SEASON PASS – 2025 Summer Baroque Season

The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra (CTBO) presents their Summer Baroque Season of three concerts in February 2025 in various venues across Cape Town. The season includes a variety of baroque repertoire, including chamber, orchestral and vocal music, all played and sung by an exciting line-up of local and international artists. Click here for a downloadable summary of the season’s events, or scroll down for more information, included below.

We are offering a limited number of discounted season passes, which include access to all three events of the season. BOOK YOUR SEASON PASS HERE, or scroll down for individual booking links.

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In two repeat performances of the award-winning ‘Variations’ programme (Event 1) on Saturday 1 February, the focus is on sets of variations or divisions that are built on thematic material originating from songs or hymns, performed by Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and the CTBO’s Artistic Director Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord), in the atmospheric Weltevreden chapel in Noordhoek. BOOK HERE

In ‘String concerti, plus a suite or two!’ (Event 2) on 12 February, we welcome two baroque violin soloists, Julia Wedman and Cristina Prats-Costa, from the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra in Toronto, Canada. They will lead us in a varied programme of orchestral repertoire in both the Italian and French baroque styles at our home venue, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in De Waterkant. BOOK HERE

The last event of the season, ‘Queens & Kings’ (Event 3) on 15 February, is a collaboration between CTBO, our regular partner Lutesong Consort, and South African-born countertenor, Clint van der Linde, in a programme of some of his favourite repertoire that also showcases the varied roles the countertenor voice served in a historical context. BOOK HERE

In true Cape Town Baroque Orchestra style, there will be a complimentary glass of wine after each concert!

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The 2025 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Friends of Orchestral Music.