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Sunday Matinees at the Liechtenstein Museum

The Liechtenstein Museum in Vienna is a place of fine arts. A timeless anthology of european art, such as paintings of Raffael, Rubens and van Dyck, exhibited in colourful baroque premises. The Hercules Hall as the venue were the concerts take place, is decorated by an unbelievably vital late work of Andrea Pozzo (1642-1709). Pozzo was first engaged by Prince Johann Adam Andreas I while still working at S. Ignazio. The fresco depicts the deeds of Hercules and his admittance to Olympus. The actual plot unfolds within the architectural painting at the border of the ceiling, while the centre affords a view into the heavenly realm of the gods. Compared to the nave of a baroque church - Pozzo’s usual working environment, the hall only allows the viewer to change his perspective very slightly. The painter therefore had to maintain strong pictorial coherency in his composition of the ceiling fresco. The divine figures in the heavens are therefore are represented in a largely parallel fashion, for which reason they seem more strongly connected with one another from the viewer’s perspective. The figures representing the hero’s dramatic trials, on the other hand, appropriately exhibit great animation and are often quite foreshortened. Through their wide- sweeping movements, they intensify the impression of a space that reaches far into the depths. The illusionistic architectural painting gives the figures in the portrayed scenes their own radiuses of action which are clearly delineated from that of the ceiling. The quadratura painting is kept relatively simple. It allows the walls to "grow" up above the actual coving and into the flat ceiling fresco.

Art, Music and Fine Food

The Sunday matinees at the Liechtenstein Museum take place at the Hercules Hall, enjoy an exclusive programme of selected music works. An unforgettable experience in a stylish frame.

The concert ticket includes a visit to the Sunday matinee, entrance to the exhibitions, lunch (from 11:00 to 14:00) or a coffee snack (from 14:00 on) at the Rubens Restaurant as well as a guided tour at 13:30 (optionally).

The concerts take place every Sunday at 11:00 and at 15:00. For a complete list of dates please refer to the concert calendar.