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Off-season 'Prelude' series · piano recital
MusicTickets available 67. edition
Prelude: Songs of Ohrid
Byzantine and Old Church Slavonic chant
- Date
- Time
- 19:00 – 20:10
- Duration
- 70 minutes
- Venue
- Church of St. Sophia
- Country
- Македонија / North Macedonia
About the event
On a November evening Ensemble Byzantion performs hymns connected with the saints of Ohrid — Clement, Naum and John Zograf. The programme was prepared from manuscripts in the Ohrid collections.
The concert takes place in the Church of St. Sophia, with natural acoustics and dimmed lighting.
Programme
- Troparia and kontakia for St. Clement of Ohrid
- Stichera for St. Naum
- Canon from the Ohrid manuscript (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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