Concert Venues

Fri June 22 Stift Kremsmünster near Linz

Sun June 24 Stift Stams

Stams (671m/2,097ft) is a trim little town on high ground a little way south of the Inn, with a large Cistercian Abbey (rebuilt c. 1700; conducted tours). The abbey was founded in 1273 by the mother of Conradin in memory of her son, the last of the Hohenstaufens, who was executed in Naples in 1268. The church (13th C., remodeled in Baroque style in 17th-18th C.), recognizable by its two prominent towers, is the burial-place of the Dukes of Tirol. It is noted for its high altar of 1613 with figures of saints, a fine pulpit (c. 1740) and 18th C. wrought-iron screen. In the Heiligblutkapelle (Chapel of the Holy Blood, 1716), on the southern side of the church, will be found the beautiful Rosengitter (Rose Screen).

360°- impressions of the abbey

Wed June 27 Marostica - FESTIVAL CONCERT Coro Gioventu Invitare in Marostica

Thu June 28 Lake Bled

Fri June 29 Lake Balaton - Keszthely

Info about Keszthely: www.keszthely.hu

Sun July 01 Budapest - Matyas Church

Info about the history of the church: www.matyas-templom.hu

Mon July 02 Brno - St. Mary's Church (Kostel Nanebevzeti Panny Marie)

Tue July 03 Hradec Kralove - Church of Assumption of the Virgin Mary

Joint concert with the Czech Boys Choir Boni Pueri

Wed July 04 Prague Church of St. Thomas at Mala Strana

Info about the history of the church: www.augustiniani.cz

Thu July 5 Cathedral of St. Nicholas - Ceské Budejovice

Cathedral of St. Nicholas
The centre of Ceske Budejovice is dominated by the vastness of the Cathedral of St. Nicholas. Its construction began soon after the founding of the city and it was completed some time at the turn of the 14th century. There is little information about its original appearance, but is known that it became a dominating feature after its Late Gothic reconstruction between 1518 and 1535: at its head was a tower, another rose from the neighbouring presbytery and also towered to a considerable height above the nave ending in a slender spire. In July 1641 this building was destroyed together with its interior by the fire but construction could soon begin with the aid of charitable donations of a new church. It was erected between 1641 and 1649 in the Baroque style according to the designs of Giovanni Cipriani and Francesco Caneval. Building work was carried out hurriedly at the expense of the solidness of the structure so that builder Giaccomo di Maggi had to repair the entrance front in 1683. Sculptor Tomáš Zeisl created the sculptures of St. Nicholas, St. Wenceslas and the patron saint of the city St. Auracian for the recesses above the entrances. The Church of St. Nicholas became a cathedral with the establishment of the Ceské Budejovice bishopric in 1785. Its interior was altered or repaired several times during the 18th and 19th century. During the last reconstruction between 1968 and 1971 most of the side altars and canon benches from the presbytery were removed, and further alterations carried out simplifying the appearance of the interior. So today the most important part of the inside of the cathedral remains the main altar of 1791 with its oldest painting of St. Nicholas, the Rococo pulpit originally from the Gaetano Church in Malá Strana (Lesser Quarter) in Prague, and the Baroque altar of St. Ann and Our Lady of the 18th century in the side chapels. The city cemetery surrounded the church until 1784.

Fri July 06 Oberndorf near Salzburg

In this town, the Christmas carol "Silent Night! Holy Night!" was heard for the first time on Christmas Eve in 1818. Today, the Silent-Night-Memorial-Chapel stands on the original site of St. Nikolaus Church.

www.pfarreoberndorf.at

Sat July 07 Gloggnitz

Sun July 08 Albrechtsberg an der Großen Krems

Festival Concert in Groß Siegharts

Mon July 09 Festival Concert in Bad Tatzmannsdorf

Tue July 10 Vienna Musikverein