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Music along the Danube 2027 - Private concerts in exceptional historic settings along Europe's most beautiful waterway
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A$9,520
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8th - 15th July 2027
Festival highlights
- A singularly beguiling combination of music and place: some of the most beautiful locations in the Danube valley are also where some of the greatest composers of the Western classical tradition lived or worked.
- Private concerts in exceptional historic settings, from grand palaces and abbeys to intimate theatres and rural hunting lodges, each chosen for its direct resonance with the music performed within it.
- Performances by leading international artists, including star pianists Paul Lewis and Benjamin Grosvenor, and cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra.
- Superb baritone Benjamin Appl is joined by James Baillieu to perform Schubert’s profoundly lyrical Die schöne Müllerin; the dazzling Quatuor Arod present string quartets in the exquisite Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
- Beethoven features prominently in his anniversary year, including his Mass in C performed in the Bergkirche in Eisenstadt, the site of its 1807 premiere; the renowned Akademie für Alte Musik present wind quintets in the frescoed splendour of Melk Abbey; and we hear his rarely performed mandolin sonatas in Grein’s jewel of an 18th-century theatre.
- Daily talks from musicologist Dr Katy Hamilton, offering insight into the works performed and their historical and cultural contexts.
- Some of the most beautiful river scenery in Europe, all experienced aboard an exclusive first-class chartered river cruiser.
Music Along the Danube was the first festival Martin Randall Travel ever created, and it was the first of our big musical events that I ever experienced, almost 20 years ago.
It remains both our longest-running festival and our most frequently repeated – and for good reason. The part of the Danube along which we travel not only runs through some of the most sublime scenery in Europe – dark green forests, craggy outcrops and terraced vineyards, punctuated by church spires and historic villages – but also through the imperial grandeur of Vienna, heart of the Western classical music tradition.
This provides an endlessly rich seam of inspiration when looking for resonance between music and place, which forms the artistic foundation of all of our festivals. Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven are the four pillars around which the festival revolves, towering composers of Vienna’s golden age, whose music alone could sustain a hundred festivals – the difficulty is which masterpieces to choose.
Our 2027 line-up is especially compelling. Star pianists Paul Lewis and Benjamin Grosvenor both appear, the former with a finely shaped Mozart programme, the latter offering Romantic virtuosity including works by Chopin and Liszt. And world-class cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan joins the Vienna Chamber Orchestra to perform Haydn’s first Cello Concerto amidst the finery of the Palais Ferstel in Vienna.
Superb baritone Benjamin Appl is joined by James Baillieu to perform Schubert’s profoundly lyrical Die schöne Müllerin in a former hunting lodge in the Austrian countryside, and the dazzling Quatuor Arod present string quartets by Haydn, Beethoven and Bartók in the exquisite Primatial Palace in Bratislava.
Marking Beethoven’s anniversary year, his music features especially prominently – his Mass in C is performed in the Bergkirche in Eisenstadt, where it was premiered in 1807 under his own direction, while the brilliant Akademie für Alte Musik present wind quintets by Mozart and Beethoven in the frescoed splendour of Melk Abbey. In Grein’s jewel of an 18th-century theatre, Raffaelle La Ragione and Cristiano Gualdo explore mandolin sonatas, including Beethoven’s remarkable contributions to the instrument.
Throughout, talks by Dr Katy Hamilton deepen the musical context. And there is the simple pleasure of life on the river itself: gliding past quiet countryside, watching great cities emerge as the Danube widens, and covering the distance with effortless grace.
Discover the place
To write about the Danube is to embark on the life story of a large part of Europe.
Unlike every other long river between the Urals and the Bay of Biscay, this majestic stream has never been the possession of any single state or even of any single empire – whether Frank or Slav, Magyar, Teuton or Turk. Through all geo-political obsessions, the Danube has moved with serene impartiality.
This is simply the biggest river of Europe. From its origins in south-western Germany, the Danube flows to the Black Sea over a course of about 1,750 miles, gathering force from waters which drain 300,000 square miles and passing through ten countries. More than 300 often furious tributaries pour their national waters into the Danube, but the river placidly swallows them all.
To travel with the Danube is a European experience. There may be no better way of growing into the knowledge of why Europe, even this middle Europe of so many conflicts in the past, has been more than the sum of its parts; and of why these parts, however little they may have seemed to belong to each other (much less love each other), have remained members of one body and segments of one civilisation.
A wonderful diversity of scene complements the ethnic, linguistic and national variety. The stretch between Passau and Bratislava is one of the loveliest lengths of riparian scenery anywhere in the world. Its monuments are many and remarkable. And nowhere on Earth can match the Danube region for its contribution to the canon of classical music over the course of several hundred years.
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Fly from London Heathrow or Manchester or make your way to Passau independently. For travel options, see page 20. Selecting Option 1 includes lunch en route to the ship in Landshut; Options 2 & 3 transfer directly to the ship.
The ship 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 crammed with historic buildings, dominated by the great Baroque cathedral. 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.
The ship sails at 6.30pm. A reception is followed by dinner.
Moor at Grein, a charming little town squeezed between the Danube and the hills with a 16th-century Schloss rising to one side. The series of daily talks begins.
It is a short walk from the ship to the main square where the tiny theatre lies hidden within the town hall. Built in 1791 on the banks of the Danube, the Stadttheater Grein is the oldest surviving civic theatre in Austria still used for performances today. Remarkably intact, its tiny wooden stage, painted scenery and intimate auditorium preserve the atmosphere of an eighteenth-century playhouse.
Recital, 10.00am: Grein, Stadttheater
Classical Mandolin
Raffaele La Ragione mandolin
Cristiano Gaudio fortepiano
The eighteenth century mandolin is a delight to hear: its sound is light, charming, and fresh, though also expressive in the right hands. The four composers in this programme illustrate its full range, from the classical restraint of Vincent Neuling’s Sonata to the joi de vivre of four early Beethoven works from the 1790s. Expect impressive feats from the Bortolazzi Sonata Op.9, written to showcase the composer’s own skill on the instrument, pushed even further by the expansive Hummel Grande Sonata Op.37a, especially in the dance-like finale.
Return to the ship, which during the afternoon passes through some of the most gorgeous riverine landscape in Europe, the wine-producing region of the Wachau.
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 perched above the river signals the monastery, venue for the evening concert.
Recital, 8.15pm: Dürnstein Abbey, Prälatensaal
Mozart+
Paul Lewis piano
This performance explores variations. The two popular Mozart Sonatas that frame the programme, K284 and K331, both include them as movements, the former based on an elegant gavotte, the latter on a lullaby-like siciliana (the whole piece then finishing with the famous ‘Rondo alla turca’). Mendelssohn’s Variations sérieuses are more soulful, maintaining the searching quality of the theme even through its virtuosic transformations. Copland’s Piano Variations from 1930 are bracingly modern in comparison, by turns grand and introspective, but always with the clean austerity of a Bauhaus building.
Return to the ship for dinner. Sail overnight to Vienna.
Wake up at a mooring 20 minutes from the centre of Vienna.
Principal seat of the Habsburgs for over 600 years, Vienna became capital of a extensive agglomeration of territories that encompassed much of central and eastern Europe. The fabric of the city is a glorious mix of the magnificent and the charming, the imperious and the unpretentious. It remains one of the world’s greatest centres for the arts, and has no rivals for its dominant place in the history of music.
The morning is free to explore the city and visit a museum or two. The Kunsthistorisches Museum should not be missed, the Belvedere Palace has paintings by Klimt, the Beethoven apartment is fascinating, MAK an exciting museum of decorative arts.
Concert, 4.00pm: Palais Ferstel
Haydn’s Cello Concerto No. 1
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Narek Hakhnazaryan cello
One of the benefits of Haydn’s position as Kapellmeister for the Esterházy family was that it gave him access to superb musicians. It is very likely that his Cello Concerto No.1 was written for the lead cellist in the court orchestra, Joseph Franz Weigl, who must have been extremely capable. Aside from the grand chords in the first movement and furious passagework in the finale, Haydn gave Weigl plenty of sustained notes throughout to show off the beauty of his tone. It remains a gift for cellists in the present day.
Return to the ship for dinner. Sail throughout the evening, to Bratislava.
The ship moors in the early morning in Bratislava.
Now capital of Slovakia, Bratislava was for 70 years the second city of Czechoslovakia and for 300 years before that the capital (as Pressburg) of the Habsburg rump of Hungary while Ottoman Turks occupied most of the country. Its compact historic centre is a dense mesh of unspoilt streets, squares and restored façades.
Concert, 10.30am: Bratislava, Primatial Palace
String Quartets
Quatuor Arod
Haydn’s Op.76 quartets crystallised forty years of experience in the form into a set of unparalleled brilliance. We will hear No.5 of the set, which passes from pastoral grace to sad profundity to wit and sparkle. It is not hard to see why Beethoven was so intimidated by his precursor, going to extreme lengths to refine his Op.18 set before publication. The stormy intensity of No.4 in C minor puts it in another world from Haydn, and sets the stage for the frenzied, folk-inspired sound of Bartók’s Quartet No.4.
After lunch take a short drive to Schloss Eckartsau. Though only 25 miles from Vienna, the Marchfeld is surprisingly rural, an alluvial plain ringed by mountains, and significant in Austrian history as a hunting ground and field of battle.
Schloss Eckartsau is an enchanting Baroque hunting lodge which was extended for Archduke Franz Ferdinand (he of the Sarajevo assassination in 1914) and became the final Austrian residence of Charles, the last Emperor of Austria.
Recital, 4.00pm: Schloss Eckartsau
Die schöne Müllerin
Benjamin Appl baritone
James Baillieu piano
There can be no more quintessential experience of a lieder cycle than Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin. Based on twenty of the poems that Wilhelm Müller published in 1821, Schubert elevated the story of the wandering miller to exceptionally Romantic heights. It is one of the great tests for lieder singers to navigate the transitions from bouncy optimism to hopeless despair via lovesick enchantment and jealous rage, and to capture the character of the ever-present stream that eventually joins the miller in dialogue at the end.
Remain moored in Bratislava until the early morning.
Sail throughout the morning, with a talk on board.
Drive to Eisenstadt, an attractive country town to the south-east of Vienna. It is dominated by a vast 17th-century mansion, the principal seat of the Esterházy family, famously Haydn’s patrons for much of his life.
Completed in 1807 under the patronage of the Esterházy princes, the Bergkirche is one of Eisenstadt’s most distinctive Baroque churches, crowned by its curious artificial hill and Calvary chapels. The church is closely associated with Ludwig van Beethoven, who conducted the premiere of his Mass in C major here in September 1807. The concert takes place beneath the church’s lofty dome and richly decorated galleries.
Concert, 4.00pm: Bergkirche
Mass in C
Vienna Chamber Choir
Haydn wrote an annual mass for Princess Maria Esterházy’s name-day, and when his health failed Beethoven stepped in for the 1807 instalment. The resulting Mass in C paid homage to the master, especially in the grandeur of the Gloria, but also demonstrates his own dramatic style in movements such as the Agnus Dei. Admired for its warm, lyrical beauty, it is a deeply human expression of faith. A rare treat is to hear Beethoven’s Elegischer Gesang alongside it, an unusually tender work from 1814 mourning the passing of a friend and patron’s young wife.
Return to the ship for dinner. Sail overnight from Vienna Nussdorf to near Melk.
Sail upstream throughout the morning.
Around lunchtime, the domed abbey of Melk appears ahead on an outcrop beside the river. Its formidable bulk presents to the world an image of awesome power, and there is no diminution of this impression inside. Stone, stucco, paint, gold and all the media at the disposal of craftsmen and artists in the 18th century combine to create some of the giddiest heights ever attained in Baroque art.
A tour of the abbey passes through a sequence of ceremonial courtyards, guest apartments, hall and library, culminating in a church of unsurpassed decorative richness.
The concert takes place in the Kolomanisaal, the summer refectory of the abbey. Walls and vault are covered in frescoes by Gaetano Fanti and Paul Troger, the leading fresco specialists of their time in the Austrian empire.
Concert, 4.45pm: Melk Abbey, Kolomanisaal
Mozart & Beethoven Wind Quintets
Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin
The popularity of wind bands in eighteenth-century courts led to the finest wind players in the world working in continental Europe. Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds K452 made the most of what they could do, with lyrical and spectacular contributions alongside the scampering of the piano.
Beethoven modelled his Op.16 Quintet on Mozart’s, taking the integration of the whole ensemble to the next level. Anton Reicha felt that such capable players deserved chamber music of their own, and works such as his Quintet Op.91 No.3 pushed the instruments of the day to their limits.
Return to the ship for dinner. Sail upstream, from near Melk to Linz.
Sail throughout the morning, arriving in Linz just after lunch.
The historic capital of Upper Austria, Linz is a picturesque maze of streets, alleys and historic buildings grouped around a huge market square, only yards from the mooring. There is time for some independent exploration before the afternoon concert.
The Palais Kaufmännischer Verein, opened in 1898, is a building of a sort that was a peculiarity of the Habsburg Empire, a suite of richly ornamented rooms and halls for meetings, receptions, balls and concerts. The concert is in the Bildersaal, so called because of wall paintings of historic scenes.
Recital, 4.00pm: Linz, Palais Kaufmännischer Verein
The Romantic Piano
Benjamin Grosvenor piano
This is a programme of Romantic heavy-hitters, including some of the most popular works in the repertoire. We begin with Beethoven’s incomparable ‘Moonlight’ Sonata, passing from darkness to delicacy to roar, here paired with his equally lyrical Sonata Op.109, albeit in a more consistently inward mode. In the second half, Liszt’s flamboyant meditations on three of Petrarch’s sonnets show how a piano can express all the torments of unrequited love, whilst Chopin’s Sonata No.2 puts more emphasis on lament, especially the unforgettable Funeral March in the third movement.
Sail upstream overnight from Linz to Passau, with a reception and dinner against a backdrop of river and wooded hills receding into the dusk.
The ship moors at Passau and coaches leave for Munich city centre and the airport between 8.30 and 9.30am. See page 20 for the options available for return travel to the UK.
Selecting Option 2 or 3 allows for some independent sightseeing in Munich.
Expert speaker
Dr Katy Hamilton
Writer and broadcaster, she has provided talks for, amongst others, Wigmore Hall, BBC Proms and the Salzburg Festival. A frequent contributor to BBC Radio 3, Katy’s specialism is the music of the 19th and early 20th centuries, and she is the editor of Brahms in the Home and Concert Hall (2014) and Brahms in Context (2019). Katy has taught at the Royal College of Music, City Lit, and the Universities of Nottingham and Middlesex.
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Practicalities
The price includes:
—Eight private concerts.
—Accommodation for seven nights on-board a luxury river cruiser.
—All meals, with wine and other drinks, interval drinks.
—Talks on the music by Dr Katy Hamilton.
—Coach travel for airport transfers and to concert venues when not within walking distance of the mooring.
— Tips, taxes and admission charges.
—The assistance of festival staff and a detailed programme booklet.
Optional extras:
—Return flights between the UK and Munich.
—Pre-festival tour: King Ludwig II (3–8 July 2027).
Haydn Front – lowest deck
Not available for double occupancy
Single occupancy: A$10,830
Strauss Back – middle deck
Two sharing: A$9,520 per person
Single occupancy: A$13,570
Strauss Front – middle deck
Two sharing: A$10,600 per person
Single occupancy: A$14,440
Mozart Standard – top deck
Two sharing: A$11,920 per person
Single occupancy: A$17,510
Mozart Suites – top deck
Two sharing: A$13,800 per person
Not available for single occupancy
Cabins towards the front of the ship are quieter than those further back.
Flights: if you choose to take one of the offered flight/train options, there is an additional cost of A$490 per person.
Option 1 – London Heathrow (earlier)
Thursday, 8th July: London Heathrow to Munich (LH 2471) departing at 09.00 and arriving at 11.55.
Break the drive to Passau with lunch at Landshut, a former capital of Bavaria. There are two hours here; 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.
Thursday, 15th July: Transfer directly from the ship to the airport. Munich to London Heathrow (LH 2476) departing at 14.35 and arriving at 15.40.
Option 2 – London Heathrow (later)
Thursday, 8th July: London Heathrow to Munich (LH 2473) departing at 10.50 and arriving at 13.45. Drive directly from the airport to the ship at Passau, a journey of under two hours.
Thursday, 15th July: Coaches take you first to the centre of Munich, where you have about four hours of free time. Munich to London Heathrow (LH 2480) departing at 18.35 and arriving at 19.40.
Option 3 – Manchester
Thursday, 8th July: Manchester to Munich (LH 2501) departing at 10.35 and arriving at 13.35. Drive directly from the airport to the ship at Passau, a journey of under two hours.
Thursday, 15th July: Coaches take you first to the centre of Munich, where you have about two hours of free time. Munich to Manchester (VL 2502) departing at 16.00 and arriving at 17.05.
Actual flight schedules for July 2027 are not yet available. These are the most likely times (they rarely change) but they will be updated as soon as the times for next summer are released.
The no-flights option
If you are not joining our flight/rail options, you are welcome to join our coach transfers if your travel arrangements coincide with any of the options above.
Pre-festival tour
If you are opting to include your travel, pre-festival tour participants return to the UK on travel Option 1 (returning to London Heathrow).
We charge for travel, if you are opting for it, as part of your pre-festival tour booking. You therefore pay the ‘no flights’ price for the festival.
The ship
Launched in 2022, the MS Amadeus Cara is one of the most comfortable river cruisers in Europe. The multinational crew is dedicated to the highest standards of service.
With a floor area of 16m2 (Haydn deck) or 17.5m2 (Strauss and Mozart decks) 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 such as adjustable air-conditioning, telephone, TV and safe. Bathrooms have showers only. Special attention has been paid to noise insulation.
In layout and furnishings the cabins are very similar, 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 decks (Mozart and Strauss) are the most desirable, with floor-to-ceiling windows which slide open, and minibars. There are ten suites (Mozart) measuring 26.4m2 with a corner sofa area and small balcony. Cabins on the lowest (Haydn) deck have smaller windows which do not open. There are no single cabins as such but we are allocating some twin-bed cabins for single occupancy.
The public areas 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.
Quite a lot of walking is necessary to reach some of the concert venues and to get around the towns we visit.
You will sometimes need to walk for up to 20 minutes/1 kilometre each way in order to attend the concerts, with no additional transportation possible. Even in big cities taxis are not readily available or cannot get close enough to the ship or the concert venue to justify their use.
Many of the concert venues do not have a lift. You need to be averagely fit, sure-footed and able to manage everyday walking and stairclimbing without difficulty.
We are very happy to talk you through each day’s manoeuvres, as these differ festival to festival, to identify if it may be necessary to opt out at any point.
If you have a medical condition or a disability which may affect your holiday or necessitate special arrangements being made for you, please discuss these with us before booking – or, if the condition develops or changes subsequently, as soon as possible before departure.
Private. All the performances are planned and administered by us, and the audience consists exclusively of those who have taken the festival package.
Seating. Specific seats are not reserved. You sit where you want.
Acoustics. This festival is more concerned with locale and authenticity than with acoustic perfection. The venues may have idiosyncrasies or reverberations of the sort not found in modern concert halls.
Changes. Musicians fall ill, venues may close for repairs, airlines alter schedules: there are many 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.
Before booking, please refer to Smartraveller to ensure you are happy with the travel advice for the destination(s) you are visiting. As a British company we follow the advice of the UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office.
Dates & prices
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2027
Date
Speaker
Price
Date:
8th - 15th July 2027
Speaker:
Dr Katy Hamilton
Price:
from A$9,520
(Based on two sharing)Testimonials
“The music was pure delight from start to finish. I always enjoy the fact that the music festivals introduce me to music I would not have otherwise thought of listening to, or to have the opportunity to hear live.
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“My ‘Music along the Danube’ experience was nothing short of revelatory. I go to a lot of concerts and have always enjoyed the music, but on a decidedly superficial level. Following the talks I found myself – for the first time – listening to every note. What joy MRT brings to our lives!
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