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Czech Christmas Mass

(This article expired 04.12.2016 / 17:00.)

Date: 04 December 2016 - 05 December 2016, Venue: Odense, Ringsted

Christmas concerts “Czech Christmas Mass” by the composer Jan Jakub Ryba performed by a Czech choir TYL from Kutná Hora will take place in two cities in Denmark at the Second Advent weekend.

On Saturday 3 December at 4 pm, a Christmas concert will take place in Dyrup Kirke in Odense. On Sunday 4 December at 4 pm, a second concert will take place in Ringsted in the Sct. Bendts church, where the queen Dagmar, former Czech princess Markéta, is buried. The Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Denmark Jiří Brodský and Mayor of Ringsted Henrik Hvidseten will hold short speeches, introducing the concert.

Jan Jakub Ryba, Czech teacher and composer of a classical music, wrote the Czech Christmas Mass “Hey, Master!” in 1796. This year the mass therefore celebrates its 220th anniversary. The mass will be performed by the organist of St. Barbora's Cathedral in Kutná Hora and its choir.

The concerts take place in cooperation of city of Kutná Hora, Embassy of the Czech Republic in Copenhagen, city of Ringsted and Dyrup Kirke in Odense.

Concert in Dyrup Kirke, Odense

Concert in Sct. Bendts Kirke, Ringsted