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M A RT I N R A N D A L L T R AV E L
The Danube
Music Festival
A Schubertiade
20–27 August 2015
In association with Wigmore Hall
Curated by John Gilhooly
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The Danube
Music Festival
A Schubertiade
• Nine private concerts in beautiful and
appropriate historic buildings
• A Schubert festival, with his music in almost
every programme alongside other composers
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
• Musicians of the highest calibre, most of
whom are regulars at Wigmore Hall, London
• Choice between accommodation on a ship
which sails the Austrian Danube or in hotels
for a variant which features country walks
• Daily talks by leading authorities on music
and history
20–27 August 2015
In association with Wigmore Hall
Curated by John Gilhooly
Matching music & place
The annual Danube Music Festival combines music and
architecture in a singularly beguiling way. Concerts take
place in palaces, churches, monasteries, country houses
and other historic buildings which are among the most
beautiful and historically resonant along the Danube.
But the value of the juxtaposition goes deeper. The
buildings are generally of the same period as the music
performed in them, and in some cases there are specific
historical associations between the two.
Musicians of the highest calibre
Now in its twenty-second year, the festival is established
as a prestigious event in the musical calendar, featuring
musicians of the highest calibre. Most of the artists
performing this year are regular guests at Wigmore Hall in
London – itself a guarantee of excellence.
This is the line-up: singers Ailish Tynan (soprano), Robin
Tritschler (tenor) with accompanist James Baillieu and
Florian Boesch (baritone) with accompanist Graham
Johnson; chamber ensembles the Bennewitz Quartet,
the Endellion String Quartet, the Heath Quartet, and the
ATOS Trio; Igor Levit (piano), Michael Collins (clarinet)
and Alasdair Tait (cello); the Austro-Hungarian Haydn
Philharmonic with their conductor Adam Fischer and the
Wiener Kammerchor.
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Wigmore abroad
All the artists have been selected by John Gilhooly,
Director of Wigmore Hall in London, the world’s leading
centre for chamber music and song. Almost all the
musicians are Wigmore Hall favourites, or are due to make
their debut in 2015.
John worked closely with Martin Randall and his team to
ensure a good fit between artists, music and place.
Celebrating Schubert
Every edition of the festival explores the music of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, sometimes focusing on a
particular theme. In 2015, the music of Franz Schubert will
form the core of the programmes.
A rare intensity of musical communication
The concerts are private, being exclusive to the
approximately 140 participants who take a package which
includes accommodation, meals, interval drinks, travel by
air, river and road, lectures and much else besides.
The small size of the audience and of the venues leads to an
informality and intimacy which engenders a rare intensity
of musical communication.
Musicians love playing for this festival. Not only are the
venues an inspiring change from modern concert halls, but
the audiences are among the best in the world – attentive,
knowledgeable, appreciative.
Travelling in comfort
To this exceptional artistic and intellectual experience is
added a further pleasure: the comfort and convenience of a
first-class river cruiser, chartered exclusively for the festival
audience. MS Amadeus Silver II is one of the most modern
and comfortable passenger ships on European waters.
Acting as both hotel and principal means of transport,
it enables passengers to attend all the concerts and see
some of the finest art and architecture in the region
without having to change hotel or drive long distances.
The itinerary takes you past some of the most picturesque
stretches of the Danube.
In many ways, however, this venture is far removed from
the usual cruising routine. There is little regimentation, no
obligatory seating plan, no on-board entertainment, no
intrusive announcements – and absolutely no piped music.
The spoken word
Talks and lecturers are another important ingredient.
Musicologist Dr Michael Downes, Director of Music at the
University of St Andrews, and Professor Sir Richard Evans,
a leading authority on the history of German-speaking
Europe, give daily talks on the ship. Richard Wigmore,
music critic and broadcaster, is the lecturer attached to the
walking party. See page 12 for their biographies.
The walking alternative
The walking alternative mixes the concerts with country
walks. Six of the concerts are included, and there are five
guided walks of two to three hours through some of the
most ravishing scenery of the Danube valley. Participants
stay in hotels, in Melk, Vienna and Dürnstein, rather than
on the ship.
The tour finishes a day before the main festival (the dates
are 20–26 August). See the text in grey under each day of
‘The Programme’ for an outline of the daily itinerary. The
group is limited to 22 participants.
Contents
The Programme....... 5–11
Travel Options...............13
About us.........................15
Making a booking..........19
Lecturers.........................12
Accommodation............14
Pre-festival tour.............16
Booking Conditions......19
Fitness requirements....12
Prices & the package.....15
Booking form.......... 17–18
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M
artin Randall music
festivals are always spoken
of with such enthusiasm by
those who attend them that the
opportunity to curate such a
Festival is both a challenge and
a privilege. I hugely enjoyed
curating the 2012 Danube
Festival, meeting friends both
old and new, and I am therefore
delighted to be given a second opportunity to showcase
some of the wonderful performers we often hear at
Wigmore Hall and love to share with others, especially as
the iconic concert venues along the Danube route add so
much to the beauty and richness of the events. As before
I have tried to link artists and venues as appropriately as
possible, and, also as before, it is a particular pleasure for
me to collaborate with Martin, who is such a good friend
and supporter of our programme at Wigmore Hall.
When I first heard the pianist Igor Levit I was struck at
once by the maturity and sensitivity of this young artist.
His Wigmore Hall debut was something of a sensation, and
he is now greatly in demand, as are the three magnificent
string quartets which join us throughout the week. I am
very pleased that the acclaimed Bennewitz Quartet will
open the Festival, and look forward to the Heath Quartet
with Alasdair Tait for Schubert’s Quintet in C, as well as
the Endellion Quartet in partnership with the celebrated
clarinettist, Michael Collins. There is likely to be an Irish
flavour to the song recital by the appealing Irish singers
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Ailish Tynan and Robin Tritschler, with South African
born accompanist James Baillieu, another firm audience
favourite, who will also do his best to keep Irish mischief
at bay! Baritone Florian Boesch will already be known to
many of you as among the most compelling of all current
recitalists, a singer who holds audiences in thrall. He will
be partnered by Graham Johnson, doyen of accompanists.
An always rewarding aspect of my job is the chance it
gives me to hear young artists at early stages in their
careers, sign them up for Wigmore Hall appearances, and
watch with pride as their careers blossom, nationally and
internationally. It is gratifying to see the rise in recent
years of so many singers, instrumentalists, chamber and
baroque groups: the ATOS Trio, founded in 2003, belongs
firmly in this category of relatively new and important
stars, with their ever-imaginative repertoire and committed
playing. What better way to hear Schubert Symphonies
than at the Palais Ferstel with the Austro-Hungarian
Haydn Philharmonic and surely the world famous Wiener
Kammerchor will give us a moving and memorable evening
in the glorious surroundings of Dürnstein Abbey.
These are all performers I feel sure both you and I will
enjoy and be inspired by, and I have very much appreciated
the opportunity to share them with you.
John Gilhooly, October 2014
Illustration: Schubert and friends in Vienna, painting 1927 by Otto Nowak (1874–1945).
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The Programme
Day 1, Thursday 20 August
Passau
Fly from London or Manchester to Munich, from where you are
taken by coach to Passau. Alternatively, make your way to Passau
independently (for travel options, see page 13).
The ship, MS Amadeus Silver II, is ready for boarding from
4.00pm. Afternoon tea is available upon arrival.
Piled up on promontories at the confluence of three rivers, the
Bavarian city of Passau is dominated by a great Baroque cathedral
and crammed with unspoilt streetscape and historic buildings. It
was one of the most important episcopal seats in Central Europe
and served as a refuge for the Habsburg court in times of danger.
After sailing at 6.30pm there is a reception followed by dinner.
Walkers. Fly at c. 9.00am from London Heathrow to Vienna.
Drive directly to Felbring for an afternoon woodland walk
through landscapes of beech and pine, with vistas across the
Danube Valley. Walk c. 6km on a mixture of grassy footpaths
and stony tracks, on level terrain with some downhill and uphill
sections (sturdy walking boots are necessary). Arrive in Melk,
a delightful little town on the Danube nestling under the abbey.
First of two nights here.
Day 2, Friday 21 August
Grein, Dürnstein
The series of daily lectures begins. Moor at Grein, a charming
little town squeezed between the Danube and the hills with a
sixteenth-century Schloss rising to one side. It is a short walk
from the ship to the main square where the tiny municipal theatre
lies hidden within the town hall. Constructed in 1791 – the year
of The Magic Flute – it is the oldest working theatre in Austria.
It is too small to hold the entire audience in one sitting so the
walkers have the afternoon performance to themselves.
Concert 1
Grein, Stadttheater
The Bennewitz Quartet
The Bennewitz Quartet was founded in 1998 at the Academy
of Performing Arts, Prague. They studied with Rainer Schmidt
and were taught by Walter Levin at the Basel Music Academy
where they were Quartet in Residence for some time. They have
won many awards including the first prize at the International
Chamber Music Competition, Osaka and at the Borciani
Competition, Italy.
The Quartet will play a Schubert and Mozart programme, the
exact pieces are to be confirmed.
Return to the ship and sail downstream through the Wachau, one
of the most beautiful stretches of the Danube. Moor at Dürnstein,
perhaps the loveliest little town on the river. The ruins of a castle
in which Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned cling to a steep
hill which rears behind, while a gorgeous Baroque abbey church
perches on the waterfront. Disembark for an evening concert.
©Kevin V Ton
Illustration, above: Dürnstein, German etching 1935. Photo: the Bennewitz Quartet.
Previous spread, main image: Dürnstein, 1820s aquatint by Jacob Alt (1789–1872);
inset: Franz Schubert, woodcut by Leopold Wächtler c. 1930.
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Concert 2
Dürnstein Abbey, Church
Day 3, Saturday 22 August
Vienna, Bratislava
Wiener Kammerchor (Vienna Chamber Choir)
Michael Grohotolsky director
Moor at Nussdorf, twenty minutes by coach from the centre
of Vienna.
One of Austria’s finest choirs, the Wiener Kammerchor performs
throughout the country and abroad and has made several
recordings. Their conductor, Michael Grohotolsky, is a lecturer at
Vienna’s University of Music and Performing arts, and is a voice
teacher and lecturer at numerous seminars. Tonight they give a
performance of vocal music.
Principal seat of the Habsburgs for over six hundred years,
Vienna became capital of a vast agglomeration of territories that
encompassed much of Central and Eastern Europe. The fabric
of the city is a glorious mix of the magnificently imperious and
the charmingly unpretentious, and it remains one of the world’s
greatest centres of art and music.
Return to the ship and sail overnight from Dürnstein to
Vienna-Nussdorf.
Concert 3
Vienna, Albertina, Hall of the Muses
Walkers. Drive along the picturesque road beside the Danube
before turning into the hills to start the walk (c. 6km). Begin
among upland pastures and farmland before descending through
woods of pine, beech and birch to the sound of tumbling streams.
Walk on moderately gentle woodland paths and quiet roads,
the few steep sections being fairly short. Catch glimpses of the
Danube and then of the little riverside town of Grein. Private
concert at Grein Theatre with the Bennewitz Quartet. Lunch
here. Return to Melk and visit the abbey state apartments and
church, which are among the most brilliant creations of the Age
of Baroque. Overnight Melk.
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Florian Boesch baritone
& Graham Johnson piano
The Albertina, a Habsburg residence named after a son-in-law
of Empress Maria Theresa, is home to one of the world’s greatest
collections of prints and drawings. The building was refurbished
at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and the light-filled,
delicately Neo-Classical Hall of the Muses where the concert
takes place is an exact contemporary of Schubert’s maturity.
Austrian baritone Florian Boesch is one of today’s foremost
Lieder interpreters with appearances at Wigmore Hall,
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©Clive Barda
©Lukas Beck
Photos, clockwise from above left: Graham Johnson;
Wiener Kammerchor; ATOS Trio; Florian Boesch.
Illustration, facing page: Vienna, Palais Ferstel, wood
engraving 1890; left: Bratislava, 20th-century woodcut.
©Frank Jerke
Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, Het Concertgebouw
Amsterdam, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, Philharmonie Cologne,
Carnegie Hall New York, Edinburgh and elsewhere. Florian
Boesch will be a Wigmore Hall artist in residence in 2014–15.
Concert 4
Bratislava, Primatial Palace
Graham Johnson obe has appeared in recital with the world’s
leading recitalists. His extensive discography includes the entire
Schubert and Schumann Lieder for Hyperion Records. Professor
of Accompaniment at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama,
he holds Honorary Doctorates from Durham University and the
New England Conservatory, is a Chevalier in the Ordre des Arts
et Lettres and an Honorary Member of the Royal Philharmonic
Society. He was awarded the Wigmore Hall Medal in 2013.
Since its foundation in 2003 the multi-award winning ATOS Trio
has rapidly risen to international prominence, giving hundreds
of concerts throughout Europe, USA and Australia to capacity
audiences and critical acclaim. Their recordings endeavour to
showcase lesser-known works as well as familiar repertoire.
Their programme includes Schubert settings of Goethe, Jacobi
and Mayrhofer.
Return to the ship after the recital and sail during lunch
downstream to Bratislava (formerly Pressburg). Now capital of
Slovakia, it was for three hundred years capital of the Habsburg
rump of Hungary while Ottoman Turks occupied most of the
country. Its compact historic centre is a delight, one of the
loveliest along the Danube, a dense mesh of unspoilt streets,
squares and well restored façades.
The concert takes place in the two-storey Mirror Hall in the
Primatial Palace, formerly the seat of the Archbishop of Hungary,
now the Town Hall. When completed in 1781 it was the grandest
building in Bratislava after the castle.
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The ATOS Trio
The Trio perform Schubert’s Piano Trio in B flat, Op.99, his
Notturno and Dvorak’s Piano Trio in F minor Op.65.
After the concert, sail upsteam and moor at Vienna-Nussdorf
once again.
Walkers. Drive to Vienna for a morning concert in the Albertina
with Florian Boesch (baritone) and Graham Johnson (piano).
Lunch and time to settle in at the hotel. In the afternoon drive up
the Leopoldsberg, a high hill with fine views over the capital and
the Danube valley. Walk down through beech woods, vineyards
and salubrious ivy-clad suburbs on a 5.5km walk on footpaths,
country roads and quiet streets. Easy terrain. Refreshments in
the attractive wine-producing village of Heiligenstadt before
returning to the centre of Vienna for the first of two nights here.
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Day 4, Sunday 23 August
Vienna
Wake up at Nussdorf. There is free time in Vienna before you
converge for an afternoon concert at the Palais Ferstel, a beautiful,
opulent neo-mediaeval building of the 1860s. It formerly
accommodated the stock exchange and a bank, and still houses
offices, shops and the famous Café Central.
Concert 5
Vienna, Palais Ferstel
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic
Adam Fischer conductor
The Österreiches-Ungarisches Haydn Philharmonie was
founded by Adam Fischer in 1987 to bring together outstanding
musicians from both countries. They have recorded Haydn’s
complete symphonies, performed a Beethoven cycle in 2013 and
will perform the complete Schubert symphonies in 2015. Touring
widely, they have acquired an international reputation as
one of the most spirited and sensitive interpreters of the
Viennese classics.
Despite being in demand around the world, and a busy summer
schedule, conductor Adam Fischer continues a very special
relationship with the orchestra he founded and with Martin
Randall Travel. Nicolas Altstaedt will become the artistic director
of the orchestra as of next season.
The Orchestra performs Schubert’s Symphonies No.3 & No.4.
Sail overnight to Melk.
Walkers. A free day in Vienna with the option of a walking tour
with a local guide. Attend the evening concert. Overnight Vienna.
Day 5, Monday 24 August
Melk
A leisurely morning sailing upstream from Vienna to
Melk, passing through some of the loveliest scenery along the
whole of the Danube. Disembark for a visit to the Melk Abbey,
which rises dramatically on a rock outcrop beside the river. One
of the most brilliant creations of the Age of Baroque, there is a
sequence comprising ceremonial courtyards, guest apartments,
hall and library culminating in a church of unsurpassed
decorative richness.
The concert follows.
Concert 6
Melk Abbey, Kolomanisaal
Michael Collins clarinet
& The Endellion String Quartet
Central European monasteries enjoyed a final flowering in the
eighteenth century, and among their contributions to society
many ranked as considerable patrons of music. Mozart was one
of innumerable professional musicians who performed at Melk,
and it is recorded that monks played chamber music for private
©Bernhard Wolff
©Felix Broede
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enjoyment. The concert is in the lavishly frescoed Kolomanisaal, a
second-floor hall not normally accessible to visitors.
Since at the age of sixteen winning the woodwind section of
the first ever BBC Young Musician of the Year Award, Michael
Collins has become one of today’s most sought-after clarinettists.
He is also a noted conductor, appointed in 2010 as Principal
Conductor of the City of London Sinfonia. His extensive
discography has won him many awards.
The Endellion String Quartet recently celebrated its 35th
anniversary. They have toured worldwide, have broadcast
numerous times on BBC radio and television and performed
many times at London’s Southbank Centre and Wigmore Hall.
Today Michael Collins and The Endellion String Quartet and
Friends perform Schubert’s Octet and his Quartettsatz.
Return to the ship and moor overnight at Melk.
Walkers. Drive up to Göttweig Abbey, a magnificent building
which crowns a prominent hill, and begin the walk, which
incorporates a segment of the pilgrimage route to Santiago (c. 5km). After a steep descent, traverse gently inclined vine-clad
slopes to the Danube. Cross the river for lunch in Krems and then
drive to Melk for the afternoon concert at Melk Abbey. Then a
short drive to Dürnstein, the prettiest little town on the Danube, a
compact group of mediaeval, Renaissance and Baroque buildings
set amidst the finest wine-producing area in Austria. First of two
nights here.
Day 6, Tuesday 25 August
Grafenegg, Atzenbrugg
Sail to Krems in the morning and disembark for the short drive
to Schloss Grafenegg, a mediaeval country residence which was
augmented with one of Austria’s most flamboyant and successful
essays in the Gothic Revival.
At the end of a procession of rooms, elaborately decorated with
carved and inlaid woodwork, the 1840s Garden Room is filled
with natural light.
Concert 7
Grafenegg, Gartensaal
Igor Levit piano
The Russian-German pianist Igor Levit, born in 1987, emerged
from the Hanover Academy of Music with the highest
performance and academic marks in the institution’s history.
He has rapidly become one of the most sought-after pianists of
his generation and appears throughout Europe. His Beethoven
sonata cycle has earned particular praise.
Igor Levit performs Schubert’s Moments Musicaux and
Beethoven’s Sonata No.3 in C, Op.2.
Return to the ship for lunch and sail downstream to Tulln.
Disembark and drive to the village of Atzenbrugg. Here is a
modest manor house once tenanted by the uncle of one of
©Eric Richmond
Illustration, facing page: Vienna, watercolour by Donald Maxwell, publ. 1932; above: Melk Abbey, engraving c. 1850.
©Ben Ealovega
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Photos, clockwise from top left: The Austro-Hungarian Haydn Philharmonic with Adam Fischer (conductor);
The Endellion String Quartet; Michael Collins; Igor Levit.
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©Ben Ealovega
©Garreth Wong
©Kaupo Kikkas
Schubert’s circle, Franz von Schober, whither Schubert came with
friends in the early 1820s. Entertainments were contrived which
came to be known as ‘Schubertiades’ – music was played, songs
sung, poems read, drinks drunk, jolly japes perpetrated.
Wood-framed, Viennese and dating to 1864, the piano at Schloss
Atzenbrugg produces a sound with which Schubert would have
been familiar. The audience splits again and the hour-long recital
is performed twice.
Concert 8
Schloss Atzenbrugg
Return to the ship after the concert and sail upstream through the
night and following morning.
Robin Tritschler tenor
Ailish Tynan soprano
James Baillieu piano
Tenor Robin Tritschler has quickly gained a reputation both in
operatic roles and as a recitalist, and performs in major venues
in Europe and America. A recent BBC New Generation artist,
he has won awards at the Kathleen Ferrier competition, the
China International Singing Competition and the Wigmore Hall
International Song Competition.
Irish soprano Ailish Tynan received the BBC Cardiff Singer
of the World Rosenblatt Recital Prize (2003), was a BBC New
Generation Artist and a Vilar Young Artist at the Royal Opera
House, Covent Garden. She has performed internationally in
opera, concerts and recitals.
South African pianist James Baillieu is in great demand both to
accompany many of today’s leading singers and instrumentalists
and as a coach, working in Italy, Spain and Germany, as well as
Britain. He became Professor of Piano Accompaniment at the
Royal Academy of Music in 2011.
Their programme includes some well known Lieder by Schubert,
including his masterpiece Gretchen am Spinnrade, as well as
settings by Shakespeare, von Schober and Ossian.
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Walkers. Drive to Schloss Grafenegg for the recital with Igor
Levit (piano). Lunch on board the ship with other festival
participants and sail downstream to Tülln. Disembark and drive
to the village of Atzenbrugg. Concert at Schloss Atzenbrugg with
Robin Tritschler (tenor), Ailish Tynan (soprano), James Baillieu
(pianist). Overnight Dürnstein.
Day 7, Wednesday 26 August, Linz
Towards the end of the morning moor at Linz, the historic capital
of Upper Austria. A picturesque maze of streets, alleys and
historic buildings is grouped around the huge market square only
yards away from the mooring.
Drive to the Abbey of St Florian. Founded in the eighth century,
the Abbey became one of the richest in the Austrian Empire.
Wholesale rebuilding took place between 1686 and 1751, Austria’s
great period of political and military confidence and architectural
ambition. The concert takes place in the Sala Terrena, a room
whose decoration shows that it was used for making music.
Photos, clockwise from top left: Robin Tritschler; Ailish Tynan; James Baillieu.
Illustration: Linz, main square and Old Cathedral, aquatint c. 1930.
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©Sussie Ahlburg
The group will perform the Schubert’s Quintet with their former
teacher, Alasdair Tait.
Sail upstream overnight from Linz to Passau, with a reception and
dinner against a backdrop of river and wooded hills receding into
the dusk.
Walkers. A morning walk of c. 6.5km starts with a climb of 15
minutes on a small road into the vine-clad hills overlooking the
Danube and dips periodically into shaded gullies with butterflies,
abundant wildflowers and red-roofed villages in the valley below.
The terrain is easy underfoot as the walk is predominantly on
quiet, shaded roads. Return to Dürnstein for some free time
before travelling by coach to Vienna Airport. Return to Heathrow
at c. 8.30pm.
Day 8, Thursday 27 August
Passau, Munich
Concert 9
St Florian, Sala Terrena
The Heath Quartet
& Alasdair Tait cello
Formed in 2002, the Heath Quartet is an exciting and original
voice on the international chamber music scene. Recipients of
many awards, they perform regularly at major centres, often
collaborating with leading artists and composers. Highlights in
their current schedule include recitals in Spain and their debut
at Lincoln Center. They are members of the faculty at Guildhall
School of Music and Drama.
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The ship moors at Passau and coaches leave for Munich city
centre and the airport between 8.30 and 9.30am. See page 13
for the options available for return travel to London. Selecting
Option 2 allows for four hours of independent sightseeing
in Munich.
Photo, left: The Heath Quartet.
Illustration: Abbey of St Florian, lithograph c. 1840.
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More about the festival
Lecturers
Dr Michael Downes (left). Director of Music at the University
of St Andrews. He is a reviewer for the Times Literary Supplement,
and has lectured on music and opera for organisations including
the Royal Opera House and Glyndebourne. He is the author of
a highly praised study of contemporary British composer
Jonathan Harvey. Since moving to Scotland, he has established
St Andrews Opera and has become the musical director of the St
Andrews Chorus.
©Bill Knight
The concerts
Private events. These concerts are planned and administered by
Martin Randall Travel. The audience, no more than 140, consists
exclusively of those who have booked the full festival package.
Seating. Specific seats are not reserved. You sit where you want.
Acoustics. This festival is more concerned with authenticity and
ambience than acoustical perfection. While some of the venues
have excellent acoustics, others have idiosyncrasies not found in
modern concert halls.
Changes. Musicians fall ill, venues require restoration, rivers
flood (or run dry): there are many unforeseeable circumstances
which could necessitate changes to the programme. We ask you
to be understanding should they occur.
Floods and droughts. We cannot rule out changes to the
programme arising from exceptionally high or low water levels
on the Danube, either of which may bring river traffic to a halt.
These might necessitate more travel by coach or the loss of a
concert, though we would always try to minimise the impact on
the itinerary.
(The photograph above was taken at one of the concerts of The
Danube Music Festival in 2014.)
Professor Sir Richard J. Evans (centre). Regius Professor of
History and President of Wolfson College at the University
of Cambridge. He is author of numerous books on Central
European history including The Coming of the Third Reich, The
Third Reich in Power and The Third Reich at War, and is currently
working on The Pursuit of Power: Europe 1815–1914, a volume
in the Penguin History of Europe. His latest book is Altered Pasts:
Counterfactuals in History (Little, Brown, 2014).
Richard Wigmore (right). Music writer, lecturer and broadcaster
for BBC Radio 3. He writes for BBC Music Magazine and
Gramophone and has taught classes in Lieder history and
interpretation at the Guildhall, Trinity College of Music and
Birkbeck College. His publications include Schubert: the Complete
Song Texts and Pocket Guide to Haydn.
Fitness for the festival
Quite a lot of walking is necessary to reach the concert venues
and to get around the towns visited. The ship has a lift, but most
of the venues do not. Participants need to be averagely fit, surefooted and able to manage everyday walking and stairclimbing
without difficulty.
This festival is not really suitable for wheelchair users but please
speak to us if you would like to discuss this.
We will issue all participants with more detailed fitness
requirements, but please contact us now if you would like to
discuss your level of fitness.
There is no age limit but we do ask you to think seriously about
the above.
Fitness for The Walking Party. This is a walking tour: it is
essential for participants to be in good physical condition and to
be used to country walking with uphill content. There are a few
moderately steep climbs for short stretches, but no walk is more
than 6 miles or 3 hours. There is not always the opportunity to
return to the hotel to freshen up before every concert or dinner.
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Travel Options
Flights from the UK
We are offering a choice of three scheduled Lufthansa
flights to Munich, from London or Manchester.
Please note that each outbound flight is tied to a
particular inbound flight. You cannot mix flights from
different options.
Option 1: Heathrow, lunch in Landshut
Option 4: Making your own arrangements
Fly from London Heathrow to Munich at 9.05am (LH 2471,
departing Heathrow 09.05, arriving Munich 11.55). Break the
journey to Passau with lunch at Landshut, a former capital of
Bavaria. There are two hours here, and it should be possible to see
the main street with its Renaissance and Baroque house fronts,
the great Gothic church of St Martin or the precociously Italianate
Renaissance ducal palace.
You can choose not to take any of these flights and to make
your own arrangements for joining at Passau, boarding the ship
between 4.00pm and 6.00pm. You are welcome to join one of the
group transfers from Munich Airport.
Return to London Heathrow at 3.35pm (LH 2476, departing
Munich 14.35, arriving London Heathrow 15.35).
The Walking Party
Option 2: Heathrow, free time in Munich
Fly from London Heathrow to Munich at 11.05am (LH 2473,
departing London Heathrow 11.05, arriving Munich 13.55).
Drive directly from Munich Airport to the ship at Passau, a
journey of under two hours.
Return to London Heathrow at 7.20pm (LH 2480, departing
Munich 18.20, arriving Heathrow 19.20). Coaches take you first
to the centre of Munich, where you have about four hours of free
time, before continuing to the airport.
Option 3: Manchester
Fly from Manchester to Munich at 10.50am (LH 2501,
departing Manchester 10.50, arriving Munich 13.50). Drive
directly from Munich Airport to the ship at Passau, a journey of
under two hours.
Return to Manchester at 4.30pm (LH 2502, departing Munich
15.25, arriving Manchester 16.30). Coaches take you first to the
centre of Munich, where you have about two hours of free time,
before continuing to the airport.
It is not usually possible to arrange connecting flights with other
regional UK airports.
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There is a price reduction for this ‘no flights’ option of £210 per
person.
Thursday 20 August: fly at 9.55am from London Heathrow
to Vienna.
Thursday 27 August: fly from Vienna to London Heathrow,
arriving at 8.35pm.
Pre-festival tour
Vienna’s Masterpieces
(See page 16 for full details of this tour)
Sunday 16 August: fly from London Heathrow to Vienna
at 9.15am.
Thursday 27 August: fly from Munich to London Heathrow,
arriving at 3.35pm (i.e. festival flight option 1).
Illustration: Grein, lithograph by A. Kunike c. 1840.
This brochure was produced inhouse. The text was written chiefly by Martin Randall and
Frances Filmer-Sankey with assistance from Lizzie Howard. It was designed by Jo Murray
and was sent to the printers on the 7th October 2014.
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Accommodation
©Bill Knight
The Ship
The Amadeus Silver II is one of the most comfortable cruisers on
the waterways of Europe. The multinational crew is dedicated to
the highest standards of service.
With a minimum floor area of 17.5m2 the cabins are reasonably
spacious by the standards of river cruisers. All have windows to
the outside and are equipped with the facilities one would expect
of a first-class hotel including shower, w.c., individually adjustable
air-conditioning, telephone, TV and safe. Special attention has
been paid to noise insulation.
In layout and furnishings the cabins are identical, the significant
differences being the size of windows and height above water level
(higher cabins enjoy better views and fewer stairs).
Cabins on the top two decks (Mozart and Strauss) are the most
desirable, with floor to ceiling windows (200 x 250 cm) which
slide open. Also on the Mozart deck are twelve suites measuring
approximately 26.4m2 which have a sofa, table and armchair, a
bath, minibar, safe and a small balcony.
Cabins on the lowest (Haydn) deck have smaller windows (160
x 40 cm) which don’t open. There are no single cabins as such but
we are allocating some two-bed cabins for single occupancy.
Standard cabin (17.5 m²)
Suite (26.4 m²)
The public areas on the upper deck include the lounge and bar, a
library area and a restaurant which can seat everyone at a single
sitting. The sun deck has a tented area for shade.
Please note that this information may change as the vessel is still
under construction.
www.lueftner-cruises.com
Hotels, for the walkers
Hotel zur Post, Melk (post-melk.at): a family-run hotel in the
centre of the town, fairly simple, but adequately comfortable.
Ranked as 4-star but more comparable to a good 3-star. Hotel
Bristol, Vienna (bristolvienna.com): a 5-star hotel in a superb
location on the Ringstrasse near the opera house, traditionally
furnished and decorated. Richard Löwenherz, Dürnstein
(richardloewenherz.at): a lovely old-fashioned hotel occupying a
historic building with garden and outdoor pool.
A view over the Danube, engraving c. 1850.
Strauss
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Suite (26.4 m²)
Haydn
Standard cabin (17.5 m²)
Mozart
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Prices & the festival package
Staying on-board the ship
All prices are per person
Two sharing
Single
occupancy*
Haydn deck (lowest)
£3,140
£3,760
Strauss deck (middle)
£3,910
£4,680
Mozart deck (top)
£4,280
£5,160
Suites (Mozart deck)
£4,930
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No flights: subtract £210 per person from the prices above.
Deposit: £300 per person.
*All cabins are designed to accommodate two passengers. We make a
limited amount of cabins on each deck available for single occupancy,
which usually sell out quickly. Around three months before the start
of the festival we may offer any remaining unsold cabins previously
reserved for double occupancy to single travellers on the waiting list
at a higher price (Haydn £4,060; Strauss £5,060; Mozart £5,560).
The Walking Party
£2,790 per person, based on two sharing.
£3,070 for single occupancy.
Price without flights: £2,600 per person, or £2,880 for single
occupancy.
Pre-festival tour
Prices and full details for Vienna’s Masterpieces, are on page 16.
What the price includes
Admission to all nine concerts (six for the walking party) and
daily lectures.
Accommodation on a first-class river cruiser for seven nights,
or for six nights in hotels for the walking party.
Flights between the UK and Munich for those on the ship,
or London and Vienna for the walking party. There is a price
reduction if you do not use these.
All meals, from dinner on the first day to breakfast on the last,
with wine, and interval drinks. For the walkers, five dinners and
four lunches are included.
Coach travel between the airport and ship or hotel and to the
concert venues (when not reached on foot).
All tips, taxes and admission charges.
Practical and historical information and a detailed programme
booklet.
The assistance of an experienced team of festival staff.
Illustration, above: engraving c. 1880; top right: Franz Schubert, engraving c. 1870.
About us
Martin Randall Travel aims to provide the best
planned, best led and altogether the most fulfilling and
enjoyable cultural tours and events available. They focus
on art, music, history and archaeology in Britain and
continental Europe, the Middle East and North Africa,
Asia and the Americas.
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Each year there are about 240 expert-led tours for small groups
(usually 10 to 20 participants), a dozen music festivals and
symposia and about 80 study days in London. For over twentyfive years the company has led the field through incessant
innovation and improvement, and set the benchmarks for
itinerary planning, operational systems and service standards.
MRT is Britain’s leading specialist in cultural travel and one of
the most respected tour operators in the world.
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Vienna’s Masterpieces – the art collections of an Imperial capital
Day 4. Another walk through picturesque
streets and squares passes private palaces and
public buildings such as the Gothic Revival
city hall and the Neo-Classical Parliament.
The Leopold Collection comprises excellent
examples of the arts from the turn of the
19th century. The afternoon is spent in
the Kunsthistorisches Museum, this time
concentrating on Italian pictures – Bellini,
Titian, Bellotto. There is also the recently redisplayed Kunstkammer here, an outstanding
collection of metalwork and sculpture.
Day 5. Take a tram around the Ringstrasse, a
boulevard encircling the inner city lined with
magnificent palaces and institutions of the
later nineteenth century. Visit the Museum
of Applied Arts, an outstanding collection
from all eras and places, well displayed. Walk
back to the hotel through further enchanting
streetscape. Travel by rail 14.52–17.18 to
Passau to join the festival.
Vienna, Josefsplatz, engraving c. 1810.
Pre-festival tour
16–20 August 2015 (mb 416)
Lecturer: Angus Haldane
5 days • £1,960
Focuses on the best of the art in the city –
painting, sculpture and decorative arts.
Also the key architectural monuments and
characteristic streetscape.
Perfectly located 5-star heritage hotel.
Vienna possesses one of the most significant
concentrations of great art to be found
anywhere in the world. There are Old Master
paintings of the highest quality, indigenous
early-modern art and design of the highest
importance, furnishings and decorative arts
from many civilizations, precious regalia
and goldwork without peer – and much else
besides. This tour includes all of the main
art museums and many of the smaller or
less-visited ones. There is also more than a
passing glance at the most important works
of architecture, and the lecturer’s input
touches on the fascinating and turbulent
history of Austria and her empire.
The seat of the Habsburgs, pre-eminent
city of the Holy Roman Empire and capital
of a vast multinational agglomeration
of territories, Vienna is appropriately
equipped with magnificent buildings and
broad boulevards. But cheek by jowl with
grandiloquent palaces and trumpeting
churches are narrow alleys and ancient
courtyards which survive from the mediaeval
city. In Vienna the magnificent mixes with
the unpretentiously charming, imperial
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display with the Gemütlichkeit of the coffee
houses. Diversity and delight.
On the final day of the festival (27th
August), return on festival flight option 1
(Munich to Heathrow, arriving at c. 3.40pm).
Itinerary
Lecturer
Day 1. Fly at c. 9.15am from London
Heathrow to Vienna (Austrian Airlines)
and drive to the hotel. After lunch, walk
to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, one
of the world’s greatest collections of Old
Masters. For this first visit concentrate on
the northern schools, especially the early
Netherlandish school, the famous Bruegels,
Rubens, Rembrandt and Vermeer.
Angus Haldane studied Classics at Oxford,
and Byzantine and Renaissance art at the
Courtauld. He worked for many years as
an expert in the Impressionist and 19thCentury Department at Christie’s and in the
British Paintings Department at Sotheby’s.
Angus now acts as a private art consultant,
dealer, writer and lecturer and is a member
of the Society of London Art Dealers.
Day 2. The splendid Belvedere Palace now
houses the national collection of Austrian
art, mediaeval, Baroque, Biedermeier
and Secessionist – Klimt and Schiele. An
afternoon walk around the Roman and
mediaeval core of the city takes in the
Cathedral, the greatest of Gothic buildings in
the Danubian lands, distinguished for its late
mediaeval sculpture, and the Hofburg, the
sprawling winter palace of the Habsburgs.
The precious regalia and objets d’art in the
Treasury are the best of their kind.
Practicalities
Day 3. In a park a few minutes from the
hotel see the Art Nouveau former metro
stations by Otto Wagner and the great
Baroque Church of St Charles. The excellent
Vienna Museum traces the city’s history
through art and artefacts. In the afternoon
visit the Secession Building which contains
Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, the magnificent
Great Hall of the Court Library and the
excellent if small gallery of the Academy
of Fine Arts. Among its holdings is a
masterpiece by Hieronymus Bosch.
Price: £1,960 (deposit: £200). Including air
travel (economy class); 1st class train ticket
from Vienna to Passau, coach travel for
transfers and excursions; accommodation;
breakfasts, 1 lunch, 3 dinners with wine;
admissions; tips; taxes; services of the
lecturer. Single supplement £250 (double
for single occupancy). Price without flights
£1,750.
As flights are included in the price of this tour,
your festival booking will automatically be
charged at the ‘no flights’ price.
Accommodation. Hotel Bristol
(bristolvienna.com): 5-star hotel in a superb
location on the Ringstrasse near the opera
house, traditionally furnished and decorated.
How strenuous? Quite a lot of walking on
and standing around in galleries. Tram is
used on some occasions.
Group size: 10–22 participants.
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☐ Option 1: Heathrow, lunch in Landshut
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☐ Option 2: Heathrow, free time in Munich
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3. Our confirmation
We recommend that you contact us first to
ascertain that your preferred accommodation
is still available. You can make a provisional
booking which we will hold for one week
(longer if necessary) pending receipt of your
completed Booking Form and deposit.
Fill in the Booking Form and send it to us with
the deposit(s). It is important that you read
the Booking Conditions at this stage, and that
you sign the Booking Form. Full payment is
required if you are booking within ten weeks of
the festival.
Upon receipt of your Booking Form and
deposit we send you confirmation of your
booking. After this your deposit is nonreturnable except in the special circumstances
mentioned in the Booking Conditions.
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be paid by you under your contract to that
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agree that in some cases it will not be possible
to appoint an alternative ATOL holder, in
which case you will be entitled to make a claim
under the ATOL scheme (or your credit card
issuer where applicable). If we, or the suppliers
identified on your ATOL certificate, are unable
to provide the services listed (or a suitable
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holder or otherwise) for reasons of insolvency,
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Our promises to you
We aim to be fair, reasonable and sympathetic
in all our dealings with clients, and to act
always with integrity.
We will meet all our legal and regulatory
responsibilities, often going beyond the
minimum obligations.
We aim to provide full and accurate
information about our tours and festivals.
If there are changes, we will tell you promptly.
If something does go wrong, we will try to put
it right. Our overriding aim is to ensure that
every client is satisfied with our services.
All we ask of you
We ask that you read the information we send
to you.
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Our contract with you. From the time we
receive your signed booking form and initial
payment, a contract exists between you and
Martin Randall Travel Ltd.
Eligibility. We reserve the right to refuse a
booking without necessarily giving a reason.
You need to have a level of fitness which
would not spoil other participants’ enjoyment
of the holiday by slowing them down – see
‘Fitness for the festival’ on page 12. To this
end we shall issue fitness requirements to all
participants to self-assess their capability.
Those participants who are unable to cope
during the festival or pre-festival tour may be
required to opt out.
Insurance. It is a requirement of booking that
you have adequate holiday insurance. Cover
for medical treatment, repatriation, loss of
property and cancellation charges must be
included. Insurance can be obtained from most
insurance companies, banks, travel agencies
and (in the UK) many retail outlets including
Post Offices.
Passports and visas. Participants must have
passports, valid for at least six months beyond
the date of the festival. No visas are required
for the countries visited during the festival
(Austria, Germany, Slovakia) for UK or other
EU citizens, or for citizens of the USA, Canada,
Australia or New Zealand. Nationals of other
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If you cancel. If you have to cancel your
participation in the festival or the pre-festival
tour, there would be a charge which varies
according to the period of notice you give. Up
to 57 days before departure the deposit only is
forfeited. Thereafter a percentage of the total
cost will be due:
from 56 to 29 days: from 28 to 15 days: from 14 to 3 days:
within 48 hours: 40%
60%
80%
100%
We take as the day of cancellation that on
which we receive your written confirmation of
cancellation.
If we cancel the festival or tour. We might
decide to cancel the festival or tour if at any
time up to eight weeks before there were
insufficient bookings for it to be viable. We
would refund everything you had paid to
us. We might also cancel if hostilities, civil
unrest, natural disaster or other circumstances
amounting to force majeure affect the region.
Safety and security. If the UK Foreign and
Commonwealth Office advises against travel to
places visited on the festival or tour, we would
cancel or adjust the itinerary to avoid the risky
area. In the event of cancellation before the
festival or tour commenced we would give you
a full refund.
Our tours and festivals subscribe to the health
and safety legislation of the destination. In
some parts of the world the law concerning
seatbelts differs to the UK.
Financial protection.
We provide full financial protection for our
package holidays, by way of our Air Travel
Organiser’s Licence number 3622. When you
buy an ATOL protected flight inclusive holiday
from us you receive an ATOL Certificate. This
lists what is financially protected, where you
can get information on what this means for
you and who to contact if things go wrong. We
will provide you with the services listed on the
ATOL Certificate (or a suitable alternative).
In some cases, where we aren’t able do so for
reasons of insolvency, an alternative ATOL
holder may provide you with the services you
have bought or a suitable alternative (at no
extra cost to you). You agree to accept that
in those circumstances the alternative ATOL
We provide full financial protection for
our package holidays that do not include a
flight, by way of a bond held by ABTA The
Travel Association.
The limits of our liabilities. As principal,
we accept responsibility for all ingredients
of the festival or tour, except those in which
the principle of force majeure prevails. Our
obligations and responsibilities are also limited
where international conventions apply in
respect of air, sea or rail carriers, including the
Warsaw Convention and its various updates.
If we make changes. Circumstances might
arise which prevent us from operating the
festival or tour exactly as advertised. We
would try to devise a satisfactory alternative,
but if the change represents a significant
loss to the festival or tour we would offer
compensation. If you decide to cancel because
the alternative we offer is not acceptable we
would give a full refund.
English Law. These conditions form part
of your contract with Martin Randall Travel
Ltd and are governed by English law. All
proceedings shall be within the exclusive
jurisdiction of the courts of England
and Wales.
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‘The programming was superb, and the
performances, without exception, were wonderful.’
Martin Randall Australasia
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‘This tour was an example of a master class
in organisation and choice of music.’
Comments from participants on previous MRT music festivals
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Front cover: a print published in 1897 after A
Schubert Evening in a Vienna Salon by Julius Schmid.
Back cover: Melk Abbey, lithograph by Alois
Hänisch (1866–1937).