![]() The duet was composed by Viennese maestro Franz Schubert - as is most of the music and particularly the songs, or lieder, played at the Schubertiade festival. This is the signal for those who have been strolling through the green meadows around the beamed concert hall - constructed entirely of wood from local forests - to take their seats. ![]() Five minutes before the start of each concert, two horn players stand outside the concert hall, built in the mountain chalet style, and play a short duet. What would I do with my summers if I had all the money in the world? Drag my family around the world going to summer music festivals, of course! And here's one that sounds interesting, the Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg, Austria, which was described in an article ( Schubert parties in the Alps, May 24) by David Willey for BBC News: In an Austrian village amid majestic Alpine scenery where distant cowbells are usually the only sound, the curtain has gone up on one of the world's most unusual classical music festivals.
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