- Organ Night (27 May)
Ten organists fill the cathedral during Organ Night with thrilling interpretations until the stained-glass windows almost burst. In this non-stop programme, Johann Sebastian Bach is the musical cornerstone. His music meets that which precedes it, such as the medieval Codex Faenza, and more recent works inspired by it, including Pierre Slinckx's electronic experiments. And the installation Venables plays Bach by celebrated British composer Philip Venables echoes through the cathedral. Short 30-minute sets alternate, exploring a range of organs: from the large Grenzing organ, through the choir organ and the small organetto.
- Los Angeles Master Chorale & Peter Sellars (15 June)
What does it mean to say goodbye in times of struggle? On this question, acclaimed director Peter Sellars and the Los Angeles Master Chorale reunite with a deeply personal meditation. The luminous music of the Baroque composer Heinrich Schütz’s Musikalische Exequien serves as the inspiration for this ceremony of remembrance and devotion. 24 singers gather in a staging that combines poignant solo and choral sections with choreography.
- Percussions de Strasbourg – Hihats in Trees (27 June)
In this unique double bill, one rhythmic experience follows another. The Henry Le Boeuf Hall is transformed for the occasion. The musicians of Les Percussions de Strasbourg take place around the audience to reshape Horta's architecture into a soundscape with the composition Persephassa by the Greek Iannis Xenakis. Afterwards, Lander Gyselinck presents the world premiere of Hihats in Trees with his newest album. Boundary-pushing beats. On and off the beat.
- Sammy Baloji: Le Père Sauvage (30 June)
Belgian-Congolese artist Sammy Baloji uses the 65th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo's independence as a starting point for interdisciplinary concert experience. Together with artists and friends, Sammy Baloji draws a connection between the architecture of Victor Horta and colonization. After all, the iconic Art Nouveau building exists thanks to Congo's natural resources. Two new musical compositions (Szymon Brzoska en Pytshens Kambilo) written especially written for this third Staging the Concert of this season.
- Celine Daemen: Songs for a Passerby (18 until 27 June)
Songs for a Passerby is not really an opera, or is it? Together with a transdisciplinary team of artists, director Celine Daemen created a VR world at the intersection of (music)theatre, visual arts and immersive media. You follow your own 3D character through narrow alleys, get on the metro and meet a preaching choir parading aimlessly through the streets. In Songs for a Passerby, leave reality behind for a moment and get a new musical dreamscape in its place.
