Organ recital in the Endler Hall

The Endler Concert series is proud to announce the first organ recital for the 2015 series. Prof Gunter Kennel will be performing on the world-class Marcussen organ in the Endler hall, on Sunday 1 March, at 16:30. 

German born Gunter Kennel is an ordained Protestant pastor as well as an organist.  He studied sacred music, organ and theology in Munich and London and holds a doctoral degree in Theology.  Kennel’s organ teachers were Franz Lehrndorfer and Nicolas Kynaston and he has participated in master classes of Piet Kee, Ewald Kooiman, Gerd Wachowski and John Eliot Gardiner.

Prof Kennel is based in Berlin where he is Kantor (organist and choirmaster) of the Passionkirche and the Kirche Zum Heiligen Kreuz as well as Honorary Professor of the Humboldt University.  He is also chief supervisor for sacred music of the Protestant churches of Berlin and the greater Brandenburg region.  Kennel has recorded several albums which include examples of cross-over pieces. 

The generous programme of predominantly sacred music ranges from Baroque to the contemporary.  Featured composers are Bach, Couperin, Reger, Messiaen, Alain and Kennel himself. 

The concert takes place on Sunday 1 March, at 16:30 in the Endler hall, Stellenbosch.  Tickets can be purchased through Computicket for R125 and R90.  For more info, visit www.sun.ac.za/music or contact Leon van Zyl at leonvanzyl@sun.ac.za or 021 808 235