St. Vitus Cathedral inaugurates a new organ
St. Vitus Cathedral had its new organ inaugurated on June 15, giving the 700-year-old building, the largest in the Czech Republic, a proper instrument to accompany religious services and concerts.
Prague archbishop Stanislav Přibyl was set to bless the organ at a ceremony as part of a mass, with music played by the Czech Philharmonic and featuring “The Lužany Mass” by Antonín Dvořák and works by Georg Friedrich Händel, Camille Saint-Saëns and Joseph Haydn.
“St. Vitus Cathedral has gained a new voice,” Přibyl said in a statement. “A voice that will not speak with words but will still speak to the heart.”
A series of eight concerts to present the new instrument will follow in the days to come.
