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Date:	October 05, 2023 \| 19:30 (Thu)
Venue:	St. Wenceslas Church - Na Zderaze
Duration:	60 minutes
Status:	Not available
Reviews:	(1)

Group discount 10+ people
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Great Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra will present sacred music of Ukrainian composers from the 18th century until the present

Famous compositions by Ukrainian masters of classical Slavic polyphony, such as D. Bortniansky, M. Berezovsky as well as Czech premieres of contemporary composers such as M. Skoryk, Y. Stankovych, will be performed.

Program:

D. Bortniansky
M. Berezovsky
M. Skoryk
Y. Stankovych
and more

Performing:

Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra
Marek Valášek - conductor

About Archaion Kallos Festival:

Once again, the Philokallia Association invites you to the Archaion Kallos International Festival of Orthodox Music. Join us for a beautiful spiritual and musical experience. In its literal sense, the Greek expression “archaion kallos” means “ancient beauty,” but in the vocabulary of the Holy Fathers of the Eastern Christian Church, “archaion kallos” speaks of a certain archetype, an “original beauty;” that is to say, the beauty which man beheld in Paradise and which he experienced after Creation.

The Philokallia Association (philokallia, a word of Greek origin meaning “love of the beautiful”) gave this name to the first and only festival of Orthodox music in Prague because we perceive every act in sacred music, whether of composition or interpretation, as a kind of conscious or unconscious search for this pristine beauty, the Archaion Kallos.

The festival is held under the auspices of:

the Minister of Culture, Martin Baxa,
the Mayor of Prague 2, Jan Korseska,
the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr. Athanassios Paressoglou,
the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Mr. Georgiose Yiangou

and with the blessings of
His Eminence Michal, Archbishop of Prague and the Czech Lands.

Important:

No intermission
Dress code: casual

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St. Wenceslas Church - Na Zderaze

Address:	Resslova 300/6, Praha 2
Capacity:	200
Type:	Churches
Winter heating:	Yes
Wheelchair access:	No

Ancient Romanesque-Gothic church in Prague New Town once served as a prison

St. Wenceslas Church was founded in the 12th century at the former settlement Zderaz. The originally Romanesque church was rebuilt into the Gothic church in the second half of the 14th century. At the end of the 18th century the church was abolished to be re-consecrated in 1927 by the Czechoslovak Church which still occupies the church today.

When visiting the church, you might notice a beautiful Renaissance and Baroque paintings.

How to get there:

Accessibility by public transport:
metro B (yellow line) - Karlovo náměstí stop
trams nos. 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 14, 16, 18, 22

Nearest car parking:
Central Parking Prague, Karlovo náměstí 292/15

Overall rating:

Ivan S. | October 06, 2023 | 22:44 (Fri)

Výborné provedení - jak sborem, tak orchestrem - skladeb pravděpodobně málo známých (kromě Rachmaninova), dokonalý zvuk sboru. Zajímavé a příjemné prostředí méně známého pražského interiéru. Velká spokojenost, rozhodně jsme nelitovali 140km cesty na koncert. Velké díky dirigentovi, sboru i orchestru, a také pořadatelům festivalu!

Sacred Music of Ukrainian composers