WILHELMINE, SEBASTIAN, ÉLIZABETH, AND GEORGE – (Event 3 – 2026 Winter Baroque Season)

The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents a programme of orchestral music by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709-1758), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Élizabeth Jaquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) and George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): four composers linked together in diverse ways. The centrepiece of the programme will be Bach’s moving cantata Ich habe genug, BWV82, with William Berger (baritone) and Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) as soloists. This cantata, which was written during Bach’s fourth year in Leipzig (1727), was performed several times during his lifetime, and later arranged into a version for soprano solo with traverso obligato. The original scoring for bass and baroque oboe will be used in this concert. Erik Dippenaar will feature as harpsichord soloist in the G-minor concerto by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth. Wilhelmine was a skilled composer and performer, a patron of the arts, later a diplomat, and also the sister of Frederick the Great. The harpsichord concerto, written in 1734, was likely to be performed with Wilhelmine herself playing the solo harpsichord part, and the music displays a blend of Italian and French influences.  Also included in the programme will be an orchestral suite by Élizabeth Jaquet de la Guerre and the aria Se il mar promette calma from Handel’s Lotario, HWV 26. The concert will be directed from the harpsichord by the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar.

With: William Berger (baritone), Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra.

Please join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert!

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected].

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Watch William Berger (baritone) perform Se il mar promette calma (Handel) with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra at the South African Slave Church Museum in February 2022:

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This is Event 2 in our 2026 Winter Baroque Season. You can learn more about the other events in the season here:

Event 1 – Bach in Dialogue – a programme of chamber works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750), performed by Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba), and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord) – Wednesday, 10 June 2026, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

Event 3 – Wilhelmine, Sebastian, Élizabeth, and George – an orchestral concert with soloists William Berger (baritone), Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) – Thursday, 30 July 2026, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church

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The 2026 Winter Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.