Dr. Dani SanchezSchuilkerk 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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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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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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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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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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The Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene is an Episcopal gothic revival style Church in Rochester, New York was built in 1823. It has an E.M. Skinner built, 3 manual pipe organ that was built in the mid 1920s that is still in use to this day.
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Jeanne Lamon Hall is a performance space at Trinity-St. Paul's United Church and Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts in Toronto, Canada. It has a beautifully restored Casavant Frères pipe organ that was built in 1941.
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And the Frankfurt Radio Symphony (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836474107242549) makes a triumphant return to #BaroqueSun
Konzerthaus Berlin in Berlin, Germany was first opened in 1802, destroyed by a fire in 1817, rebuilt in 1821, damaged by allied bombing and the Battle of Berlin and finally rebuilt AGAIN in 1977. It has an elaborate, fully restored 74 register Jehmlich House Organ that has 5,811 pipes which is nicknamed “The Queen”.
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DiMenna Center for Classical Music is located inside of The Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City. It opened in 2011 and welcomes over 100,000 visitors per year
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Stavros Niarchos Hall is part of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center in Athens, Greece. It was completed in 2016, can seat 1,400 and is the home of the Greek National Opera, the Greek Radio Symphony and The National Library of Greece.
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Both the Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995080646160469) and Tchaikovsky Concert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112232641690408005) return to #BaroqueSun
Returning is #BaroqueSun mainstay the Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Esplanade: Theatres on the Bay is a Performing Arts Centre located in Downtown Core, Singapore near the Singapore River. It was completed in 2002 and its five venues can seat a combined total of 3,600 people. It wasn’t designed to look like the infamous Durian fruit but it does so locals nicknamed it “the two durians”. The largest performance hall features a pipe organ with 4,740 pipes and 61 stops designed by Johannes Klais Orgelbau😍
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Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall is a performing arts centre in Empress Place, Singapore. It was completed in 1902, was used as a hospital during WWII, a venue for post WWII Japanese war crime conviction trials and was designated a National Monument on Valentine’s Day in 1992. It can seat 600 and features a 50yr old Klais pipe organ that has 2,012 pipes and is also Singapore's only fully mechanical organ😍
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The Auditorio Nacional de Música is concert venue complex in Madrid, Spain that opened in 1988 and its three hall can seat a combined 3,224 people. The Main hall AKA La Sala Sinfónica features a 5,700 pipe Gethard Grenzig pipe organ- which is one of the largest in the world😍
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The Parish Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill is located in London, England and was established in 1907. In addition to the beautifully maintained murals at the alter, the church is considered to be an excellent example of Queen Anne Revival style architecture. It features a distinguished restored and refurbished Father Willis pipe organ and regularly hosts music and arts festivals and local events. Also, the church has a podcast? (https://www.stjudeonthehill.com/podcast)
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De Duif is a hybrid neo-classicist/neo-baroque style Roman Catholic Church in Amsterdam that was built in 1858. It was declared a Rijksmonument AKA a national heritage site of the Netherlands in 1995. Despite no longer being used to hold official religious events it is used to host cultural and local events and it is still home to a large, fully restored, working Smits-orgel pipe organ.
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The Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel is a music school in Waterloo, Belgium that was established in 1939. The intimate (they only take 50 students per year) residential conservatory also operates a recording studio and hosts concerts and events year round. Also, they have a merch shop with albums & etc. if that interests anyone (https://shop.utick.be/?module=CATALOGUE&pos=MUSICCHAPEL&catalogueid=1300)
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Abbey of San Basilide is a former 11th century monastery located in Badia Cavana, Parma, Italy
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Villa Parco Bolasco is a 19th century Italian villa that now hosts various cultural and local events. It is known for its beautiful gardens, tasteful art collection and exquisite grounds.
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Saint Michael’s Church is a Roman Catholic Church in Ghent, Belgium that was established in 1105. It was partially destroyed and rebuilt twice due to warfare activities. It also has an exquisite 47 stop pipe organ😍
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The Musikkollegium Winterthur is located in Winterthur, Switzerland and was designed by Gottfried Semper in the early 19th century. Thanks to early 20th century arts patrons bringing in big stars like Igor Stravinsky and Richard Strauss to create and maintain creative links to the city it and the Musikkollegium Winterthur became a center of European musical life of the era.
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The Wiener Musikverein in Vienna was completed in 1870 and consists of 5 concert hall totaling a combined nearly 3000 seats. It’s great hall is known for it’s acoustics and for it’s beautiful gold decor. The fully restored pipe organ has 6,138 pipes and stands 36ft tall
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The Berliner Philharmonie in Germany was built in 1963 and consists of 2 halls which seat a total of 3,629. It features a gorgeous 4 stop pipe organ
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The Festspielhaus Baden-Baden is located in Baden-Baden, Germany and with a seating capacity of 2,500 it is Germany’s largest opera and concert house. It was originally in 1904 as a railway station and it finally became a concert hall in April 1998. It is the first privately financed European opera and concert company.
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And Returning to #BaroqueSun is The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836474107242549)
The Flagey Building AKA The Radio House is a cultural center in Brussels, Belgium. It’s an Art Deco style building that was completed in 1938 and features multiple recording studios, screening rooms and performance halls. It also has a fully restored, 4 manual pipe organ complete with 95 registers and 8,125 pipes.
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The Kraków Philharmonic is a neo-baroque concert hall in Kraków, Poland that was completed in 1945 and is the largest concert hall in the city. It features a unique looking 50 pipe, Klais - Orgelbau Bonn pipe organ that replaced its original pipe organ which sadly was lost due to a fire in the early 1990s.
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St. Egidien AKA Egidienplatz is a former Benedictine Abbey in Nuremberg, Germany that is considered a significant example of baroque architecture in Bravaria. It was built in the early 1700s on the foundations of the original building from the 12th century and was then reconstructed after WWII air raids severely damaged it. It has a 3 manual Rieger Orgelbau pipe organ
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The Ottone is a former events venue in Utrecht, Netherlands. I think it might be a school now (I don’t know Dutch, sorry)
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The Grand Theatre in Warsaw AKA Grand Theatre–National Opera is a performing arts complex in Warsaw, Poland. It was built in 1830 and can seat over 2,000 (!). The facade features a relief of Apollo's Quadriga that after being included in the original plans was finally completed in 2002.
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The Seoul Arts Center is an arts complex in Seoul, South Korea that was built in 1988. It’s the home of the Hangaram Art Museum, the Hangaram Design Museum, the Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, the Korea National Ballet, the Korea National Opera, the Korean Symphony Orchestra, the Korea National Contemporary Dance Company, the National Chorus of Korea and The Korean Academy of Arts. It also features an Opera House and two recital halls which total over 3,000 seats!
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Chiesa della Conversione di San Paolo AKA St. Paul’s Cathedral AKA “The Cathedral in the Countryside” is a gothic style cathedral located in Appiano, Italy that was established in 1147. It’s known for its distinctive and massive 86m (282ft) church tower and for being the cultural center of the area. It features an ornate alter and a renovated, 25 register Reinisch pipe organ.
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Lovett Auditorium is a performance hall on the campus of Murray State University in Kentucky. It’s one of the four original structures on campus from 1926 and it can seat 2,500.
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St Alban's Episcopal Church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio was established in 1892 and was moved to its current location BY OX-PULLED CART in 1897. It closed in 2019 but was known for its wood-carved alter and simple but welcoming design. Also, there was a pipe organ in the loft but I could not find photos of it💔
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Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church is a Romanesque Revival style Catholic Church in New York City that was built in 1887. It’s known for its exquisite acoustics and beautiful stained glass windows. It features a 17 rank Geo. S. Hutchings & Co. pipe organ that has 969 pipes
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The Stanisław Moniuszko Academy of Music Concert Hall is located in Gdańsk, Poland. The oldest and largest music school in Poland, it was built in 1947 and has 5 concert halls with the largest being able to seat 450.
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Pierre Boulez Saal is a Frank Gehry designed concert hall in Berlin, Germany. The 682 seat hall opened in 2017 and is known for its unique elliptical shape that allows for intimate 360 degree viewing where no audience member is from than a handful of meters away from the artists.
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Chapelle du Couvent des Récollets is a Franciscan convent/monastery (sorry i don’t know any French) in Faubourg-Saint-Martin, Paris, France. It was built in the 17th century and has been used as a convalescence hospital during various wars over the years. It’s known for its beautiful alter which features paintings by the monk Brother Luc and some very beautiful stained glass.
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De Nieuwe Veste is a library and cultural center in Breda, The Netherlands. It was built in the early 1990s and is known for its cutting edge architecture.
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The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts is a theater in Houston, Texas. It opened in 2002 and is comprised of 2 theaters that can seat a combined total of 3,150 people. Due it its location it was one of the few theaters that did not sustain major damage during Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
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and Returning is the #BaroqueSun mainstay Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
The Stopera is an arts and community complex in Amsterdam, The Netherlands that not only is the base for the National Opera, Ballet and Symphony but also Amsterdam’s City Hall. It was completed in 1986 and is located along the river. The building also features a public art work called “The Violinist” (1991) by De Onbekende Beeldhouwer AKA ~ the Anonymous Sculptor~
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MuziekHaven is a performance space based in a restored 17th century barn turned former church in Zaandam, The Netherlands that was opened in 2010. It can seat 150 and features a restored 18th century pipe organ
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The Stadtwaage AKA The Weigh House at No. 13 is located in Langenstraße, Bremen, Germany and was built sometime in the early 1300s. It housed the municipal commerce weighing scales. It was destroyed during WW2 and rebuilt in 1958. It’s known for having an interesting facade on the outside that reflects its history as a Weight House.
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Returning to #BaroqueSun is mainstay The Church of Our lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church is an Episcopal church in Cleveland Heights, Ohio that was established in 1846 and the current building was completed in 1927. IT’S KNOWN FOR HAVING 3 PIPE ORGANS😍 It has a slightly asymmetrical 3,269 pipe Holtkamp Organ with 61 ranks, a 1,119 pipe Hradetzky Organ with 25 ranks & a particularly rich tone AND as of 2022 a teensy but versatile 5 rank, 250 pipe Slajch Positiv Organ!
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Eglise St-Pierre de Thiré is a Catholic Church in Thiré, France that was built in the late 1100s. The high vaulted ceilings give it excellent acoustics.
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Kirchenschiff der Pfarrkirche is a late Gothic style/modified baroque style parish church in Sterzing, Italy that was completed in 1458. It is known for its beautiful alter.
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And returning is #BaroqueSun favorite The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
ClassicFM’s studio is located in Leicester Square in London, England. I couldn’t find much about it other than that it has state of the art recording and broadcasting equipment.
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The Teatro Dal Verme is a theatre in Milan, Italy that was completed in 1872. Originally it was an opera house that could seat 3,000 it now seats a combined total of 1,836 in its 4 performance spaces. It sustained significant damage during WWII air raids and was rebuilt in the late 1940s where it was briefly used as a post-war political meeting hall before becoming a performance space again.
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The Liverpool Philharmonic Hall is located in Liverpool, England and was originally completed in 1849, destroyed due to a fire in 1933, rebuilt and reopened in 1939. A National Heritage Listed building, it can seat nearly 2,000 in its main hall and hosts over 250 events a year. It features a fully restored, 3-manual Rushworth & Dreaper pipe organ that is behind decorative walls on the sides of the orchestra platform.
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teamLab Borderless: Mori Building Digital Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan is the world’s first immersive museum known for its digital, interactive art installations & photo ops. After years of exhibitions and popups the digital art collective teamLab finally created this permanent exhibition space/museum in 2018.
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Vang kirke is a parish church in Hamar, Norway that was build in 1810 and it can seat around 1,000 people. It’s known for its beautiful altarpiece and its fully restored Schucke pipe organ
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Returning to #BaroqueSun is everyone’s favorite 13th century, German, Evangelical Protestant church: The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Bartók Béla National Concert Hall is part of the Arts Complex known as The Müpa Budapest (formerly The Palace of Arts AKA Művészetek Palotája) located in in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 2005 and can seat 1,699. It features one of the largest concert pipe organs in the world. A collaboration between Pécsi Orgonaépítő Manufaktúra and Mühleisen Orgelbau Stuttgart, it has 5 manuals, 92 registers and consists of 6,804 tin and/or reed pipes😍
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Rochdale Town Hall is a Victorian era municipal building in Manchester, England that was completed in late 1870, was partially destroyed in 1883, fully restored by1890 and unfortunately also caught the eye of H*tler sometime in the 1930s and he planned to have it disseminated and then later RE-assembled brick-by-brick in Germany had they won WWII. More importantly, It features a 3,018 pipe J.J Binns built pipe organ that is considered to be one of the organ builder’s finest works😍
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Usher Hall AKA Talla Usher is a concert hall in Edinburgh, Scotland that was completed in 1914 and can seat 2,200. It features a fully restored Norman & Beard built pipe organ that has one of the most intricate internal system of pneumatics that the restorationists (from the famed Harrison & Harrison) had ever seen-including some pieces that were nearly 9ft tall!
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Hong Kong City Hall is an International style municipal building in Hong Kong that was completed in 1962. Of the manual municipal services available in the building it has a concert hall that can seat 1,430 and that regularly hosts performances. It was declared a national monument of Hong Kong in 2022.
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Sesame Squirrel@analgesicsleep This is the church that always makes me think they're playing outdoors because BRICK WALLS 🎻 #BaroqueSun
Lorelei@analgesicsleep Oh that’s so cool - I love that it’s in a restored 17th century building (barn/church) *with* a restored pipe organ! 😍 That’s very special! #BaroqueSun
@analgesicsleep I like the protective netting over the orchestra pit 😆 🎻 #BaroqueSun