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Night Vigil: Byzantion
Early music · Byzantine chant
- Date
- Time
- 21:30 – 22:45
- Duration
- 75 minutes
- Venue
- Church of St. Sophia
- Country
- Македонија / North Macedonia
About the event
Late in the evening, under the frescoes of St. Sophia, Ensemble Byzantion performs a programme shaped like a night vigil — from the evening hymns to the first morning stichera. The voices move through the space, and the audience is invited to experience the concert without applause between sections.
Duration about 75 minutes, without interval.
Programme
- Evening hymns from the Ohrid Oktoechos
- Prayer chants of St. Naum
- Morning stichera (reconstruction)
Performers
Venue and seating
Church of St. Sophia
Car Samoil St., Ohrid 6000
The 11th-century cathedral where the festival's very first concert took place on 4 August 1961.
More about the venueSeating
Numbered seating, 216 seats on sale.
Numbered chairs in the nave, divided by a central aisle. Some seats behind the pillars are not sold due to restricted view.
Accessibility
The main entrance has a small ramp and the floor inside is level. Two wheelchair spaces are provided in the last row. Flash photography is not allowed in order to protect the frescoes.
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