AUSTRIA Salzburg Summer Festival MOZART Classical Tour Fully Hosted, only SIX participants, SPECIAL eBay price Start Price - Current Price - Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, June 09, 2008 End Time Wednesday, July 09, 2008 Location Yucca Valley, California See more about 'AUSTRIA Salzburg Summer Festival MOZART Classical Tour' Description "Salzburg Summer Festival and Classical Music Tour 2008" For more information please call (760) 366-4832 Fully Hosted Salzburg Summer Festival and Classical Music Tour 2008 Explore Salzburg's Summer Festival and Classcal Music in August 2008 with your own Personal Tour Host! PLEASE NOTE: Tours are limited to SIX participants only to assure each participant the best possible attention of your tour host. Experience luxury VIP treatment at an affordable price and make your reservations now! eBay Tour price for the single traveler is: $3,995 per person, regular Tour price is: $4,395 per person. Date of this Tour: Thursday, July 31st (departure from U.S.A.) - to - Sunday, August 10th (arrival in U.S.A.). Find complete tour details ~here~. Visit the famous city of Salzburg in the Summer time, during the renown Salzburg Summer Festival, truly one of the most beautiful regions of Austria, Europe and the world - enjoy Mozart and other classical music performances and the festive atmosphere. Aromas of fresh baked goods and sausages are in the air, as you stroll the beautiful Altstadt (old city) in August. Salzburg is always an unforgettable experience, especially in the summer time. The flowers are blooming and the summer sun will decorate the gorgeous old buildings. Best of all, the streets are filled with Salzburgerland natives wearing their traditional Trachten clothing and the wonderful energy of classical music is present at every corner of the gorgeous city. Your personal Tour Host will be either Ms. Herta Gallee, a Salzburg native and retired history teacher or Ms. Karin Winkler, a Salzburg native who lives and works in California. They are members of the Austrian-American Society and enjoy showing Mozart's birth city to visitors from America. To assure each participant the best possible attention of your tour host, the tours are limited to six participants only. Please make your NOW to secure your space on the tour! ITINERARY: We have created a very special tour for you - full of special cultural adventures. Your Personal Tour Host Herta or Karin will be delighted to be your guide through every day and event during your visit to beautiful Salzburg! Thursday, July 31st Recommended departure from your airport of choice to airport Salzburg in Austria or to Munich in Germany. You will be in the new "old" world the next day. Friday, August 1st If you fly to our recommended airport Salzburg, your Tour Host will pick you up and transfer you to your nice, quiet, family owned three star hotel in the city of Salzburg. Freshen up in your room. Enjoy a gourmet dinner basket prepared by your tour host. In the evening enjoy the CAMERATA SALZBURG -an event of the Summer Festival- at 8:00pm in the "Haus fuer Mozart" . With: Johan Reuter, Peer Gynt Miah Persson, Solveig Malena Ernman, Anitra Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Camerata Salzburg Marc Minkowski, Conductor Performance: EDVARD GRIEG: Peer Gynt Music to a play of Henrik Ibsen, op. 23 Transfer to the hotel. Saturday, August 2nd Breakfast at the hotel. This will truly be a day of wonderful music! In the Afternoon at 12:30pm, enjoy the RECREATIO -with The New English Orchestra- at the "Cathedral". Performance: Sacred Music. Free afternoon with shopping, relaxing, lunch, etc. Freshen up at the hotel In the evening at 7:30pm, enjoy the concert: "SCHUBERT-SZENEN" -an event of the Salzburg Festival- by Franz Schubert and Leos Janacek in the "Mozarteum". With: Auryn Quartett; Michael Schade, Tenor; ichaela Selinger, Mezzosoprano; Markus Hinterhaeuser, Piano. Transfer to the hotel. Sunday, August 3rd Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to and visit of the Franciscan church (stylistically Salzburg's most interesting church). At 9:00 in the morning enjoy the Grosse Messe in Es-Dur by Franz Schubert at the Franciscan church. After the concert visit of the historic goldsmith's workshop, Georg Trakl memorial and research center, St. Michael church, Heimatwerk (folklore arts and crafts), Residenz fountain, the Cathedral and the Cathedral museum with the Cathedral treasure and it's current "special exhibition", explore art from the Salzburg archdiocese from the middle ages to the 19th century and the archiepiscopal art and curiosity chamber. Some free time for shopping, lunch, etc. In the afternoon transfer to cable railway to the Fortress Hohensalzburg, where you will enjoy a tour about "Fortress history and everyday castle life". The Festung or Hohensalzburg Fortress, the chief landmark of Mozart's city, is the largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe. Transfer to the hotel. Freshen up. In the evening transfer to the restaurant "Stiftskeller St. Peter", which is the oldest restaurant in Europe. There you will enjoy the famous Mozart Dinner Concert: Since more than 10 years the Mozart Dinner Concert at Stiftskeller St. Peter became a fixed and famous part of Salzburg's musical events. This success has a very good reason: The Mozart Dinner Concert is more than just a concert - it is real and authentic. The visitor feels like being taken back to Mozart's time - he enjoys an evening like in the year 1780: with candlelight, a dinner based on historical recipes, period costumes and instruments and - last but not least - the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart Dinner Concert Menu: ~ Small piece of typical Salzburg bread with butter ~ Cream soup with the fine taste of lemons and cinnamon ~ Breast of roastet Capon (special kind of chicken) on truffled cream of sage with polenta, potatoe stuffed pear and vegetables from Pater Prior's garden. ~ Semi frozen parfait of honey with two kinds of fruit sauces First Part: "Don Giovanni" KV 527 Instrumental "Notte giorno" (Leporello) "Madamina, il catalogo..."; (Leporello), 1st part "Batti, batti o bel Masetto" (Zerlina) "Deh vieni alla finestra..." (Don Giovanni) Menuett from "Don Giovanni" "La ci darem la mano..." (Duett Don Giovanni/Zerlina) Second Part: "Le Nozze di Figaro" KV 492 Instrumental "Se vuol ballare, Signor contino..." (Figaro) "Non so piu cosa son..." (Cherubino) Instrumental "Non piu andrai..." (Figaro) "Deh vieni non tardar..." (Susanna) "Cinque, dieci, venti..." (Duett Figaro/Susanna) Third Part: "Die Zauberfloete" KV 620 Serenade "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" G-Dur KV 525 1. Satz ~ 1st part, Allegro "Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen..." (Papageno) "Bei Maennern welche Liebe fuehlen!" (Duett Pamina/Papageno) "Klinget Gloeckchen, klinget..." (Papageno) "Pa-pa-pa" (Duett Papageno/Papagena) Amadeus Consort The ensemble "AMADEUS CONSORT SALZBURG", consisting of two singers and five musicians concentrates particularly on the works of Salzburg's "genius loci", W. A. Mozart. The program comprises popular compositions from "The Magic Flute", "Don Giovanni" and "Le Nozze di Figaro" as well as divertimenti and serenades like "A Little Night Music". Of their first CD "Zu Gast bei Mozart" ("A guest of Mozart") 30,000 copies were produced. The ensemble regularly gives performances abroad and participates in numerous TV-productions. Transfer to the hotel Monday, August 4th Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Collegiate church. Walk through the famous Getreidegasse and Mozart's birthplace with it's "Special exhibition". Visit of the old Rathaus and free time for shopping, visiting coffee houses, pastry shops, etc Freshen up at the hotel and dinner of your choice. In the evening at 7:30pm enjoy another concert SCHUBERT SZENEN -an event of the Salzburg Festival-, with Juliane Banse, Soprano, Andras Keller, Violine; and Valery Afanassiev, Piano at the "Mozarteum". Performance: Works by Franz Schubert and Gyorgy Kurtag Transfer to the hotel. Tuesday, August 5th Breakfast at the hotel. Enjoy a wonderful day on your own exploring the city, shopping, dining, etc. Transfer to the hotel. In the evening at 8:00pm, enjoy the piano concert of Professor Jura Margulis at the "Mozarteum" University in Salzburg with works from Schubert, Debussy, Caplet and Sains-Saens. Pianist Jura Margulis has been recognized for his compellingly communicative performances, as well as for the range of his tonal palette and his consummate virtuosity. Reviewers have praised the "absolute authority" of his interpretations and the sense of "controlled obsession" he transmits at the keyboard (Fono Forum). The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung noted that his aesthetic is both "impulsive and contemplative". The Los Angeles Times praised his "excellent pianism" and called him "highly musical". The Washington Post applauded his "titanic reserves of sheer power" and his "effortless spontaneity". The Fort Worth Star-Telegram called his performance "...the perfect Beethoven for the audience of our time... sweeping lyricism... imagination, originality, and good taste pervaded every phrase." His orchestral appearances include performances with the Russian National Orchestra at the Hollywood Bowl, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra under Charles Dutoit, the Suedwestrundfunk Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Venezuela, the Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Prague Symphony Orchestra. He has played in numerous festivals, including the Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, the Berliner Festwochen at Berlin Philharmonic Hall, the Internationale Sommerakademie Mozarteum in Austria, the Verbier Festival in Switzerland, and the Argerich-Beppu Music Festival in Japan. He has won prizes in more than a dozen international competitions, including Busoni in Italy and Guardian in Ireland. He is also a recipient of the esteemed Pro Europa prize awarded by the European Foundation for Culture. The past two seasons have brought him to New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Dallas, Cincinnati, Salt Lake City, Little Rock, Tulsa, and New Orleans in the US, as well as abroad to Frankfurt, Duesseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Tuebingen, Freiburg, Bologna, Salzburg, Barcelona, Ljubljana and Bangkok. Active as a chamber musician, Margulis has performed recitals with, among others, Dmitry Sitkovetsky, the soloists of the Moscow Virtuosi, members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and the Moscow String Quartet. He has also concertised with Martha Argerich on two pianos in Germany, Japan, and the USA. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Jura Margulis was raised in Germany, where he studied with his father, Dr. Vitaly Margulis, at the Musikhochschule in Freiburg. He was also a student at the prestigious Fondazione per il Pianoforte in Cadenabbia at Lake Como in Italy. He moved to the United States to study with Leon Fleisher at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, and made the US his home. Margulis is the innaugural holder of the McAllister Endowed Professorship in Piano at the Fulbright College of the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, where he lives with his wife Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis, who does research in the cognitive science of music, and their sons Alexander and Nikolai. Transfer to the hotel. Wednesday, August 6th Breakfast at the hotel. Visit the Cajetan church, Erhard church and Nonnberg convent. Then walk through small romantic streets like the Bierjodlgasse (beer jodl street) to the Stieglkeller, a traditional brewery-restaurant where you will be able to enjoy a traditional Austrian lunch of your choice. In the afternoon visit to the famous St. Peter's cemetery and church and the nearby Felsenkeller, a wine cellar in the mountain - open to the public - with walls decorated with coins. At 2PM take a tour through the Salzburg Festival Halls. After the tour visit of Cathedral place with some free time to visit a coffee house and to shop. In the later afternoon transfer to the river Salzach to the boat "Amadeus". Take a boat trip on the river Salzach with the "Amadeus". In the evening at 6:30pm enjoy the PREMIERE of DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). DUKE BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE Opera in one act op. 11 Sz 48 New production, in Hungarian, with German and English subtitles. Peter Eoetvoes, Conductor Johan Simons, Stage director and sets Thomas Woerdehoff, Dramaturgy With: Falk Struckmann, Duke Bluebeard Michelle DeYoung, Judith Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus Vienna Philharmonic Text by Bela Balazs after a fairy-tale by Charles Perrault Four Pieces for Orchestra op. 12 Sz 51 Cantata profana - The Nine Enchanted Stags. for tenor, baritone, double chorus and orchestra, Sz 94. Text after Romanian ballads. It is one of the darkest love stories in all of literature, the Baroque fairy-tale of Duke Bluebeard from Charles Perrault's collection Contes de ma more l'oye. Innumerable poets, composers and film directors have adapted the fable - the secret of the wife-slaying nobleman provided the plot for plays, operettas and saturnine allegories. For Bela Bartok's only opera, Duke Bluebeard's Castle, the Hungarian man of letters and cineaste Bela Balasz wrote a libretto in 1911 that is full of loss, hopelessness and fear of love. Shortly before he finished the score, Bartok began composing the piano version of his Four Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 12, in which he used a similar tone as for Bluebeard - at times, the Pieces for Orchestra seem like an echo of the opera. Finally, in his great choral work Cantata profana, finished in 1930, Bela Bartok wrote a passionate ode to the metamorphoses of life. The Nine Enchanted Stags, as the subtitle goes, is based on Romanian Christmas carols: nine brothers go hunting until they are turned into stags when crossing a bridge. Director Johan Simons' three-part evening of music by Bartok reflects upon human "identity, projections, traumata and self-invention," which to him are the most important components of fairy-tales. Including modern ones. Transfer to the hotel. Thursday, August 7th Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the Mirabell place in the city. Visit of the Schrannenmarkt (farmers market) in front of the Andre church, where you will be able to enjoy a lunch of your choice. You will visit the Mirabell palace, Mirabell garden, dwarf garden and baroque museum, University Mozarteum, the Mozart residence, Holy Trinity church, Loreto church (with the possible visit of the "Loreto-Kindl"=little ivory-made Jesus) and the St. Sebastian church. Some free time and transfer to your hotel to freshen up. In the afternoon at 4:00pm enjoy a concert at the Mirabell castle church where works by Mozart, Schubert, Chopin and Brahms will be performed. After the concert enjoy a dinner at the restaurant "Sacher Grill". After the dinner transfer to the hotel. Friday, August 8th Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to the "old city". Ride in a horse-drawn carriage around town. Continue your tour of the city with visits of the Residenz State Rooms (former official chambers of the Salzburg prince archbishops). Take a wonderful guided one hour tour through the Salzburg Residenz with a welcome drink and a Mozart chocolate (if applicable). The tour is followed by a short concert exclusively played for your group. Continue to the Salzburg Festival halls building, Pferdeschwemme, summer riding school building, toy museum and musical instruments, Blasius church, Trachtenmuseum (traditional costumes museum) and the museum Carolino Augusteum. For lunch we recommend the famous Bosna (sausages) in the Getreidegasse. Ride the Moenchsberg elevator to one of the most beautiful vantage points of the city. Visit the Museum of Modern Art with it's current "special exhibition". Take a nice short walk on the Moenchsberg to Muelln (part of the city) and visit of the Muellner church. Visit of the Augustiner brewery (a monastery brewery since 1621), where you will be able to enjoy a dinner of your choice. We recommend to choose from the elaborate buffet. Very good is the hot Leberkaese with cut white radish and fresh bread. Transfer to the hotel to freshen up. In the evening at 8:30pm, enjoy the Opera: "KONTENT SCIARRINO" -an event of the Salzburg Festival- at the "Kollegienkirche" (Collegiate church). The Opera "Luci mie traditrici" "Luci mie traditrici", together with "Amore e Psyche", "Perseo e Andromeda" and "Lohengrin", is one of the highly successful operas by Salvatore Sciarrino. The plot of this chamber opera is based on the authentic story of the Renaissance composer Gesualdo who had his wife murdered out of jealousy. The theme of the work is the transience of love. On one day's morning a man and his wife, Count and Countess, invoke their eternal love. At mid-day the Countess is gripped by the passion for a guest to whom she gives herself away. In the evening the Count forgives her and she returns. In the night, as she opens the curtain to her bed in the presence of her husband, she sees on it the body of her lover. The Count then kills her, and, stabbed by her husband's dagger, she collapses over her murdered lover. For this love story of a single day Sciarrino creates a form of music which expresses the finest nuances of feeling of the human soul. In parallel to the condensing of time of the original drama, the language of the music drama appears as a crystallization of the feelings of love. The language of the lovers sounds like a continuing implosion in the narrowness of their intimacy. In this work the language of passion gives birth to a kind of singing hitherto unknown to us. Transfer to the hotel. Saturday, August 9th Breakfast at the hotel. Transfer to Hellbrunn palace. Visit of the castle Hellbrunn and it's beautiful water gardens. Hellbrunn is one of the finest examples of mannerist architecture with it's world-famous trick fountains. You will take a guided tour. Visit (if weather permits) the Steintheater (stone-theater, where the first operatic performance on German-speaking soil was staged in 1617) and/or Monatsschloessl. Transfer to the hotel to relax and freshen up. In the evening at 7:30pm, enjoy the "Chamber Concert" -an event of the Salzburg Festival- at the "Mozarteum". PROGRAM: JOHANN S. BACH ~ The Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 (excerpts) FERRUCCIO BUSONI ~ Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in E minor, op. 36a LUDWIG V. BEETHOVEN ~ Grand Fugue for String Quartet, op. 133 FERRUCCIO BUSONI ~ Fantasia contrappuntistica for two Pianos PERFORMERS: Yuuko Shiokawa, Violin Quatuor Mosaiques Kirill Gerstein, Piano Andras Schiff, Piano After the concert transfer to the hotel. Sunday, August 10th You will transfer to the airport of your choice. You will arrive in the United States the same day with full of memories of an unforgettable experience... NOTE: If you would like to have a similar tour customized for you and a companion, your family, friends, employees, etc. (a minimum of two participants is needed), please contact us and we can organize this tour to your needs. Special eBay price of this Sightseeing and Culinary Tour in Austria, Fall 2007: $3,995 per person. This price does NOT include: Airfare from the United States to Austria and back. All personal arrangements and expenses. This price INCLUDES: Personal tour assistance and escort of your tour by your Personal Tour Host. Nine nights in a three star hotel in the city of Salzburg. Nine breakfasts at the hotel. Two Operas at the Sazburg Festival (including one PREMIERE). Seven classical concerts including Four at the Sazburg Festival. One Mozart Dinner Concert at the "Stiftskeller" St. Peter (drinks not included). Two sacred music concerts at the Cathedral and at the Franciscan church. One dinner at a selected restaurant (drinks not included). One gourmet basket dinner. Boat trip on the river Salzach in Salzburg. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage. All private guided tours and admissions to points of interest as scheduled. Admission and train ride to the Fortress Hohensalzburg. All service charges & taxes (gratuities not included). This itinerary is subject of change at any time and/or the sites included, should it be deemed necessary due to local conditions, time restrictions, or other circumstances. Some Testimonials of Tour Participants - reference phone numbers are gladly available: "Thanks for the opportunity to see Austria from an insider's viewpoint! The personal and cultural experiences could only be presented so richly by an Austrian! I love the cards and will send them to others who would be interested in a once-in-a-lifetime insiders tour!" - Phyllis Schwartz, Yucca Valley, California. "You always went "above and beyond" to ensure that we were happy, comfortable, well-fed :-), and having a great time! You were able to answer any questions - high or small - we had. The trip to Austria was fantastic - it's a beautiful country and wonderful people such as yourself. Thank you so much for everything! I want to go back!" - Carolyn Maynor, Pinehurst, North Carolina. "My Austria travel was just like family travel. There was not much stress and I was much less tired. A good thing was that we had enough time to see and read (learned lots of history). Also I had enough free time. Agency was well worth it. Austria travel will remain in my memory forever." - Mayoung Kim, Armonk, New York. "It was a very beautiful trip with your excellent, kind, warm and carefully planned service. I especially enjoyed the Mozart concerts and dinners. It was great! Thank you so much." - Kisook Chang, Fayetteville, North Carolina. "I can't begin to tell you how we enjoyed our trip with you as our guide! All of us were amazed, and appreciated, your ability to get us such great seats in all of the concerts and dinners we attended. Thank you so much. You really "know the ropes". We had such a good time with you. We have developed a real affection for Salzburg and would like to return sometime. It was wonderful getting to meet you. It was a stroke of luck for me that I did." - Barbara Fowlie, Ventura, California. "Your in-depth knowledge of Austria, its customs, your familiarity with Austria churches, and of course your delightful culinary expertise made my introduction to your native land so wonderful. I enjoyed so much the Strauss-Mozart-Lehar concert; also the very intimate musical performance in the room where Mozart performed. Your warm personality and the intimate insights you gave us to a part of Europe i'd never visited provided me with happy long lasting memories!" - Irene Staver, Bethesda, Maryland. 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