11/11/2022
The Great War Remembered Concert 2022
THANK YOU
The Last Post Association would like to thank for having attended The Great War Remembered Concert in St. Martin’s Cathedral in Ieper. We hope that you, together with us, enjoyed the concert. Please find below some of the feedback that we received:
The atmosphere was extremely captivating! It's always nice to share the stage with so much talent.
Thank you for having me perform on this amazing concert. I am truly honored.
The words 'honour' and 'pleasure' are quite appropriate when I think of this concert.
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The Great War Remembered Concert
The concert that helps to support our mission.
Annual concert on Armistice Day
GENERAL INFORMATION
Each year on Armistice Day, the Association organises the Great War Remembered concert in St. Martin’s Cathedral in Ieper. The concert aims to contribute to the nation’s annual day of remembrance by turning the clock back more than 100 years and immersing the public in the atmosphere of the Great War. Instrumental and vocal music of the very highest quality, combined with a series of original First World War images, make this concert a unique experience.
We offer our 2,700 spectators a moving musical evocation of one of the world’s most terrible conflicts in the imposing setting of Ieper’s magnificent cathedral. The concert is one of the main fundraising activities of the Last Post Association.
- Music
- Images
- Hymns & songs
Where words fail, music speaks
Our participants 2022
Royal Harmony Ypriana
Band
The Royal Ypriana Concert Band, led for more than 25 years by director Nico Logghe, is a contemporary music ensemble with over 80 gifted musicians, some of who are professional players.
What makes the band so distinctive is the comfortable manner in which they feel ‘at home’ with many different kinds of music.
Ypres Surrey Pipes & Drums
Band
The Ypres Surrey Pipes and Drums first saw the light of day in 2007. Under the leadership of Pipe-Major Eric Remy, the YSPD has grown not only into a fine band, but also a close group of friends. Weekly rehearsals over many years allow the group to perform as a complete and harmonious musical whole.
Last Post Association
Buglers
The Last Post is daily played under the Menin Gate in honour of the memory of the soldiers of the former British Empire and its allies, who died in the Ypres Salient during the First World War.
Chorus
Choir
Chorus, led by director Tineke Devoghel, is a mixed four-voice choir. It is often accompanied by its own small orchestra, which includes a piano, flutes, clarinets and a trumpet.
JEF NEVE
Pianist
In 2018, during a recording made with Arnout Hauben in Talbot House in Poperinge, Jef Neve performed on his iconic piano a very intense and beautiful version of his song ‘Solitude’. In addition to his undoubted musical talent, this was one of the main reasons for inviting him to take part in the Great War Remembered concerts in 2022.
Photo: © Cees van de Ven
patrick riguelle
Singer
Patrick Riguelle is a respected and celebrated singer, a true ‘musician’s musician’. Over the years, he has earned his spurs as the frontman of his own band(s) and as the sidekick of God en Klein Pierke. For twelve seasons of ‘De Laatste Show’ on Belgian television, he accompanied famous (and sometimes less famous) stars as the leader of the programme’s resident band. He has also performed as a guest artist at the Passendale Peace Concerts and the concert ‘Ypres, as we remember…’.
frans grapperhaus
Cellist
‘Ramses Shaffy and Jacques Brel are both as close to my heart as Mahler.’ This comment from an interview in the ‘Standaard’ newspaper typifies Frans Grapperhaus and his musical diversity. Amongst others, he has played with Mauro Pawlowski, Kommil Foo and Anouk, as well as making an outstanding record (Dit is de bedoeling) with Broeder Dieleman and Wannes Cappelle. In short, an artist who combines musical virtuosity with limitless passion…
Photo: © Luk Vilain
Brad ulrich
Trumpet professor
Brad is a Professor of Trumpet at Western Carolina University in North Carolina, USA. He’s equally interested in WWI. He is a member of System 5 Brass, a professional brass quintet consisting of the top brass players/teachers from five different universities in North Carolina. It is a fantastic ensemble.
Chorus Youth choir
Choir
The Chorus Youth Choir from Ieper is a mixed choir. It was founded in 2019 under the auspices of the adult Chorus Choir and is led by conductor Tineke Devoghel. The choir now consists of 30 or so dynamic young people aged between 13 and 25 years, who share a common passion for singing. They have performed in public on numerous occasions, including under the Menin Gate on 11 November and in ‘When the Light Comes’, a Chorus production that played to three full auditoria.
Tineke Devoghel
Conductor
Tineke is director of the Chorus choir and music ensemble, De Reutelnoot and the Ieper Children’s Orchestra. She plays flute and piccolo in the Royal Ypriana Concert Band and in the ‘Jongelingskring’ Royal Concert Orchestra.
Nico logghe
Conductor
As the conductor of various orchestras, Nico has built up a solid reputation. He has won several awards at international music competitions and shared major podiums with famous artists. He is currently the artistic director of the Jongelingskring, the Royal Ypriana Concert Band and the Westhoek Consort chamber orchestra.
BART CAFMEYER
Ddirector / Actor
Bart Cafmeyer is a drama teacher, producer of pageants and spectacles (both great and small, including the Ieper Cat’s Festival) and a theatre director, as well as being an accomplished actor in his own right. His most recent monologue ‘t Was ol Weg (Everything was gone) tells the story of the rebuilding of Ieper and Flanders after the First World War, a story into which the moving and inspiring songs of Kobe Sercu are carefully interwoven. A number of fragments from this monologue will be performed during TGWR.
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This is an overview of the seating areas for spectators.
Available options:
- Entrance 1 (red)
- Entrance 2 (yellow)
Address
St. Martin’s Cathedral, on the Vandenpeereboomplein in Ieper (behind the Cloth Hall), was completely destroyed during the First World War and rebuilt afterwards.
Because the concert takes place during the busy 11 November period, parking opportunities in the city centre are very limited. Sufficient parking spaces are usually available on either the Minneplein (500 metres) or Oudstrijderslaan (1000 metres).
Looking back on the concert
Relive the previous editions
11/11/2022
11/11/2019
11/11/2018
11/11/2018
11/11/2017
11/11/2017
11/11/2016
11/11/2016
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