Heinrich Schütz: Musical Funeral

26.06.2026 | Friday | 12:00 St. Elias Cathedral, Haifa
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27.06.2026 | Saturday | 20:00 St. Andrews Church, Jerusalem
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29.06.2026 | Monday | 20:00 Tel Aviv Museum of Art
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29.06.2026 | Monday | 20:00
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30.06.2026 | Tuesday | 20:00 Raanana Music and Arts House
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The Israeli Vocal Ensemble
Musicians:
Aviad Stier – Organ
Ophira Zakai – Theorbo
Tal Arbel – Viola da gamba
Conductor: Yuval Weinberg (Israel–Germany) \ Yuval Ben Ozer
 
For the third consecutive year, Yuval Weinberg—conductor and musical director of the Stuttgart Radio Choir and the Eurochoir—leads* the Ensemble in this unique program. At its heart: Musikalische Exequien (1636), the exquisite funeral composition by Heinrich Schütz, one of the greatest early Baroque German composers. Also featured: Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen by Johannes Brahms and Voluntas tua by contemporary Bulgarian composer Georgi Stoyanov. Though composed in vastly different eras, these three works highlight the human spirit and the timeless question: How can we accept the unacceptable? This is the power of choral music—fusing profound text with soul-stirring sound. 
*In Raanana, the conductor will be Yuval Ben Ozer.

Program:

Johannes Brahms  (1833-1897)
Motet  op. 74 no. 1: Warum ist das Licht gegeben

James Macmillan (b. 1959) 
Miserere

Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)
Musikalische Exequien, op. 7

Georgi Sztojanov (b. 1985)
Voluntas Tua