Dr. Dani SanchezJan 22, 2024
The Auditorio Nacional de Música (National Auditorium of Music) is a complex of concert venues located in Madrid, Spain that was built in 1988. As the largest symphony hall in Spain it can seat over 1,200 in its 3 major halls combined. It features a beautiful Simon Platt designed pipe organ that has 5,000 pipes with divided couplings and 3 stops.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 22, 2024
Located on the campus of Towson, Maryland’s Townson University, the Harold J. Kaplan Concert Hall is the largest venue on site and can seat 500. It’s home to a 1973 Opus pipe organ with over 2,300 pipes that is built into the walls of the concert hall.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 22, 2024
Paul Voertman Concert Hall is 1 of 10 performance spaces on the University of North Texas campus. It was completed in the late 1950s but was demolished, renovated & reopened in 2010 and can seat 380. It features state of the art sound design to achieve superior acoustics.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 22, 2024
Detroit Symphony Orchestra- the USA’s 4th oldest orchestra- performs at OrchestraHall in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It originally Opened in 1919 and can seat 2000. It has a 6,263 pipe Electro-pneumatic Organ.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 29, 2024
Brussels Centre for Fine Arts is located in Brussels, Belgium and was completed in 1928 in Art Deco style by architect Victor Horta. It features an egg-shaped main hall that can seat 2, 200 and a pipe organ with 4,000 pipes, both were sadly damaged in fires in the 1960s and in 2022 but have been successfully restored since
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 29, 2024
The Frankfort Radio Symphony’s Alte Oper was built in 1873 by Philipp Holzmann and rebuilt and reopened in 1981 after it had been nearly demolished by air raids during WWII. It hosts 2 halls that seat over 1,400 people combined and a pipe organ that is known for its power.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezJan 29, 2024
Vézelay Abbey is a Benedictine and Cluniac monastery in Burgundy, France. It was established sometime in the 9th century In 1979 it was added to UNESCO’s list of World Heritage Sites. It was discovered that the abbey was built in a way that at midday during solstices sunlight creates paths of light throughout the abbey. There is a pipe organ onsite but it was added in the 1990s.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2024
The Church of Corpus Christi is a Roman Catholic church in Manhattan, New York. It was built and established in 1906. It’s known for its beautiful interior and for its fully restored 1956, 3 rank Holtkamp pipe organ.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2024
The Helsinki Music Centre in Töölönlahti,Helsinki. It was completed in 2011 and its main hall seats 1,704. It’s 5 smaller rooms are used by the Sibelius Academy. It has the largest concert hall organ in Europe with 123 registers.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2024
The Church of Our Lady Bremen is an Evangelical Protestant church in Bremen, Germany. It was built in the 13th century but the interior has been restored multiple times due to fires over the years. It’s known for its beautiful stained-glass windows and for having an ornate, 40 stop Paul Ott pipe organ
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 5, 2024
The Convent of Annunciata is located in Milan, Italy and was built in the 15th century. It is now used as an artists space and venue for events and performances. It’s mostly known for its beautiful but unrestored frescos.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 12, 2024
Kørup Church is a Lutheran Church in Odense, Denmark that was established around 1288.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 12, 2024
Garrison Church is located in Copenhagen, Denmark and was originally built for military personnel in the 18th century. The Romantic composer Johan Peter Emilius Hartmann (husband of composer Emma Hartmann) is buried on the grounds of the church. It has a gorgeous 45 register Orgelbyggeri pipe organ that has 2,861 pipes that are tuned in a historical tuning that while more limited in range are incredibly tonally evocative😍
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 12, 2024
Westminster United Church is a gothic style located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It was originally opened in 1892 and officially became the “United Church” in 1925 when three local denominations formed a union. In honor of its centennial anniversary in 1992 it was designated as a Provincial Heritage Building. In addition to beautiful stained glass it also features a Casavant pipe organ that is one of the three largest pipe organs in the province.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 12, 2024
Goot Studios is an award winning creative space in London, England that’s known for its vintage aesthetic.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 12, 2024
And returning to #BaroqueSun is The Church of Our Lady Bremen and its beautiful alter (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 18, 2024
Returning to #BaroqueSun is The Brussels Centre for Fine Arts (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836463051507130)
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 18, 2024
The Hall of Mirrors at Schloss Köthen in Germany is the former creative home of Johann Sebastian Bach (under Prince Leopold) and is the current home of Köthen's biannual Bach festival.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 18, 2024
The Kultur-und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle in Stuttgart, Germany was built in 1956 and is considered one of the most important German cultural buildings of the post-WWII period. It features a unique looking 69 register pipe organ that has over 6,000 pipes.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 26, 2024
Riga Cathedral (formally The Cathedral Church of Saint Mary) is an Evangelical Lutheran cathedral in Riga, Latvia that was established in 1211. It features a fully restored 4 manual, 18 combination E.F. Walcker & Sons pipe organ that has 6,718 pipes😍
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 26, 2024
The Church of Our Lady Bremen returns to #BaroqueSun (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 26, 2024
Royal Albert Hall in London, England was built in the late 1860s and can seat 5,272 people. It is home to the magnificent 9,999 pipe Henry Willis Grand Organ.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 26, 2024
Gran Teatre del Liceu is an opera house in Barcelona, Spain. Founded in 1837, and despite moving locations it’s the oldest theatre in Barcelona. It was in the news for performing for an all plant audience due to the pandemic (https://youtu.be/i9BRbtIgipQ?si=PYfmv9YBBs1lUeNH)
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String quartet performs for an audience of plants inside the Barcelona Opera House

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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezFeb 26, 2024
The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. It was built in 1886 and the main hall can set just shy of 2,000 people. It has a pipe organ with 60 registers from 1890.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 4, 2024
Tonali is a concert hall in Hamburg, Germany that hosts various art and creative events.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 4, 2024
Schloss Grafenegg is a romantic style castle in Grafenegg, Austria that was built in the late 13th century. It’s known for its beautiful gardens and spacious grounds. In 2007, the Wolkenturm, an open-air stage which can seat around 2,000 total seats and lawn combined.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 10, 2024
The Johanneskirche AKA Church of St. John is a Roman Catholic church located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Despite its limited sized (it seats only 900!) the high ceilings give it beautiful acoustics. It features a Metzler pipe organ withe 50 stops and 3,536 pipes It also has a split console so that two organ players can play music simultaneously.
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Returning to #BaroqueSun is The Church of Our Lady Bremen and it’s beautiful alter (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Mar 10, 2024 at 11:52pmWeb
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 10, 2024
First Parish Cambridge is a Unitarian Universalist Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The church has a storied 400yr history of various spiritual and congregational changes. It has a restored Frobenius pipe organ with 40 stops and 2,949 pipes and is tonally designed with neo-classical music in mind.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 10, 2024
Winspear hall at the University of North Texas’s Murchison Performing Arts Center can seat 1,025. (Unfortunately, I could not find information on their pipe organ)
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 17, 2024
The Concert Hall of the conservatoire Royal Northern College of Music is located in Manchester, England. It was recently fully refurbished and can seat nearly 800 people. Its unique octagonal space also features a Hradetsky 4 manual concert pipe organ.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 17, 2024
Lutherse Kerk is a Lutheran church in Haarlem, Netherlands that was built in 1615. It features a 4register, fully restored Strobel pipe organ.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 17, 2024
Abbazia di Maguzzano is a 15th century Catholic abbey near the town of Simione, Italy. It is now partially a museum, a school for iconography and a space for music arts events.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 17, 2024
Schloss Hellbrunn is an early Baroque villa in Salzburg, Austria that was completed in 1619 for the Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. It is most known for its beautiful interiors and grounds which make it a popular tourist and events hosting destination in the summer months.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 17, 2024

And, of course, Our Church of Lady Bremen returns to #BaroqueSun (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)

(they’re playing in a different part of the church.. it took me forever to figure that out 😂)

Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 24, 2024
The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995080646160469) returns to #BaroqueSun
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 24, 2024
The Seoul Arts Center is an arts complex in Seocho District, Seoul, South Korea. It it comprised of five main buildings: the Opera House (with three auditoriums), the Music Hall (with two concert halls), the Hangaram Art Museum, the Hangaram Design Museum, and the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum. The Music Hall was completed in 1988 and its concert hall can seat 2,523 people while the recital hall is more intimate with seating for only 354. The Seoul Arts Center has no pipe organ💔
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 24, 2024
The Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra rehearse and perform at the Oslo Concert Hall in Vika, Oslo, Norway. It was completed in 1977 and can seat 1,600 people. It is home to the 2nd largest pipe organ in Norway with 7,000 pipes
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 31, 2024
Església de Sant Andreu in Santanyí, Spain was completed in 1811. It’s an exceptionally unique building in that it’s built out of special sandstones from Santanyí. It’s known for its bell tower and for its massive altarpiece. The altarpiece and exquisite, 2 manual Jordi Bosch- designed pipe organ were brought to Santanyí after the minister Mendizábal ordered the monastery’s property seized😱 The pipe organ was so large, that the church had to be redesigned to accommodate it!
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 31, 2024
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Trinity was established in 1904 in NYC. It’s known for its beautiful altar, gorgeous pipe organs and the Bach Vespers series (https://www.holytrinitynyc.org/bach-vespers) which began in 1968. It’s the first instance in The USA where the Bach Cantatas can be heard on their appointed day in the context of the liturgical calendar performed by a professional Bach Choir. Also, the church was featured in the 1984 film “Ghostbusters”!
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Bach Vespers

Bach Vespers is the oldest Bach cantata series in the country, presenting Bach by candlelight Sundays at 5pm.

Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 31, 2024
Smetana hall is located in The Municipal House AKA Obecní dům in Prague. The exterior of this Art Nouveau building features artwork inspired by Czech sculptor Ladislav Šaloun. It can seat 1,259 and has a Tucek pipe organ at center stage.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 31, 2024
Also, Our Church of Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357) makes an Easter return to #BaroqueSun
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 7, 2024
#BaroqueSun mainstays Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357) and The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995080646160469)
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 7, 2024
The Singer-Polignac hotel in Paris, France was built in the 1770s. It now hosts various musicians as both artists-in-residency and for performances.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 7, 2024
Schuilkerk De Hoop AKA “The Clandestine Church of Hope” in Amsterdam was built in 1786. Its unique non-ostentatious aesthetic is that due to anti-catholic sentiments church could not be recognisable as a traditional catholic religious institution. By the 20th century the church had fallen into disuse and became a local music school and community arts space- which it has since remained.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 7, 2024
St Leodegar is a Catholic Church in Möhlin, Switzerland that was originally established in 735CE but burned in 1633 and was rebuilt in 1639.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 7, 2024
Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, Russia was established in 1940 and with seating for 1,505 it’s considered one of the largest concert halls in Russia. With 81 stops, 7, 800 pipe and weighing over 480lbs, the hall’s Reiger-Kloss Pipe Organ is one of the largest in Russia and was inaugurated in the mid-1950s and features a unique blend of voices in its workings that make it considered a national treasure.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 14, 2024
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek is an art museum in Copenhagen, Denmark that is based around the private collection of Danish Brewer, collector and philanthropist Carl Jacobsen. It was Established in 1897, averages over 500,000 yearly visitors and due its’ architecture being noted for wonderful acoustics it often hosts concerts in the auditorium and the exhibition halls.
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Show threadDr. Dani SanchezApr 15, 2024
Mariager Abbey in Mariager, Denmark was founded in 1430 as an abbey for a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church, today it’s also partially converted into a registry office and charitable institution. It’s well known for it’s gorgeous, fully restored, 47 stop Aubertin pipe organ, which is the second ever French built pipe organ in Denmark😍
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Show threadotheorange_tagApr 7, 2024
@analgesicsleep 12:15 into the Corelli
Show threadLoreleiMar 31, 2024
@analgesicsleep Oh look at the skylight!!! 😍 And the building is beautiful inside and out! 😍🤩 What a privilege to be able to hear live music in that space 🥰🫠 #BaroqueSun
Show threadotheorange_tagMar 31, 2024
@analgesicsleep I think the NYC chamber orchestra plays out of here. I've seen the oboe/violin Bach concerto BWV 1060R? out of here and it has been on one of our hashtags if memory serves. #BaroqueSun
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 31, 2024
@otheorange_tag I think so?? The altar looks very familiar to me
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Show threadotheorange_tagMar 31, 2024
@analgesicsleep We'd better warn the trumpets about the bell tower?! #BaroqueSun
Show threadLoreleiMar 31, 2024
@analgesicsleep It doesn’t surprise me with the size of these enormous musical organs and how many pipes they have, that they might have to build around them 😅 #BaroqueSun
Show threadLoreleiMar 24, 2024
@analgesicsleep I’m fascinated by the design of the Seoul Music Hall - the concert hall is really amazing! 🤩 #BaroqueSun
Show threadDr. Dani SanchezMar 25, 2024
@silverseasun same here, the angles fascinate me w/r/t/ sound design. It’s not something you see every day
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