2026 CTBF

The 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival, in collaboration with the annual Recorder Symposium, presents a study day focusing on woodwind instruments from the baroque period. Presenters will include Anna Stoddard with a lecture on the flute and recorder in baroque art, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), Marion Treupel-Franck and Bridget Rennie-Salonen (traverso) and David Cyster (chalumeau). [...]

Motet & Madrigal explores the evolution of two of Western music's most enduring vocal forms through the lens of instrumental performance. Beginning with the Trecento madrigals of Francesco Landini and the isorhythmic motets of Guillaume de Machaut, the programme traces a rich lineage that culminates in the expressive madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi and the architectural [...]

Visiting recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf presents recorder masterclasses to advanced students Date: Thursday, 24 September 2026 Time: 10:00-13:00 Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant Tickets: R200, R150 (pensioners), R100* *Also included in this ticket is Event 1: Baroque Woodwind Study Day taking place on Saturday, 19 September, 09:00-14:00 at Imbewu Music Centre, Westerford High [...]

Since 2015, the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra (CTBO) has presented all of its annual concerts on original baroque instruments (or copies of baroque instruments). Currently, the CTBO is the only ensemble in South Africa that plays all of its annual orchestral concerts on instruments appropriate to the baroque era. For the The Road to the [...]

What happens when music conceived for many voices is reimagined as an intimate dialogue between voice and viol? And what new colours emerge when songs are paired with one of the most expressive instruments of the Renaissance and Baroque? In Consort of Two, mezzo-soprano Lente Louw and viola da gamba player Rosamund Roth explore a [...]

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 [...]