Konzerthaus, Vienna
The Wiener Konzerthaus was opened in 1913. It is located in the 3rd district of Vienna highway at the edge of the inner city between Schwarzenberg Square and City Park.
Architectural History
A 1890 planned house for music festivals should be considered as multi-purpose building appeal to broader segments of the population as the only 200 meters away traditional Viennese Musikverein. The design by architect Ludwig Baumann for a Olympion contained, besides several concert halls, a skating rink and a Bicycleclub. In addition, an open-air arena should offer 40,000 visitors. The skating rink and its adjacent buildings were realized in 1899 by Baumann's plans, the Art Nouveau ensemble was, however in 1960 a construction of the InterContinental Hotels Group to the victim. The Vienna Ice Skating Club is located on the then reduced by about a third place today. Even the popular freestyle wrestling at the Haymarket took place here.
Organised by Gustav Klimt and his friends art exhibition Vienna 1908 was held in a temporary exhibition building on the undeveloped site of the later concert hall. The Wiener Konzerthaus was finally built 1911-1913 by the pan-European Viennese theater architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer Younger ( Fellner & Helmer Office ) in cooperation with Ludwig Baumann.
The theme of the concert hall was:
About noon of October 19, 1913, the concert hall was opened in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph I, in the evening followed by a gala concert of the orchestra led by Ferdinand Lion of the Vienna Concert Society ( today Vienna Symphony Orchestra ). This modern plant was Richard Strauss composed this be Festive Prelude Op 61 Combined with Beethoven's 9th Symphony - the juxtaposition of tradition and modernity should be clear in the first concert of the house.
The collapse of Austria -Hungary brought tremendous social upheaval and financial crises - and so flexibility and versatility was also necessary for lack of money. In addition to the classical repertoire, there were in the 1920s and 1930s, important world premieres (including Arnold Schoenberg and Erich Wolfgang Korngold ), concerts with jazz and pop songs, speeches from science to spiritualism and poetry readings (including Karl Kraus ). Dance and ball events, some large conventions and World Championships for boxing and fencing completed the program.
After the annexation of Austria to the German Reich in 1938, the program became impoverished to the " non-degenerate entertainment mode"; many artists remained only the emigration.
After 1945, the concert hall also had the secondary task, " prop up " the bruised Austrian self-confidence in a musical way. In addition to the standard repertoire of classical and romantic and the Viennese Waltz, there was still premieres (eg Schoenberg's oratorio The Jacob's Ladder 1961) as well as international jazz and pop concerts. From May 1946 spaces for recording studios and administration at the German and living in Vienna music producer Gerhard Mendelson were rented, who is considered one of the most important pop producers in Austria in the postwar period.
After several modifications that changed the original Art Nouveau decoration slightly, the house was restored from 1972 to 1975 after only slightly altered the original plans. From 1998 to 2001 the house was renovated under architect Hans Puchhammer and expanded to include a new concert hall ( New Hall).
From 1989 to 2002 also the Vienna Kathrein dance was held in the Concert Hall.
Building
The floor plan in about 70 by 40 meters large concert hall with the main entrance at the Lothringerstraße and other inputs in the Liszt and Am Haymarket covers since the opening of three concert halls:
- Big hall with 1865 seats
- Mozart Hall with 704 seats
- Schubert Hall with 366 seats
- The new hall (with about 400 seats ) was not established until the general renovation of 1998 to 2002. The new hall was renamed the beginning of the 2009/2010 season in Berio-Saal.
On the home front, to right and left of the entrance, is the inscription
Here is a quote from the final chorus for the opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg by Richard Wagner.
In all rooms the same time can take place, as they do not influence each other acoustically different concerts.
Inside stands in the foyer of the original model of 1878 created by Kaspar von Zumbusch Beethoven monument, which is situated opposite the Concert Hall at Beethovenplatz. In the staircase there is a relief homage to Emperor Franz Joseph (1913 ) by Edmund Hellmer. Furthermore, a bust of Franz Liszt by Max Klinger is to mention 1904.
The complex of the concert hall and the building of K. k belongs Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (now the University of Music and Performing Arts ). Adjoining rooms for academic teaching purposes of this part of the building also contains the Academy theater with 521 seats, which is used as a secondary stage of the Burgtheater world premieres among other modern plays.
Great Hall and Organ
The Great Hall has a capacity of 1116 visitors ( ground floor) and additional 361 balconies and boxes, and 388 in the gallery. The auditorium is 750 m² in size, the podium 170 m². In the 1960s the hall was optimized by Heinrich Keil wood.
The organ in the Great Hall was built in 1913 by the Rieger Organ Building ( Jägerndorf, Silesia ) was built. The instrument is located on the end wall of the big room, but has no visible Prospectus. The organ is located behind a grid and is thus hidden from the visitors. The cone chests instrument has 116 registers on five plants Manual and pedal, making it the largest organ in Austria. The special features of the organ counts, firstly, that the four manual divisions are swellable. In addition, the organ comprises a ( swellable ) Remote works with its own pedal work. Stylistically, the organ is " Alsatian organ reform " aligned with the ideal of the so-called, which according to the model of large instruments of Aristide Cavaillé -Coll, the strong voices are divided into two manuals. The tracker action is electro-pneumatic. For the inauguration of the instrument Richard Strauss had the " Festive Prelude " for organ and orchestra composed. In 1982, the instrument has been completely restored.
- Pairing: Normal Couplers: II / I, III / I, IV / I, V / I, P / I, III / II, IV / II, V / II, I / II, IV / III, V / P, I / P, II / P III / P IV / P
- Superoktavkoppeln: II / I, III / I, IV / I, V / I, III / I, IV / I, III / II, IV / II, IV, V, I / P, IV / P.
- Suboktavkoppeln: III / II.
Program
The Concert Hall is the main venue of the Vienna Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra and the sound Wien. Since 1913 the Vienna Singing Academy has its permanent abode in the Konzerthaus. In separate events at the Wiener Konzerthaus other international orchestras, soloists and chamber music ensembles in addition to the Vienna Philharmonic regular guest. In addition, there are also numerous events organized by other operators in the Konzerthaus. So, for example, the Bonbon Ball, but also concerts of jazz and world music.
The program of the Vienna Konzerthaus also includes some festivals, such as
- The Early Music Festival resonances in January
- The Vienna Spring Festival
- The International Music Festival
- Wien Modern in autumn
Between 2003 and 2006, gave the series with the latest music generator.
As of 2008, a year early in the season, a festival focusing take place " on a particular region or cultural community ." The first event in September 2008, the two-day festival Spot On: Yiddishkeit, in which a cross section is presented by the diversity of Jewish music creation.
General secretaries / directors
- Botstiber Hugo (1913-1937)
- Armin Caspar Hochstetter (1938-1945)
- Frederick Reidinger (1940-1945) ( On Behalf of the leave of absence for military service Hochstetter )
- Egon Seefehlner (1946-1961)
- Peter Weiser (1961-1977)
- Hans country man (1978-1984)
- Alexander Pereira (1984-1991)
- Karsten Witt (1991-1996)
- Christoph Lieben - Seutter (1996-2007)
In 2007, the Secretary General was renamed director.
- Bernhard Kerres (2007-2013)
- Matthias Naske (since July 2013)