1st SACRED MUSIC FESTIVAL / HOLY WEDNESDAY

The Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Greek National Opera and Eurolife FFH present the 1st Sacred Music Festival, a new large-scale cultural event that will take place at 17 historical landmarks in the centre of Athens, from Holy Monday to Holy Wednesday. The Festival, curated by Giorgos Koumendakis, will feature a marathon of 62 concerts and artistic events, highlighting numerous and unexpected aspects of the relationship between religious worship and music, in museums, archaeological sites, churches, streets and squares.

 
HOLY WEDNESDAY PROGRAMME

Katalogi / Μuseum of Greek Folk Musical Instruments “Fivos Anoyanakis” – Centre for Ethnomusicology / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

My eyes, eyes / Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

Dies iræ – Transcendence and worship in the Middle Ages / Fethiye Mosque (Roman Agora) / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

15 Vespers / Acropolis Museum (courtyard) / Starts at 17.00, 18.00 and 19.00

Sacred music works for piano – Part I / Parnassos Literary Society / Start at 18.00

Radiant soul / Acropolis Museum (entrance level) / Start at 18.00 and 19.00

Lament and the metaphysical element in 20th-century music / Athens University History Museum / Start at 18.00 and 19.00

Birch trees / Bath House of the Winds / Start at 19.00 and 20.00

Epitaph / Acropolis Museum (courtyard) / Starts at 20.00

Sacred music works for piano – Part II / Parnassos Literary Society / Starts at 20.00

ΜεῙΖοΝ Ensemble / Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens / Starts at  21.30 

Hellenic Navy Band / Starting point: Metropolitan Cathedral of Athens Square - Stop: Church of the Archangels and the Virgin Mary Gregorousa - End: Monastiraki Square / Starts at 22.30

Papadiamantis – The memory of the righteous is a blessing / Church of St Elissaios – Museum of Modern Greek Culture / Starts at 22.30

First Sacred Music Festival info leaflet available to read and download here