18.09.2024 - 18:00
St. Nicholas Church on the Old Town Square in Prague is famous for its unique acoustics, where every visitor enjoy the charm of Baroque church with a pleasant listening to classical music concerts, which have become longlasting and popular tradition. Guarantee The quality of these concerts is guaranteed by selection of artists, who works from outside the other in the National Theatre or in Czech Philharmonic Orchestra.
PROGRAM:
No intermission, duration 60 minutes.
The churhc is open 30 minutes before the concert. Each concert last 1 hour without break. The seats are not numbered.
HISTORY OF THE CHURCH
St. Nicholas on the Old Town Square is one of the oldest temples in the Old Town. In 1635 the temple came to the Benedictine monastery of Emmaus Monastery, which built a monastery here. The construction of the monastery lasted from 1727 until 1730, the work was conceived in a new temple, which was eventually completed in 1735. The church’s plans were drawn up by the famous Prague Baroque architect Kilian Ignazio Dienzenhofer. St. Nicholas in the Old Town is one of his outstanding works. The complexity of the arrangement of his interior, along with his interesting lighting scheme, is one of the most impressive church interiors in Prague.
CAPACITY
250 seats (There are old wooden benches and extra wooden chairs, their number and layouts can be adapted to the requirements of the event, but with respect to employees of the church and the needs of artists).
HEATING
Heated seats and heat lamps (Only in winter or in cold weather – wooden benches are heated by electric panels mounted on the front side and under seating area.By the other seats according to their disposition are heat lamps. Visitors can also use blankets.)
ART DECORATION
Stucco is the work of Bernard Spinetti, while the frescoes in the buckle and congregation of the celebration of St. St. Nicholas and St. John. Benedict showing scenes from the Old Testament. They were painted by Bavarian artist Cosmas D. Assam in 1735 – 36. Sculptures decorating the exterior are the work of Prague’s workshop Antonín Braun. The main altar dating from 1737 is made of imitation marble and has pillars with golden verzálkami. The main chandelier in the temple is in the shape of a crown crown and weighs 1,400 kg. It was made in the glassworks in Harrachov in 1860. Since 1920 the temple has been used by the Czechoslovak Hussite Church.
ORGAN
Temple organs come from the second third of the 18th century and originally were in the Jesuit church in Bohosudov. The three-part baroque wooden front of the organ is painted in black and decorated with vase, floral trimmings, canopies, shells, two figures of sitting angels and two figures of standing angels with ovens. The original organ of the organ was replaced with a newer one in 1949.
Staroměstské nám. 1101
110 00
Praha 1
LISTEN TO PEARLS OF CLASSICAL MUSIC in Lobkowicz Palace‘s beautifully decorated concert hall with impressive 17th-century painted stucco ceilings. Professional musicians, including members of the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, play for your pleasure during the Prague Castle visit.
In the concert, you will hear a unique Baroque romatic organ with 50 registers, 3 manuals and 3500 pipes! The organ has been built in 1733 and for its perfect music qualities and pleasing tones it is often a popular destination for prominent Czech and foreign organists.
Enjoy compositions by the composers J.Pachelbel, W.A.Mozart and A.Vivaldi played by the famous Prague Royal Orchestra at St. Georges Basilica, Prague Castle.
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In the concert, you will hear a unique Baroque romatic organ with 50 registers, 3 manuals and 3500 pipes! The organ has been built in 1733 and for its perfect music qualities and pleasing tones it is often a popular destination for prominent Czech and foreign organists.
THE SPANISH SYNAGOGUE – THE YOUNGEST YET THE MOST BEAUTIFUL and tons of famous composers.
Dvořák Symphony Orchestra Prague (chamber) present Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Dvořák and Strauss. Dvorak Symphony Orchestra Prague will perform in a chamber cast with conductor - pianist and leading Czech singers and ballet soloists. Singers and ballet soloists will perform in period costumes.
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