Musical diversity at the Konzerthaus

• December 3 Carinthian Advent with the Grenzlandchor Arnoldstein choir (75th anniversary)
• December 15 Thomas Gansch and colleagues: "Leise berieselt der Schnee! Eine Weihnachts-Schlagertherapie" (Softly sprinkles the snow! Christmas hits therapy)
• December 16 (pre-premiere) and 17 Christmas in Vienna gala: Classical stars spread the Christmas feeling. Cast in 2022: Miriam Kutrowatz (soprano), Jamie Barton (mezzosoprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor), BartolomeyBittmann duo, Maria Happel (reading), Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singakademie and ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Claire Levacher. TV broadcast!
• December 17 “Swinging Christmas” with the Gerhard Aflenzer Broadway Big Band
• December 18 Sing Along “Christmas”
• December 18 Die Seer. City Tour 2022: “The big Christmas Concert”
• December 20 Great Voices: Diana Damrau. From Handel, Bach, and Mozart through to Christmas songs
• December 21 E.T.A. Hoffmann: The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. Reading by Dorothee Hartinger, Johannes Piirto on piano
• December 22 Wiener Symphoniker / Arnold Schoenberg Choir / Koopman: Bach's Christmas Oratorio. With Elisabeth Breuer (soprano), Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Michael Schade (tenor), Andreas Wolf (bass).
• December 23 Christmas of the Bolschoi Don Kosaken choir

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Advent at the Musikverein

• November 27 "O Freude über Freude" – Christmas with the Wiener Singverein choir
• December 3/4 Marisa Burger, Max Müller, Tonč Feinig: "Oh, Pannenbaum ...!" Unexpected things at Christmas time, from Lindgren to Gernhardt, from Holidays to Jazzy-Bellzz. (reading, singing, piano)
• December 4 Carinthian Advent with the Grenzlandchor Arnoldstein choir (75th anniversary)
• December 9/10 Christmas concert of the Wiener Domorchester with works by Max Bruch, W. A. Mozart, Franz Schubert
• December 13 Christiane Karg (soprano), Gerold Huber (piano): "Weihnachten – es naht die jubelvolle Zeit" (Christmas – the time of joy is coming)
• December 14 "Christmas at the Wiener Musikverein" with the Neue Philharmonie Wien, Tehmine Schäffer (soprano), Yulia Savrasova (mezzosoprano), 7RAY (tenor)
• December 17 "Weihnachten" (Christmas): Reading by Max Simonischek with music
• December 22 "The Sound of Christmas" with the Imperial Philharmonic Austria – Christmas sounds from Vienna to Hollywood
• December 23 Handel's oratorio "Messiah" with the Lautten Compagney Berlin and the Arnold Schoenberg Choir

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Trumpet sounds to the organ

Treasures of the Viennese classical period and traditional Christmas songs sound particularly festive when played on brass instruments. Such as at the Advent concert series Trumpet magic in Advent in the Baroque St. Anne's Church. (Fr, Sa, Su November 25 – December 18 and December 8)

Trumpets in Concert – A Very Special Christmas: festive Baroque music, church music and cheerful Christmas songs are performed on trumpet and organ in the Minoriten Church (December 11, 17 & 18).

More church concerts

On the weekends in Advent, the Capuchin Church also invites you to Advent concerts (November 25 & 26, December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, 17 & 23). The Wiener Kaiserquartett and solo singing as well as a program of the most beautiful Christmas songs and festive music will get you in the mood for Christmas.

And in Vienna's most famous church, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Bach's Christmas Oratorio is performed on December 1. The musicians of the Harmonia Ensemble Wien also perform a reflective gathering in a chamber music formation with soprano and baritone solos (November 25 – December 17, every Fr, Sa, also December 23).

The Giant Organ inside St. Stephen's Cathedral is played on the Sundays in Advent, with the mighty sounds from more than 12,500 pipes filling the building. The program of the Advent organ concerts ranges from Bach to Franck and the best-known Advent songs. The console stands centrally in the nave and enables a clear view of the organist and his virtuoso playing on the five manuals and pedals.

St. Stephen's Cathedral is also the venue for a Christmas concert highlight: on December 14, the Wiener Symphoniker give the concert Viennese Advent, together with the Vienna Boys' Choir, Chorus Viennensis, and vocal soloists.

The Minoriten Church is the venue for Christmas Spirit – a musical journey through the starry hours of Christmastime. Light, visuals, installations, and music exude a Christmas mood for all the senses. With Cesár Sampson and Lareeze (vocals), Eva Maria Wallisch (harp), Josef Schultner (saxophone), Ines Schüttengruber (organ) and Sona Tamura (piano). (December 19-22)

Vocally powerful

Great emphasis is placed on singing in the world's capital of music. The Vienna Boys' Choir performs the Advent concert series Good Shepherds in its acoustically brilliant MuTh Concert Hall (December 5, 6, 7, 8 & 10). On the program: Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" and "Silent Night".

The full voices of the US ensemble The Christmas Gospel bring pure gospel power to the Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles). With total commitment and temperament, they sing classics such as "Oh Happy Day" and "Amazing Grace" as well as modern soul ballads. (December 2, 3, 9, 10, 16 & 17)

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Stadthalle shows

• Entertainer Viktor Gernot celebrates a musical pre-Christmas evening in his Christmas Show together with his best friends and his audience. Guaranteed handmade, punchless, and electronic beat-free! (December 11)
• The Kelly Family invite their fans to the Mega Christmas Show.  (December 13)
• Christmas ballet programs can also be experienced at the Wiener Stadthalle: The classics The Nutcracker (December 17) and Swan Lake (December 18).

A different kind of Christmas

Show entertainment of a high standard as well as current best-of programs characterize the festival Wintertainment 2022. Music, theater, cabaret, variety and comedy combine to create a varied series of offerings. Christmas elements are included – but discreetly and without the kitsch. If you're looking for alternative programs to traditional Advent concerts then head to the Theater am Spittelberg (December 17-23).

Jazzy Christmas

Christmas is also on the cards at Vienna's jazz clubs: Saxofour stops over at the Porgy & Bess with its 2022 Christmas tour. The four saxophone virtuosos perform Austrian, American, and European Christmas songs with groove, originality, and humor. (December 9)

The Christkind can listen along: Slavko Ninic and the Wiener Tschuschenkapelle give a Christmas Special on Christmas Eve itself at Porgy & Bess. The band is a fixed feature of the Austrian music landscape, famous for exuberant concerts and musical originality. Its repertoire: traditional and self-composed songs of the Balkan countries, from the Mediterranean and Orient, with a touch of Wienerlied and echoes of gypsy jazz. Tip: The Porgy & Bess streams its concerts!

And yet more tones...

Christmas is coming at the Metropol:

• November 30 The Sound of Christmas – Christmas special in the Metropol's 28th year
• December 7 Insieme: Merry MixMas. The Christmas Show
• December 8 Andy Lee Lang & Band: 10 Years of Country Christmas
• December 10 Dennis Jale & The Jam Gang: Rockin' Christmas
• December 11 Roman Grinberg & KLEZmetropol feat. Tania Golden & Shlomit Butbul: Swinging Chanukka
• December 14/15 25th Irish Christmas Festival
• December 17/18 Monti Beton & Johann K.: Christmas Classics Extravaganza
• December 19 Thomas Borchert: Beflügelte Weihnachten (Winged Christmas)

Andy Lee Lang can be experienced at the Globe Wien with his show "American Christmas (December 18). There – at the Globe – Christmas cabaret presents the humorous side of the holidays: Omar Sarsam plays "Oh du Andere!" (Oh, you other one!) (December 8), Lydia Prenner-Kasper "Leise pieselt das Reh" (Quietly pees the deer) (December 16) and Gery Seidl "Aufputzt is! Ein Weihnachtsdebakel" (It's plastered! A Christmas debacle) (December 17).

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