Next concerts: Thu 3 July & Sun 6 July

Thursday 3rd July, 20:00, Johanneskirche, Cecilienstraße 2, D-66111 Saarbrücken – – –

Sunday 6th July, 17:00, Eglise St Martin, Av. Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, L-3597, Dudelange – – –

In partnership with the Choir of the University of the Saarland we will perform music from composers who broadly come from “the north”. This project features a choir with more than 100 voices, supported by the 22-piece Orchester Con Nov’arco.

We will perform accompanied and a capella choral works, and there will be purely orchestral pieces from Ola Gjeilo, Morten Lauridsen, Karl Jenkins, Johan Svendson, and Edvard Grieg. Entrance will, as ever, be free of charge, with a donation requested.

Inspirational Eglise St Martin in Dudelange

We’re excited to be performing in the Eglise St Martin in Dudelange on Sunday 6th July at 17:00. It was a challenge to find a location large enough to accommodate nearly 140 musicians, and we are confident that this building will be a good setting for our concert in the Grand Duchy.

As you will probably know, this church has a strong reputation as a concert venue, particularly its ability to attract world class organists. As well as the first-rate acoustics, Eglise St Martin is an architectural gem, especially the attractive friezes painted 100 years ago this year. We’re also pleased to be taking our music to a new location for us in the Grand Duchy, with Dudelange an important centre for music in this country.

Why not come to hear us in Saarbrücken?

Alternatively, just an hour or so away in the Johanneskirche Saarbrücken, we’ll be singing on Thursday 3rd July at 20:00. If you have the time, maybe on the way you could drop into the Unesco World Heritage site voelklinger-huette.org which is worth the visit for the fully preserved ironworks and its artistic exhibitions.

Chor des Universität des Saarlandes

We are delighted to be singing again with the Chor des Universität des Saarlandes under the inspirational, warm leadership of Prof. Dr Helmut Freitag. We last sang with them just before the pandemic, performing Karl Jenkins’ Armed Man in Luxembourg and Saarbrücken, as well in the emblematic setting of Berlin’s Gedächtniskirche (Memorial Church).

Thanks again to Thomas Gareau

Once again, the members of Uni.lu Choir are grateful to the creativity and energy of our musical director and conductor Thomas Gareau. He has prepared us well for the artistic and technical challenges ahead.

Thanks to our sponsors

A major, cross-border cooperation such as this is not easy to organise. The Espace Cultures of the University of Luxembourg are central to making our choir happen, and we are deeply grateful for their support, over the long term and for this project. Also, our profound thanks goes to the Fondation Loutsch-Weydert for their on-going backing to our choir.

More on the music

Ola Gjeilo (born in Norway in 1978) will be the centrepiece, particularly his up-lifting, cinematic Sunrise Mass for eight voices and strings. There will also be a capella performances from Uni.lu Choir of his Ubi Caritas, with our Saarland friends singing Northern Lights.

O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, a composer born in 1943 in the Pacific North-West of the USA, as well having Nordic European heritage.

Orchester con nov’arco will perform purely instrumental pieces. There will be the Largo-Allegretto from the Palladio Suite by Karl Jenkins, who was born in 1944 in Wales. As well, there will be Ifyol gjaett’e gietinn from Johan Svendson (1840-1911) and the air from Edvard Grieg’s (1843-1907) Holberg Suite. Both composers were Norweigiens known of their use of traditional Nordic melodies in their work.

5 – 7 – 8 December 2024 concerts – City, Limpertsberg, Bertrange

Uni.lu Choir – under the baton of Thomas Gareau – has three concerts up-coming:

Thursday 5 December 20:00 Protestant Church, Luxembourg City
Saturday 7 December 15:00 Limpertsberg Church
Sunday 8 December 17:00 Bertrange Church

Inspired by The Luxembourgish Language(s) exhibition by the Zenter fir d’Lëtzebuerger Sprooch, we will feature music in lesser to more represented household languages in this country.

This will include works in Luxembourgish, Portuguese (from Lopes-Graça), Poulenc’s “Un soir de neige” (a pinnacle of French a cappella), the Moravian folk Christmas song Byla Cesta in Czech, and much more.

The concerts are free of charge thanks to our sponsorship by the University’s Espace Cultures, but you will be invited to make a charity donation.

So why not take a break from shopping or the Christmas market for an hour of music with us? We hope to see you there!

New Uni.lu Choir concert Sat. 6 July 13.30 Limpertsberg

We have added an extra concert to our programme:
Summer Highlights – selections from our recent projects

Most of the concert will feature moments from Der Geiger von Echternach by Lou Koster, supplemented with pieces from three of our performances: Ënner bloem Himmel by J-P Kemmer; Bach in the Subways; and the Concert de Religions du Monde. For more information, see the attached programme

Entrance is free but we will accept donations, 75% of which will go to the charity Coopération Humanitaire Luxembourg (chlux.lu). So come and hear us:

Saturday 6 July at 13:30 (yes 1.30pm!) for the hour-long concert
Eglise Saint-Joseph
Rue Antoine Zinnen, L-2762, Limpertsberg

Luxembourgish classics up next! 28 & 30 June


We are performing with the Cercle Symphonique Rumelange “Der Geiger von Echternach” by Lou Koster and Ënner Bloëm Himmel” by J.P. Kemmer. The former is an oratorio which tells a story of the origins of the Echternach “springing procession”, while the latter features rousing, uplifting melodies and gives insight to the outlook of post war Luxembourgers.

Click on the links to buy tickets:

Geiger von Echternach in Echternach Friday 28 June at 20:00
Ënner Bloem Himmel in Rumelange, Sunday 30 June at 19:00

A Celebration of Carols 8, 10 & 12 December

Benjamins Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with other much loved Christmas music—-


  • Bertrange Church: Friday 8 December at 20:00—-
  • Gasperich Church: Sunday 10 December at 17:00—-
  • Protestant Church, rue de la Congregation, Lux City: Tuesday 12 December at 20:00

—-Free entrance, with a charity donation welcome—-

Sacred, Stage, Screen – 9, 11, 13 June

  • Sacred choir music by Joseph Haydn (Missa Brevis) & Samuel Barber (Agnus Dei); 
  • Musical theatre pieces from Cinderella & Phantom of the Opera; 
  • Movie music, including from Lord of the Rings & Orff’s O Fortuna; 
  • With orchestral accompaniment. 
  • 9 June @ 20:00, Eglise de Gasperich, 33 rue de Gasperich, L-1617, Luxembourg –
  • 11 June @ 17:00, Eglise St Hubert, rue Nicolas Goedert L-8133, Bridel –
  • 13 June @ 20:00, Eglise Saints-Pierre-et-Paul, 1 rue du Luxembourg, 8079, Bertrange

Free entrance: charity donation welcome

30 April Inter-religious Concert – Cathedral

It was an honour to participate in the 14th Concert Des Religions Du Monde at the cathedral this evening. We were one of 10 performers of music inspired by different faiths. Thanks to the association AGIR for the invitation and organisation.

18-20-22 November 2022

Remixed – Reimagined

Concerts in Luxembourg City, Esch & Bertrange

The art of choral arranging allows us to view existing works, songs and poems, with a new lens – and this tradition spreads to music from every background. In these concerts, the University of Luxembourg Choir will celebrate the choral arranging of art, folk, pop, and theatre music in a grand celebration of choral culture.