New organ in the Church of St. Charles Borromeo

In the autumn of last year, new organs were installed in the Church of St. Charles Borromeo in Prague Pod Petřínem at the initiative of the owner - the Congregation of the Merciful Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo. The construction of the organs was entrusted to the traditional organ workshop Kánský-Brachtl from Krásné Loučky near Krnov, with the architectural design by Markéta Jurečková. Through close collaboration between the architect and the organ builder over several years, a work was created that, according to the investor's wishes, was to be contemporary while tailored to the simple hall space of the classical church by architect Adalbert Guderian from the mid-19th century. The entire instrument consists of three cases symmetrically positioned on the main axis of the church in the lower southern choir. The cell prospect with a slightly asymmetrical composition of pipes is accentuated by a pair of sandstone columns on its sides. The white glaze on the cases made of solid ash wood lends the instrument lightness and a natural connection to the bright interior of the church. The organ contains two manuals, fifteen stops, and 954 pipes. A specialty of this instrument is a new stop called the Malostranská flute, with which the organ builders paid tribute to the genius loci of Malá Strana. The organ was blessed during a festive mass on October 19, 2025, celebrated by the Strahov abbot, Daniel Peter Janáček OPraem. On this festive occasion, the instrument was played by the Strahov organist, Master Vladimír Roubal.