Organ Hall, Irkutsk: how to get there, photos

On November 3, 1978, the Organ Hall (Irkutsk) was opened to the general public. The history of his appearance is content with the long and interethnic. The church, in which concerts are given, was built by the Polish exiles and the Catholic community. After the revolution, he served as a room for the newsreel studio, and much later it became a place where musical masterpieces sound.

History

In the historical part of the city of Irkutsk there is a building with unearthly architecture, far from Russian traditions - it is a Roman Catholic church, in which the organ hall (Irkutsk) is now located. He alone can tell the entire history of the appearance and stay of the Polish community in Siberia.

In 1820, the number of Poles in Irkutsk was 1,400 people, the ranks were gradually replenished, and the backbone was made up of exiles who ended up in Siberia after the Polish riot. At the head of the Catholic community were Bernardines, who managed to get permission to build a church. It was a small matter - to find the land for the temple, most of all the community liked the place near the Epiphany Orthodox Cathedral in Irkutsk. The parcel had to be bought from the merchant Zubov and supplemented with a cut, sold by the petty bourgeois Sukhanovs.

Financing of the Polish church was carried out exclusively at the expense of donations, the opening took place in 1825. The building was one-storey, made of wood. On both sides residential annexes for priests were made. The area of the temple occupied 64 square fathoms, it is noteworthy that the foundation of the building was immediately laid stone. The temple died in the fire of 1879, which forced the priest Krzysztof Schwermitzky not only to think about the stone structure, but also to get down to business. His personal donations amounted to 24,000 rubles, the rest was donated by parishioners as construction progressed.

Stone church

The Organ Hall (Irkutsk), in the form that is known to contemporaries, is the fruit of the creativity of the architect Yu. Tamulevich. Ideas of internal design belong to the talented artist V. Kopersky. The main construction work was completed in 1884, the interior decoration was still to be completed, but worship services were already being performed in the church.

Consecration in honor of Our Lady of Mary took place in December 1884. In general, the church was completely ready only by the end of the 1890s. Services in Catholic churches take place in the musical accompaniment of the organ, but in those years it was not yet, the services were conducted under the harmonium, received from Warsaw in 1896.

Soviet power and community property

Soviet power in Siberia was not established immediately, large-scale nationalization of religious objects began in 1921, the church also fell on the list. But then there was a political and legal incident. In fact, Poland became an independent state from Russia, and the settled Siberian Poles turned out to be foreigners, and taking away their property was not so simple and painless for the image of the new country. Moreover, when the rights of foreign citizens are legally prescribed, according to which they had the right to purchase real estate for religious purposes.

It did not save the church from the state ownership, but the process dragged on until 1938, when it was closed as a temple. Subsequently, it housed the studio of the East Siberian newsreel, which helped to keep all the interior decoration intact. Orthodox churches were subjected to much more sophisticated destruction - they housed warehouses, houses of the insane, colonies for criminals, and so on.

New appointment of the church

The first restoration work was carried out in the church from 1974 to 1978, it was planned to open a museum of the life history of Poles in Siberia, but later the acoustics and architecture of the building were evaluated in a different way. Local authorities decided to equip the organ hall (Irkutsk), making it part of the regional philharmonic society.

After another change of course in the Russian state, which happened in the 90s, the revived Polish community demanded the return of the church. The process was lengthy, but in 1998 the final verdict was issued on refusal of petition. The Roman Catholic community built a new church, but religious services are conducted in the church with the permission of the authorities.

Organic music in Siberia

The Organ Hall (Irkutsk) was opened in 1978 as part of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic. The heart and voice of the hall is the organ of the German firm Alexander Shuke, it is on the list of the ten best organs of Russia. The decoration of the musical instrument is made in the Baroque style and is a visual continuation of most of the musical works that are performed here. The instrument has a voice of 28 registers.

The repertoire of the organ hall (Irkutsk) includes the works of the classics of the world musical art - JS Bach, J. Bizet, P. Tchaikovsky, J. Carissima and many others. On stage perform musicians and vocalists, known both in Russia and abroad. The poster of the organ hall includes not only music, but also literary and musical evenings, where the verse masterpieces combine with the "music of angels", giving the audience an unforgettable experience, opening up new facets of art.

Helpful information

The Organ Hall (Irkutsk) conducts an active concert activity. The playbill with the repertoire is fully formed, concerts for January and February are announced, plans for concert activity for the whole year are drawn up. The organ during the first months of the new year will sound for the public many times, giving concerts for children and adults.

One of the centers of culture and the island of music is for the residents and guests of the city a philharmonic society. The Organ Hall (Irkutsk) invites to the concerts, acquainting the public with little-known works of Western authors and with already beloved compositions composed of a string of well-known and popular melodies. So, the concert "Golden organ collection" consists of music written by the classics - Tchaikovsky, Mendelssohn, Bach, Brooks and others. An unexpected reading of organ works awaits the audience at the concert "Organ in Ethno Style", where, in the performance of Decebal Grigorotz, classical works in style will be performed Folk music of Georgia, Russia, the Baikal region, etc.

The city philharmonic society is a building with an interesting history, a cultural heritage of Russia and Poland. The architecture of the center of musical arts leaves no one indifferent. Photo of the organ hall (Irkutsk) is decorated with many family albums. The building is one of the symbols of the city.

The Organ Hall of the Irkutsk Regional Philharmonic is located on Sukhbaatar Street, Building 1, the contact phone number can be found on the official website. You can get to the concert hall by public transport, buses of routes No. 408, 6, 3, 16, 16 and others.