28 September 2025: Benefit concert for Uilenspel vzw

Mezzo-soprano and Organ

28

September

Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 4 p.m.

Tickets are available for purchase online and at the ticket desk from 2 p.m. on the day of the concert. Tickets cost 10 euros for adults, 5 euros for youth (-26), and are free for children under 12. Click the button below to purchase tickets online.
Maria Eichler has a beautiful, rich, and warm voice. She is originally from Germany and now lives in Ghent. Together with the renowned organist and improviser Paul De Maeyer, she will give a recital on Sunday, September 28 at 4 p.m. in St. Nicholas’ Church in Ghent in support of Uilenspel vzw. This wonderful organization, run by volunteers, supports vulnerable children in primary education. At present, they are in great need of financial assistance.
St. Nicholas’ Church is one of the oldest churches in Ghent, centrally located on the Korenmarkt with its entrance on Cataloniëstraat. The concert is part of the “Heart of Ghent” project of the Friends of St. Nicholas’ Church. Heart of Ghent introduces visitors to the magnificent organs of St. Nicholas’ Church.
Uilenspel vzw helps children in vulnerable situations move forward by providing home-based educational support. The volunteers of Uilenspel make a difference for 650 families:
  • Children gain more self-confidence.
  • They achieve better school results.
  • Parents become increasingly integrated into the school and their wider community.
Uilenspel is running a crowdfunding campaign to continue this valuable work. Will you help make a difference?
P.S. Every donation of €40 or more is tax-deductible.

Concert Program

  1. Preludium in D minor (improvisation)
  2. Ave Maria by César Franck
  3. Aria "Getrost mein Herz” by Georg Friedrich Haendel
  4. Concerto (improvisation)
  5. Missa pro defunctis by Hans Leenders (2018)
  6. "Esurientes implevit bonis" from Magnificat by Johann Sebastian Bach
  7. Meine Seele erhebt den Herren Fuge über das Magnificat (organ solo) by Johann Sebastian Bach
  8. Urlicht from Symphony No. 2 by Gustav Mahler
  9. Pie Jesu from Requiem by Maurice Duruflé
  10. Litanei by Franz Schubert
Uilenspel VZW – Geef in vertrouwen