03/31/2026
We spent a lovely morning at St Florian Abbey with the Silvertones, on tour in Austria!
Located just outside the city of Linz, St Florian is one of Austria’s largest and most beautiful Baroque monasteries -- and an important destination for musicians. Founded in the 9th century and rebuilt in grand Baroque style in the 1600s, it's known for its magnificent church, its historic library, and as the burial place of composer Anton Bruckner, who served as the abbey’s organist.
As a tribute, they sang a few lines of 'Os Justi', one of Bruckner's most famous motets, which he dedicated to Ignaz Traumihler, the choirmaster of St Florian Abbey at the time -- making its performance there all the more special.