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The unique feature of the Terra Sancta Organ Festival is that it is being held at the churches and shrines of the Holy Land and in the locations where the Franciscan Friars of the Custody of the Holy Land have been active for centuries: Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Greece, Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, and Syria.
The Terra Sancta Organ Festival is one way to bear witness to the presence of the Christian communities in the Middle East and the Levant in the field of music and culture. Here, organ music is a superior artistic contribution perceived as specifically Christian, the pipe organ being present almost exclusively inside churches. The festival is also an opportunity to promote the maintenance of organs and the study of this instrument, necessary for the liturgy.
The concerts take place in churches, but all are welcome, regardless of their religious affiliation: the Terra Sancta Organ Festival represents, in fact, one of the rare occasions in the Middle East and the Levant in which one can listen to the sound of a pipe organ outside of its normal liturgical context.
Program updated to 26 September 2022
ORGAN & MUSIC FESTIVAL RHODES
RHODES – Church of St. Francis
All concerts at 8:00 pm – Admission free
Tuesday 4 October 2022
Organ Recital
Matteo Francesco Golizio, organ (Italy)
In collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture in Athen
Thursday 6 October 2022
Voice, Choir and Organ Recital
Rania Panagiotou, soprano (Athens, Greece)
Chris Paraskevopoulos, organ (Athens, Greece)
Vocal Ensemble and Mandolin orchestra of the City of Petaludes
Flora Pelekanou, conductor(Rhodes, Greece)
Saturday 8 October 2022
Organ Recital
Stelios Daniilidis, organ (Athens, Greece)
Sunday 9 October 2022
Organ Recital
Eleni Keventsidou, organ (London United Kingdom – Athens Greece)
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HOLY LAND PIPE ORGAN WEEKS
All concerts are at 6:00 pm – Admission free
Mészáros Zsolt Máté (Hungary), organ
Nazareth, 31 October 2022, Basilica of the Annunciation
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 1 November 2022, Church of St. Peter (Old Jaffa)
Jerusalem, 3 November 2022, Church of St. Saviour (New Gate)
Bethlehem, 4 November 2022, Church of St. Catherine at Nativity
In collaboration with the Embassy of Hungary in Tel Aviv and the Representative Office of Hungary in Ramallah
Cosimo Prontera (Italy), organ – Giuliana Mettini (Italy), soprano
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 8 November 2022, Church of St. Peter (Old Jaffa)
In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv
Cristina Struta (Romania), organ
Nazareth, 9 November 2022, Basilica of the Annunciation
Jerusalem, 10 November 2022, Church of St. Saviour (New Gate)
Bethlehem, 11 November 2022, Church of St. Catherine at Nativity
In collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute
Giulio Mercati (Italy), organ
Tel Aviv-Yafo, 15 November 2022, Church of St. Peter (Old Jaffa)
Nazareth, 16 November 2022, Basilica of the Annunciation
Jerusalem, 17 November 2022, Church of St. Saviour (New Gate)
Bethlehem, 18 November 2022, Church of St. Catherine at Nativity
In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Tel Aviv and the Italian Cultural Institute in Haifa
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HAIFA PIPE ORGAN SEASON
Hecht Museum Auditorium
in cooperation with “Organ lovers in Israel at the Treasures of the Jewish Music Association”
All concerts at 11:00 am
21.10.22 Yuval Rabin (Israel)
11.11.22 Karel Martinek (Czech Republic) – In collaboration with Czech Center – Tel Aviv
09.12.22 Yuval Rabin (Israel) – 200 Hundred years for C. Franck
13.01.23 Alessandro Bianchi (Italy) – In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute – Haifa
10.02.23 James Welch (USA)
10.03.23 Zsolt Garai (Romania) – In collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute
14.04.23 Rodolfo Bellatti (Italy) In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute – Haifa
12.05.23 Monty Benet (USA)
09.06.23 Yuval Rabin (Israel)
Tickets: 60 shekels
Annual subscriptions: 250 shekels
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ORGAN & MUSIC FESTIVAL SYRIA 2022
Saturday 5 November:
DAMASCUS: Church of St. Paul in Bab Touma (Deir El Kabir)
“Passion and Resurrection of Christ” from the silent film The King of Kings (1927): world first Arabic translation of captions
Monday 7 November:
DAMASCUS: Damascus Opera House
Classical organ recital by Juan De La Rubia (Spain)
Thursday 10 November:
DAMASCUS: Damascus Opera House
Great concert for organ and orchestra with Silvio Celeghin (Italy) and the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Missak Baghboudarian
Saturday 12 November:
DAMASCUS: Church of Sant’Anthony in Salhieh
Chamber music with organ and other instruments, Silvio Celeghin (Italy), organ
Monday 14 November:
DAMASCUS: Damascus Opera House
Organ improvisation on classical, pop, and Syrian melodies by Michael Koller(Austria)
Thursday 17 November:
LATAKIA: Church of the Sacred Heart:
Organ improvisation by Michael Koller (Austria) on “Passion and Resurrection of Christ” from the silent film The King of Kings (1927): world first Arabic translation of captions.
Saturday 19 November:
ALEPPO: Church of St. Francis
Classical organ recital by Michael Koller (Austria); with the participation of the choir “Classica” from Aleppo.
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SOL FESTIVAL (Semaine de l’Orgue au Liban | Lebanese Pipe Organ Week)
17 – 25 March 2023
San Francesco e il Sultano
St. Francis and the Sultan
القديس فرنسيس والسلطان
Opera in four parts
Libretto: Bartolomeo Pirone
Music: Fr. Khalil Rahme
Orchestration: Fadi Taouk
Produced by the Custody of the Holy Land with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Beirut and Pro Terra Sancta.
Technical sponsor: Noursat / Telelumiere.
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6 p.m. – Jerusalem, Athens, Rhodes, Cyprus, Damascus, Amman, Beirut
5 p.m. – Roma, Berlin, Wien, Bern and Central European Time
4 p.m. – London, Dublin, Lisbon
12 p.m. – Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires
11 a.m. – EST
10 a.m. – CT
9 a.m. – MT
8 a.m. – PT
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Terra Sancta Organ Festival
Custodia Terrae Sanctae
Memorial of Moses
Mount Nebo Siyagha
Faysaliyah – P.O.B. 217196
Madaba JORDAN
e-mail: organfestival@custodia.org
