera "The Merry Wives of Windsor." This overture is also dedicated to this year, as the House of Music in the first district celebrates its 25th anniversary. Nicolai founded the Vienna Philharmonic here in 1842. Furthermore, concert-goers can look forward to Hector Berlioz’s Hungarian March and the "Morning Mood" from Edvard Grieg's Peer Gynt Suites.
A special highlight this year is the debut of Polish opera singer Piotr Beczała, who will present three arias from famous operas by Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, and Emmerich Kálmán. For the first time, the Vienna Boys' Choir will also perform on the open-air stage in the Schönbrunn Palace Park, including the Elf Chorus from Offenbach's "Rheinnixen."
Free Admission at the Summer Night Concert 2025 in Schönbrunn Palace Park
The Summer Night Concert, which begins at 8:45 PM, will be conducted by the renowned Russian conductor Tugan Sokhiev. As a crowning finale, the traditional Viennese Waltz by Johann Strauss' son will be played, whose 200th birthday is being celebrated this year.
For the free live visit on site, access is again exclusively possible from 5:00 PM via the Hietzinger and Meidlinger Gates. The weather forecast promises a rain-free summer evening. The palace passage is closed to park visitors, and the Gloriette Meadow is not part of the event area. Note: In case of impending overcrowding, the entire palace park will be closed for access. More about the house rules here.
Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic in Livestream
ORF 2 will broadcast the Summer Night Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic with a delay starting at 9:20 PM. 3sat will show the classical highlight the following day, on Saturday, June 14, at 8:15 PM. On the ORF ON streaming platform, classical music fans can access the TV broadcast nationwide as a live stream and as video-on-demand for 30 days after the TV broadcast.
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