Houston Chamber Choir

Conductor Robert Simpson
Aigars Reinis (organ)
Programme: J. Brahms, M. L. Hazzard, M. Durufle

PROGRAMMA13.06.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Vita Kalnciema

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Līga Dejus

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Pelše

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

CHANGES IN THE PROGRAMME: Pēteris Vasks - Portrait in Music 18 June.

Due to the health condition of the organist Ligita Sneibe, the programme and the title of the concert ‘'Pēteris Vasks - Portrait in Music’' on 18.06. will be changed, but the cellist Kristaps Bergs will be at the concert as originally planned. We invite you to go to the 18.06. concert “Organ Music” with already purchased tickets, where organist Aigars Reinis and cellist Kristaps Bergs will perform.

The concert programme includes: ‘'Book for Cello’' by Pēteris Vasks, works for organ and cello by Johann Sebastian Bach, as well as pieces by Maurice Dirifle and Giovanni Sollima.

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Barlo

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Tigran Tumanyan (duduk, Latvia/ Armenia)
Larisa Carjkova (organ)

Programme: J. S. Bach, L. Lobrev, R. Dubra, Komitas and Armenian sacred music

PROGRAMMA20.06.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Līga Ivāne

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Carjkova

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilva Lempa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Inese Romancāne (soprano)
Iveta Apine (soprano)
Jānis Kurševs (tenor)
Līga Ivāne (organ)

Programmā: J. S. Bach, V. A. Mozart, J. Rheinberger, J. Vītols, In. Zemzaris

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Digna Markule

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Aivars Kalējs (organ)

Ilze Kirsanova, Sofija Kirsanova (violins)

Programme: J. S. Bach, A. Kalējs, P. Plakidis

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aija Ziņģīte

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Aigars Raumanis (saxophone)
Jazz baroque ensemble:
Jānis Strazdiņš (voice)
Lāsma Meldere-Šestakova (baroque violin)
Jānis Rubiks (double bass)
Aigars Reinis (organ, positive)

Programme: J. S. Bach, M. Durufle, J. Karlsons (premiere), Anna Veismane (premiere), M. Pētersone un F. H. Erlebach in jazz baroque tunes

The Music Director and Organist of Riga Cathedral, Aigars Reinis, invites you to his 50th birthday concert, where he will perform together with his like-minded musical companions.

The concert will feature classical organ repertoire alongside two premieres – "Sun in the Window" for saxophone and organ by Anna Veismane, and "At Sunrise", an organ fantasy by Juris Karlsons. Anna Veismane’s creative work spans a wide range of chamber music, and her compositions are imbued with feminine poetics, subtlety, and flowing expressiveness. In her new piece, metaphors of light and the sun are brought to the forefront. Meanwhile, Juris Karlsons, a master of brilliant orchestration and symphonic scale, has composed his organ fantasy "At Sunrise" as a musical meditation on the threshold between night and day.

Also featured in the concert is composer Madara Pētersone’s 2022 work "Testimony of Time", written for Aigars Raumanis and Aigars Reinis. The composer drew inspiration from lines of poetry by Inga Pizāne: “I wish only spring and peace would begin,” with the piece becoming a symbolic postcard with a drawn heart – a message from Latvia to the world, bearing witness to empathy, humanity, and a longing for peace.

The program will also include the rarely performed Suite for Organ by Maurice Duruflé – one of the most important works in French organ literature. It blends Gregorian melodicism with an impressionist color palette, delicate lyricism with dazzling virtuosity. The ensemble “JazzBaroque” will perform works by Baroque composer Philipp Heinrich Erlebach in a blend of improvisation and jazz styles.

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Bulava

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Ilze Urbāne (flute)
Jolanta Barinska (organ)

Programme: J. S. Bach, C. Franck, Ch.M.Widor

PROGRAMMA2.07.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Simona Sunepa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Roberts Hansons

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Thomas Dahl,organ, Germany
Programme: J. S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn Bartoldi, M. Reger, Th. Dahl

PROGRAMMA9.07.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aija Ziņģīte

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Una Cintiņa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Latvian Radio choir

conductor Kaspars Putniņš

organist Aigars Reinis
Programme: Arvo Pärt

The year 2025 is marked worldwide as the 90th anniversary of Arvo Pärt. The Estonian composer is one of those rare artists whose name carries the aura of a living classic, and his work has become a symbol of contemporary spirituality. It was, in fact, with a recording of Arvo Pärt’s music that the Latvian Radio Choir received the prestigious GRAMMY Award.

The program will feature choral and organ works by Arvo Pärt, as well as solo organ pieces from various periods of his creative life, inviting listeners to a spiritual reflection and an experience of light through sound.

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Bulava

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Una Cintiņa (organ, Latvia/ Netherlands)
Programme: O. Gjeilo, B. Britten, M. Pētersone (premiere), F. Liszt

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Vita Kalnciema

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ruta Kaprāne

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Toomas Trass, organ, Estonia
Programme: C. Franck, F. Liszt, T. Trass

PROGRAMMA16.07.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Iveta Pelše

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Liene Andreta Kalnciema

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Wolfgang Zerer, organ, Germany
Programme: C. Franck, J. Brahms, J. Alain, M. Reger

The German organist Wolfgang Zerer is considered one of the most distinguished contemporary organists. He teaches organ music at the Hamburg University of Music and Theatre, as well as at the prestigious Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland. In recognition of his outstanding pedagogical contributions, Zerer was awarded the City of Hamburg Prize in 2013.

As a concert artist, he regularly performs both solo and with leading ensembles across Europe, the United States, Japan, South Korea, and Israel. His interpretations are renowned for their stylistic precision and deep musical insight, particularly in Baroque and Romantic repertoire.

At his concert in Riga Cathedral, the esteemed organist will present a specially curated Romantic program featuring works by César Franck, Jehan Alain, Max Reger, and Johannes Brahms.

PROGRAMMA18.07.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Laura Kancāne (soprano)

Vita Kalnciema (organ, organ duet)

Liene Andreta Kalnciema (organ duet)

Programme: M. Zariņš, E. Dārziņš, V. Dārziņš

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Vita Kalnciema

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Liene Andreta Kalnciema

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Tina Christiansen, organ, Denmark

Programme:  J. S. Bach, A. Vivaldi, O. Lindberg, J. P. E. Hartmm, B. Janáček, R. Dubra

PROGRAMMA23.07.pdf

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Līga Dejus

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Liene Andreta Kalnciema (organ, Latvia/ Germany)

Programme: F. Mendelssohn, F.Liszt, L. Vierne

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Concert dedicated to the memory of Jānis Bulavs and Maris Villerušs
Larisa Bulava (organ), Gidons Grīnbergs (violin), Leons Veldre (cello)
Programme: J. S. Bach, M. Reger, J. Reinberger

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ  Jānis Karpovičs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Līga Ivāne

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ duet RIGA ORGANUM DUO
(Ilona Birģele, Diāna Jaunzeme – Portnaja)
Programme: V. Pinkevičius, H. Sundin, A. Vecumnieks, A. Kalējs, A. Boitmane, Dz. Kurme-Gedroica, U. Prauliņš (premiere)

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ligita Sneibe

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Birgitta Lindeke Levin (soprano, Sweden), Ligita Sneibe (organ, Latvia/ Zviedrija)
Programme: L. Boëllmann, H. Sundin, Dz. Kurme-Gedroica, O. Lindberg, T. Nilsson, F. Liszt, C. Franck, E. Molin

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Reine

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Jens Korndoerfer, organ/ ASV
Programme: J. S. Bach, J. Rheinberger, R. Wagner, M. Reger

Jens Korndörfer is Associate Professor of Organ at Baylor University in Texas. He has been praised as “a virtuoso of the grand Romantic tradition” who delivers “performances that are both deeply satisfying musically and thrilling” (The American Organist). Korndörfer has performed in some of the world’s most renowned venues, including the cathedrals of Berlin, Paris, Salzburg, and Oslo, Westminster Abbey in London, the Royal Chapel of Versailles, and many others across the globe.

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Bulava

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilva Lempa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Annija Kristiāna Ādamsone (soprano), Ilze Reine (organ)
Programme: J. S. Bach, V. A. Mozart, A. Vivaldi

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Karpovičs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Emmanuel Hocde, organ, France
Programme: J. S. Bach, A. Fauchard, L. Vierne, E. Hocde, O. Messiaen

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Digna Markule

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aigars Reinis

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Roberts Hansons

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Laura Ivanova

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine (soprano)
Laura Ivanova (organ)
Programme: A. Altmanis, F. Poulenc, R. Dubra, H. Gorecki, L. Boëllmann, M. Lorenc

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aija Ziņģīte

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Pelše

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Aija Ziņģīte (organ)

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ 

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Larisa Bulava

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilona Birģele

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Kristīne Adamaite

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Jānis Pēlmanis (organ)

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilva Lempa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ 

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Gunta Gelgote (soprano)
Artis Sīmanis (saxophone)
Kristīne Adamaite (organ)
Programme: M. K. Čiurlionis, J. Lūsēns, Ē. Ešenvalds, M. Dombrovska, J. Jurkunas (premiere)

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jānis Karpovičs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Simona Sunepa

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Līga Ivāne

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Aivars Kalējs

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Orchestra RIGA
Conductor Guntis Kuzma
Bassoon Raimonds Gulbis
Organ Kristīne Adamaite

This summer, Orchestra “Riga” once again invites classical music lovers to the heart of Riga Old Town for the Summer Classics concert series taking place at the historic Riga Cathedral – one of the most majestic and acoustically rich sacred venues in Latvia. Led by conductor Guntis Kuzma, the concert offers a colorful musical journey spanning three centuries — from the Baroque to the present day.

J. S. Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B-flat major (BWV 596), here in a wind orchestra arrangement by R. L. Moehlmann. This piece is, in fact, Bach’s organ transcription of Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor (RV 565), an inspiring example of Baroque-era musical exchange and admiration. Organist Kristīne Adamaite will also perform Prelude and Fugue in C minor (BWV 546), known for its grand, noble prelude and complex fugue. W. A. Mozart’s Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major (KV 191), written at the young age of 18, showcases the instrument’s lyrical and agile nature, interpreted by soloist Raimonds Gulbis. Two of Mozart’s rarely heard organ works — the lively Leipzig Gigue and the delicate Andante in F major, originally composed for mechanical organ — reveal the composer’s refined expression in miniature form. Concluding the evening are Johan de Meij’s symphonic works The Red Tower and Echoes of San Marco — contemporary soundscapes inspired by history and architecture.

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Diāna Jaunzeme-Portnaja

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Vita Kalnciema (organ)

Egils Upatnieks (oboe)

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Jolanta Barinska

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

Organ Music ~ 20 min. 

At the Cathedral Organ Ilze Barlo

With video broadcasting

Ticket price EUR 15,00

In the summer of 2025, the grand halls of Riga Cathedral will once again resonate with the sounds of the Orchestra "Riga" as it presents its concert series Summer Classics/ Vasaras Klasika. On August 5th at 19:00, classical music enthusiasts will be treated with the concert BACH. DUBRA. DEBUSSY.

The program highlights three masters of classical and contemporary symphonic music. J. S. Bach and C. Debussy represent two pillars of the Baroque and Impressionist traditions, while Rihards Dubra a renowned Latvian composer, brings contemplative depth and modern resonance to the evening’s repertoire. The program includes J. S. Bach’s E-flat major Prelude and Fugue, BWV 552, in an arrangement by D. Hunsberger that brings out the full richness of the wind orchestra, and the Concerto in D minor — a transcription of one of Vivaldi’s violin concertos (BWV 596), showcasing Bach’s admiration for Italian brilliance, known for its rich and colorful timbre. Organist Aigars Reinis will also interpret Claude Debussy’s The Sunken Cathedral (La Cathédrale engloutie) — a haunting vision rendered in an evocative orchestration by Jean-Louis Roques. This is paired with Debussy’s ethereal Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, arranged for winds by M. Bašs, opening up new textures while retaining the introspective atmosphere of the original. The two works by Latvian composer Rihards Dubra — Toccata (for organ) and Awaiting the Dawn (for organ and wind orchestra) — create a contemplative finale: music that bridges liturgical tradition with modern expressivity.