Ave Maria – Air and other arias for soprano and violin

Date:	June 22, 2025 | 19:00 (Sun)
Venue:	St. Francis Church - Charles Bridge
Duration:	60 minutes
Intermission:	No
Status:	Available
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St. Francis Church by the Charles Bridge features soprano, violin and organ chamber concert

The organ of St. Francis of Assisi Church is the second oldest organ in Prague, built in 1702. Many famous personalities such as W. A. Mozart, A. Dvořák, and J. Seger played this unique music instrument, which has been recently sensibly repaired.

Program: 

• Johann Sebastian Bach | Preludium C Major, BWV 553
• Francesco Maria Veracini | Sonata A Minor
• Georg Friedrich Händel | Oratorio Joshua - aria
• Tomaso Albinoni | Adagio G Minor
• Johann Sebastian Bach | Cantata BWV 68 – aria
• Johann Sebastian Bach | Toccata D Minor
• W. A. Mozart | Ave Maria
• Johann Sebastian Bach | Air – Suite No. 3
• Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy | Oratorio Paulus - aria
• Jules Massenet | Meditation
• Antonín Dvořák | Biblical Song
• Georg Friedrich Händel | Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207
• Jan Křtitel Kuchař | Fantasie G Minor
• Georg Friedrich Händel | Arioso
• Franz Schubert | Ave Maria

Soloists: 

Terezie Švarcová – soprano
Tomáš Kokš –  violin
Jiřina Marešová – organ

Our tip:

Listen to festive fanfare, played by two trumpeters in stylized costumes on the heraldic trumpets before the beginning of the concert at the staircase of the church. The artists are performing usually 30 minutes before the start of the concert.

Important:

• No assigned seating, seating on first come – first served basis
• The soloists perform most of the concert from the front right balcony by the organ
• The last two pieces will be performed on the ground floor in front of the pews
• The church opens 20 minutes before the concert
• Children under 10 years accompanied by 2 adults free of charge
• No intermission
• Dress code: casual
• Program subject to change

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St. Francis Church - Charles Bridge

Address:	Křižovnické náměstí , Praha 1
Capacity:	180
Type:	Church
Winter heating:	No
Wheelchair access:	No

A monastery Baroque church next to Charles Bridge with long tradition of organ concerts

The Church of St. Francis of Assisi from 1688 belonging to the Order of the Red Cross is an exceptional work of a Burgundy architect Jean Baptiste Mathey. Inconspicuous from outside, the church is in fact very important part of the Old Town skyline.

In Baroque times, this building inspired by the contemporary Roman architecture came across in Prague as a revelation and became a model for many contemporary architects. Interior decorations stand out by their sophistication dominated by a fresco of the Last Judgement by the famous Prague Baroque painter Václav Vavřinec Reiner. 

How to get there:

• Accessibility by Prague public transport:
  metro A (green line) - Staroměstská station
  tram - Staroměstská stop or Karlovy lázně stop
• Nearest car parking:
  Rudolfinum Parking, Alšovo nábřeží 12, Prague 1