Dr. Dani SanchezSalle des Combins is a performance venue located in Bagnes, Switzerland. It can seat 1,407
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Longyearbyen Kulturhus is a civic center in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway. It was built after World War II when the town was rebuilt following war related damage
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Grønnåsen Kirke AKA Grønnåsen Church is an Evangelical Lutheran Parish Chruch located in Tromsø, Norway. It was established and built in the mid-1990s. It’s known for its unique shape and lanterns at the altar. Also, it features a multi octave pipe organ that was installed in 2001.
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The Boston Anthenaeum is one of the oldest independent libraries in the USA. This Neoclassical Renaissance Revival-style library was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1807 and features a rare book collection of over 100,000 and is home to the world’s most complete and important collections of American Civil War primary source materials. Nowadays it’s in use as a libaray, a research a museum and a small events space.
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Holman United Methodist Church is a midcentury modern style church in Los, Angeles, California. It was built in 1945 and was LA’s main home of worship for the Black Methodist community at the time. It does have a pipe organ but no information was listed anywhere and no one responded to my email💔
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Co-Cathedral of Santa María is a Baroque-style Roman Catholic cathedral located in Vigo, Spain. It was completed in 1834 and combined with The Tui Cathedral after it burned down after having been established in the 1500s. It features beautifully intricate interior and altar .
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Returning to #BaroqueSun is Schola Cantorum Basiliensis (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113937297585741712) and Venezia Chiesa di San Vidal (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113937295932642428)
Theater Großes Haus is located in Göttingen, Germany and unfortunately I could only find information in extremely intimidating German so I will be editing this later once I get translations😔
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The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668583626891124) returns to #BaroqueSun
Wigmore Hall in London, England was built in either 1899 or 1901 (???) and seats just 545 but hosts over 500 performances a year.
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Returning to #BaroqueSun are Stuttgart, Germany’s Kultur-und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111954724418206220), Geertekerk Utrecht from Utrecht, the Netherlands (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113739126855370297) and Zagreb’s Croatian Music Institute AKA Hrvatski Glazbeni Zavod (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112906365614182762)
The Lviv Organ Hall is a 400 seat concert hall located within the 17th century Roman Catholic church of St. Mary Magdalene in Lviv, Ukraine. Opened in 1988, it’s home to a 1930s era Rieger–Kloss Pipe Organ that consists of 77 registers, 4 manuals and 3,846 pipes. It’s considered to be one of the largest Pipe Organ in Ukraine😍
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Palazzo Vescovile di Orte AKA The Episcopal Palace of Orte is an Episcopalian church located in Orte, Italy. It was built in the 1400s.
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Iglesia de San Martín de Ampúrias is a former church located in Costa Brava, Catalonia. It was established in 1507 and is now partially a small local history museum.
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The Teatru Manoel is a theatre located in Il-Belt Valletta, Malta. It was built in 1731 and can seat an intimate 623. Despite its size it’s known for its gorgeous interior and exquisite sound design. During WWII it functioned as a bomb shelter and community medical outpost. It is a listed Antiquities Building of Malta as of 1925.
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Venezia Chiesa di San Vidal (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113937295932642428) returns to #BaroqueSun
Jozefkathedraal te Groningen AKA St. Joseph’s Cathedral of the Diocese of Groningen-Leeuwarden is a Neo-Gothic style cathedral located in Groningen, The Netherlands. It was established in 1885 and in addition to it’s gold guided interior and altar it features a 2 manual Maarschalkerweerd & Zoon Pipe Organ
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The Westwood Playhouse AKA Comptempo Theatre AKA The Geffen Playhouse is a theater located in Los Angeles, California. It was built in 1929 and was renamed after David Geffen in the mid90s. It sees an average of more than 130,000 visitors a year!
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Universität Mozarteum Salzburg is a public arts college located in Salzburg, Austria. It was established in 1841. It features 2 Pipe Organs: A 100 rank Hermann Eule Orgelbau Pipe organ with the façade of the original 1914 Rieger Pipe Organ😍 and a smaller 25 stop Rieger Pipe Organ that unfortunately is said to be in rough shape 💔
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The National Theatre of Győr is a performance center located in Győr, Hungary. It opened 1978 and can seat nearly 800 people. The theater averages nearly 130,000 visitors per year.
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The Berliner Philharmonie (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112470413234171183) and The Seoul Arts Center (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112549781140371215) return to #BaroqueSun
Gladstone Hotel AKA Gladstone House is a Romanesque Rival style boutique hotel located in Toronto, Canada. It was originally built in 1889 and was christened “The Most Modern Hotel in Toronto” and ad of the early 1970 is a registered Historical Property.
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Aga Khan Museum is a Modernist-style museum that was established in 2014 located in Toronto, Canada. It’s known for its focus on Islamic and MENA region arts and culture. It is home to over 1000 objects- some of which date back to the 7th century. It also features a 350 seat auditorium for lectures, events and performances.
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Kloster Machern AKA The Machern Abey is a Baroque style former Cicstercian Roman Catholic Monastery located in Zeltingen-Rachtig, Germany. It was founded in the 13th century and secularized in the early 1800s. After a major renovation in the 1970s (still maintaining important features of its life as a Monastary like the Altar and such) it became a cultural site featuring a museum, a brewery and performance space.
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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is an arts educational institution in Banff, Alberta, Canada that was built in 1933. It’s campus resides in the Tunnel Mountain AKA Iinii Istako (Blackfoot) AKA Eyarhey Tatanga Woweyahgey Wakân (Stoney) of Banff National Park. It is known for being the home of arts residency programs for pretty much any medium and for the beautiful natural surroundings
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The Chan Centre for the Performing Arts is a performing arts center on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 1997 and consists of 4 performance halls that can seat between 1,200 and 100 each. #ActionMatineeBSG / #BattlestarGalactica fans may recognize it from the Meeting of the Quorum of Twelve!
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The Joyce and Henry Schwob School of Music is part of Columbus State University located in Columbus, Columbus, Georgia. It was established in 2001 and features 4 performances spaces ranging from the 2000 seat Bill Heard Theater and The 180 seat Studio Theater.
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St. Thomas Chuch Leipzig is a Gothic Hall-style Lutheran church located in Leipzig, Germany. It was established in the early 15th century. Due to air raids it has had to be largely rebuilt over the years. Currently, it features TWO PIPE ORGANS: a 3 manual Sauer Pipe Organ from 1908 with 6,000 pipes AND a 4,266 pipe Woehl Pipe Organ😍
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Waalse Kerk (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/113818243996689607), The Frankfurt Radio Symphony (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111836474107242549) and The Royal Albert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995050941041338) return to #BaroqueSun
Houston’s Hobby Center for The Performing Arts (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668583626891124) returns to #BaroqueSun
Carnegie Hall is a Renaissance Revival style concert hall in NYC that opened in 1891. It features 3 performance halls that can seat just a little under 4,000 people combined. It currently has a 3 manual, 78 rank Rodgers pipe organ. Also you can listen to performances from Carnegie Hall for free here (https://www.carnegiehall.org/Explore/Listen/WQXR-Broadcasts) at pretty much any time
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WDR Funkhaus Cologne is located in Cologne, Germany. was completed in 1952. It has a 3 manual pipe organ that is the main focus of the stage.
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Cité de la musique – Philharmonie de Paris is a 2,400 seat Jean Nouvel designed arts complex (complete with a 6,200 square foot museum!) that opened in 1995. It is known for its unique, elliptical, modular design and exquisite acoustics. It features a Rieger pipe organ that is built into the walls of the auditorium and has 7,000 handmade pipes
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Concertgebouw Brugge is a brutalist style cultural center located in Bruges, Belgium. It was completed in 2002 and features 2 performance hall, the larger of which can seat 1,300.
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La Galleria degli Specchi AKA Palazzo Medici Riccardi AKA The Hall of Mirrors of Luca Giordano is a hall that’s a part of The Medici Riccardi di Firenze palace located in Florence, Italy. It’s most known for the exquisite frescoes on the vault created by Luca Giordano in the late 1680s in honor of the the Apotheosis of the Medici dynasty.
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The Church of Our Lady Bremen (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111876057915635357) returns to #BaroqueSun
The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located on the campus of University of California-Davis. It opened in 2002 and features 2 performance halls tha can sear 1,801 and 250, respectively.
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The Co-cathedral of Saint Mary AKA Castelló Co-Cathedral is a Gothic Revival Catholic cathedral of Castelló de la Plana, located in the comarca of Plana Alta, Spain. It is currently undergoing restorations and renovations but I do know that they got a new pipe organ🎉
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The National Centre for Early Music is located in York, England. It was established in 2000 and regularly hosts seminars, workshops, master classes nd performances. It’s different in that it’s partially built out of a medieval era church
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Le temple protestant de Tours is a reformed Protestant parish located in Rouille, France. It was established in 1844. It features a 4 octave Mercklin Pipe Organ complete that was commissioned in 2007
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Evangelische Broedergemeente en Nederland is a Moravian Church located in Zeist, The Netherlands. It features a 2 manual Pipe Organ from the early 1880s.
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Saint Denis de Lichéres is a 12th century Catholic Church located in Lichères, France.
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Koninklijk Conservatorium AKA The Royal Conservatoire The Hague is a Music and Dance conservatory located in The Hague, Netherlands. It was established in 1826 and is the oldest conservatoire in The Netherlands.
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Asamkirche Maria de Victoria is a Baroque style chruch located in Ingolstadt, Upper Bavaria. It was established in 1732 and is known for the beautiful frescos and gilding that adorn the ceilings and walls. Also, it has a Laberweinting Pipe Organ from 1987 that is incased in a an Organ casing originally created by Caspar König in 1736
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Hong Kong City Hall Auditorium (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112866694471588049) returns to #BaroqueSun
The Sydney Opera House is an expressionist style, designated UNESCO World Heritage site and performance venue located in the harbor of Sydney, Australia. It was completed in 1972 and can seat a total of 5,738 in its 6 performance spaces combined. It features a neo-baroque style, Ronald Sharp designed pipe organ that’s comprised of 6 ranks and manuals spread out over 10,244 pipes😍
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Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam AKA New Palace of Potsdam is a Baroque-Rococo style palace located in Potsdam, Germany. It was completed in 1769 and is considered to be the last great Baroque Palace of Prussia. It was built for King Friedrich II AKA Frederick the Great and owing to his love of and work in the arts it features an intricately gold gilded Royal Theater. As of 1990, Neues Palais von Schloss Sanssouci Potsdam was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site
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Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali AKA The National Museum of Musical Instruments is a museum located in Rome, Italy. It opened in 1964 and features over 3,000 instruments from all over the world, ranging from the 9th century to today!
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The Utrechts Conservatorium is a Conservatory located in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Established in 1875, it’s considered the oldest professional musical training institute of in The Netherlands. It serves an average of 4,400 musicians per year.
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De Barthkapel is a cultural center located in The Hague, The Netherlands. It was originally built in the early 18th century as a convent for sisters in the area but is now a performance and community space.
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Basel Leymen is a late 18th century parish a located in a commune in Leymen , France. It features a tower that is considered the highest point in the area.
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Trinity United Methodist Church is Methodist Church located in Wilmette, Illinois. It was built in 1874 and features a 3 manual Reuter Pipe Organ
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St. Konrad is a post WWII era church located in Mannheim, Germany. It was obviously built in 1961 and features a very quirky design that also allows for superb acoustics. I couldn’t find information on their pipe organ but I am hoping to hear back from someone affiliated with the church
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The Teatro Comunale di Bologna is an opera house located in Bologna, Italy. It opened in 1763 and was the first major opera house in the world to be constructed with public funds and owned by the municipality. It can seat 1,034 and is considered to be the center of the cultural life of Bologna, Italy.
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The Battersea Arts Centre is a performing arts venue located in London, England. It originally opened in 1891 as the administrative center and was converted into a performance & community space in 1979. After being damaged by a 2015 fire, it’s been renovated and restored to most of its former glory. Seating approx. 640 people, it features an interior known for beautiful mosaics and intricate ceiling design. Also, it’s home to the largest surviving Hope-Jones Pipe Organ in the world😍
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St. Stanislas De Kostka Eglise AKA Église Saint-Stanislas de Kostka is a Neo-Romanesque Revival style Catholic Church located in Montreal, Québec, Canada. It was built in 1910 and is known for its massive nearly 6500 sq ft size and beautifully appointed interior. It features a fully restored 1920 Casavant Frères Pipe Organ complete with 56 registers and 47 ranks😍
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Marquês de Pombal Palace AKA Palace of the Marquis of Pombal is a Baroque and Rococo-style castle in Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Portugal. It was built in the late 18th century and is known for it’s well appointed gardens and beautiful interior.
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Ettlingen Palace is a Baroque style palace loaceted in Ettlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was built in the mid-13th century and has been rebuilt a few times due to various wars over the years (Palatine war of succession, WWI, etc.) It features some of the few surviving frescos by German, Baroque era, painter and architect Cosmas Damian Asam. It’s now home to a local museum and is often used as a performance venue.
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Nakano Sanpuraza AKA Nakano Sunplaza was a performance hall and hotel located in Nakano, Tokyo. It opened in 1973 and could seat 2,222. Its unique architecture made it a popular venue for performance recordings including Sarah Vaughan's 1973 album Live in Japan (https://tinyurl.com/35vev9t3). It closed in 2023 and demolished in 2024💔
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Eastminister United Church AKA East End United church is a Gothic Revival-style United Church of Canada church located in Toronto, Canada, It was built in 1923 and in 2022 it was officially designated as a Heritage status landmark for the City of Toronto. It features a 3-manual Pipe Organ at the altar!
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Pierre Boulez Saal (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/112668573603667511) and The Royal Albert Hall (https://mastodon.social/@analgesicsleep/111995050941041338) return to #BaroqueSun
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Explore this photo album by Diane Bruce on Flickr!
@analgesicsleep I was admiring that organ!
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@otheorange_tag @analgesicsleep At least Igor had the good sense to pick the musical brain this time.
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Alexander Knochel@analgesicsleep @silverseasun yeah Idk about fun ;-D