K I R K E R MU S I C HO L I D A Y S
F O R D I S C E R N I N G T R A V E L L E R S
Kirker Holidays offers an extensive range of independent and escorted music holidays.These include tours to leading festivals in Europe such as the Puccini Opera Festival in Torre del Lago, the Schubertiade, and the Verona Opera Festival,
as well as Glyndebourne, Buxton and opera weekends in Vienna, Milan,Venice and New York.
We also host our own exclusive music festivals on land and at sea, and arrange short breaks with opera, ballet or concert tickets, to all the great classical cities in Europe.
THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL IN BONN
A SEVEN NIGHT HOLIDAY | 4 SEPTEMBER 2015 The Beethoven Festival is one of the leading music festivals in Germany, with concert programmes stretching far beyond the works of Beethoven alone. Under the direction of Nike Wagner, it attracts today’s finest musicians and orchestras, to the city where Beethoven was born in 1770. Our visit to Bonn includes the opening concert with Daniel Barenboim, three orchestral concerts, an evening of sonatas for cello and piano, and a piano recital by András Schiff.We stay at the 4* Hilton in Bonn, adjacent to the Beethovenhalle and five minutes’ walk from the historic centre of the city.The holiday will also include visits to Cologne, Königswinter and Brühl.
Price from £2,388 per person for seven nights including return flights to Cologne,
accommodation with breakfast, four dinners, one lunch, tickets for five performances, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the
Kirker Tour Leader.
WAGNER’S RING CYCLE IN SOFIA
A SEVEN NIGHT HOLIDAY | 3 JULY 2015 The Sofia Opera celebrated the bicentenary of Wagner’s birth in 2013 with critically acclaimed performances of the composer’s Der Ring des Nibelungen. Such was the demand that the company decided to repeat the Cycle in 2015. With performances on alternate days, visitors can not only enjoy Sofia but also venture out of the capital and spend one night in Plovdiv, a historic town with much Ottoman style architecture and impressive Roman sites. Based at the 4* Crystal Palace Hotel, the itinerary also includes a half day tour of Sofia and the National Historical Museum.We shall also visit two Byzantine Churches, the Alexander Nevsky Memorial Cathedral, Rila and Bachkovo Monasteries, and the church at Boyana.
Price from £1,645 per person for seven nights including return flights to Sofia, all transfers, accommodation with breakfast, six dinners, six lunches, tickets for four operas, all entrance fees and gratuities and the services of a local guide and the Kirker Tour Leader.
THE GRAFENEGG MUSIC FESTIVAL A FIVE NIGHT ESCORTED HOLIDAY | 2 SEPTEMBER 2015 The Grafenegg Festival has established itself as one of Europe’s most prestigious festivals and this year offers the opportunity to enjoy two of the world’s greatest orchestras, the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna
Philharmonic, in one holiday.
Concerts are held in the architecturally dramatic Wolkenturm, the “Tower of Clouds” in the grounds of the country estate of the grand Metternich family. Staying at the 4* Steigenberger Hotel set amongst the famous
Grüner-Veltliner vineyards, we enjoy visits to the picturesque village of Dürnstein, the Benedictine Abbey at Melk perched high above the Danube and a panoramic tour of Vienna.We will also go to the pretty town of Tulln on the Danube to see the birthplace of Egon Schiele (1890 - 1918).
Price from £1,998 for five nights including flights, transfers, accommodation with breakfast,
four dinners, one lunch, three concerts, a full programme of sightseeing, and the services of the
Kirker Tour Lecturer.
MUSICAL ST. PETERSBURG A FIVE NIGHT ESCORTED HOLIDAY | 9 NOVEMBER 2015 St Petersburg is once again one of the most musically dynamic cities in the world, with performances rivalling London, Vienna and New York. The Mariinsky alone now gives its name to two opera houses and a major,
modern concert hall.
Our tour of St Petersburg is led by Elizabeth Wilson, an accomplished musician who studied with the great Russian cellist Rostropovich. We will visit apartments where two of Russia’s greatest composers lived – Shostakovich and Mussorgsky. Other visits will include a backstage tour of the Mariinsky Theatre, a visit to the Alexander Nevsky Cemetery, Pushkin’s Apartment, and the Rimsky-Korsakov apartment, the recently opened Fabergé Museum, the Hermitage and the Russian Museum. Price from £1,996 per person for five nights including accommodation with breakfast, four dinners, tickets for three performances, a Russian Visa, all sightseeing, entrance fees and gratuities and the services of the Kirker
Tour Leader and a local guide.
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