This Friday 30 October 2015, the Luxembourg City Tourist Office will be offering an interfaith dialogue in the form of lunchtime concert 'Shalom - Kirche trifft Synagoge' at the Protestant Church in Luxembourg.
The 12:30 performance will feature Paul Kayser on organ and Semjon Kalinowsky on viola. Paul Kayser is head organist at the Eglise St Alphonse in Luxembourg, as well as the Basilique St-Willibrordus in Echternach. He teaches and performs as a soloist with the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pueri Cantores of the Conservatoire de Luxembourg, whilst Semjon Kalinowsky has collaborated as a viola player with renowned organists from around the world.
The programme will be as follows:
Louis Lewandowski (1821-1894)
Fest-Praeludium Nr.1 Rosh Hashannah (Organ Solo)
Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901)
Prelude in C minor from the Suite op. 166
arranged for viola and organ
Moderato.
Max Bruch (1838-1920):
Kol Nidre op. 47
original for cello and orchestra, arranged for viola and organ
Adagio ma non troppo.
Jehan Alain (1911-1940)
"The Feasts of the Year Israelite" (Organ Solo)
Joseph Sulzer (1850-1926):
Sarabande op. 8
Original for cello and organ, arranged for viola and organ
Friedrich Gernsheim (1839-1916):
Elohenu-Hebrew song for viola and organ
Andante sostenuto.
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)
Allegro in B-Dur
Ernest Bloch (1880-1959):
Prayer from "Jewish Life" (No. 1)
Andante moderato.
Paul Kayser 1979 *
Improvisation
Henry Eccles (1671-1742)
Kirchensonate g-Moll for Viola and Organ
Largo - Allegro (Corrente) - Adagio - Allegro vivace
The concert is free of charge. More lunchtime concerts will be offered in the coming months.
Photo by LCTO (L-R: Paul Kayser; Semjon Kalinowsky)
