Im Reiche des goldenen Apfels

Turkish travelogues about Vienna.

“The Turkish globetrotter Evliyâ Çelebi’s noteworthy journey outside of Islamic countries and to the city and fortress of Vienna anno 1665”
Instrumental pieces, Türküler folk songs and courtly songs from the manuscripts of Ali Ufki

“Golden apple” was the name given by the Turks to each of the four Christian capital cities crowned by golden globes: Constantinople, Buda, Vienna and Rome. In 1665, a distinguished Turkish gentleman travelled to the “golden apple” on the tower of St Stephan’s Cathedral and described his impressions. This diary was then published by Richard Kreuter in 1957. In 2010, Thomas Höft and Vladimir Ivanoff garnish it in their usual scenic-musical way.