Villa Bossi is a Villa and event venue in Bodio Lomnago, Italy. It was built in the early 1500s and is known for its beautiful gardens.
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The Oratorio del Rosario di Santa Cita is a Baroque Roman Catholic chapel located in Palermo, Italy that was founded in the late 1500s. It’s most known for having an intricate altarpiece that depicts a Madonna of the Rosary and Child with Dominican Saints and just beautiful Baroque era artwork throughout.
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Atelierfrankfurt is an art space in Frankfurt, Germany. It hosts everything from art exhibits to live performances to swapmeet and farmer’s markets. It also features a large number of on-site art studios for rent.
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Gościkowo-Paradyż is a monastery complex in Gościkowo, Poland that was established in 1230. After the order was disbanded in 1810 it became an educational building for a local diocese seminary. Originally on 16,000 hectares (61 square MILES!) of land by the post WWII era it had been developed and reshaped to it’s current day size. It features an incredibly ornate altarpiece in the chapel.
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And returning to #BaroqueSun is The Church of Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Zielonogórsko-Gorzowskie Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne is a former monastery in Gościkowo, Poland that was established in 1947 (Sorry, I couldn’t find more info as I don’t know Polish)
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The Academy of Music in Kraków is a conservatory located in Kraków, Poland that was founded in 1888. The Florianka Recital Hall is one of at least 8 performance spaces (again, sorry, I don’t know Polish)
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St. Joseph Church in Ljubljana, Slovenia was established in the late 19th century. It is known for its spacious interior and beautiful altar.
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The National Philharmonic in Warsaw AKA Filharmonia Narodowa w Warszawie is a eclecticist style cultural institution located in Warsaw, Poland that was built in 1901, heavily damaged during WWII and rebuilt in 1955. I tried but couldn’t info on their frankly gorgeous pipe organ😍/💔
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This week sees the return of The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836474107242549) and The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357) to #BaroqueSun
Waalse Kerk in Haarlem, The Netherlands is a 14th century church that was a Catholic Church but is not a Protestant church (😱). It features a Friederichs made pipe organ from 1808 known for it’s beautiful and rich sound
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Le Ventre is a former synagogue in Basel, Switzerland that’s now a performance space
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Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th century palace in the alps in southern Germany (near Austria) that was the residence of Bavarian monarchs
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Returning to #BaroqueSun are The Hobby Center for The Performing Arts (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668583626891124) and Maison de la Radio et de la Musique (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113065088410733118)
Home for the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra is Gewandhaus, which is located in Leipzig, Germany. The third/current day incarnation of The Gewandhaus can seat 1,900 and was opened in 1981. Previous Gewandhauses were established in 1781 and 1884, respectively, and all were/are considered to have exquisite acoustics. Currently it is home to a fully restored, 91 stop Schuke pipe organ with 6,845 pipes
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Kunsthalle Lingen is an art space and museum located in Lingen, Germany. It opened in 1983.
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Heliconian Hall is a Carpenter’s Gothic Revival style arts space and club house located in Toronto, Canada and is the home of The Toronto Heliconian Women’s Club. It was once a Methodist Chapel and Charity but as of the mid 1920s it’s belonged to the women’s club.
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Église de Verbier Station is a Catholic Church located in Val de Bagnes, Switzerland that was built in the 1930s and can seat 430.
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Groote Kerk is a reform church located in Maassluis, The Netherlands that was built in 1629. It features a restored, 9-section Garrels Pipe Organ from the 1730s that has 5000 pipes!
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Gościkowo-Paradyż is a monastery complex in Gościkowo, Poland. I couldn’t find much more info than this b/c I don’t know any Polish (sorry)
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Returning is #BaroqueSun’s favorite Bremen-based church The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Dlf Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal is an events and performance venue located in Köln, Germany that was built 1962. It’s home to Germany’s 8th most popular radio networks, Deutschlandradio, and has various recording and performance spaces onsite
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Cafeteatret is a 100 seat performance space and cafe located in Oslo, Norway. It was built in the late 1800s as a Methodist Church but became a performance space in the 1980s.
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And returning to #BaroqueSun is mainstay The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
St. Martin in the Fields is a neo-classical style Church of England church that was built in the mid-1720s. It features spire that’s nearly 60m (190ish ft) tall and a 6-stop Whiteford Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ complete with over 3,000 pipes!
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Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Saint-Michel, Aisne, France that was established in 693 CE. It is known for its spacious grounds and beautiful stained glass altar. It features an 8ft tall, 31-stop, Boizard pipe organ that is significant due to the fact that it’s one of the few 18th century worship instruments that is nearly identical to its original structure and is still in use!
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The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is home to 11 resident arts organizations in Manhattan. It opened in 1962 and puts on approximately 5,000 events & programs a year.
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Severance Music Center is an Art Deco style concert hall in Cleveland, Ohio that opened 1931. In addition to its beautiful deco design it also features an enormous Skinner pipe organ that is comprised of 94 ranks, 6,025 pipes ranging in length from 32 feet to 7 inches and it weighted over 50,000lbs!
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St. John's Church, Riga AKA Svētā Jāņan Evaņģēliski Luteriskā Baznīca is a Lutheran church located in Riga, Latvia. Founded in 1201, it is the oldest church in the country. It features a restored pipe organ that enjoys the exquisite acoustics of the parish.
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Evangelický Kristův Kostel is an evangelical church in Ostravě, Czechia that was built in 1906. Sorry I don’t have much more info than that b/c I don’t know the language
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Returning to #BaroqueSun (last week😶) is (was?) The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Abbaye de Noirlac is a Romanesque style Roman Catholic abbey in Bruère-Allichamps, France that was founded around the mid 12th century. After the dissolution of the monastery it was briefly (mid-late 1800s) a ceramic and porcelain factory. In the late 1930s/early 1940s it was used as a camp for Spanish Civil War refugees. It’s known for its exquisitely preserved refectory
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Opactwo cystersów w Gościkowie-Paradyżu is a Roman Catholic abbey located in Świebodzin, Poland that was established around 1270. It was destroyed by a fire twice in ???? But was rebuilt in the 18th century when during the restoration process they transformed the monastery into its present day Baroque style. It features a Baroque style pipe organ (sorry I couldn’t figure out much more b/c I don’t know Polish)
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Bohuslav Martinů Hall is a concert hall located inside the Lichtenstein Palace in Prague. The intimate room can seat only 200 and is mostly used for concerts by graduates of The Academy of Performing Arts. (Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any info about the hall’s pipe organ🤬)
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And, of course, returning to #BaroqueSun is the Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357)
Aula Simfonia Jakarta is a 1200-capacity concert hall located in Kemayoran, Jakarta, Indonesia that opened in 2009. In addition to its immense size it’s also known for its Casavant Frères pipe organ that was originally built in 1962 and is comprised of over 3,000 pipes. It weighs more than 10 TONS😍
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Returning to #BaroqueSun are our friends at The Frankfort Radio Symphony ( https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836474107242549)
The Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux is an opera house in Bordeaux, France that was first opened in 1780. It can seat 1,100 and is known for its exquisite frescos and interiors. Sadly, due to recent renovations it’s currently without a pipe organ but I hope to report on one once they are complete💔
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NYC’s The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113382217093022037) and Holy Trinity Lutheran Church (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112192968664527882) return to #BaroqueSun
Teatro La Fenice is historic opera house located in Venice, Italy that was first opened in 1792. It can seat 1,126 and has survived at least 3 fires and damage from war. It’s known for its breathtakingly beautiful interior.
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Torre del Colle is a medieval era commune in located in Bevagna, Perugia, Italy that currently boasts 33 full time residents.
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Yodobashi Church, Wesleyan Holiness Church is a church in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. (Sorry I don’t know more but I know less than no Japanese)
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Trinity Cathedral Episcopal Church is a historic Episcopal church located in Cleveland, Ohio that was first founded in 1816 and finally built in 1901. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973. As of 2021, it features a 51-rank pipe organ that is just gorgeous😍
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The St. Anne and St. Agnes Church is located in London, England and was originally built pre-1500 but had to be rebuilt due a fire in 1680 and again after The Blitz. The Pipe organ was restored in the 1990s but sadly I could not find much more info than that(💔)
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The Grand Théâtre de Dijon is an opera and performing arts house in Dijon, France that was built in 1828. Despite being able to seat only 692 it’s said that it was designed to make every member of the audience feel as if the sound is directly in front of them.
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Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall AKA Koncertna Dvorana Vatroslava Lisinskog is a concert hall and convention center located in Zagreb, Croatia. It was completed in 1973 and its largest hall can seat 1,841. It sees an average of over 760,000 visitors per year. It features a Umjetnička radionica Heferer restored 5 manual pipe organ comprised of 10,244 pipes, 201 ranks and 131 stops😍
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Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall is a concert hall located in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. It was completed in 1996 and features a 54 floor tower that is 234 metres (768 ft) tall! More importantly, it has a 3,826-pipe Kuhn pipe organ that resides in the balcony😍
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Atlanta Symphony Hall is a performance hall of The Woodruff Arts Center, a visual and performing arts center located in Atlanta, Georgia. It was built 1968 and can seat a total of 1,762. It’s well known for recordings featuring the esteemed conductor Robert Shaw from 1970s and 1980s.
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St. Ignatius of Antioch is a Late Gothic Revival style Episcopal church in NYC that was built in 1903. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. In addition to its beautiful alter it’s also features a refurbished 1966 Frères pipe organ that is known for being particularly suited for Renaissance era music.
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Herrenhäuser Gärten AKA Schloss Herrenhausen AKA Herrenhausen Gallery is a Broque-style Palace in Hannover, Germany that is known for its intricate architecture by Johann Peter Wachter and its impeccably maintained gardens
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The Hyogo Performing Arts Center AKA Hyōgo-kenritsu Geijutsu Bunka Sentā is a performing arts center located in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan that was opened in 2005. Due its unique shape and intricate acoustics engineering it’s considered to be an architectural marvel and it’s won multiple design awards over the years. It’s comprised of 3 performance spaces that combined can seat a total of 3,218!
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Münster Unserer Lieben Frau AKA Freiburger Münster AKA The Freiburg Minster is a Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. It was completed around 1330 and features the only Gothic era church tower to survive WWII and intricate external carvings, gargoyles, stained glass and a particularly well appointed alter. It also has 4 Pipe Organs by Rieger (x 2), Marcussen and Metzler !!!😍
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Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ AKA “Music Building on the IJ” is a concert hall and music education space in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It opened in 2005 and is known for not just its unique location but also for having moveable pannels that allow the concert hall’s layout to be changed according to use.
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Geertekerk Utrecht is a Neo-Romanesque style church located in Utrecht, The Netherlands that was built around 1255 and its tower was built around the 1350s. Over the years it has been used as a church, stables, wartime barracks and logistical sites and a convalescent space. The tower features multiple bells of various sizes weighing between 2,500lbs and 150lbs. It also features a 3 manual pipe organ originally built in the early 19th century by Johannes Stephanus Strümphler.
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The Laeiszhalle AKA Musikhalle is a Baroque Revival style concert hall located in Hamburg, Germany. It was established and completed in 1908 and its Grand Hall can seat a little over 2,000. It features a Neo-Baroque Beckerath Pipe Organ with a 1908 era Walcker case and 59 stops that is due to be restored in the next year or so
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The Theater in der Josefstadt is a theater located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1788 and over the years has been rebuilt several times- most recently in the early 1960s. One of Vienna’s most popular theaters, it averages over 350,000 visitors per season
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The Staatsoper Unter den Linden AKA Berlin State Opera is a performance venue located in Berlin, Germany. the 1,300 capacity venue was originally built in the early 1740s but due to damage sustained during WWII it had to be rebuilt in the mid 1950s. It’s known for its opulent interior.
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Radio Kootwijk is based in an Art Deco style building located in Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. It was built in 1918. Once a tool to aid in The Netherland’s colonization efforts abroad, it’s now a performance and art space in addition to being home to a radio station.
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Kursaal Bad Cannstatt is an Art Nouveau style events space located in Stuttgart, Germany that was built in the 19th century as a spa house.
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@analgesicsleep To be a proper Baroque organ it has to have the split keys! 😀 Modern equal temperament wasn't used much. https://www.bostonorganstudio.com/2018-northern-europe-study-tour-1/2018/6/14/day-9-mean-tones-and-split-keys
Day 9: Mean Tones and Split Keys — Boston Organ Studio

by Chris Porter

Boston Organ Studio
@analgesicsleep Complete with the separate F♯ and A♭ keys?