First performance venue: The stunning Ordenskirche in Bayreuth

The Biola University Chorale will be the featured guest choir here for Easter Monday Service on April 9 at 9:30 am. 
Construction on the Ordenskirche in Bayreuth began in 1705 and was completed 13 years later in 1718. It is in a fairly central location near downtown Bayreuth.
Probably the most stunning feature of the church is the intricatly designed alter made of pink marble.
Above the alter is a beautiful depiction of images from the New Testament.
A somewhat unusual characteristic of the church is the baptismal font. Usually these are located off to one side of the nave, however, in the Ordenskirche it is located in the center of the church. It is constructed out of pink marble and was completed in 1716, two years before the actual church. Translated, Ordenskirche means church of the order. The founder of the church, count Georg Wilhelm, decided that all of the knights in his order were to appear in church every year the day it was founded. Addtionally, the families of the order depicted their family crests inside the church.