Organ lunchbreakconcert Hayo Boerema – Pride Week

As part of Pride Week Rotterdam , organist titular Hayo Boerema will give a colorful organ break concert in the Laurenskerk. The programme includes works by composers who themselves belonged to or are connected to the LGBTQI community.

Program:

Georg Frideric Handel
–  Largo en Allegro uit Concerto ‘Koekoek en nachtegaal’ in F

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
From ‘Album for children’, op. 39:
–  Morning prayer
–  Playing hobby-horses
–  Waltz
–  Sweet dreams

Samuel Barber
–  Adagio

Francis Poulenc
From ‘Suite française d’après Claude Gervaise’:
–  Petite marche militaire
–  Complainte
–  Sicilienne

Benjamin Britten
–  The sally gardens

Hayo Boerema
–  Improvisation

Hayo Boerema improvises on iconic melodies that are inextricably linked to the queer community – so count on a surprising encounter with ABBA and the Village People.

Come and listen, celebrate and enjoy this special lunch concert in which music, pride and connection come together.