Meditatio Sonorum (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 5)

A contemplative journey through sound from the middle ages to the baroque featuring nyckelharpa viola da gamba and baroque violin.

Join the newly formed Adamastor Consort for an immersive meditative journey through the soundscapes of the middle ages, Renaissance, and early baroque. The Adamastor Consort is an early music ensemble playing an eclectic selection of period instruments, with Emile de Roubaix (nyckelharpa), Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba), and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin). For its inaugural concert, the ensemble takes music from the middle ages through the early baroque out of its usual places of performance and invites you to experience it in a brand new way, in brand new surroundings. Be drawn into the sacred heart of the music of Hildegard von Bingen, Josquin des Prez, and frolic along with the many voices of William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Lupo and Purcell, to name a few, and together with the musicians, experience music as introspection, journeying, meditation, memory, and play!

With the Adamastor Consort: Emile de Roubaix (nyckelharpa), Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba) and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin).

Date: Sunday, 27 September
Time: 18:30-19:30
Venue: Sufi Temple, Newlands
Tickets: R280, R250 (pensioners), R100

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected].

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This is Event 4 in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.

The 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, Bill van Rensburg, and Gillian Lindner.