MUSIC CLUB RETURNS TO MONDSEE – SUMMER 2011
Veterans of the Club will recall a magical trip to the Salzkammergut in 2007, where we enjoyed a week of music, food, sightseeing and total enjoyment at the Mondsee Musiktage in a beautiful lakeside setting. Don Moore.
It is planned to return this year, the programme being as follows:
Saturday 27 August: Fly from Gatwick to Munich, for executive coach transfer to Hotel Leitnerbräu, Mondsee
Sunday 28 August: 1100 Matinee Concert
Domenico Gallo Trio Sonata No 1 in G
Stravinsky Suite Italienne
J S Bach Partita for Flute in A Minor BWV1013
J S Bach Trio Sonata from The Musical Offering BWV1079
Afternoon exploring Mondsee, including (optional) boat trip on the beautiful Mondsee (appx price £10)
Monday 29 August: Full day executive coach excursion, with English-speaking guide, to Steinbach on the Attersee (Mahler’s composing hut and coffee break) and Gmunden. After lunch, sightseeing at Gmunden or
optional boat trip on Trauensee, (appx price £10). 3 course lunch included at Schwann Hotel, Gmunden. Evening Concert at Schloss: “Russian Evening”
Rachmaninov Sonata for Cello & Piano in G Minor, Op 19
Tchaikovsky Valse scherzo, op 34
Glazunov Chant du Ménestrel, Op 71
Tchaikovsky Piano Trio in A Minor, op 71
Tuesday 30 August: Optional visit to Salzburg for guided city tour.
Evening concert at Schloss:
Mendelssohn String Quintet No 1 in A Major, Op 18
Reinhard Süss A new work commissioned for the Festival
Stravinsky Elegy for solo viola
Strauss Metamorphosen
Wednesday 31 August: Whole day free for exploring Mondsee, returning to Salzburg, or a trip to one of the many local attractions.
Thursday 1 September: Whole day excursion by executive coach, with English-speaking guide, to St Gilgen (‘the Mozart village on the Wolfgangsee’) and via Bad Ischl (after a coffee break!) to Hallstatt, a wonderful lakeside village on the Hallstattsee, in time for lunch. Then, optional visit to the famous salt mines . There are other attractions in Hallstatt for the more indolent, which may be more appealing after a good lunch!
Evening concert at Schloss:
Beethoven Sonata for Horn & Piano in F Major, Op 17
Reinhard Süss Three Japanese Songs
Stravinsky Serenade for Contrabassoon & Piano
Beethoven Septet in E Flat Major, Op 20
Friday 2 September: Whole day for more excursions, return to Salzburg etc. Evening concert (optional) at
Schloss (Haydn Op 64/3 Quartet, Mozart String Quintet K516, Stravinsky). Tickets €30, to be purchased locally.
The alternative evening option is a farewell supper at a nearby hostelry
Saturday 3 September: Morning at leisure at Mondsee, then transfer to Munich for early evening flight back to Gatwick.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Accommodation will be at the charming Hotel Leitnerbräu. Located in the centre of the village, the hotel is a small family-run establishment, with a fabulous breakfast buffet including “full English” if required. There are several excellent eating places nearby.
Concerts will be at the “Schloss”, a stone’s throw across the road from our hotel. We will have good, middle-priced seats, and your price includes complementary interval drinks and a full programme book.
Mondsee is a picturesque village on the shores of the Mondsee, in the Salzkammergut and about 20 km from Salzburg. Its Monastery is the third-oldest in Austria, and the former monastery church is Mondsee’s parish church, It is well worth a visit, if only to view the setting of the wedding scene in The Sound of Music. The Mondsee Smoke House is situated on a hill behind the church where you can see rural traditions in an authentic setting. A trip on the lake is worthwhile, and there are attractive walks in the locality. Rail enthusiasts might like to visit a museum commemorating the days (long gone!) when Mondsee was connected to Salzburg by train. The bus station is the departure point for trips to other local attractions, including Salzburg, St Gilgen, St Wolfgang and others.
Flights will be by Easyjet, and your price includes a 20kg baggage allowance. You are advised to buy refreshments before boarding at Gatwick, but seating is at least as comfortable as British Airways, and somewhat more reasonable in price!
Your holiday price and conditions
The price for your 7-night holiday to Mondsee is £790 on a shared room basis. This includes return flights and transfers, bed and breakfast accommodation, two excursions with English-speaking guide including lunches, and good concert tickets for 4 concerts in Mondsee.
As usual, you will need to provide information about your private travel insurance as a condition of travel.
When booking, please indicate clearly your title, initials and family name as they appear in your passport.
A deposit of £150 per person should be sent AS SOON AS POSSIBLE to:
Don Moore, 31 Lanherne House, 9 The Downs, Wimbledon, London SW20 8JG
Tel: 020 8946 3264
E mail don.moore@blueyonder.co.uk
with the balance before 30 June. Cheques should be made payable to The Music Club of London.
WEXFORD FESTIVAL OPERA
1ST NOVEMBER TO 6TH NOVEMBER 2011
Following our very successful visit to the Wexford Festival Opera last year, a number of members asked for a return visit this year. This seemed a good opportunity to participate in the 60th anniversary celebrations, and enjoy again their new theatre, with its good seating and acoustics. We are promisd the usual excellent fringe activities of operatic performances and musical events. We shall have five-nights in a four-star hotel near to the opera house with a full Irish breakfast included each day. Also included is a full day out by coach with a local guide and two lunches. The three main operas the festival is performing this year are: La cour de Célimene (1855) by Ambroise Thomas, a comic opera in two acts sung in French; Maria (1903) by Roman Statkowski, a tragic opera in three acts sung in Polish, and Gianni di Parigi (1876) by Gaetano Donizetti, a melodrama in two acts sung in Italian. Surtitles in English are used for all performances. I do hope you will be able to join the group of members.
November 2011
Tue 1st Check-in at London Heathrow for a mid-morning flight to Dublin, lunch in Dublin, then by coach to the Hotel Talbot, a four-star hotel in Wexford, where we have bed and breakfast accommodation in their en suite rooms.
Wed 2nd A coach tour from Wexford to venues of interest with a local guide, lunch at a local restaurant is included.
Thu 3rd Free day, until the evening performance of La cour de Célimene (Thomas).
Fri 4th Free day, until the evening performance of Maria (Statkowski).
Sat 5th Free day, until the evening performance of Gianni di Parigi (Donizetti).
Sun 6th Coach transfer to the airport at Dublin. Check-in for an early evening flight to London Heathrow.
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You are responsible for your own travel and health insurance
Cost: to include all of the above:
£ 1140 per person sharing a Twin bedded or Double bedded room.
£ 1250 per person in a single room.
Payments: All in one payment on booking, or
£ 300 per person to book (reservations are taken in the order in which I receive deposits, and the deposit is non-returnable if I am able to offer a place)
£ 300 per person by 15th June 2011.
£ 300 per person by 22nd August 2011.
Balance by 5th October 2011 (£ 350 single room occupancy, £ 240 per person sharing).
You may like to send me post-dated cheques for the further payments when making your booking. I will not cash these until the due dates.
When booking, please indicate clearly your title, initials and family name as they appear in your passport.
Apply to: Bryan Suitters, The Music Club of London, 24 Burywick, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2AH.
Cheques payable to The Music Club of London, please.