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SUMMARY:Handel's 'Messiah' - Hermanus
DESCRIPTION:After the first performances of Messiah in Dublin in 1742\, Handel performed the oratorio several times more during his lifetime. For each of these performances\, he adjusted the work according to the singers and instrumentalists available to him – a common practice during the baroque period. Following the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s (CTBO) reconstruction of the first 1742 Dublin performance at the end of last year\, we will present the work again in November 2024\, this time featuring several of the alternative (and not often heard) versions of arias and choruses. CTBO’s Artistic Director\, Erik Dippenaar\, has specifically selected versions of the arias and recitatives which will position the three soprano soloists as narrators\, guiding the unfolding of the dramatic arch of this oratorio. \nAccording to CTBO’s usual practice\, the orchestra will play on period-appropriate instruments\, consisting of period stringed instruments\, chamber organ\, harpsichord\, theorbo\, baroque oboe\, baroque trumpet\, and calfskin baroque timpani. CTBO will be joined on stage by Lutesong Consort\, an ensemble of 12 professional singers\, who will sing the chorus parts\, with the soloists also forming part of the vocal ensemble.* \nThis smaller setup of instruments and voices gives this work a lighter\, chamber music-like feeling\, which will illuminate the expressive nuances in the music and text. \nThe performance will be directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar. \n*Lutesong Consort\nSoprano: Lynelle Kenned (soloist)\, Elsabé Richter (soloist)\, Louise Howlett (soloist)\nAlto: Lente Louw (soloist)\, Nick de Jager\, Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen\nTenor: Sandile Mabaso (soloist)\, Levi Alexander\, Christiaan Bell\nBass: Conroy Scott (soloist)\, Keaton Manwaring\, Luvo Rasmeni \nBOOK HERE\nPlease also join us during the interval for a complimentary glass of wine or juice. \nThis performance is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost\, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/messiah_hermanus/
LOCATION:Dutch Reformed Church\, Hermanus\, Church st\, Hermanus\, 7200
CATEGORIES:2024 Past Events
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SUMMARY:Handel's 'Messiah' - Cape Town
DESCRIPTION:After the first performances of Messiah in Dublin in 1742\, Handel performed the oratorio several times more during his lifetime. For each of these performances\, he adjusted the work according to the singers and instrumentalists available to him – a common practice during the baroque period.  Following the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s (CTBO) reconstruction of the first 1742 Dublin performance at the end of last year\, we will present the work again in November 2024\, this time featuring several of the alternative (and not often heard) versions of arias and choruses. CTBO’s Artistic Director\, Erik Dippenaar\, has specifically selected versions of the arias and recitatives which will position the three soprano soloists as narrators\, guiding the unfolding of the dramatic arch of this oratorio. \nAccording to CTBO’s usual practice\, the orchestra will play on period-appropriate instruments\, consisting of period stringed instruments\, chamber organ\, harpsichord\, theorbo\, baroque oboe\, baroque trumpet\, and calfskin baroque timpani. CTBO will be joined on stage by Lutesong Consort\, an ensemble of 12 professional singers\, who will sing the chorus parts\, with the soloists also forming part of the vocal ensemble.* \nThis smaller setup of instruments and voices gives this work a lighter\, chamber music-like feeling\, which will illuminate the expressive nuances in the music and text. \nThe performance will be directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar. \n*Lutesong Consort\nSoprano: Lynelle Kenned (soloist)\, Elsabé Richter (soloist)\, Louise Howlett (soloist)\nAlto: Lente Louw (soloist)\, Nick de Jager\, Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen\nTenor: Sandile Mabaso (soloist)\, Levi Alexander\, Christiaan Bell\nBass: Conroy Scott (soloist)\, Keaton Manwaring\, Luvo Rasmeni \nBOOK HERE\nPlease also join us during the interval for a complimentary glass of wine. \nThis performance is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost\, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/messiah_ct/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20241124T120000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20241124T150000
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SUMMARY:Messiah study day
DESCRIPTION:In addition to the two performances of Handel’s Messiah on 28 and 30 November in Cape Town and Hermanus respectively\, we are also presenting a Messiah study day on Sunday\, 24 November\, 12:00-15:00 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant. The study day will include a historical background to Messiah\, demonstrations by CTBO instrumentalists and Lutesong Consort singers about aspects of period performance\, a background to the alternative versions of certain of the recitatives and arias to be performed (with musical demonstrations)\, as well as a masterclass and demonstration by visiting baroque trumpeter Raphael Pouget. You can view the full programme here. \nStudents and scholars enter for free\, with no prebooking needed. (If you plan on bringing a group of more than ten students/scholars\, please give us a heads-up at info@ctbaroque.co.za.) Tickets for Messiah audience members are R50. Tickets for the general public (not attending one of the two Messiah performances) are R100. \nBOOK HERE\nThis project is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, the Rupert Musiekstigting\, and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost\, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/messiah_hermanus-2/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20241004T120000
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SUMMARY:Narratives (Cape Town Baroque Trio at Woordfees)
DESCRIPTION:The Cape Town Baroque Trio explores various methods of instrumental narration from the baroque era. The baroque practices of affect\, rhetoric\, allegory and symbolism are demonstrated in the programme\, where seasoned baroque instrumentalists Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba) perform works by Corelli\, Biber\, Telemann\, and Vivaldi. They also showcase an innovative new composition for baroque instruments by Antoni Schonken.\n\nWith: Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba)\n\n\nDate: Friday\, 4 October\nTime: 12:00-13:00\nVenue: Fismer Hall\, Konservatorium\, Stellenbosch\nTickets: R175-R210\, R205-R240 at the door \nBOOK HERE
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/cape-town-baroque-trio-narratives/
LOCATION:Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum\, Vrede Street\, Oudtshoorn
CATEGORIES:2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240924T150000
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SUMMARY:Event 3: Venice\, Vivaldi and the Ospedale della Pietà
DESCRIPTION:The Ospedale della Pietà was an orphanage-convent in Venice that was one of four so-called “Ospedali Grandi” (charitable hospices\, which provided a wide range of services for the needy of Venice). In these institutions\, music played an important part in the education of the inhabitants (all girls in the case of the Ospedale della Pietà). By the 18th century\, the Ospedale della Pietà was well-known for its all-female ensemble of singers and instrumentalists\, and the music performances attracted visitors and tourists from across Europe. Vivaldi first became involved with the Pietà as violin teacher in 1703 and held various positions at this institution during his lifetime\, notably between 1723 to 1740. Much of Vivaldi’s sacred vocal and instrumental music was written for performance at the Ospedale della Pietà. \n‘I have not an idea of anything so voluptuous and affecting as this music; the richness of the art\, the exquisite taste of the vocal part\, the excellence of the voices\, the justness of the execution\, everything in these delightful concerts concurs to produce an impression which certainly is not the mode\, but from which I am of opinion no heart is secure.’ – Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s description from 1770 of music-making at the Ospedale della Pietà \nFrom other accounts we know that the performers were situated in the loft of the chapel of the Ospedale della Pietà and was partially hidden behind metal grilles. For the ‘Venice\, Vivaldi\, and the Ospedale della Pietà’ programme\, the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra will present a selection of works that were written for\, and performed at\, the Ospedale della Pietà\, as well as works by Vivaldi’s Venetian contemporaries\, with all the musicians on the lofts of the SA Sendinggestig Museum in 40 Long Street\, Cape Town. \nCome get a sense of what music making in bustling Venice during Vivaldi’s lifetime might have sounded like\, and join us in paying homage to the mostly unacknowledged women and girls who were the musicians in the Ospedale della Pietà. \nWith: Ingo Müller (baroque oboe)\, Elsabé Richter (soprano)\, Lusibalwethu Sesanti (mezzo-soprano/drag artist)\, The Cape Town Baroque Trio\, Cape Town Baroque Orchestra\, directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar \nProgramme duration:\n60 minutes (without interval). A pre-concert talk will be delivered by Anna Stoddard an hour before the performance. \nProgramme to include:\nTomaso Albinoni (1671–1751)\, Oboe Concerto in Bb major\, Op.7\, No.3\nAntonio Vivaldi (1678–1741)\, Laudate pueri\, RV601\nVivaldi\, Concerto for strings\, RV127\nVivaldi\, Trio Sonata in D minor\, Op.1\, No. 12\, ‘La Follia’\nAnna Bon (1738–after 1769)\, Trio Sonata in G major\, Op.111\, Nr.1 \nDate: Tuesday\, 24 September\nTime: 16:00. Pre-concert talk at 15:00\nVenue: SA Sendinggestig Museum\, 40 Long Street\nTickets: R250\, R220 (pensioners)\, R100 (students) \nBOOK HERE
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/ctbf-event-3-venice-vivaldi-and-the-ospedale-della-pieta/
LOCATION:South African Sendinggestigmuseum\, 40 Long Street\, Cape Town\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:2024 CTBF,2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240922T160000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240922T170000
DTSTAMP:20260509T165215
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SUMMARY:Event 2: Les Arts Florissants
DESCRIPTION:Lutesong Consort presents a concert performance of the French allegorical mini-opera Les arts florissants by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704). In this hòmage to Louis XIV (self-styled arts patron\, warlord and ultimate monarch)\, ‘the arts’ are the characters: ‘La Musique’ (Music)\, ‘La Poèsie’ (Poetry)\, ‘La Peinture’ (Painting) and ‘L’Architecture’ (Architecture) resolve a dispute between ‘La Paix’ (Peace) and ‘La Discord’ (Discord). Soloists include Lynelle Kenned (soprano) and William Berger (baritone). Expect tastefully ornamented arias and polished ensemble work by Cape Town’s foremost baroque singers and period instrumentalists\, lead from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar. \nWith: Marina Pienaar & Elsabé Richter (soprano)\, Lente Louw & Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen (mezzo-soprano)\, Willem Bester (tenor)\, Keaton Manwaring & William Berger (bass)\, Ralitza Macheva & Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba)\, Uwe Grosser (lutes) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord) \nProgramme duration:\n60 minutes (without interval). Join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert. \nDate: Sunday\, 22 September\nTime: 16:00\nVenue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant\nTickets: R250\, R220 (pensioners)\, R100 (students) \nBOOK HERE
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2024-ctbf-event-2-les-arts-florissants/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2024 CTBF,2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240921T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240921T123000
DTSTAMP:20260509T165215
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SUMMARY:Event 1: Variations
DESCRIPTION:A popular genre during the baroque period was so-called ‘sets of variations’ or ‘divisions’: Composers often composed variations and embellishments on songs\, folk melodies or hymns. Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin)\, Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord) and Lynelle Kenned (soprano) present a programme of expressive sets of variations from the baroque\, including music by Corelli\, Caccini\, Byrd\, Philips and Handel. The programme also includes newly composed sets of variations for solo violin by Montreal-based composer and early music specialist Matthias Maute and a piece by South African composer Arthur Feder. \nThis programme has recently been awarded a kykNET Fiësta Award for best classical music production in an arts festival in South Africa in 2023\, and was performed to great acclaim at the 2024 Montreal Baroque Music Festival in Canada. \nWith: Lynelle Kenned (soprano)\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord) \nProgramme duration:\n60 minutes (without interval). Join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert. \nDate: Saturday\, 21 September\nTime: 11:00 (doors open at 10.30)\nVenue: Irma Stern Museum\, Rosebank\nTickets: R250\, R220 (pensioners)\, R100 (students) \nBOOK HERE
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2024-ctbf-event-1-variations/
LOCATION:UCT Irma Stern Museum\, 21 Cecil Road\, Rosebank\, Western Cape\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:2024 CTBF,2024 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240811T093000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20240811T103000
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SUMMARY:Narratives (Cape Town Baroque Trio at Klein Karoo Klassique)
DESCRIPTION:The Cape Town Baroque Trio explores various methods of instrumental narration from the baroque era. The baroque practices of affect\, rhetoric\, allegory and symbolism are demonstrated in the programme\, where seasoned baroque instrumentalists Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba) perform works by Corelli\, Biber\, Telemann\, and Vivaldi. They also showcase an innovative new composition for baroque instruments by Antoni Schonken. The recital is followed by a free music discussion with artists upstairs in the Banqueting Hall.\n\nWith: Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba)\nDate: Sunday\, 11 August\nTime: 09:30-10:30\nVenue: Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum\nTickets: R160\, R150 (Friends of the KKNK) \nBOOK HERE
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/cape-town-baroque-trio-narratives-2/
LOCATION:Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum\, Vrede Street\, Oudtshoorn
CATEGORIES:2024 General Concerts,2024 Past Events
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