Wiener Hofmusikkapelle

Every Sunday, 9.15 am, from mid-September to June the Vienna Court Music Ensemble performs the Holy Mass at the Imperial Chapel. This continues a tradition going back more than 500 years, which began in the time of the Habsburg rulers. The Ensemble consists of the Vienna Boys Choir, which developed out of the original chapel choir, members of the Vienna State Opera men’s choir and members of the Vienna State Opera Orchestra (most of which are also members of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra). The ensemble’s repertoire covers sacred music from the Renaissance until today and focuses especially on the famous masses of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Bruckner. The changing parts of the Holy Mass are sung in plainchant by the Schola of the Vienna Court Music Ensemble, a group of former members of the Vienna Boys Choir. The ensemble’s conductors and organists are all internationally renowned musicians and sought-after lecturers at national and international universities.