Salzburg Day 3
Next morning Jan and I went separate ways, she to the Residence museum a few steps from our lodgings, where the young Mozart and his family lived from 1773 to 1787.
I on a tram to Untersberg, the high peak visible throughout the City.
There I boarded the gondola rising 5000 feet to the summit ridge.
The early ascent offered views of the river valley and mountains containing the City marked by the Hohensalzburg Castle.
To the south unfolded the high Alps
including one their last waning glaciers
which stirred up memories of our 1969 backpacking adventures.
The ridge was embroidered with alpine flowers
and stretched further than I had time explore.
On the way back to Salzburg, the tram filled with a pre-school class and their teachers.
After lunch we used our Salzburg passes to take an hour’s boat ride upstream
offering views of 19th century mansions and the Kapuziner cloister on the back side of the mountain towering over our hotel
Afterwards we walked back to our room for a rest and then returned to the Mirabell palace for another concert and had our picture taken by a couple of Japanese girls showing the fortress as background.
Another vantage point had a view of Untersberg.
At 7:45, we entered the Marble Hall where Mozart and his father and sisters performed for the Prince Archbishop.
The program included of Mozart’s “Lodi Quartett“, his Salzburg Divertimento in D Major, his Quartet for flute, violin, viola and cello D Major, the Quantz Concerto for Flute and Strings and William Herschel’s Symphony for strings No.8. I was surprised to learn that the great German-British Astronomer, a contemporary of Mozart, was also a prolific composer. .
The “Mirabell Antiqua Salzburg” performed on all antique instruments
and featured a wonderful Spanish flautist, Cecilia Aguilar,
