Vyborg with an organ concert and a musical tour
From 2 300₽ per person
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Type: Single-day activity
Duration: 11 hours
* In one day you will see the "highlights" of the city: Vyborg Castle, the Town Hall, the Town Hall Square and the Burgher's house. But our tour includes not only a full—fledged acquaintance with Vyborg, but an organ concert at the Lutheran church will complement your impressions of the city. What is a kantele and what does the psalmodicon sound like? What kind of animal is a "virsikannel" and how to tame it? You will learn this and more!
The main part of the walk around Vyborg is on foot. The route includes the main attractions, we will tell you about each of them and reveal to you the centuries-old history of the city:
Vyborg Castle
Round Tower
Burgher's Estate
The House of Knights
Clock Tower
The oldest residential building in the European part of Russia
And much more
The musical part
Next, we will visit the Church of St. Peter and Paul of the 18th century is the only surviving Lutheran church in Vyborg, which is still open. Here, at a small lecture-concert, you will get a closer look at organ music, the device and capabilities of this instrument. Two chorale preludes by Bach, the beginning of the famous Toccata and fugue in D minor, the Albinoni Adagio, melodies of famous Christian hymns and the Gregorian chant will be performed.
In addition, you will hear national instruments on the tour — the five-stringed kantele and the wirsikannel. And after the concert, you can even sit at the organ keys, try to master the wirsikannel and cantele, and take pictures with these instruments.
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* Savushkina St., 7, at a public transport stopFinish point
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Команда наших гидов — истинные мастера своего дела! Никаких банальностей! Только яркие, интересные, авторские экскурсии и туры по Санкт-Петербургу и Карелии. Наши встречи рождают живой интерес к дальнейшему изучению истории, культуры и искусства, а также оставляют невероятные радостные впечатления. Давайте дружить и вместе познавать этот мир!