Latest Past Events
Salsa Baroque – 17th and 18th century music from Latin America and Spain (Thu, 20 Nov)
Baxter Concert Hall Baxter Concert Hall, RondeboschThe Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, in collaboration with the Cape Town Concert Series and singers of Lutesong Consort, invites you on a dazzling journey where baroque music from the Old World meets the vibrant rhythms of the New World. Salsa Baroque celebrates the fusion of European polyphony with the infectious dances of Latin America, born [...]
A Tribute to Telemann (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 5) – with a pre-concert talk by Anna Stoddard
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De WaterkantIn this programme, we celebrate the great skill and diversity of the expressive styles found in the orchestral works of Georg Telemann. The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival’s international visiting baroque specialists, Zefira Valova (baroque violin) and Erik Bosgraaf (recorder, chalumeau, harpsichord), will perform as soloists in this concert alongside local players Ralitza Macheva and [...]
Mrs Philarmonica – a South African Premiere (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 4)
UCT Irma Stern Museum 21 Cecil Road, RosebankThe Cape Town Baroque Trio presents a programme of music by the early 18th-century English female composer Mrs Philarmonica, whose actual identity remains unknown up to this day. There are only two extant collections of music composed by her, both published under the pseudonym ‘Mrs Philarmonica’. In this programme, compiled by Annien Shaw and consisting [...]