Fly at c. 9.30am from London Heathrow to Munich. After a drive from Munich to Salzburg, visit the excellent museum in the Mozart family home.

As on most mornings, the day starts with a lecture in the hotel at 9.30am. Concert at the Mozarteum with the Emerson String Quartet, Menahem Pressler (piano): Mozart, String Quartet in D, K.499; Piano Quartet in E flat, K.493; Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546; Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478. Lunch after the concert followed by a visit to Mozart’s birthplace. Concert at the Großes Festspielhaus with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Simon Rattle (conductor): Mozart, Symphony No.39; Symphony No.40; Symphony No.41.

Walk through the heart of the old city with a local guide. Free afternoon, opportunity for further exploration such as the buildings by Fischer von Erlach, greatest Austrian architect of the Baroque era, or the Archbishop’s Palace, which houses the city museum. Early dinner before the concert. Concert at the Großes Festspielhaus with the Vienna Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), Maria João Pires (piano): Wagner, ‘Siegfried-Idyll’; Mozart, Piano Concerto in D minor, K.466, Serenade No.9 in D, K.320, ‘Posthorn’.

Concert at the Mozarteum with Cappella Andrea Barca, András Schiff (soloist and leader): Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.4 in G, Op.58; Schubert, Symphony No.4, ‘Tragic’; Mozart, Piano Concerto in B flat, K.595. Lunch after the concert. Free afternoon. Concert at the Mozarteum with Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Marc Minkowski (conductor), Sonya Yoncheva (soprano), Christian Helmer (baritone): Gluck (re-scored by Wagner), overtures from ‘Iphigenia in Aulis’; Mozart, overtures from ‘Don Giovanni’: Là ci darem la mano, Madamina, il catalogo è questo, Batti, batti, o bel Masetto, Non mi dir, bell’idol mio, Finch h’an dal vino; Wagner, Symphony in C.

After a lecture depart for an excursion through the ravishing landscapes of the Salzkammergut to Bad Ischl, with lunch here. Some free time in Salzburg. Concert at the Stiftung Mozarteum with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer (conductor), Julia Kleiter (soprano), Renata Pokupic (mezzo soprano), Benjamin Bruns (tenor): Mozart, Symphony No.12; Symphony No.29; Pasquale Anfossi, Arias from ‘Lucio Silla’: Aria Giunia ‘Non pavento’, Aria Silla ‘Chi mai vide’, Cavatina Giunia ‘Dal fortuna’, Duettino Giunia and Cecilio ‘Dei pietosi’, Rondo Giunia ‘Ah non sai’, Aria Cecilio ‘A partir tu mi condanni’, Aria Giunia ‘Fra i pensier più funesti’, Tercet Giunia, Cecilio, Silla ‘Perfidi, perfidi’.

Guided tour of the Mozarteum Archive. Some free time or join the optional walk to St Sebastian’s cemetery where several members of the Mozart family are buried. Early dinner before the evening performance at a famous old restaurant. Opera at the Haus für Mozart: Lucio Silla (Mozart) with Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble, Salzburger Bach Choir, Marc Minkowski (conductor), Marshall Pynkoski (director), Rolando Villazón (Lucio Silla), Olga Peretyatko (Giunia), Marianne Crebassa (Cecilio), Inga Kalna (Lucio Cinna), Eva Liebau (Celia).

The flight from Munich arrives at London Heathrow c. 2.30pm.