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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.
ORGAN & MUSIC FESTIVAL RHODES
Church of St. Francis
(28 Dimokratias str., St. Athanasios Gate – Rhodes Town)
All concerts start at 8:00 pm. Admission Free
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
Robert Kovács (Hungary), pipe organ recital
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Vocal Ensemble and Mandolin orchestra of the City of Petaludes
Flora Pelekanou (Greece), conductor
Robert Kovács (Hungary), pipe organ
Thursday, October 3, 2024
Gianluca Cagnani (Italy), pipe organ recital
In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens
Friday, October 4, 2024 – Feast of St. Francis
Silent film “Frate Sole” (Brother Sun, 1918)
Musical commentary and organ improvisation by Gianluca Cagnani (Italy)
In collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Athens
Saturday, 5 October, 2024
Vocal Ensemble “Les Solistes de Beyrouth”
Fernando Afara (Lebanon), conductor
Gianluca Cagnani (Italy), pipe organ
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.
Watch it on YouTube
Join us to watch the concerts live streaming below:
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
WATCH MORE CONCERTS ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL http://www.youtube.com/c/TerraSanctaOrganFestival
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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
