Laurens de Man and Ben Kazez, duo
Laurens de Man (organ/piano) and Ben Kazez (baritone) form a duo whose repertoire spans from masterworks of Schütz, Bach, and Schubert to drinking songs of CPE Bach and the satire of Tom Lehrer. Laurens and Ben met while performing with the Netherlands Bach Society, and since then they’ve appeared together in France (Toulouse les Orgues), Belgium, and the Netherlands, often featuring historical organs from the Baroque and Romantic periods.
Upcoming projects include a recording of Brahms’s Vier ernste Gesänge for organ and voice, as well as chamber music performances with their own transcriptions.
Laurens de Man is a versatile and enterprising keyboardist. In 2024, he became the first organist ever to receive the Dutch Music Prize, the highest distinction for classical musicians in the Netherlands. He studied at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Universität der Künste in Berlin, where he earned the prestigious Konzertexamen diploma. He won first prize in the Silbermann Competition (Freiberg), ECHO “Young Organist of the Year” (2020), and the Sweelinck-Muller Prize (2018). He is a founding pianist of the Chimaera Trio, which has released three discs, and he is professor of organ at Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
Ben Kazez is a baritone working with many of Europe’s leading early music groups. He earned his master’s from London’s Guildhall School in 2018 and was named a Britten Pears Young Artist. In the 2025/26 season, he sings Bach’s Christmas Oratorio as a soloist with La Cetra Barockorchester and Andrea Marcon, and appears as a soloist with the Academy of Ancient Music under Laurence Cummings in a programme of cantatas by Graupner, Telemann, and Bach. He also joins Thomas Dunford’s Ensemble Jupiter for Handel’s Theodora, with performances at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Royal Chapel of Versailles.
Programmes
A Schubert Evening Piano and voice
An evening of Schubert songs and piano works, grouped by theme: galloping on horseback, fishing by the water, moonlit reveries, and longing for another world.
| Franz Schubert | Dithyrambe, D. 801 |
| Deutsche Tänze und Ecossaisen, D. 783 (piano solo) | |
| Auf der Bruck, D. 853 | |
| Willkommen und Abschied, D. 767 | |
| Der Alpenjäger, D. 524 | |
| An Schwager Kronos, D. 369 | |
| Ungarische Melodie, D. 817 (piano solo) | |
| Des Fischers Liebesglück, D. 933 | |
| Fischerweise, D. 881 | |
| Der Schiffer, D. 536 | |
| An den Mond, D. 193 | |
| An den Mond, D. 259 | |
| Adagio in G, D. 178 (piano solo) | |
| Sehnsucht, D. 636 | |
| Im Haine, D. 738 | |
| Abschied von der Erde, D. 829 |
Sacred Baroque Organ and voice
Intimate sacred music from the 17th and 18th centuries, featuring historical organs. Cantatas and sacred concertos by the great North German masters, framed by virtuosic organ works.
| J. S. Bach | Praeludium in E minor, BWV 548/1 (organ solo) |
| Philipp Heinrich Erlebach | Kommt ihr Stunden, macht mich frei |
| Heinrich Schütz | Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, SWV 282 |
| Ich liege und schlafe, SWV 310 | |
| Dietrich Buxtehude | Auf meinen lieben Gott, BuxWV 179 (organ solo) |
| Nicolaus Bruhns | De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130) |
| Andreas Hammerschmidt | Paratum cor meum |
| So wahr, als ich, Gott, lebe | |
| J. S. Bach | Hier in meines Vaters Stätte, from Cantata BWV 32 |
| Es ist vollbracht, from Cantata BWV 159 | |
| Fuga in E minor, BWV 548/2 (organ solo) |
“Salut Étoile!” Marian Music Organ and voice
Music dedicated to the Virgin Mary, from medieval hymns through Romantic settings to 20th-century French masterworks. Particularly suited to churches with a Romantic or symphonic organ.
| Anonymous (14th c.) | Laudemus Virginem, from Libre Vermell de Montserrat |
| J. S. Bach | Fuga sopra il Magnificat, BWV 733 (organ solo) |
| Max Reger | Ich sehe dich in tausend Bildern, op. 105 no. 1 |
| Franz Liszt | Ave Maria, S. 20 (organ solo) |
| Franz Schubert | Vom Mitleiden Mariae, D. 632 |
| Alexandre Guilmant | Sortie pour les fêtes de la Ste. Vierge, op. 65 no. 2 (organ solo) |
| Jean Langlais | Trois prières: Ave maris stella, Ave verum, Tantum ergo |
| Adoration and Prélude dans le style ancien (organ solo) | |
| Maurice Ravel | Don Quichotte à Dulcinée |
| Francis Poulenc | Priez pour Paix |
| Marcel Dupré | Hymne Ave maris stella (organ solo, with Gregorian chant) |
From Baroque to Cabaret Organ and voice
A programme that moves from the intense laments of the Baroque to the wit and warmth of the Classical and modern eras: from the sacred cantatas of Erlebach and Bruhns through Bach and Telemann to the drinking songs of CPE Bach and the satire of Tom Lehrer.
| Dietrich Buxtehude | Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160 (organ solo) |
| Philipp Heinrich Erlebach | Kommt ihr Stunden, macht mich frei |
| Nicolaus Bruhns | De profundis clamavi (Psalm 130) |
| Heinrich Schütz | Eile mich, Gott, zu erretten, SWV 282 |
| Andreas Hammerschmidt | Paratum cor meum |
| So wahr, als ich, Gott, lebe | |
| Johann Pachelbel | Ciacona in D (organ solo) |
| J. S. Bach | Ouverture in F, BWV 820 (organ solo) |
| Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh, BWV 487 | |
| Brunnquell aller Güter, BWV 445 | |
| Georg Philipp Telemann | Fantasias for keyboard (organ solo) |
| Cantata Mein Herze lachet, TWV 20:58 | |
| C. P. E. Bach | Sonatina, Wq 64/5 (organ solo) |
| Two drinking songs, Wq 200/13 and Wq 199/5 | |
| Tom Lehrer | We Will All Go Together When We Go |
“Lobet ihn mit Saiten und Pfeifen!” Voice, violin, and organ
Virtuosic sacred music from around 1700 for voice, violin, and organ. Cantatas by the great North German masters, combining vocal and instrumental brilliance in an intimate chamber setting.
| Dietrich Buxtehude | Herr, wenn ich nur dich hab’ |
| Franz Tunder | Salve coelestis pater |
| Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber | Nisi Dominus |
| J. S. Bach | Der Friede sei mit dir, Cantata BWV 158 |
| Nicolaus Bruhns | Mein Herz ist bereit |
Between Land and Sea Voice and ensemble
A musical journey inspired by J. Slauerhoff, the Dutch poet, ship’s doctor, and restless traveler. His themes of Fernweh, nature, and longing form the thread for a programme spanning Schubert and English folksong to Poulenc and new music. With the Chimaera Trio.
| Franz Schubert | Fischerweise, D. 881 |
| Am Meer, D. 957/12 | |
| Das Fischermädchen, D. 957/10 | |
| Roger Quilter | Love’s Philosophy, op. 3 no. 1 |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams | 6 Studies in English Folksong |
| Songs of Travel | |
| Edward Elgar | From Sea Pictures, op. 37: Sea Slumber-Song, Where Corals Lie (arr. de Man) |
| Chanson de Nuit and Chanson de Matin, op. 15 (arr. de Man) | |
| Niels Lorbeer | Three songs after J. Slauerhoff |
| Francis Poulenc | Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano, FP 43 |
| Gaetano Lama | Silenzio cantatore |
Contact
For duo bookings, please write to duo@benkazez.com.