The longest organ music concert in the world, John Cage’s ORGAN²/ASLSP As Slow As Possible, is playing for 639 years in the St Burchardi Church in Halberstadt in Saxony Anhalt, Germany. The slowest piece of music in the world, or the longest organ music concert ever written, is currently — and for the next six centuries or so — being played on a special organ in the … [Read more...]
Visit the Gothic Marktkirche with Handel and Bach Organs in Halle
The late Gothic Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen in Halle has organs familiar to Handel and Bach, art by Cranach, and four towers from two previous churches. The Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen (Market Church of Our Dear Lady), or the Marienkirche (St Mary’s), in Halle an der Saale is a late Gothic hall church built mostly between 1529 and 1554. The original idea was to … [Read more...]
See the Nebra Sky Disc (Himmelscheibe von Nebra) in Halle, Germany
The Nebra sky disc (Himmelscheibe von Nebra), the oldest concrete depiction of the cosmos, is the top sight to see in the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany. The State Museum of Prehistory Halle (Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle) in Saxony-Anhalt is one of the oldest and most important archaeological museums in Germany. It is mostly famous for the Sky Disk … [Read more...]
Save at the Halle Leipzig The Style Outlets Factory Stores Shopping Mall
Big savings are on offer at the Halle Leipzig The Style Outlets shopping center with 65 factory outlet stores in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The Halle Leipzig The Style Outlets is a typical European factory stores outlet shopping mall with 65 shops representing over 80 brands offering huge discounts on out of season and overstocked items. Most factory shops at the Halle … [Read more...]
See the Hildebrandt “Bach” Organ in Stadtkirche St Wenzel in Naumburg
The largest organ JS Bach played that is still in working condition is the Hildebrandt Orgel in the Stadtkirche St. Wenzel in Naumburg, Germany. In Naumburg, the late Gothic Stadtkirche St. Wenzel is totally overshadowed architecturally by the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage-listed Romanesque-Gothic Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul. However, in St Wenzel’s fairly … [Read more...]
Visit Naumburg Cathedral to See Uta and Top Medieval Art in Germany
Visit the Romanesque-Gothic Naumburg Cathedral (Naumburger Dom) to see the Uta sculpture and other highlights of medieval art in Germany. Naumburg Cathedral (Naumburger Dom St Peter und St Paul) is a Romanesque-Gothic masterpiece in the state Saxony-Anhalt in the geographical center of eastern Germany. The church is particularly famous for the architectural and sculpted … [Read more...]