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In cooperation with Belgrade City Museum, and within the concert season “Belgrade Musical Arches”, a concert titled “The Winter Journey” was held. The program included Franz Schubert’s well-known cycle – The Winter Journey. The program was performed by guests from Germany, an internationally renowned baritone Julian Orlishausen, as well as, our famous pianist Boris Radulović, whose current permanent address is in Cologne.
The audience had witnessed a special event that was a specific train journey during which a part of Schubert’s cycle was performed. At the very beginning, a lady conductor verified passengers’ tickets, and the guest then travelled through a winter land, while enjoying the music and winter panorama.
The Winter Journey
This string of Schubert’s 24 songs, composed upon the poetry of Wilhelm Muller, is not often heard from the concert podiums, and thus represents a real challenge, from both musical and dramatic aspects. The very dimension of the cycle, which lasts about 70 minutes in an integral performance, demands a great focus from the singer, because it has a dramatic intensity typical for great theatrical or vocal-instrumental pieces. In his verses, Muller describes a lonely hero who, after he suffers love dejection, wanders through frozen nature, while going back to the past in an attempt to understand the present.
After the great success of the concert-play “Quod Fatum”, dedicated to Czaykowsky, the Cultural Element and Belgrade City Museum had organized another concert-play, under the title “Portraits of Composers”. The project was done within the season of “Belgrade Musical Arches”. At the first floor of the Residence of Princess Ljubica, the audience was introduced, through letters and music, to the personae, but also the works of on of the most inventive composers in history.
With the concert "Durer as an Inspiration", held on September 26th, from 7 p.m., we ceremoniously opened the season entitled "Belgrade Musical Arches". At the concert, we have introduced the Belgrade Baroque Ensemble, which pperformed compositions from the German speaking area, dating from the early Baroque period. Surrounded by the extraordinary works of Albrecht Durer, visitors were able to hear the works of Rosenmiller, Schmelzer and Mufat for the first time.
The building, which once belonged to the Military Academy, was built in accordance with Dimitrije T. Leka’s architectural plans, and in the spirit of the Neo Renaissance style. The first part of the building, facing Resavska and Birčaninova Street, had been built in 1899, while the second part, facing Nemanjina Street, was added after the First World War.
The Open Competition
During the years of 2006 and 2007, the City had taken over the building to accommodate the Museum, in accordance with the contract between Belgrade City and Ministry of Defense (owner of the building).
In the period between 2014 and 2015, a Project was done for the technical documentation, that would specify the details of reconstruction and additions for Belgrade City Museum’s space, at Resavska Street 40b.
The said Project was a part of the Open Competition, which called for the conceptual design for the reconstruction of the building at Resavska Street 40b, as well as, repurposing the space for the use by Belgrade City Museum. The selection committee decided on 22 October 2016, that the winning design was the one done by “BOROVIA” architectural design office, from Belgrade. The authors were Jelena Ivanović Vojvodić, Goran Vojvodić, and Jovana Grujevska.
During 2017, the activities towards the realisation of the Project were continued, based on which construction works will start.
Exhibition Space
The current interior of the building once used by the Military Academy is today used as the exhibition space for the purposes of Belgrade City Museum, other institutions, and individuals.
Opening hours
- У зависности од актуелног програма.
Useful information
Историчар Иван Келемен одржаће предавање на тему „Најстарије београдске златарско-јувелирске радње“, на коме ће бити речи о београдским златарско-јувелирским радњама као важном делу привредне историје града Београда, али и о златарско-јувелирском старом занату као важном сегменту културне баштине Србије.