Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:

Visit our cinema and listen to the world-famous orchestra playing!

How did you like the New Year’s Concert in the “Golden Hall” of the Musikverein? Or was the orchestra playing outside? In that case you were watching the Summer Night Concert in front of Schönbrunn palace.

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More than 60 instruments are playing at the same time! Do you know what they are all called?

The following instruments usually play in an orchestra:

Woodwind instruments

  1. Flute
  2. Piccolo flute
  3. Clarinet
  4. Oboe
  5. Bassoon

Brass instruments

  1. Horn
  2. Trumpet
  3. Trombone
  4. Tuba

Percussion instruments

  1. Timpani
  2. Drums
  3. Cymbals
  4. Triangle
  5. Xylophone

String instruments

  1. Violin
  2. Viola
  3. Cello
  4. Double bass
  5. Harp

Other instruments can also be involved but they are not found as often in a professional orchestra. These include, for example, the piano.