Venues
SCL JOINT CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#1) IN ŽIDLOCHOVICE
at the Church Svateho Kriz
Sunday, July 8, 2012 | 07.00 pm
Židlochovice is a town in Brno-Country District in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. The town covers an area of 5,93 square kilometres (2,29 sq mi), and has a population of 3,075. The town lies approximately 18 km (11 mi) south of Brno and 197 km (122 mi) south east of Prague. Your concert will be at the Church Svateho Kriz with your friends from the Lark Children Choir: www.sclfestival.org/grp2012/lark.htm
SCL JOINT CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#2) IN KAPUVÀR at the St. Ann´s Church
Monday, July 9, 2012 | 07.00 pm
The graceful, St Ann´s Church (Szent Anna templom), is located at Kapuvár a small but ancient town of some 11,000 inhabitants in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary, the building is from the beginning of the 20th century and it is a popular excursion spots. Joint concert with the A Capella Kapuvár from Hungary: www.sclfestival.org/grp2012/kapuvar.htm
CONCERT TOUR PERFORMANCE (#3) IN FREISTADT
July 11, 2012| 03.00 pm
stimmen.festival.freistadt The theme of this one-week festival is performing and listening – these are the most important aspects of making music together The Festival combines the quality of a vocal summer course and the feeling of a relevant festival. Selected SCL Festival choirs will have the honor to perform for other peers and colleagues (singers from Austria) to create an environment where young musicians from all over the world can interact on an international level and build bridges amongst themselves.
Johannes Hiemetsberger who is both the founder and artistic director of stimmen.festival.freistadt serves as an associate professor for Direction of Choirs and Ensembles at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. Mr. Hiemetsberger lectured and led various international vocal and choirmaster courses worldwide. As a conductor, he regularly works together with ensembles such as L’Orfeo Baroque Orchestra, Camerata Salzburg, Ensemble Prisma Wien, Wiener Akademie Orchestra and the wind section of the Vienna Symphony. He also guest-conducted the “NDR Chor Hamburg” and the “Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks”, Munich. Johannes Hiemetsberger was awarded the Erwin Ortner Fund Prize as well as the Ferdinand Grossmann Prize.
see concert poster
CONCERT PERFORMANCE (#4) IN PRAGUE’S WORLD-FAMOUS SMETANA HALL
Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 02.15 pm
The Smetana Hall, located in the Municipal House, is a gorgeous example of Art Nouveau design and brilliant acoustics. This world-famous concert hall has a seating capacity of 1.200 seats and features an original Art Nouveau organ and colourful decor from famous Czech painters and sculptors. The Municipal House is also home to the Czech National Symphony Orchestra.
CONCERT PERFORMANCE (#5) IN SALZBURG at the Mirabellgarten
Friday, July 13, 2012 | 3.00pm
The world –famous Mirabell Gardens were built along a north-south axis and oriented towards the Hohensalzburg Fortress and the Salzburger Dom cathedral. The original gardens were re-modelled according to plans by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach under the reign of Prince Archbishop Johann Ernst Thun in 1689. For "The Sound of Music" fans; this is the place where Maria and the Trapp children sing "Do-Re-Mi" and run through the hedge tunnel.
