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Concerts at the Mirabell Palace (Schlosskonzerte)
The nearly nightly chamber music concerts at the Mirabell Palace are performed in a lavish
Baroque setting. They come with more sophisticated programs and better musicians than
the fortress concerts...and Baroque music flying around a Baroque hall is a happy bird in
the right cage (open seating after the first five pricier rows, €29-35, usually at 20:00—but
check flier for times, doors open one hour ahead, tel. 0662/848-586,
www.salzburger-
“Five O'Clock Concerts” (5-Uhr-Konzerte)
These concerts are cheaper, since they feature young artists. While the series is formally
namedafterthebrotherofJosephHaydn,itoffersmusicfromvariousmasters.Performances
are generally chamber music with a string trio playing original 18th-century instruments.
On my last visit, the concerts were still being held next to St. Peter's Church in the old
town—but they may relocate in 2014 (€12-15, mid-June-mid-Sept Tue and Thu at 17:00, no
concerts in off-season, 45-60 minutes, tel. 0662/8445-7619,
www.5-uhr-konzerte.com
)
.
Mozart Piano Sonatas
St. Peter's Abbey hosts these concerts each weekend. This short (45-minute) and inexpens-
ive concert is ideal for families (€18, €9 for children, €45 for a family of four, Fri and
Sat at 19:00 year-round, in the abbey's Romanesque Hall—a.k.a. Romanischer Saal, mobile
0664-423-5645).
Marionette Theater
Salzburg's much-loved marionette theater offers operas with spellbinding marionettes and
recorded music. A troupe of 10 puppeteers—actors themselves—brings the artfully created
puppets at the end of their five-foot strings to life. The 180 performances a year alternate
between
The Sound of Music
and various German-language operas (with handy superscripts
in English). While the 300-plus-seat venue is forgettable, the art of the marionettes enchants
adults and children alike (€24-35, May-Sept nearly nightly at 17:00 or 19:30, near Mozart's
Residence at Schwarzstrasse 24, tel. 0662/872-406,
www.marionetten.at
)
. For a sneak pre-
view, check out the videos playing at the marionette exhibit up in the fortress.
Mozart Dinner Concert
For those who'd like some classical music but would rather not sit through a concert, the re-
commended Stiftskeller St. Peter restaurant offers a traditional candlelit meal with Mozart's
greatest hits performed by a string quartet and singers in historic costumes gavotting among
the tables. In this elegant Baroque setting, tourists clap between movements and get three
courses of food (from Mozart-era recipes) mixed with three 20-minute courses of crowd-
pleasing music—structured much as such evenings were in Baroque-era times (€54, €9 dis-
