The Great War Remembered Concert 2024

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.

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 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.

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CONCERT 2025

Sunday 09/11/2025: 17.00 & 20.15
Tuesday 11/11/2025: 17.00
numbered seats; e-tickets only

Where words fail, music speaks

As a young viola player, Elisabeth was already deeply immersed in music: camps both in Belgium and abroad, concert tours… She joined the Westhoek Consort string orchestra and studied with Benny Barends at the Academy in Ieper and increasingly took the stage as a soloist. She has recently been studying at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent under the guidance of Hendrickje Van Kerckhove.

Our participants 2024

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 and has about 70 members. It is often accompanied by its own small orchestra, which includes a piano, flutes, clarinets and trumpet.

Chorus performs several times a year at concerts, wedding celebrations or church services. Concerts with other associations are also regularly scheduled.

Lies verholle

Soprano

Lies Verholle soon discovered a passion for singing. She studied classical singing at the School of Arts in Ghent. She has collaborated with Belgian conductors such as Michel Tilkin, Henk Soenen, Jan Vuye, Nico Logghe, and can frequently be seen on concert stages.

Since 2014, in addition to her work as a solo singer, Lies regularly sings with the choir of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen and the choir of De Munt.

Wannes Cappelle

Singer

We all know Wannes Cappelle. With Het Zesde Metaal he released ‘Het langste jaar‘, the band’s sixth studio album, in early 2024. Songs like ‘Ploegsteert‘, ‘Gie, den otto en ik‘ and ‘Naar de wuppe‘ are now part of the collective memory. Wannes is a regular guest at the Koninklijke Harmonie Ypriana and on The Great War Remembered concerts.

Tom McRae

Singer

With 10 studio albums and 3 live albums, Tom McRae is one of the most influential English singer-songwriters of this generation. He has also written songs for Marianne Faithfull, among others, and his music can often be heard in films and series. In Belgium, a haunting version of his song ‘Bloodless‘ was released together with Wannes Cappelle. He is above all a live performer who takes his audience on a journey through his songs, interspersed with exceptional stories.

Isolde Lasoen

Singer

Isolde Lasoen started her own band in 2012. Together with her excellent musicians, Isolde built a strong live reputation and performed a long series of successful concerts in various formations.

Her style can be described as poppy, cinematic, melancholic, rich and eclectic. Features include her seductive voice and beautiful backing vocals, French and English lyrics, impressive arrangements and beautiful instrumentals.

Photo: Piet Stellamans

Pieter-Jan Beghein

Soloist

Pieter-Jan is a gifted musician and even a virtuoso with the harmonica. He successfully studied Music Theory at the Conservatory of Ghent.

A highlight was April 2023 where he performed as soloist harmonica with the ‘Toots All Stars’ at the Vindobona Theatre in Vienna. This included musicians who shared the stage with Toots Thielemans: Marc Matthys (piano), Marc Roosendans (double bass) and Jan Haas (percussion).

Performances

Musical directors

Solists

Choirs

Bands

Special guests

Seats

Days

This is an overview of the seating areas for spectators.

Available options:

All ticketholders enter through the main entrance.
Ticketholders in Category 3 then proceed to the right to their seats.

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).