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  • QUEENS & KINGS (Event 3 – 2025 Summer Baroque Season)

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De Waterkant

    South African-born countertenor Clint van der Linde has enjoyed a long and successful international career as an opera and concert singer. He is no stranger to some of the most prestigious stages in the world, including Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Royal Albert Hall. Lutesong Consort, along with players from the Cape [...]

    R100 – R280

  • ‘Le Monde du Clavecin’ – a solo recital with John Reid Coulter (harpsichord)

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De Waterkant

    On Wednesday, 9 April at 19:00, John Reid Coulter will present a solo harpsichord recital which promises to transport audiences into the expressive soundworld of mid-18th century repertoire for solo keyboard. Join him at St Andrew's Presbyterian Church in De Waterkant, Cape Town to experience a rich variety of works by the Couperin family, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Jacques Duphly, Louis Marchant and Claude Balbastre, whose works range from expressive [...]

    R150 – R200

  • ‘Alone and Together – The Joy of Polyphony’ – the Cape Town Baroque Trio at the Greyton Genadendal Classics for All Festival

    Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton 46 Hoof street, Greyton, South Africa

    This program explores the evolution of polyphony through the Baroque era and earlier, highlighting the equal importance of every voice in the ensemble. The repertoire will begin with early consort music for three treble viols, adapted for two violins and one treble viol, and progress through later works, culminating in the intricate Three-Part Inventions by [...]

    R190

  • ‘Enlightened France’ – Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord)

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De Waterkant

    Enlightened France highlights the grace and brilliance of 18th-century French chamber music. The Enlightenment era birthed some of the most expressive and innovative compositions for the harpsichord, violin, and viola da gamba. Join us for an evening of exquisite performances featuring works by Rameau, Couperin, Marais, and Forqueray. Click here to see the full programme. With: Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Sarah Cunningham (viola [...]

    R100 – R230

  • 19th Annual Recorder Symposium (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 1)

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De Waterkant

    Recorder masterclasses with Erik Bosgraaf, inspiring young recorder players at the beginning of their careers to bloom into professional musicians! Bosgraaf will commence the Symposium with a lecture presentation titled Adriana van den Bergh – a 17th-century recorder prodigy. Please also join us for complimentary mid-morning refreshments. The 19th annual Recorder Symposium is proudly presented in collaboration with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Stellenbosch [...]

    R100 – R200

  • ‘Fantasias and Affects’ – Celebrity Duo Recital (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 2)

    Rust en Vreugd (Iziko Museum) 78 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town

    Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Zefira Valova (baroque violin) present small-scale works for two instruments in the intimate and historic setting of Rust en Vreugd. You can learn more about this special venue here. The programme consists of solos and duos for recorder and violin by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767). This concert is presented in collaboration [...]

    R100 – R250

  • ‘Spem in alium’ – from the Miniature to the Monumental (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 3)

    St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De Waterkant

    A programme focusing on Tudor vocal music, ranging from miniature works for two voices up to the monumental 40-voiced motet Spem in alium by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585), presented by Lutesong Consort (Artistic Director: Lente Louw) and True Voices, and conducted by Patrick Cordery. Apart from Tallis’s Spem in alium, this concert will feature contemporary works [...]

    R65 – R100

  • Mrs Philarmonica – a South African Premiere (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival – EVENT 4)

    UCT Irma Stern Museum 21 Cecil Road, Rosebank, Western Cape, South Africa

    The 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 [...]

    R100 – R250

  • 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 Waterkant

    In 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 [...]

    R100 – R280

  • Salsa Baroque – 17th and 18th century music from Latin America and Spain (Thu, 20 Nov)

    Baxter Concert Hall Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch

    The 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 [...]

    R100 – R280