125 years Maarschalkerweerd Organ


VR. 12 SEP. 2025

20:00 uur

 

PIPES AND POSSIBILITIES

Eric Koevoets 
Organist-titulair St.-Lambertuskerk

 

Entrance free/collection afterwards

 

 

In a highly varied and festive closing concert, the vast, unique variety of enchanting tonal possibilities of the 125-year-old Maarschalkerweerd organ will be showcased to its full potential. Regular organist Eric Koevoets will lead you through a virtuoso program, from Bach to Dupré. Prepare to be amazed (or did you already know?) by the incredible richness of sound of this magnificent organ. No one can demonstrate this better than Eric Koevoets, who knows every detail of this instrument. So don't miss this concert! 

 

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ZA. 13 SEP. | 13:30-17:30 UUR

 

WELCOME TO THE ORGAN BENCH!

 

PLAYING AFTERNOON FOR AMATEUR ORGANISTS

 

OPEN MONUMENT DAY/

NATIONAL ORGAN DAY

 

 

 

The Maarschalkerweerd organ in the Sint-Lambertuskerk in Rotterdam-Kralingen is the most poetic organ in Rotterdam, according to organist Hayo Boerema of the Laurenskerk-Rotterdam. And now there's the unique opportunity to play this instrument for thirty minutes as an amateur organist. You can also get registration tips from resident organist Eric Koevoets, a true sound wizard.

Would you like to climb onto the organ bench?

 

Contribution per participant: €10 per half hour

 

Registration: Send an email to vensteropmuzieklambertus@gmail.com via the registration button. 

Include your name, email address, phone number, and your preferred time.

Placement will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

 


SUN. 28 SEP. 2025

15:00 uur

 

WOOD SOUND

Music for recorders through the centuries

Duo Sonja Gruijs &
Hilde de Wolf

 

Entrance free/collection afterwards

 

 

 

On replicas of authentic historical instruments, the DUO Sonja Gruijs & Hilde de Wolf will perform works by Japanese, French, and Dutch composers, among others. Beautiful melodies by Giovanni da Firenze, the refined tones of Orlando di Lasso, and richly ornamented music by Philidor will be heard. Exciting twentieth-century music by Dutch composer Willem Wander van Nieuwkerk and Japanese composer Ryohei Hirose will also be performed.

 

A musical journey through time with the beautiful woody sound of two recorders!

 

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