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Tuesday, 05 August 2025 - Sunday, 10 August 2025 Show all dates

Days of old music

Pöllau

Arcadia meeting place - The longing for dreamland

An alternative world to harsh reality, an idyll in which man finds everything he needs in nature to live in harmony and enjoy himself with poetry and art - this is how Arcadia has been described and sung about since the Renaissance. In music, Arcadia has been evoked as the home of shepherds, nymphs and dryads in countless vocal and instrumental works. The summer residences of princes and kings in particular offered the nobility of Europe an annual opportunity to enjoy nature and art in equal measure at parties in magnificent gardens. At the 30th Days of Early Music, let's go in search of traces of Arcadia in the music of the 17th and 18th centuries!

Opening concert of the 30th Days of Early Music
5. 8. 19:30, Festsaal Schloss Pöllau

Solo recital
6. 8. 19:30, Refectory Pöllau Castle

Conclusion of the summer courses (free admission)
Further information will follow.

Tickets:
Advance booking: € 20 from mid-July
Box office: 25 €
Pupils, students 15 €

Further information at: www.altemusikpoellau.at

COURSES:
Recorder - RAHEL STOELLGER
Transverse flute - CLAIRE GENEWEIN
Baroque violin/baroque viola - ELISABETH WIESBAUER
Viola da gamba & baroque cello - CLAIRE POTTINGER-SCHMIDT
Harpsichord & basso continuo - KONSTANZE RIECKH
Workshop for baroque organ - DIMITRI BONDARENKO
Workshop for lute - GEORG ZOPF

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Tuesday, 05 August 2025 - Sunday, 10 August 2025
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Starts at: 00:00 O'clock

Event location

Pöllau - Pöllau Castle

Organizer

Tage der Alten Musik
Konstanze Rieckh
Schloss 1
8225 Pöllau