Organ music concerts in Riga Cathedral are unique oppartunity to hear and experience one of the most wonderful organs in the World! You are welcome to Concerto Piccolo (20 minutes organ music) almost every day at 12:00! And there are evening concerts on Fridays at 19:00 as well (Concert schedule above). You are warmly welcome at Riga Cathedral!
February
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Pelše
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Iveta Pelše
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Winter chamber music. MARIALES. Māra's songs. SABIA Ensemble
SABIA Ensemble: Liene Skrebinska (voice, kokle), Ieva Nīmane (pipes, kokle), Mārtiņš Miļevskis (percussion), Guntars Prānis (voice, hurdy-gurdy)
The concert "Mariales" will combine traditional music and medieval church songs, twisting ancient melodies into a modern sound.
The combination of medieval Marian songs and Latvian traditional music in one concert programme has brought together musicians who are close to both these musical movements and have made them an integral part of their concert life.
Improvisation also plays an important role in the concert programme and the contribution of each member of the ensemble to the creation of a new soundscape in this repertoire is invaluable. The Virgin Mary and Māra - both merge into one image in the medieval Mary's Praise Songs and in our folk musical heritage.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Simona Sunepa
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aija Ziņģīte
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
BACH and Telemann in Riga. Early music ensemble Bach d'amour
Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine, soprano
Ieva Nīmane – baroque oboe, recorder
Māra Botmane – baroque cello
Ilze Reine – positive organ
Programme: J. S. Bach, G. M. Telemann, G. P. Telemann
The early music ensemble BACH D' AMOUR invites you to an evening of exquisite Baroque music, featuring music from cantatas by Baroque greats and contemporaries Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Philipp Telemann. The friendship between Bach and Telemann is one of the most interesting pages in music history - Telemann was even Bach's second-choice godfather to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Although the two composers had different musical styles, they shared a common goal: to create music that inspires and uplifts the listener beyond the everyday. In contrast to Bach, Telemann was the most popular German composer of his time, with a record number of compositions, producing naturally beautiful melodies, bold harmonies, energetic rhythms and filigree instrumentation. Bach's sacred work, on the other hand, can rightly be regarded as the fullest revelation of God's presence in music that touches eternity. The concert will also feature instrumental opuses by Georg Friedrich Telemann's grandson, German Enlightenment composer Georg Michael Telemann - he was the music director of Riga City Churches and organist of Riga Cathedral at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Winter chamber music. 3 masters and 4 composers
Lāsma Meldere Šestakova (baroque violin)
Aigars Reinis (positive organ)
Gerds Lapoška (actor, director)
Programme: J. B. Peyer, F. T. Richter, H. I. F. Biber, J. J. Vilsmayr, Austrian poetry, stories about the era, composers and artists
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Līga Ivāne
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
March
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Barlo
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Winter chamber music. Dolcissimi sospiri. DUO POETICO
Gunta Smirnova (soprano)
Rafael Ter-Sahakjan (baroque violin)
Lorenzo Abate (theorbo)
Programme: H. Purcell, M. P. de Montéclair, H. I. Biber, A. Grandi, G. Bononcini, C. Monteverdi, G. F. Händel, A. Vivaldi
Gunta Smirnova is known as an outstanding interpreter of Baroque music, collaborating with such masters of early music as René Jacobs, Andrea Marcon and Ton Koppmann. Gunta Smirnova graduated from the Academy of Early Music in Basel, and has also honed her vocal skills at the Zurich University of the Arts. She has appeared at the Opertheater Zurich and Basel, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, the Cologne Philharmonic, the Bremen Music Festival, the Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona and is a regular guest at Leipzig's Thomas Church.
Rafael Ter-Sahakjan is a versatile musician who studied violin at the Music Academies of Lausanne and Lucerne in Switzerland. He has performed at music festivals in Switzerland, Italy and Germany and has given several masterclasses. He regularly performs with various Swiss orchestras and chamber music ensembles and has given many premieres of new works.
The duo of Gunta Smirnova and Rafael Ter-Sahakian will be joined on this programme by Lorenzo Abate, one of the most sought-after Italian theorists of the new generation, who has worked with such early music specialists as Andrea Marcon, Gabriel Garrido, Morris Steger, the ensembles Voces Suaves, La Chimera, and the orchestras La Cetra, AKAMUS and the Venice Baroque Orchestra.
In the concert "Dolcissimi sospiri" or "Gentle Sighs", the story of a loving soul will take the audience through the language of sound art from different styles and countries, showing the French, English and Italian Baroque, where sacred and secular music collide. The programme will be permeated by moving lamentations, wistful dissonances and triumphant coloratura strings.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Karpovičs
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Winter chamber music. Mindaugas Stumbras jazz trio
Mindaugas Stumbras Trio:
Mindaugas Stumbras - guitar
Denis Murašov - double bass
Kaspars Kurdeko - percussion
Programme: Jazz music by Mindaugas Stumbras
“Extremely positively advanced musical
expression, imaginative compositions and
excellent instrumental technique”
JazzPort
“Leading jazz guitarist of Lithuanian scene
who has much of potential to be broadly
acclaimed by international community”
All About Jazz
Mindaugas Stumbras is a Lithuanian guitarist and composer based in Vilnius, Lithuania. His music is very dynamic, colourful and versatile. Beautiful and picturesque compositions are influenced by the broad European jazz scene, American jazz tradition, Lithuanian folk music and Scandinavian improvisational music scene. Exciting and emotional melodies represent a mature and soft northern sound which sometimes can be interrupted by massive bursts of power and dissonance. Melancholic and nostalgic melodies merged with meditative flow of the harmony create a warm atmosphere that shapes the way this music sounds.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Digna Markule
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Bulava
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
BACH
Larisa Bulava (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach
Throughout the architectural soundscapes of Johann Sebastian Bach, there seems to be a woven order of metaphysical cosmos. It is both solemn and serenely enlightened, aristocratically dance-like, and energetically affirming, offering solace to the soul and shelter in sorrow. His works encompass a broad range of human emotions – jubilation, joy, zest for life, as well as sadness, gravity, and profound piety.
The legendary 20th-century conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said: “For Bach, all music is religious; its creation was a kind of divine service. Every single note was dedicated to God and nothing else.”
Bach's organ music is the golden repertoire of the instrument. Being a remarkable virtuoso of the mighty instrument himself, Johann Sebastian Bach composed organ works throughout his life, imbued with the breath of cathedral grandeur, impressive drama, and elevated virtuosity.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Pelše
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Diāna Jaunzeme Portnaja
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
BACH
Jānis Pēlmanis (organ)
Klāvs Liepiņš (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach, S. Karg-Elert
At the organ of the Riga Cathedral are two bright young organists who have been educated at the most prestigious European music universities in Vienna and Berlin. Klāvs Liepiņš currently lives in Sweden and Jānis Pēlmanis in Berlin - both musicians are active in concert life in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden and will now delight audiences at home in Latvia by playing Bach's organ music.
Throughout the architectural soundscapes of Johann Sebastian Bach, there seems to be a woven order of metaphysical cosmos. It is both solemn and serenely enlightened, aristocratically dance-like, and energetically affirming, offering solace to the soul and shelter in sorrow. His works encompass a broad range of human emotions – jubilation, joy, zest for life, as well as sadness, gravity, and profound piety.
The legendary 20th-century conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said: “For Bach, all music is religious; its creation was a kind of divine service. Every single note was dedicated to God and nothing else.”
Bach's organ music is the golden repertoire of the instrument. Being a remarkable virtuoso of the mighty instrument himself, Johann Sebastian Bach composed organ works throughout his life, imbued with the breath of cathedral grandeur, impressive drama, and elevated virtuosity.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilva Lempa
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Aija Ziņģīte
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Carjkova
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
BACH
Aigars Reinis (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach
Throughout the architectural soundscapes of Johann Sebastian Bach, there seems to be a woven order of metaphysical cosmos. It is both solemn and serenely enlightened, aristocratically dance-like, and energetically affirming, offering solace to the soul and shelter in sorrow. His works encompass a broad range of human emotions – jubilation, joy, zest for life, as well as sadness, gravity, and profound piety.
The legendary 20th-century conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said: “For Bach, all music is religious; its creation was a kind of divine service. Every single note was dedicated to God and nothing else.”
Bach's organ music is the golden repertoire of the instrument. Being a remarkable virtuoso of the mighty instrument himself, Johann Sebastian Bach composed organ works throughout his life, imbued with the breath of cathedral grandeur, impressive drama, and elevated virtuosity.
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Iveta Pelše
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
Concerto Piccolo
Organ Music ~ 20 min.
At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska
With video broadcasting
Ticket price EUR 15,00
April
BACH
Ruta Kaprāne (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach, F. Liszt, M. Zariņš, M. Einfelde
BACH
Una Cintiņa (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach
Throughout the architectural soundscapes of Johann Sebastian Bach, there seems to be a woven order of metaphysical cosmos. It is both solemn and serenely enlightened, aristocratically dance-like, and energetically affirming, offering solace to the soul and shelter in sorrow. His works encompass a broad range of human emotions – jubilation, joy, zest for life, as well as sadness, gravity, and profound piety.
The legendary 20th-century conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein once said: “For Bach, all music is religious; its creation was a kind of divine service. Every single note was dedicated to God and nothing else.”
Bach's organ music is the golden repertoire of the instrument. Being a remarkable virtuoso of the mighty instrument himself, Johann Sebastian Bach composed organ works throughout his life, imbued with the breath of cathedral grandeur, impressive drama, and elevated virtuosity.
Good friday concert. BACH and VASKS
Guna Šnē (cello)
Ilze Reine (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach, P. Vasks
France. Symphonic organ
Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja (organ)
Programme: C. Frack, A. Guillemand, Ch. M. Widor, , L. Vierne
May
Organ music concert
Aare-Paul Lattik (organ, Estonia)
Programme: H. Dallier, C. Franck, J. S. Bach, A. Karindi, G. Ropartz