Matthias Church

In order to properly sleep in on Sunday morning, we decided to attend a late night concert at the beautiful Matthias church on top of Castle Hill.  I hadn't yet been inside this church, but had marveled at the weighty amounts of unfortunate scaffolding preventing any site of the building's actual facade.  We arrived a bit late for the show, and as we walked up to open the doors we started feeling doubtful there was anything going on.  It would be probable for us get the wrong time, or church, or side of the river. But as soon as we cracked the large wooden doors the sound spilled out, wafting down from the choir loft in the rear of the building. 

Warm, detailed frescos cover the entire interior of the church. My photos don't show the gold, ochre, umber colors well enough, sadly.  The music, sung in Latin and Hungarian, was beautiful. Since the choir and the orchestra was behind us out of sight, it was perfect to sit and listen and look up at the designs crawling up the columns onto the domed ceilings. The acoustics overwhelmed me.  My ears were so full of sound.  

It was rich and wonderful. Plus I didn't have to get up until 11am.

I turned my camera on for a minute to record a bit of the sound. Here is a small video that shows some of the ceilings, plus a cute couple cameo.  

After the service we walked over to the neighboring Fisherman's Bastion to look at Pest all lit up.