Musical Events in Cape Town
CONCERTS FOUR – by –TWO
P.O.BOX 127
Friday, 28 May, 20h15
Endler Concert Series presents the Mozart Requiem The annual collaboration between the Canticum Novum Choir, resident at the Moederkerk Stellenbosch, and the Stellenbosch University Symphony Orchestra will take the form of two performances of the Mozart Requiem. These will be on 12 and 13 March at 20:00 in the Endler Hall. The choir’s resident conductor, Louis van der Watt, will direct this performance with soloists Vanessa Tait-Jones (soprano), Minette du Toit-Pearce (alto), Willem Bester (tenor) and Barend van der Westhuizen (bass). These soloists have become synonymous with performances of this nature and patrons will recall their superb rendition of Handel’s Messiah last year. Mozart’s Requiem, although less than an hour long, is regarded as one of the most profound beacons of the entire classical music repertoire. Its sublime beauty, tangible pathos and deeply moving undertones characterize its otherwise classical harmonic language. Mozart, a very sick man towards the end of his life, is often seen to have been composing the Requiem for himself and the mysterious circumstances under which he was writing the Requiem seem to indicate that he may have been commissioned to write it by his arch rival Antonio Salieri. Did Salieri really want Mozart dead so that he could claim the Requiem as his own composition…? Mozart died before he could finish the work and the world has come to know it as his, and possibly his greatest. It was completed by his pupil Franz Xaver Süssmayr. Tickets are available at Computicket outlets countrywide or on 083 915 8000. Regular tickets cost R95 and student/pensioner tickets cost R75 excluding a Computicket service charge. Box office at the Endler Hall will open at 19:00 on the night. For further enquiries, please call the Endler Hall Concert Series on 021 808 2343 during office hours. Samewerking tussen die Canticum Novum-koor, gesetel in die Moederkerk Stellenbosch, en die Universiteit Stellenbosch Simfonieorkes bestaan vanjaar uit twee uitvoerings van Mozart se Requiem. Dit vind op 12 en 13 Maart om 20:00 in die Endlersaal plaas. Louis van der Watt, die koor se residentdirigent, sal dirigeer, met die soliste Vanessa Tait-Jones (sopraan), Minette du Toit-Pearce (alt), Willem Bester (tenoor) en Barend van der Westhuizen (bas). Dié soliste is sinoniem met uitvoerings van hierdie aard, en gehore sal hul voortreflike weergawe van Händel se Messias verlede jaar onthou. Die Mozart Requiem duur minder as ’n uur, maar word as een van die diepsinnigste landmerke in die Klassieke musiekrepertorium beskou. Sy sublieme skoonheid, aanvoelbare patos en ontroerende ondertone karakteriseer sy andersins klassieke harmoniese taal. Aan die einde van sy lewe was Mozart baie siek, en daar word dikwels gemeen dat hy die Requiem vir homself gekomponeer het. Die misterieuse omstandighede waaronder die Requiem geskryf is, wil daarop dui dat hy dalk deur sy aartsvyand Antonio Salieri opdrag gegee is om die werk te skryf. Wou Salieri Mozart inderdaad dood hê sodat hy daarop aanspraak kon maak dat die Requiem sý komposisie is…? Mozart het gesterf voordat hy die werk kon voltooi, maar die wêreld het besef dat dit syne was, en dalk sy grootste. Dit is deur sy leerling Franz Xaver Süssmayr voltooi. . Kaartjies is landwyd by alle Computicket-verkooppunte beskikbaar of by 083 915 8000. Gewone kaartjies kos R95-00, en die kaartjies vir studente/pensioentrekkers kos R75-00; die diensfooi van Computicket is uitgesluit. Die kaartjiekantoor in die Endlersaal open om 19:00 op die aand. Vir verdere navrae kontak gerus die Endlersaal-konsertreeks by 021 808 2343 gedurende kantoorure. . Kate Olmesdahl, a very talented singer who is 15yrs old, is giving a recital at the Bouchard- Finlayson Winery in Hermanus on Friday 12 March at 6.30 p.m. If anyone would like to book please telephone Pieter Marais on 021 7121564 or 083 4022337 or the "Book Cottage" in Hermanus on 028 33130834. Two years ago at the age of 13 Kate gave 3 public recitals at the Masque Theatre to capacity audiences and she is believed to be the first South African singer ever to have given a public recital at such a young age. Kate sings a wide variety of songs from Baroque to Modern. She has won 18 Gold Diplomas and 5 trophies in the Cape Town Eisteddfod in the past three years. She will be supported by Jan de Waal a young Baritone with similar achievements. 5th Recorder Symposium
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Friday 5th March 2010 We are also offering a few Masterclasses with Karin Maritz and Barbara Warner for scholars / students. Please submit details for the Masterclasses asap c/o Jenny Seager, with name and grade of performer, composer and title of work, as we will need to limit the number of applications, owing to time constraints. Please pass this information on to other recorder teachers.
Dear Piano Friends Stellenbosch University will again be hosting the third International Piano Symposium from 20 to 24 March 2010. The first of the Beau Soleil Sunset Concerts takes place on Wednesday 24th March 2010 at 18h00 in the Beau Soleil Music Centre hall. This concert features acclaimed local Tuba soloist and Beau Soleil staff member,
Shaun Moir, accompanied by award winning pianist Sandra Kettle. Tickets are only R30 for Adults, R20 for Pensioners and scholars are free. This price includes a cheese and wine reception after the concert, where you can meet and mingle with the performers. Other great events at the Music Centre .... All the Beau Soleil Music Centre ensembles will be performing in our Autumn Concert on the 19th of March starting at 17h00. This concert helps with our fundraising and tickets are only R10. There will be refreshments on sale. Also on Tuesday 23rd March at 17h15 our 'termly' percussion concert takes place and features a variety of percussion ensembles and solos. This concert is free of charge. We look forward to welcoming you to our concerts, and can promise you another exciting year of concerts and music making at Beau Soleil in 2010. Beau Soleil Music Centre - 021 7611894
Derek Gripper with Indian tabla master Udai Mazumdar
The Forge, Kalk Bay Cape Town guitarist Derek Gripper will perform three shows with master Indian tabla player Udai Mazumdar who will be visiting Cape Town this March for a short tour. Udai Mazumdar is a former student and accompanist to the legendary sitar player Ravi Shankar and is an accompanist to many of India's top soloists, playing regular concerts in India, Europe, and the US. Derek Gripper's unique Cape-tinged guitar language has taken him to over eleven countries and earned him a following of South Africans interested in hearing "a new insight into South Africa and its music." Derek and Udai first met while performing together in Switzerland last year, and decided to collaborate once again so as to further explore the "meeting point between Indian classical, Western classical, and the sounds and landscapes of the Western Cape." Thursday the 25th of March will see the duo at The Alliance Francaise, on Friday the 26th at the SABC Beach Road Auditorium where they will be supported by local pianist Kyle Shepherd, and their final show in Cape Town will be at the beautifully intimate Kalk Bay venue The Forge on Saturday the 27th of March. 
CON SPIRITO FILHARMONIE/PHILHARMONIC
JOHANNES PASSION
27 MAART 2010 20:00
DRC/NGK Welgemoed
VANESSA TAIT (Sopr)
CON SPIRITO PHILHARMONIC
(dirigent) ERNS CONRADIE
ENIGE SITPLEK * ANY SEAT
KAARTJIES/TICKETS: HUGO LAMBRECHTS CONCERTO FESTIVAL 2010The Hugo Lambrechts Concerto Festival will be taking place on Sunday the 29th August 2010. This festival has developed into a national event. Young soloists are given the opportunity to perform with the Hugo Lambrechts symphony orchestra.Closing date for entries: 10 March 2010 For any further information / entry forms contact the Music Centre
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