Variable program

Every Thursday and every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Variable program

Every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Mozart: Bassoon Concerto in B-flat Major, K. 191
Haydn: Symphony No. 73 in D Major “La Chasse”
Strauss II: Die Fledermaus – Overture
Strauss II: Voices of Spring – Waltz (Frühlingsstimmen)
Strauss II: The Blue Danube – Waltz (An der schönen blauen Donau)
Strauss II: “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, “Pizzicato” Polka & other Polkas

Kaspar Reh - Fagott & Residenz-Solisten

Vienna and Johann Strauss – An Evening of Viennese Waltz Magic
 

Step into the elegant world of old Vienna: in the magnificent Max-Joseph-Saal of the Munich Residenz, experience an evening of charm, joie de vivre and musical splendour.

As the royal chandeliers glow in the warm candlelight, the magnificent stucco of the historic hall shimmers and the first notes begin to sound, an atmosphere of truly enchanting elegance unfolds. For one evening, time seems to stand still – and Vienna, with all its unmistakable charm, comes vividly to life.

Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto opens the evening with classical elegance and sparkling virtuosity. It is followed by Haydn’s spirited Symphony “La chasse”, filled with hunting calls, rhythmic energy and delightful musical wit.

Then the stage belongs to the “Waltz King”, Johann Strauss: the sparkling “Die Fledermaus” Overture transports you straight into the glamorous world of Viennese operetta. With “Voices of Spring”, spring itself seems to arrive in a swirl of graceful melodies and lilting Viennese waltz rhythms.

And with “The Blue Danube”, Vienna is suddenly closer than ever: the world’s most famous waltz unfolds its incomparable elegance, conjuring images of imperial Vienna and the glittering social life of the Danube metropolis.

The evening concludes in exuberant Viennese style with “Tritsch-Tratsch” Polka, “Pizzicato Polka” and further spirited quick polkas – sparkling, virtuosic and infused with the playful wit that makes Johann Strauss’s music so irresistible.

An Evening in the Spirit of Vienna
 

Beneath glittering royal chandeliers and in the glow of candlelight, this concert becomes a truly special social occasion: festive classical music, Viennese joie de vivre and the magnificent atmosphere of the Munich Residenz come together in an evening of elegance, charm and esprit.

Let yourself be enchanted by Mozart, Haydn and the Waltz King Johann Strauss – and experience Vienna for an evening in the royal splendour of the Max-Joseph-Saal.

Mozart: Requiem 
Mozart: Ouvertüre aus “Don Giovanni”
Mozart: Symphonie Nr. 38 “Prager”

Residenz-Solisten

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D Minor (K. 626) – Between Genius, Madness, and a Mysterious Commission

Mozart’s Requiem is his final work—and one of music history’s greatest mysteries. Few compositions are so entwined with legend as this Mass for the Dead, on which Mozart worked until his final hours in December 1791.

The “Gray Messenger” and a Dark Premonition
The story of its creation reads like a detective tale. One day, a mysterious, darkly dressed messenger arrives at Mozart’s door and anonymously commissions a Requiem. At the time, Mozart is already in frail health, and the secretive request begins to preoccupy him. He becomes obsessed with the idea that the messenger is a harbinger from the beyond, bringing news of his own death. “I am writing my own funeral song,” he is said to have remarked.
In reality, the enigmatic commissioner was Count Walsegg-Stuppach’s steward. The eccentric count often had works composed to pass off later as his own. He intended to acquire the Requiem under the same pretense.

An Unfinished Legacy
Mozart dies before completing the score. The Lacrimosa breaks off mid-composition. What he leaves behind is a fragment: the opening sections are fully orchestrated, but many later movements exist only as sketches or vocal lines.
Mozart’s widow, Constanze, now faced a dilemma: to secure the promised fee, the work had to be completed. She commissioned Mozart’s student Franz Xaver Süssmayr, who worked closely with Mozart’s sketches and even copied portions of his handwriting. The additions were so convincing that the commissioner accepted them as part of the final work.

A Sound World of Eternity
Musically, the Requiem unfolds a dark, solemn soundscape. In the dramatic key of D minor, it becomes a work of extraordinary beauty and intensity—a musical threshold between human fear, judgment, and hope for redemption.

Overture to Don Giovanni

Mozart’s overture to Don Giovanni also begins in the ominous key of D minor. With massive, almost Dantean chords, the music immediately fills the space—an ominous prelude to the later appearance of the “Stone Guest.” This is followed by a restless, feverish Allegro, brimming with the opera’s demonic energy.The overture condenses all the elements that define the work: tragedy and comedy, menace and vitality. Mozart composed it under immense time pressure; tradition has it that he completed the score the night before the Prague premiere in 1787. During the night, Constanze kept him awake with stories and punch, and by morning the copyists had the freshly written parts. That evening, the orchestra had to play the complex piece almost sight-read.

A typical Mozart moment: genius racing against time.

Variable program

Every Thursday and every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! please wear warm clothes. 

Robert Schumann: Fantasie in C-Dur op. 17
Alexander Scriabin: Fantasie in H-Moll op. 28
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Fantasie in D-Moll KV 397
Franz Liszt: Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata S. 161/7
Residenz-Solist András Lakatos - Klavier

This concert series serves as a tribute to Mozart, who gave a concert with his sister Nannerl in Nymphenburg Palace with Elector Maximilian III when he was seven years old and this went down in history.

Variable program

Every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Mozart: Don Giovanni – Overture
Mozart: Symphony No. 38 “Prague”
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3
Dvořák: “From the New World” – Suite

Residenz-Solisten
 

Gala Concert at the Cuvilliés Theatre – A Musical VIP Experience

The very room tells a story: the golden Rococo of the Cuvilliés Theatre, once the stage for courtly celebrations and grand opera evenings. In this intimate jewel, the concert evening begins with one of the most famous overtures in music history.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to Don Giovanni

Dark D minor, powerful chords – like the sudden lifting of a curtain. The music floods the hall with almost ominous force, announcing the “Stone Guest,” the mysterious figure who will pass judgment on the seducer at the opera’s end. But almost as soon as this shadow appears, a feverish Allegro erupts: restless, sparkling, full of dramatic energy. In just a few minutes, the entire world of Don Giovanni unfolds: tragedy and comedy, menace and zest for life.
The creation of this piece belongs to the legendary moments of music history. For the Prague premiere in 1787, Mozart composed the overture only the night before. While he worked, his wife Constanze kept him awake with stories and punch. By morning, the score was hastily copied – and that evening the orchestra performed this highly complex work almost entirely at sight. A risky undertaking, yet it became a triumphant opening to the opera.

Mozart – Symphony No. 38 “Prague”

The so-called Prague Symphony is closely linked to Mozart’s special relationship with the city. There, he was celebrated with an enthusiasm rarely experienced in reserved Vienna. “My Praguers understand me,” he is said to have remarked.
Composed in 1787, the symphony reflects this mutual admiration. It omits the customary minuet, consisting of only three movements – unusual for its time. Instead, Mozart unfolds a rich contrapuntal structure and challenges the wind players with exceptional virtuosity. The musicians in Prague were considered the best in Europe, and Mozart composed for them with palpable joy in the challenge. The result is a symphony of brilliant elegance, dramatic energy, and vibrant orchestral color.

Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor

Beethoven’s Third Piano Concerto opens a new musical world. The key of C minor – the same in which his famous Fifth Symphony would later appear – lends the work a special dramatic intensity. Tension, passion, and almost heroic energy shape this concerto, which premiered in Vienna in 1803.
Here too, an anecdote gives a nearly cinematic image of the evening. Beethoven played the solo part himself but had scarcely found time to fully write down the score. His friend Ignaz von Seyfried, who was to turn the pages, looked at sheets mostly blank – only here and there cryptic marks served as reminders for the composer. While Seyfried nervously tried to keep up, Beethoven performed the concerto from memory with complete confidence.

A program that unites three facets of the Viennese Classical style: Mozart’s dramatic operatic world, his brilliant symphonic writing, and Beethoven’s passionate, forward-looking sound language. An evening that combines history, virtuosity, and emotion in a uniquely atmospheric setting

Due to limited places, wheelcair seats can only booked through +49 89 2897 5597 manually.

Variable program

Every Thursday and every Saturday you can expect a special cultural hallmark in the Munich Residence troughout the year. The Residence Soloists are performing in the Court Chapel (Hofkapelle) The historical atmosphere of the court chapel in which also Mozart was performing concerts lets you get in touch with the music of old times. You will find weekly changing performances with masterpieces ranging from Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn and Mozart.

Please notice: In summertimes the old court chapel is cool and in wintertimes it can be cold! Please wear warm clothes. 

Rameau: aus der Suite in D-Dur Les Tendres Plaintes, Les Tourbillons, Les Cyclopes
Mozart: Sonate in D-Dur KV 576 - Allegro
Chopin: Etüde in F-Dur Nr. 8 op. 10
Schumann: Sonate Nr. 1 Fis-Moll, op. 11
Debussy: Images, 1re série I. Reflets dans l’eau, II. Hommage à Rameau, III. Mouvement
Residenz-Solistin Dongqi Zhang - Klavier

This concert series serves as a tribute to Mozart, who gave a concert with his sister Nannerl in Nymphenburg Palace with Elector Maximilian III when he was seven years old and this went down in history.