Haileybury College

Concert tour of Slovenia

25-29 June 2013
Concert 1
Ursuline Church
Slovenska cesta 21
Ljubljana

Date: Wednesday 26 June

Description: Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and lies between Vienna and Venice, at a crossroads of
important transport routes from northern Europe to the Adriatic sea and from western to eastern Europe
and further onto the Balkans. Ljubljana was the centre of the Slovenian Reformation movement. In 1701
the Academia philharmonicorum institution was founded and the members of its successor, the
Philharmonic Society, included the violinist Niccolo Paganini and composers Josef Haydn and Ludwig
van Beethoven. The Ursuline church is a beautiful Italian baroque church belonging to Ursuline Convent
which was built between 1718 and 1726. It is known for its faade of six great columns and gable, and
contains a huge altar built of African marble, designed by Italian Baroque artist Francesco Robba. The
original bell tower was destroyed in an earthquake in 1895, and rebuilt in the 1900s.
Audience capacity: 250 - 500
Time: 8:00pm
Duration: 90 minutes in total; first half inside the church (45) short break then second half in the
courtyard (45)
Stage requirements for second half of the concert: number of power points required TBC
Accompaniment: Church organ requested for the first half of the concert
Changing facilities/WCs: Toilets and changing rooms available on site.
Coach parking: Drop off and unload in front of convent

CONCERT 2
St Georges Cathedral
Ulica IX. Korpusa 25
6330 Piran

Date: Thursday 27 June

Description: The picturesque medieval town of Piran was built on the tip of a small peninsula reaching
far into the sea at the northwestern most point of the Istrian peninsula. Piran is one of the oldest towns
in Slovenia. The major source of the towns prosperity at that time was the production and sale of salt
produced from the nearby saltpans. The church complex atop the hill above Piran consists of the parish
church of St George, the bell tower, the baptistery of St John the Baptist and the priests house. Since the
sixteenth century both sides of the hill has been reinforced with arches that beautifully underline the
dominance of the church complex. The present day complex of the parish church of St.George was built
at the end of the sixteenth century and due to its uniqueness and quality the Baroque church complex
has been declared a monument of national importance.

Audience capacity: approx 300

Time: 9:00pm
Duration: 1 hour without interval
Rehearsal: 4:30pm 5:30pm
Programme: Choir only concert, sacred, classical repertoire required
Encores: permitted
Conductors stand: church provides
Changing facilities/WCs: There is only room available for the whole group. There are toilets.
Coach parking: The coach is unable to access the church. The group will have to walk 500m.
Benefit concert: retiring collection for the organ fund TBC

CONCERT 3
St Peters Church
Linhartov trg
Radovljica
Slovenia

Date: Friday 28 June

Description: Radovljica is located on the southern slope of the Karavanke mountain range close to the
place which marks the start of Slovenias longest river, the Sava. Radovljica was settled by the early Slavs
and by the fourteenth century had grown into an important market town as a result of trade on the river
and the nearby iron forgeries. St Peters serves as a typical example of a Late Gothic church, which were
built in the fifteenth century following examples from the south of Germany. Typically, the central nave is
not separated from the aisles with passages and all are the same height. Three pairs of octagonal
columns support a ribbed vaulting made up of eight-pointed stars. The high altar dates back to the
eighteenth century and is hewn from black marble, in keeping with Venetian examples.
Audience capacity: 600
Time: 8:00pm
Duration: 90 minutes in total; first half (choral only) inside the church (45) short break then second half
(jazz band) in the courtyard (45) TBC
Programme: no restriction on repertoire for performances in the church
Changing facilities/WCs: Two separate rooms available for changing. Toilets available.
Coach parking: St Peters is in a pedestrianized zone so drop off will be outside the pedestrianized zone
then a short walk to the church. Instruments will be transported to the church in a separate van.