Location: Schlosstheater Schönbrunn, Schönbrunner Schlossstraße 47, 1130 Wien

17.30: Upon arrival in front of the theatre

Traditional alphorn melodies from Vorarlberg

Hornists: Angelika Piffl, Flora Daller, Johanna Ebert & Sandro Kemter

Alphorn Calls and Melodies from the Allgäu and Vorarlberg compiled by Michael Bredl and Wilhelm Fritz, 1984.

18.00: Programme in the theatre

Giacomo Rossini: Il Carnevale di Venezia (1821)

Vocal quartet, with ad libitum piano accompaniment, composed in 1821 in Rome for the Carnival masqueraders. 

Alpenländisch: Was kümmern mi die Sternalan (Traditional)

“Was kümmern mi die Sternlan” (What do I care about the stars) is a well-known Carinthian folk song that expresses the idea that worldly possessions like the stars, moon, house, farm, or money are secondary as long as true love is lacking. It sings of the longing for the “Diandle” (girl) and that true fulfillment is only found in love.

Opening Words

Barbara Strack-Hanisch

Vice Rector for Academic Affairs – University for Music and Performing Arts Vienna – mdw

Marina Gall

President of the European Association for Music in Schools – EAS 

Benjamin Britten: Advance Democracy   (1938)

In 1938, in reaction to the Munich Agreement and threat posed by the Axis against the liberal order in Europe, the London Co-operative Society commissioned a propaganda piece to promote democracy. Poet Randall Swingler wrote the lyrics.

Isolde Malmberg & Wilfried Aigner

Chairs of the EAS 2026 host team

John Lennon/Paul McCartney, Arr.: Anna Maria Schnabl: All you need is love (1967)   

“All You Need Is Love” was composed within a month between the BBC commission and the first recording session and perfectly represented the atmosphere of the Summer of Love in 1967. At the same time, the Beatles adhered to the BBC’s general guideline to keep the composition simple so that viewers worldwide could understand it even without extensive knowledge of English. The intro, featuring the French national anthem “La Marseillaise,” immediately captured the listener’s attention and emphasized the international appeal of both the song and the television program.

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Smaragd Choir

Choir of students from the music education programs 

Viktoria Jetzinger, Jonas Asenbaum and Gregor Gasteyer – Conductors

The conductors are students majoring in choral conducting in the school music education programme at the Anton Bruckner Institute of the mdw (Docent: Prof. Johannes Hiemetsberger) 

György Handl – Piano