Programme

CONCERTS

Echoes from old Constantinople
A Byzantine Music Concert

21. 9. 2023, 19:30

Join us for a “musical excursion” through the world of old, Byzantine Constantinople, with compositions of the earliest Christian woman composer St. Kassia (9th cent.), Petros Peloponnesios (18th cent.), which is known also as ‘‘Mozart of byzantine music’’, Panagiotis Chalatzoglou (18th cent.) and others, rendered by the outstanding Greek Protopsaltis Petros Papaemmanouil and the Philokallia Ensemble.

Philokallia Ensemble, artistic director: Marios Christou
Soloists: Petros Papaemmanouil and Silva Morasten

The concert is held under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Hellenic Republic, H.E. Mr. Athanassios Paressoglou
and with the support of the Embassy of Greece in Prague and the Holy Metropolis of Nea Krini and Kalamaria.

Venue: Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Viničná 2, 128 00, Prague 2

Admission: 300 CZK, 150 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.

Philokalia of Today: Hesychia – Sound of Silence

2. 10. 2023, 18:00

A sound performance and an interactive sound installation by Tomáš Pálka a Michaela Pálka Plachká (World premiere)

solo clarinet: Jana Krejčí

Venue: Gothic tower, HAMU, Malostranské nám. 13, Praha 1

Sound installation / daily until the 29th of October. Opening hours: 16:00 – 18:00.

The concert is held with the support of the Composition Department of the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (HAMU).
Free entry

Sacred Music of Ukrainian Composers

5. 10. 2023, 19:30

D. Bortniansky, M. Berezovsky, M. Skoryk, Y. Stankovych etc.

A concert that 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.

Piccolo coro & Piccola orchestra, conductor: Marek Valášek

Venue: Church of Saint Wenceslas of Zderaz, Resslova 300/6 120 00, Prague 2

Admission: 280 CZK, 170 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.

A Tribute to Sergei Rachmaninoff
A concert celebrating the 150th birthday and the 80th death anniversary
of S. Rachmaninoff

12. 10. 2023, 19:30

Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, op. 37 (selection), Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (selection)

Prague Mixed Choir, choirmaster: Jiří Petrdlík
VUS UK (Charles University Choir), choirmaster: Jakub Zicha

Venue: Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Viničná 2, 128 00, Prague 2
Admission: 280 CZK, 170 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.

Ribale Wehbé and the Cypriot Psaltic Ensemble
Byzantine Music from Lebanon and Cyprus

17. 10. 2023, 19:30

A unique concert will introduce for the first time in the Czech Republic the renowned Lebanese singer Ribale Wehbé, who became famous all over the world for her enchanting interpretation of Byzantine music. She will be accompanied by the excellent male Byzantine choir Cypriot Psaltic Ensemble. The concert will feature authentic Byzantine chant from Antioch and Cyprus, in both Arabic and Greek.

Cypriot Psaltic Ensemble (Cyprus), artistic director: Giorgos Demetriou
Ribale Wehbé (Lebanon): psaltria

Venue: Church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, Viničná 2, 128 00, Prague 2
Admission: 400 CZK, 250 CZK (students, seniors)
Tickets available online here
Tickets are also available at the venue one hour before the beginning of each concert.

The concert is held with the support of the Embassy of Cyprus in Prague and under the auspices of the Ambassador of the Republic of Cyprus, H. E. Mr. Georgiose Yiangou.

CHURCH SERVICE (free entry):

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom with authentic Byzantine chant

24. 9. 2023, 10:00 A. M

Petros Papaemmanouil (Greece): protopsaltis
with the accompaniment (isokratema) of
the Male choir of the Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos in Malá Chuchle,
artistic director: Marios Christou.

Free entry