Opening Concert
A New Generation of Austrian Performers
Saturday, 23. 8. 2025 at 19:00
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
Vranov nad Dyjí (Czechia)
We invite you to the grand opening of this year’s Silberbauer Musikfest Thayatal, which will take place on Saturday, 23rd August 2025, from 19:00 at the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Vranov nad Dyjí. The concert is entitled “A New Generation of Austrian Performers” and will showcase young artists who, with deep dedication and interpretative sensitivity, bring Baroque music to life for today’s audiences.
The evening’s programme will offer a diverse range of sacred and secular Baroque music: – the festive Toccata and elegant Ciacona by Georg Muffat, – the dramatic aria “This Nature’s Voice” by Henry Purcell, – the sensitively composed pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach from Schemelli’s Songbook, – the emotionally powerful Salve Regina by Pergolesi, – and rarely performed organ works by Erbach and Speth.
📅 23rd August (Saturday) 🕕 19:00
📍 Venue: Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Vranov nad Dyjí
🎟️ Admission is voluntary
Come and enjoy the atmosphere of the Baroque church and the timeless beauty of music that transcends centuries and borders. We look forward to seeing you!
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Künstler
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He is currently studying concert organ (with Pier Damian Peretti), choral conducting (with Alois Glassner), and church music at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Since September 2022, he has been the regens chori in Klosterneuburg, where, in addition to directing various ensembles and choirs, he is also responsible for the internationally renowned Freundt organ from 1642. From 2020 to 2022, he was in charge of the monastery music in Göttweig, and before that, he was the organist in Herzogenburg, where he regularly played the historic Hencke organ from 1752.
In addition to concerts and liturgical music in Klosterneuburg, he is frequently invited to participate in national and international organ concerts and festivals, such as the Brucknerfest in Linz, the summer concerts at Melk Abbey, the organ summer at Wilhering Abbey, and the Ars Organi festival in Nitra. His passion for early music and basso continuo playing is particularly evident in the revival of the Freund(t)-Ensemble – a vocal and instrumental Baroque ensemble. He regularly performs with the ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, and in October 2023, he made his debut in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein with the organ solo in Leoš Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, alongside the Wiener Singverein under the baton of Carina Canellakis.
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In 2022, she completed her first degree in cello performance with Othmar Müller, graduating with distinction. She spent part of her studies with Niels Ullner at the Syddansk Musikkonservatorium in Odense, Denmark. She is currently studying Baroque cello at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) with Jörg Zwicker.
Hannah Pichler is a member of various ensembles and performs in a wide range of formations. These include the Capella Leopoldina Graz, the Orchestra of the Wiener Akademie, the Ensemble BachWerkVokal, the Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien (RSO), the Odense Sinfoniorkester, and the Synchronstage Orchestra Vienna. She has also collaborated with renowned musicians such as David Bergmüller, Daniel Johannsen, and Andreas Helm, and has performed at the “Resonanzen” early music festival at the Vienna Konzerthaus.
She has participated in several masterclasses with Luis Zorita, Maddalena Del Gobbo, Michael Polyzoid, Jonas Krečji, and Franz Bartolomey, and has also attended the International Summer Academy of the MDW (isa) with a focus on chamber music.
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The Vienna-born alto graduated with distinction from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. She completed her studies in classical operetta at the Vienna Conservatory. Her education was enriched by masterclasses with, among others, Vesselina Kasarova and Robert Holl.
Her repertoire includes operatic roles such as Eva (“La morte di Abel” by L. Leo), Storgè (“Jephtha” by G. F. Händel), Tetide (“Acide” by J. Haydn), Hänsel (“Hänsel und Gretel” by E. Humperdinck), Suzuki (“Madama Butterfly” by G. Puccini), Ulrica (“Un ballo in maschera” by G. Verdi), Henri (“Der Opernball” by R. Heuberger), and Fortunata (“Satyricon” by B. Maderna), as well as oratorios such as the B minor Mass, the St. Matthew and St. John Passions, and the Christmas Oratorio by J. S. Bach, Händel’s “Messiah”, Mozart’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s “Elijah”, “Stabat Mater” by Pergolesi, Rossini, and Dvořák, and Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle, under the direction of renowned conductors such as Adam Fischer, Marco Armiliato, Heinz Ferlesch, Gerrit Prießnitz, and Luca De March.
She has performed at the Salzburg Festival, the Vienna Volksoper, the Vorarlberg State Theatre, the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Vienna Musikverein, the Brucknerhaus in Linz, the Festspielhaus St. Pölten, the Herbstgold Festival in Eisenstadt, the Retz Festival, the Schubertiade, the Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Azores Festival, the Bach Festival in Budapest, the Mozart Festival in Bratislava, the Lviv Philharmonic in Ukraine, and the Origen Festival Cultural in Switzerland. She has also performed in Denmark, Belgium, Spain, South Korea, and Japan.
Entritt
Voluntary admission
Programme
(1653–1704)
from the album Apparatus musico-organisticus
(1659–1695)
from the ode Hail! Bright Caecilia
(1710–1736)
(1686–1739)
op. 2
(1685–1750)
from the song collection Schemellis Gesangbuch
(1570–1635)
from the song collection Schemellis Gesangbuch
(1664–1720)
Ort
The Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary is the parish church of the Roman Catholic parish of Vranov nad Dyjí, located in the centre of the town of Vranov nad Dyjí. It is a late Romanesque building, later rebuilt in the Gothic style. The church, as part of the complex of the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with the rectory, is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. The church was built in the first half of the 13th century and was later extended. In its original form, the church was plundered by the Swedes in 1645, and only the foundations remained, which are preserved in the walls of the current church. The church was newly built in 1685 with the support of the noble Althann family, who continued to support the church in subsequent years. Among other things, Countess Marie Anna Althann donated the altarpiece of the Virgin Mary to the church. Around 1700, the nave of the church was vaulted, around 1720 the original tower was demolished, and in 1720 a new masonry tower was built. In 1767 the roof was repaired, and in 1778 the choir was vaulted. Between 1781 and 1782 the cemetery wall was repaired, and a year later a watchman’s house was built, which was converted into an ossuary after 1800 – however, it was soon demolished. In the 1930s, the church was repaired; between 1933 and 1934 the surroundings of the church were repaired, and in 1936 the interior was repaired. In 1957, oil stoves were installed in the church, in 1958 the church was painted, and in 1968 and 1969 the roof of the sacristy and the chancel were gradually reconstructed. In 1986, the church roof was repaired again.
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