- Liturgical Festival הפסטיבל הליטורגי בנצרת

From Nazareth to Jerusalem: The 6th Liturgical Festival at the Jerusalem International YMCA, 2024

Equal Voices

Friday, December 20th, 16:30, Jerusalem International YMCA
A concert that connects liturgical poetry from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the Baroque, folk music from the Balkans, classical Arabic music and improvisation that touches on musical themes that existed hundreds of years before the invention of Jazz.

Out of the Depths

Friday, December 20th, 20:30, Jerusalem International YMCA
A Baroque flavored concert with the Galilee Chamber Orchestra, 12 singers of The Israeli Vocal Ensemble, conductor Saleem Aboud Ashkar and four Arab and Jewish soloists of the Israel Opera.

The Next Generation

Saturday, December 21st, 12:30,Jerusalem International YMCA
Young Arab and Jewish prospect musicians join forces on a Saturday noon concert. With the young Polyphony Quartet (after a US tour), the Music & Society Seminar Orchestra and chamber ensembles of the MS&S – a joint enterprise by the Polyphony Conservatory in Nazareth, the Israeli Conservatory Tel Aviv and the Tel Aviv University.

Maya Belsitzman, Matan Efrat & the Polyphony Quartet

Saturday, December 21st, 16:30,Jerusalem International YMCA
Maya Belsitzman & Matan Ephrat are a couple both in life and music, creating their own unique sound, based on their instruments - Cello, Voice and Drums. A special production for the Liturgical Festival in Nazareth, combining liturgical music, modern Hebrew classics, original instrumentals and more

The Reformation

Saturday, December 21st, 20:30,Jerusalem International YMCA
The festive closing concert of the 6th Liturgical Festival: a full 43 players Galilee Chamber Orchestra will perform the Reformation Symphony by Mendelssohn. In the second part of the concert, the orchestra will accompany Jewish and Arab soloists of the Israel Opera, performing popular arias and duets from the classical canon.

Christmas concert - Nazareth

Sunday, December 22, 2024, 8:30 PM, Anglican Church in Nazareth

Soprano singer Nour Darwish accompanied by a polyphonic ensemble in an original production – a selection of liturgical excerpts from the classical canon, Arabic classics, and Christmas carols in a special arrangement.

Jerusalem International YMCA's Traditional Christmas Concert

Tuesday, December 24, 20:30, Jerusalem International YMCA
YMCA's annual fundraising concert for orphans
The Galilee Chamber Orchestra
Itay Berkovich, conductor
Nour Darwish, soprano
Special guest: Nizar Elkhater, Arrangements, Conducting & Piano

Events open to the public at the Jerusalem International YMCA complex

Pantograph

The works in the Pantograph exhibition were created by artists who are teachers or graduates of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem. Through various media, they examine how art becomes a means of personal exploration; of a search for patterns and meaning beyond the replication of form – using the pantograph, a device for copying shapes; or of replication and change as a mode of creation in the present moment.

Tower Bells Concert

Played by Prof. Gabi Shefler from the iconic YMCA bell tower

Friday, 20.12 at: 16:00, 18:00, 20:00

Saturday, 21.12 at: 16:00, 18:00, 20:00

Tuesday, 24.12 at 20:00

Artists

Oded Reich, baritone

Photo: Sharl'e-Gor-Lavie

About the festival

Jerusalem International YMCA

The Jerusalem International YMCA, established in 1878, has been operating since the 1930s from one of Israel's most iconic and architecturally significant buildings. Designed by Dr. Arthur Loomis Harmon, this historic structure stands as a monument in its own right, offering a unique blend of history, culture, and modern amenities.
The YMCA features a 54-room hotel, a fine dining restaurant...

What is liturgical music?

Liturgical music originated as a part of religious ceremony, and includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern. Liturgical music is well known as a part of Catholic Mass, the Anglican Holy Communion service (or Eucharist) and Evensong, the Lutheran Divine Service, the Orthodox liturgy...

Polyphony Education

We believe that classical music has a unique power to transcend cultural and social boundaries, while advancing the building of a rich and vibrant civil society. Polyphony Education aims to help bridge the divide between the Arab and Jewish communities in Israel through classical...

Three days of harmony with Arab and Jewish musicians: December 20, 21, 24, 2024

Equal Voices

Out of the Depths

The Next Generation

Maya Belsitzman, Matan Efrat & the Polyphony Quartet

The Reformation

Christmas concert - Nazareth

Jerusalem International YMCA's Traditional Christmas Concert

Pantograph

Tower Bells Concert

Guy Figer, Violin

Shir Semmel, Piano

Nizar Elkhater, Condudtor& Pianist

Michal Beck, Cello

Itay Berkovich, conductor

Yanal Khoury, Conductor

Alla Vasilevitsky, soprano

Nasif Francis, Violin

The Music and Society Seminar

The musicians of the seminar for chamber music and social leadership

Oded Reich, baritone

Rania Atik, soprano

David Sofer, conductor

Yuval Nuri Shem-Tov, violin

Doreen Sassine, alto

The Israeli Vocal Ensemble

Rachel Frenkel, Mezzo-soprano

The Galilee Chamber Orchestra

Saleem Abboud Ashkar, Conductor, Piano

Nour Darwish, soprano

Eitan Drori, Tenor

Jerusalem International YMCA

What is liturgical music?

Polyphony Education

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