Christmas Concert by Smetana Mixed Choir Hradec Králové

Name: Christmas Concert by Smetana Mixed Choir Hradec Králové
Start: 2026-12-11T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-12-11T22:00:00+01:00
Location: Kaple Zjevení Páně

Fri, 11 Dec 2026 · 19:00

Kaple Zjevení Páně, Smiřice

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A traditional Christmas concert by the Smetana Mixed Choir of Hradec Králové, featuring the Czech Christmas Mass "Hej, mistře" by J. J. Ryba and other Christmas songs.

Performing: Smetana Mixed Choir Hradec Králové
Soloists: Jana Lesná (soprano), Markéta Štefaniková (alto), Marek Hergovits (tenor), Jan Jiráček (bass)
Organ accompaniment: Václav Uhlíř
Choir director: Jan Jiráček

About the venue: Kaple Zjevení Páně

A baroque castle chapel in Smiřice, built between 1699 and 1711 for Count Jan Josef of Sternberg. The design is attributed to Kryštof Dientzenhofer or Jan Blažej Santini - no building plans have survived. The floor plan is a slightly elongated octagon with concave-convex curved walls, and the interior has remained largely unchanged since completion. The main altarpiece, Petr Brandl's "Adoration of the Magi" (1727), is a national cultural monument in its own right; the chapel has held that status since 1995. Visits are by prior arrangement or as part of guided tours.

Zámek 1, 503 03 Smiřice Get directions

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Václav Uhlíř

Smíšený pěvecký sbor Smetana Hradec Králové
Jana Lesná
Markéta Štefaniková
Marek Hergovits
Jan Jiráček

About: Václav Uhlíř

Organist and organologist Václav Uhlíř is one of the Czech Republic's foremost authorities on historic organs - he has played in Hradec Králové for half a century, recorded nearly thirty albums, and is the driving force behind the Vzkříšené varhany project, which brings restored historic instruments of the Hradec Králové region back to concert life.

~30

released albums (discography)

734

organs in the Königgrätz Diocese (Resurrected Organs project)

50+

years of active organ and choir conducting practice (since 1970)

What's new

2024-12
In December 2024, a new video of the Vzkříšené varhany project was released on YouTube, featuring Václav Uhlíř playing the organ in Vrchlabí.
2024-09
In September 2024, the Vzkříšené varhany project released new recordings from churches in Dolní Kalná, Chyjice, and Markvartice with Václav Uhlíř at the organ.
2023-09
The Vzkříšené varhany Festival 2023 included 10 concerts on historical instruments throughout the Königgrätz region.

Tracks

Česká varhanní tvorbaprofile CD, key recording of Czech organ music

Vzkříšené varhany I.CD documenting 12 historical instruments of the Králové Hradec region

Vzkříšené varhany II.second volume of a series of recordings of restored historical organs

Cyklus nahrávek českých historických varhan (Český rozhlas)extensive radio cycle for Czech Radio

Christmas Concert by Smetana Mixed Choir Hradec Králové

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