‘Of Plants and Animals: Baroque music inspired by nature’
2019-05-26 09:30 - 11:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton, 46 Hoof street, Greyton, South Africa
Camerata Tinta Barocca presents a programme of baroque music inspired by various aspects of nature, including a celebration of the arrival of spring, birdsong imitations, an ode to a tree, a yearning for the simplicity of a pastoral lifestyle and a description of one of the biblical plagues.
The programme includes music by Rameau, Handel, Arne, Morley, Hotteterre and others and will be performed by members of Camerata Tinta Barocca on period instruments.
With:
Elsabé Richter (soprano)
Bridget Rennie-Salonen (baroque flute)
Cheryl de Havilland (baroque cello)
Erik Dippenaar (spinet, director)
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased via Computicket (in-store at any Checkers or online at https://online.computicket.com/web/event/camerata_tinta_barocca/1271823697/610487878). Ticket price: R150.
Date: 26 May 2019
Time: 09:30 – 11:00
Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton

2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival programme launch concert
2019-07-03 20:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Baroque Opera Gala
Camerata Tinta Barocca presents a concert of baroque music to celebrate the launch of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival programme.
This 60-minute concert programme will offer you a taste of what to expect at this year’s festival, and brings together long-time festival musicians Lynelle Kenned and Elsabé Richter (sopranos), Annien Shaw and Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins), Emile de Roubaix (baroque viola) and Joshua Frank (recorder). The programme will be directed from the harpsichord by CTBF Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar.
Music by Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Handel, Bach and Uccellini amongst others.
We are looking forward to seeing you there!
Venue: Youngblood Gallery, Bree street, Cape Town
Date: Wednesday, 3 July 2019
Time: 20.00 (The restaurant at Youngblood is open for food and drinks from 18.30 onwards.)
Tickets: R150, Webtickets (https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1492089917), in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket, or at the door (cash only)
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

Schools' Baroque Festival
2019-07-20 19:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | D.F. Malan High School, Frans Conradie Drive, Bellville
As part of Camerata Tinta Barocca’s annual education programme we present the Schools’ Baroque Festival with music learners and the choir of DFM High School and members of CTB.
Music by Telemann, Monteverdi, Handel, Veracini, Vivaldi, Bach, Blavet and Galuppi.

Date: 20 July 2019
Time: 19:00
Venue: D.F. Malan High School – School Hall
Tickets: R80 (adults), R30 (scholars). Tickets can be purchased at D.F. Malan High School or at the door.
Enquiries: Michéle de Villiers – 083 630 3015

TranscriBaroque
2019-09-05 19:00 - 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Groote Kerk, Cape Town, Corner of Adderley Street and Bureau Street, Cape Town, South Africa
As part of the Groote Kerk’s ‘First Thursdays’ series, CTB’s Artistic Director Erik Dippenaar (organ) will play original eighteenth century transcriptions of popular orchestral music from the Baroque period. The programme includes Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks, Water Music and The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, as well as a Corelli concerto grosso.
Date: 5 September 2019
Time: 19:00-20:00
Venue: Groote Kerk, 43 Adderley street, Cape Town
Tickets: Free entrance, donations at the door.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival
2019-09-18 - 2019-09-24 | Various venues across Cape Town
Since 2017, the annual Cape Town Baroque Festival (CTBF), presented by Camerata Tinta Barocca, has been a highlight in the Cape Town music scene. After the successes and exponential growth of the 2017 and 2018 baroque festivals, Camerata Tinta Barocca (CTB) will present the third Cape Town Baroque Festival (CTBF) from 18 to 24 September 2019. In keeping with previous years the festival has the aim of bringing together practitioners of early music and a historically informed performance approach from across South Africa, and also to invite international leaders in the field. This not only gives the Cape Town audiences the opportunity of hearing artists from further afield, but also creates an opportunity for creative exchange amongst local and international artists. All of the festival events (eight events spread out over seven days) take place in historical buildings in the Cape Town city centre, celebrating Cape Town’s architectural heritage. This ties in with the fact that the festival is hosted over Heritage Weekend each year.
The theme of the 2019 CTBF will be ‘Diversity in early music’ and it will celebrate the variety of styles and genres found within the broader Baroque period, the broad range of performance approaches currently being practiced by different schools of playing, as well as the diversity of musicians working in early music within South Africa and abroad. The 2019 festival programme features and exciting line-up of local and international early music specialists and ensembles.
The full festival programme is available for download from the festival page: www.ctbaroque.co.za/festival
Date: 18-24 September 2019
Venue: Various venues across Cape Town
Tickets: Ticket sales are open. Tickets can be purchased on Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket or cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: Email info@ctbaroque.co.za

Four Seasons Recomposed
2019-09-18 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Zeitz MOCAA, Zeitz MOCAA, V&A Waterfront
The Aleit Group and the Flat Mountain Project presents an evening of recomposed baroque works. A classically trained German-born British composer famous for his post-minimalist styles, Max Richter’s version of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons has preserved the original, while incorporating traces of present-day musical elements, displaying the contemporary relevance of Vivaldi’s concepts. The concert also includes the premiere of local composer Hans Roosenschoon’s reimagining of the Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 by J S Bach.
The Flat Mountain Project is a team of skilled professional musicians, based mostly in Cape Town, who come together to collaborate on exciting projects, showcasing modern and experimental classical music.
With:
Annien Shaw (solo violin), Bonolo Kgaile (solo violin) and the Flat Mountain Project
Programme:
Hans Roosenschoon – 3 – Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto reimagined
Max Richter – ReComposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Date: Wednesday, 18 September 2019
Time: 20:00
Venue: Zeitz MOCAA, V&A Waterfront
Tickets: R120 (seated), R50 (standing, particially restricted views). Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This concert forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Folk101
2019-09-19 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Youngblood Gallery, 70-74 Bree street
In this performance, the early music ensemble Here Be Dragons will explore folk music performed in and around some of the main cultural centres in Europe during the 15th and 16th century. The ensemble not only investigates how art music and folk music influenced each other, but also traces the developmental arch of these influences into modern manifestations of both styles. Frontman Jan-Hendrik Harley (baroque violin/baroque viola/baroque guitar) guides the audience through a bouquet of conceptual interpretations that highlight the other main theme of the evening: context in interpretation. Some of the many contexts explored during the performance will be modern folk performed as baroque art music, traditional folk performed as baroque art music, baroque art music performed as traditional folk music, and modern art music performed as traditional folk music. The lively selection of two 40-minute sets will include music from Scandinavia, the British Isles, France, Spain, Italy and Romania.
The restaurant at Youngblood (The Hot Skillet) will be open for food and drinks from 18:30 onward. Phone 061 715 1873 to reserve a table.
With:
Here Be Dragons – Jan-Hendrik Harley (baroque violin/baroque viola/baroque guitar/arrangements), Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Mariechen Meyer (double bass), Joshua Frank (recorders) and John Pringle (percussion)
Date: Thursday, 19 September 2019
Time: Concert starts at 20:00, restaurant open from 18:30.
Venue: Youngblood Gallery, 70-74 Bree street
Tickets: R150. Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This concert forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Big Bach Bonanza! – Celebrating the diverse output of J.S. Bach
2019-09-20 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Evangelical Lutheran Church, 98 Strand street
This concert will feature music by one of the giants of the baroque period, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750). The programme will include a variety of compositional genres that Bach utilised and will highlight the diversity of styles and affects within his oeuvre.
With:
Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Erik Dippenaar (organ, harpsichord), Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Raphael Pouget (natural trumpet), Bridget Rennie-Salonen (baroque flute), Lutesong Duo, Cape Town Soloists Choir, Cape Consort and Camerata Tinta Barocca. Directed by Erik Dippenaar.
Programme:
Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51
Concerto for Recorder in G major BWV 215 and 32 (transcriptions by Thiemo Wind) Concerto for Recorder in D major BWV 1053
Partita for Flute in A minor BWV 1013
Motets: Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227, Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden BWV 230
Schmücke dich, o liebe Seele BWV 654
Prelude from Suite for lute in G minor BWV 995
Songs: Vergiss mein nicht BWV 505, Komm süsser Tod BWV 478
Date: Friday, 20 September 2019
Time: 20:00
Venue: Evangelical Lutheran Church, 98 Strand street
Tickets: R180. Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This concert forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Recorder master classes with Erik Bosgraaf
2019-09-21 10:00 - 13:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
International recorder player, Erik Bosgraaf, presents master classes to learners of the Ronnie Samaai Music Education Project.
Date: Saturday, 21 September 2019
Time: 10:00-13:00
Venue: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: Free entrance.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This event forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Chamber Baroque
2019-09-21 19:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch
In the second collaboration between the CTBF and the Cape Town Concert Series, members of Camerata Tinta Barocca, along with international early music specialists Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Raphael Pouget (natural trumpet), present a programme of chamber music from the 18th century.
Pre-concert talk presented by Anna Stoddard, starting at 18:30.
With:
Soloists: Erik Bosgraaf (recorder), Raphael Pouget (natural trumpet), Refiloe Olifant (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Programme includes:
Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Sonata 3 Op. 1
Telemann – Concerto in D major for Violin, Cello, Trumpet and Strings, TWV 53:D5
Telemann – Trio Sonata in A minor, TWV24:A4
Wassenaer – Recorder Sonata in F major
Date: Saturday, 21 September 2019
Time: 19:30
Venue: Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch
Tickets: R190, R160 (pensioners), R80 (students). Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and in cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This concert forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Musica Rustica
2019-09-22 15:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 6 Spin Street Restaurant, 6 Spin street
Lutesong Duo and guests present a programme of light vocal music from Renaissance Italy. The music originates mostly from Naples and will be paired with Neapolitan-inspired canapés. Wine for sale.
With:
Lente Louw, Elsabé Richter, Willem Bester, Keaton Manwaring (voices), Uwe Grosser, Vera Vukovic (theorbo, lute, baroque guitar), Kathryn Derksen (viola da gamba) and Ronan Skillen (percussion)
Programme:
Works by Filippo Azzaiolo, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marchetto Cara, Giovanni Da Nola Adrian Willaert, Girolama Kapsberger, Antonio Scandello, Stefano Landi, Rossini Mantovano and Adriano Banchieri.
Date: Sunday, 22 September 2019
Time: 15:00
Venue: 6 Spin Street Restaurant, 6 Spin street
Tickets: R220 (includes light Neopolitan-inspired canapés). Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket and cash at the door. Pre-booking is recommended. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This concert forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Demonstration of the City Hall carillon by Alexios Vicatos
2019-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town City Hall, Darling street
Carillonneur Alexios Vicatos present a talk on the history of the City Hall carillon in the City Hall Tower, followed by a short demonstration. A great opportunity for music enthusiasts to view, hear and learn more about this very unique historical instrument.
Date: Monday, 23 September 2019
Time: 18:00-19:00
Venue: Cape Town City Hall, Darling Street
Tickets: Free entrance. Pre-reservation is required. Limited spaces available. Click here to reserve tickets online.
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
This event forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

Recorder workshop with Erik Bosgraaf
2019-09-24 09:00 - 13:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Rustenburg Girls' Junior School, Rondebosch
International recorder player Erik Bosgraaf presents a lecture and master classes to young, talented and upcoming South African recorder players in collaboration with Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Jenny Seager (Trinity College, London) and Karin Maritz (Department of Music, Stellenbosch University).
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Time: 09:00-13:00
Venue: Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Rondebosch
Tickets: R50 (for observers, cash at the door only)
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
Workshop programme:
(subject to change without notice)
09:00 Welcome
09:10 Lecture/Demonstration: How to develop an advanced recorder technique Erik Bosgraaf
10:00 Masterclass: GF Handel: Sonata in g minor, HWV 360
10:45 Tea break
11:15 Masterclass: A Vivaldi: Concerto no 2 in g minor `La Notte,’ RV 439 for SATB Ensemble (1st mvt)
12:00 Combined Audience Ensemble item directed by Erik Bosgraaf – PLEASE BRING YOUR RECORDERS
12:45 Questions
13:00 finis
This workshop forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

The Misshapen Pearls - A Baroque Story
2019-10-20 18:00 - 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Bowmans’ Cape Town Office, 22 Bree Street
Camerata Tinta Barocca, in collaboration with Friends of Orchestral Music and Bowmans, present The Misshapen Pearls, a concert exploring the true spirit of the Baroque. The term ‘barocco’, originally used by 17th century jewellers to describe a misshapen pearl, was used from the mid-eighteenth century, when a simpler style of music became popular, to refer the imperfection, bizarreness and grotesqueness of music from the Baroque. This programme will focus on the stark contrasts found in Baroque music, leaning on the idea of chiaroscuro (light-dark), as well as exploring the improvisational aspect of music from this period, which was intrinsically part of the aesthetic.
The programme includes music by Castello, Bertali, Telemann, Couperin, Biber and Hotteterre, with Vivaldi’s outrageous set of ‘La Folia’ variations as the centrepiece.
With Ralitza Macheva and Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins), and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Date: Sunday, 20 October 2019
Time: 18:00
Venue: Bowmans’ Cape Town Office, 22 Bree Street
Tickets: R400 / R350 FOM members. Ticket sales via Quicket – click here to purchase tickets.
Enquiries: To Louise Howlett via email – singingladylouise@gmail.com

Kunstgeiger und Bierfiedler (Art violinists and Beer fiddlers) - a duo recital with Antoinette Lohmann (baroque violin, clog violin) and Jörn Boysen (harpsichord, baroque guitar, zither, jewish harp)
2019-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
As a part of the Camerata Tinta Barocca concert series, international baroque musicians Antoinette Lohmann (baroque violin, clog violin), and Jörn Boysen (harpsichord, baroque guitar, zither, jewish harp) present a duo recital of solo violin literature from the seventeenth century for baroque violin and Dutch clog violin, juxtaposing folk and art music from the early baroque.
Antoinette Lohmann (Amsterdam, 1969) is no stranger to South African audiences – she came to South Africa in 2008 for the first time to teach a masterclass baroque violin, and this marked the beginning of her regular visits to this country to support the development of its emerging historical performance movement. She has been working together with South-Africa’s leading specialists in historical performance such as John Coulter, Erik Dippenaar, Hans Huyssen and Gerhard Benade. She has performed with Camerata Tinta Baroca and Cape Consort (Cape Town), Baroque 2000 (Durban). Furthermore she has been teaching masterclasses at the Universities of Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom and Pretoria. She is also an Honorary Patron of Camerata Tinta Barocca. She is currently teaching principal study historical violin and viola at the Amsterdam and the Utrecht Conservatory of Music and is also the principal teacher of the Historical Performance Department in Utrecht, where she also teaches historical documentation.
Jörn Boysen (Lübeck, 1976) is a harpsichordist, conductor and composer. After his studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck he went to the Netherlands where he studied with Tini Mathot and Ton Koopman at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He regularly performs in Germany, the Netherlands, France and at prominent European music festivals as guest conductor, soloist or continuo player. As composer, Boysen has had works commissioned and performed by Musica Poetica (NL), De Nederlandse Bachverniging, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado (USA), soloists of Pratum Integrum (RU) and of the Berlin Philharmonics (D) and the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague (NL), amongst others. Apart from his work as a performer and composer, Boysen teaches at the Utrecht Conservatory. Furthermore, he is the founder and director of Musica Poetica (NL) and artistic director of the concert organisation Musica Antica da Camera in The Hague.
Date: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Time: 16:00
Venue: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Strand Street, Cape Town
Tickets: R150. Cash at the door.
Enquiries: Email info@ctbaroque.co.za
Programme details:
Hieronymus Kradenthaller (1637-1700)
Suite from Musikalische Recreation (Regensburg 1672)
Anonymous
Sonata 13 from the collection of prince Bisschop Carl Liechtenstein – Castelcorn (1624-1695), Kromeriz
Johann Christoph Petz (1664-1716)
Sonata for violin and continuo from the family archive of Martinelli
Anonymous
Sonata 16 from the collection of prince Bisschop Carl Liechtenstein – Castelcorn (1624-1695)
Johann Fischer
Suite – Difference between violinists and Fiedler (1706)
Air, Gigue, Air, Menuet, Menuet, Air
Biagio Marini (Brescia, 1594 – Venice 1663)
La Orlandina, Symfonia per un violino ò cornetto e basso se piace from Affetti Musicali, opera prima, Venice 1617
Johann Erasmus Kindermann (Nuremberg 1616 – Nuremberg 1655)
Sonata Prima from Canzoni. Sonatae, una, duabus, tribus, & quator violis, Pars Posterior (Nuremberg 1653)
Johann (Marianus) Baal (Karlstadt 1657 – Münsterschwarzach 1701)
Sonata for violin and continuo from Opus Primum (1677)
Ignazio Albertini ( Milan ? 1644? – Vienna 1685)
Sonata VII from XII sonata a Violino Solo
Johann Jakob Walther (Witterda 1650 – Mainz 1717)
Preludio – Aria – Corrente – Sarabande – Giga – Finale from Hortulus Chelicus, Mainz, 1688
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca 1620 – 1680)
Balletti duplices. Balletto 1. di Zingari, aria 2 Ciaconna detta bella Zingara

I BASSIFONDI IN CONCERT
2019-11-20 20:00 - 22:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The ‘Istituto Italiano di Cultura’ in collaboration with Camerata Tinta Barocca present Italian ensemble I Bassifondi. A brainchild of Simone Vallerotonda, I Bassifondi is a period ensemble performing music for lute, archlute, theorbo and baroque guitar with continuo.
Most 17th-18th-century music for lute, guitar, theorbo and archlute was devised and written down to be played in consort with different instruments. Such authors as Kapsberger, Corbetta, Piccinini, de Visée, Granata, Weiss and many others either composed their solo pieces with an added continuo accompaniment or arranged them from the original tablatures into regular multi-part scores. Moreover, in some more explicit instances they wrote directly for a consort of lutes, or for lute and sundry instruments. Several period chronicles witness on how such multi-instrumental music used to be performed. Guitarists were typically expected to be accompanied by theorboes, colasciones, lutes – and vice versa. Relying on written testimonies as well as on musical and iconographic sources, the ensemble I Bassifondi founded and handpicked by Simone Vallerotonda, aims at rediscovering and offering the audience that repertoire in chamber format.
The programme for this concert evokes the musical life of seventeenth century Rome in all its aspects: from the street, where the storytellers improvised simple dances, to the oratorio, where people gathered to hear the sacrae historiae, to the refined performances at the Palazzo Barberini. Music by Kapsberger (1580-1651), Tommaso Marchetti romano (?-XVII), Ferdinando Valdambrini romano (?- XVII), Giovanni Paolo Foscarini (1600-1647), Arcangelo Lori (1611-1679) and Athanasius Kircher (1602-1680).
With: Gabriele Miracle (percussion), Stefano Todarello (colascione, battente guitar, sordellina) and Simone Vallerotonda (archlute, baroque guitar and direction). Local soprano Elsabé Richter will make a guest appearance.
Date: Wednesday 20 November 2019
Time: 20.00
Venue: St. Andrew’s Presbytarian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R160 and R140 (concessions). Tickets can be purchased online via Webtickets, in-store at any Pick n Pay supermarket or cash at the door. Click here to purchase tickets online.
Enquiries: Email info@ctbaroque.co.za.

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BETTINA VON DOMBOIS (BAROQUE VIOLIN)
2020-01-15 20:00 - 21:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Erin Hall, 8 Erin Road, Rondeboch, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7700, South Africa
For the first concert of 2020, Camerata Tinta Barocca presents a programme of chamber music from the Baroque in the intimate space of Rondebosch’s Erin Hall. This concert features baroque violinist Bettina von Dombois from Germany, alongside regular CTB players Ralitza Macheva and Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins), Joshua Frank (recorder) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director).
Music by: Corelli, Uccellini, Goldberg, Telemann, Handel and Pachelbel.
Date: Wednesday 15 January 2020
Time: 20.00 – 21.30
Venue: Erin Hall, 8 Erin Road, Rondebosch.
Tickets: R150, at the door.
Enquiries: Email info@ctbaroque.co.za

Baroque Opera Gala Concert
2020-03-09 20:00 - 21:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa
As part of the ‘Toyota US Woordfees 2020’ Camerata Tinta Barocca presents an exciting programme of vocal and instrumental music from some of the most popular Baroque operas, featuring two of South Africa’s leading young sopranos: Lynelle Kenned and Brittany Smith. Music by Handel, Monteverdi, Rameau and Pergolesi.

Date: Monday 9 March
Time: 20.00 – 21.30
Venue: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
Tickets: R115 – R160 (online purchase). R180 (at the door).
Buy you tickets here: https://tickets.computicket.com/event/baroque_opera_gala_concert/7125029/7125097/84893
For more info visit:
https://woordfees.co.za/en/listing/baroque-opera-gala-concert/
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

The Misshapen Pearls
2020-05-24 09:30 - 10:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton, 46 Hoof street, Greyton, South Africa
As part of the ‘2020 Greyton Genadendal Classics for All’ festival, Camerata Tinta Barocca presents The Misshapen Pearls: a concert that explores the true spirit of the Baroque. The term ‘barocco’, originally used by 17th century jewellers to describe a misshapen pearl, was used from the mid-18th century, when a simpler style of music became popular, to refer to the perceived imperfection, bizarreness and grotesqueness of music from the Baroque. This programme will focus on the stark contrasts found in Baroque music, leaning on the idea of chiaroscuro (light-dark), as well as exploring the improvisational aspect of music from this period, which was intrinsically part of the aesthetic. The programme includes music by Telemann, Couperin, Biber and Hotteterre, with Vivaldi’s outrageous set of ‘La Folia’ variations as the centrepiece.

With: Ralitza Macheva and Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins), Erik Dippenaar harpsichord

Date: Sunday 24 May
Time: 9.30 – 10.30
Venue: Dutch Reformed Church, Greyton
Tickets: R150. Tickets for the 2020 Greyton Genadendal Classics For All will be available at Computicket or at the Greyton Info office from 1 February 2020:
info@greytontourism.com or 028 254 9564/9414
For more info visit: https://www.classicsforall.co.za/camerata-tinta-barocca
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

Schools' Baroque Festival
2020-08-02 16:00 - 18:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Parow, 20 Picton Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7500, South Africa
As part of Camerata Tinta Barocca’s education programme, we present our annual Schools’ Baroque Festival Concert, where high school learners from the Greater Cape Town area get the opportunity to work alongside CTB musicians.
A series of workshops lead up to this concert, where the talent and skills of the next generation of Baroque players and singers will be showcased.
Date: Sunday 2 August
Time: 16.00 – 18.00
Venue: Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Parow
Tickets at the door: R100 (scholars: R20)
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

CTB with Matthias Maute (recorder)
2020-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
In this concert Camerata Tinta Barocca will feature award-winning Canadian early music specialist Matthias Maute as recorder soloist. Maute is the Artistic Director of the Montreal-based ‘Ensemble Caprice’ and the Co-Artistic Director of the Montreal Baroque Festival (see full biography below).
The programme will feature works by Vivaldi and Zipoli, amongst others.
Here’s a short snippet of Maute’s recorder arrangement of Bach’s harpsichord concerto BWV1052 :

Date: Wednesday 11 November
Time: 20:00 – 22:00
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R170 (at the door).
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za

Matthias Maute
Award-winning conductor, composer, recorder and flute soloist Matthias Maute has achieved an international reputation. In 2016 he was named artistic director of the Bach Society of Minnesota and in 2019 of the professional choir Ensemble vocal Arts-Québec. Impressed by his artistic approach, The New York Times described the orchestra he conducts in Montreal, Ensemble Caprice, as being “an ensemble that encourages the listener to rehear the world.”
Maute’s recording of Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos juxtaposed with Maute’s own arrangements of Preludes from Shostakovich’s Op. 87 was hailed by The New Yorker’s Alex Ross as standing out “for its fleet, characterful approach” and “its fresh, vibrant colors”.
Matthias won the 1st Prize of the International Early Music Competition in Bruges (Belgium) as recorder soloist and has been touring the world ever since.
His compositions are published by Breitkopf & Härtel, Amadeus, Moeck, and Carus. Maute’s 1st violin concerto was performed by soloist Mark Fewer with the St. John’s Symphony and with I Musici de Montréal. Forty-nine movements of Matthias Maute’s compositions are featured in 49 videos on noncerto.com.
Matthias Maute has made some twenty recordings on the Analekta, Vanguard Classics, Bella Musica, Dorian, Bridge, and ATMA Classique labels. He is regularly invited to perform at major international festivals. Matthias Maute is co-artistic director of the Montreal Baroque Festival and artistic director of the Méénat Musica Concerts noncerto concert series. He currently teaches at l’Université de Montréal and McGill University.

Baroque Chamber Music
2021-05-15 19:00 - 20:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Camerata Tinta Barocca (CTB) presents a concert of chamber music from the Baroque, featuring Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva and Annien Shaw (baroque violins), Joshua Frank (recorder), Bridget Rennie-Salonen (baroque flute), Uwe Grosser (theorbo), and directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar.
The programme explores the possibilities of juxtaposing movements from works by a diversity of composers and from different genres, by grouping them together in suites or partitas, a common practice during the Baroque period.
The programme includes music by Bach, Barsanti, Geminiani, Handel, Hotteterre and Merula, and is performed on period instruments by members of CTB.
Please keep in mind that for all live events current restrictions allow for 100 audience members in the Endler Hall and all safety protocols outlined by the University will be strictly followed. The safety of our students, staff and patrons is our first priority.
The concert will take place on Saturday 15 May at 7pm. Tickets for R150 (regular) and R120 (pensioners and students) are available now through Computicket and at the door one hour before the show. Credit card facilities and SnapScan payments will be possible. For more information contact Fiona Grayer at concerts@sun.ac.za or 021 808 2358.
Tickets available at: Book Now

The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano) - 18:00
2021-10-20 18:00 - 19:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents its first live orchestral concert since March 2020 on Wednesday, 20 October 2021 at their Cape Town home venue, St Andrew’s
Presbyterian Church in De Waterkant. The concert will feature instrumental repertoire by Corelli, Handel, Purcell and De Lalande. Soprano Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi will appear as soloist in arias by Handel, Pergolesi and Rameau. We also welcome back Bettina von Dombois (baroque violin) as visiting concert master.
Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will be two identical hour-long performances on 20 October: one at 18:00 and one at 20:00. Seating will be unreserved, but social distancing protocols will be followed.
Tickets are R180 at Quicket:
https://www.quicket.co.za/events/153224-cape-town-baroque-orchestra-with-hlengiwe-mkhwanazi/
Please note that no tickets will be sold at the door, due to audience size limitations.
For more information email info@ctbaroque.co.za

The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano) - 20:00
2021-10-20 20:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant

Salsa Baroque
2021-11-10 19:00 - 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra in collaboration with Ensemble Caprice from Montréal, Canada, present Salsa Baroque, an exciting programme of 17th and 18th century music from Latin America and Spain.
During this time period, the musical dialogue between the Old and New Worlds produced extraordinary results. The fascinating blend of European polyphony and Latin American traditional music created a unique style that is exemplified by the villancicos of the Bolivian composer Juan de Araujo and the colourful guarachas of his contemporaries. The programme also includes sonatas by Falconieri, a European composer who was influenced by this Latin American style.
These gems from this spectacular musical era will be performed on instruments that were common at the time: flutes and recorders, baroque guitar, baroque bowed string instruments, period keyboards, and various percussion instruments.
With:
Members of Ensemble Caprice
Matthias Maute (recorder, traverso)
Ziya Tabassian (percussion)
and
Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra
Ralitza Macheva, Nicole D’Oliveira (baroque violins)
Lynn Rudolph (baroque viola)
Cheryl de Havilland (baroque cello)
Henrike Kovats (baroque double bass)
Uwe Grosser (theorbo, baroque guitar)
Dale de Windt (chamber organ)
Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
For a sneak preview of Ensemble Caprice’s work, see their website: https://ensemblecaprice.com/en/
Date: Wednesday 10 November
Time: 19:00 – 20.00
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets are R180 at Quicket: https://qkt.io/z3KZzu
Seating is unreserved, but social distancing protocols will be followed.
Please note that no tickets will be sold at the door due to audience size limitations.

Baroque Opera Gala Concert
2022-04-24 16:00 - 17:15 UTC | South African Slave Church Museum, Cape Town, 40 Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, South Africa’s leading period instrument orchestra, presents an exciting programme of vocal music from some of the most popular 18th century operas, celebrating the virtuosity and broad range of expressions that caused singers of the Baroque period to reach the same level of celebrity as modern-day sport stars.
This programme features a stellar line-up of some of South Africa’s leading Baroque singers: Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano), Brittany Smith (soprano), Jason Atherton (tenor) and William Berger (baritone).
The concert includes music by Handel, Rameau, Pergolesi and Purcell, and will be presented in the spectacular late 18th century setting of the Slave Church Museum in Long Street, Cape Town.
The programme will be directed from the harpsichord by the CTBO’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar.
Date: Sunday, 24 April 2022
Time: 16:00–17.15
Venue: Slave Church Museum, 40 Long St, Cape Town, 8000
Tickets are R240 at Quicket: https://www.quicket.co.za/events/172656-baroque-opera-gala-concert/#/
Seating is unreserved, but social distancing protocols will be followed.
Please note that no tickets will be sold at the door due to audience size limitations.
For enquiries, contact us at info@ctbaroque.co.za
or visit our website at www.ctbaroque.co.za.

Celebrating Handel: The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Lynelle Kenned (soprano) - Greyton Genadendal Classics for All - 22 May
2022-05-22 11:30 - 12:30 UTC | Moravian Church, Genadendal, Genadendal, 7234, Genadendal, Western Cape, 7234, South Africa
Celebrating Handel: The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Lynelle Kenned (soprano)
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents an exciting programme of vocal and instrumental repertoire, celebrating the expressiveness and vitality of the music of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759).
The centrepiece of the programme is Handel’s Gloria, sung by Lynelle Kenned. This composition, which was probably composed very early in Handel’s career, was lost for many years and only re-discovered in 2001 in the library of the Royal Academy of Music (London).
In addition to the Gloria, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) and Annien Shaw (baroque violin) will appear as soloists in Handel’s Concerto Grosso in G major, op.3 no.3, and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar, will play the Organ Concerto in F-major, op.4 no.5.
Many of Handel’s organ concerti and concerti grossi were written to be performed between the acts of his oratorios. Whilst the keyboard concerto was a new genre of the time, and centred around Handel as composer-performer, the concerto grosso harks back to a previous generation, but was stylistically updated by Handel in several innovative ways.
Programme
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759):
Ouverture from Rodelinda (1725)

Gloria, HWV deest
Soloist: Lynelle Kenned (soprano)

Organ Concerto in F major, op.4 no.5 (1735)
Larghetto – Allegro – Alla Siciliana – Presto
Soloist: Erik Dippenaar (chamber organ)

Concerto Grosso in G major, op.3 no.3 (1717–1718)
Largo e Staccato – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
Soloists: Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) and Annien Shaw (baroque violin)

“Tornami a vagheggiar” from Alcina (1735)
Soloist: Lynelle Kenned (soprano)

Date: Sunday, 22 May 2022
Time: 11:30–12.30
Venue: Moravian Church, Genadendal
Tickets are R160 at Computicket: https://tickets.computicket.com/event/cape_town_baroque_orchestra/7182350/7182375/41913
For enquiries, contact info@classicsforall.co.za or coeniev@gmail.com or visit https://classicsforall.co.za/cape-town-baroque-orchestra/

Celebrating Handel: The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Lynelle Kenned (soprano) - Cape Town performance - 25 May
2022-05-25 20:00 - 21:15 UTC | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Celebrating Handel: The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Lynelle Kenned (soprano)
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents an exciting programme of vocal and instrumental repertoire, celebrating the expressiveness and vitality of the music of George Frideric Handel (1685–1759).
The centrepiece of the programme is Handel’s Gloria, sung by Lynelle Kenned. This composition, which was probably composed very early in Handel’s career, was lost for many years and only re-discovered in 2001 in the library of the Royal Academy of Music (London).
In addition to the Gloria, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) and Annien Shaw (baroque violin) will appear as soloists in Handel’s Concerto Grosso in G major, op.3 no.3, and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar, will play the Organ Concerto in F-major, op.4 no.5.
Many of Handel’s organ concerti and concerti grossi were written to be performed between the acts of his oratorios. Whilst the keyboard concerto was a new genre of the time, and centred around Handel as composer-performer, the concerto grosso harks back to a previous generation, but was stylistically updated by Handel in several innovative ways.

Programme
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759):

Ouverture from Rodelinda (1725)

Gloria, HWV deest
Soloist: Lynelle Kenned (soprano)

Organ Concerto in F major, op.4 no.5 (1735)
Larghetto – Allegro – Alla Siciliana – Presto
Soloist: Erik Dippenaar (chamber organ)

Concerto Grosso in G major, op.3 no.3 (1717–1718)
Largo e Staccato – Allegro – Adagio – Allegro
Soloists: Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) and Annien Shaw (baroque violin)

“Tornami a vagheggiar” from Alcina (1735)
Soloist: Lynelle Kenned (soprano)

Date: Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Time: 20:00–21.15
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Somerset Road, De Waterkant
Tickets are R220 at Quicket: https://qkt.io/zLScsU
Seating is unreserved, but social distancing protocols will be followed.
Please note that no tickets will be sold at the door due to audience size limitations.
For enquiries, contact us at info@ctbaroque.co.za

The Four Nations – Cape Town Baroque Orchestra with Matthias Maute (recorder/traverso)
2022-10-23 16:00 UTC | South African Sendinggestigmuseum, 40 Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa
Antonio Vivaldi’s cycle of descriptive violin concertos, “The Four Seasons”, counts among the most famous music ever devised. However, another cycle of four recorder concertos with descriptive titles by the same composer has remained in (relative) obscurity, namely:

Concerto La Francia (France)
Concerto La Spagna (Spain)
Concerto L’Inghilterro (England)
Concerto Il Gran Mogol (India)

The three concertos La Francia, La Spagna, L’Inghilterro and the original version of Il Gran Mogul are unfortunately lost.
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra is happy to present Matthias Maute’s reconstruction of these four concerti, with the virtuoso Maute himself as soloist. Each concerto is preceded by a prelude composed in the country that the ensuing concerto is dedicated to.
Date: Sunday, 23 October
Time: 16:00
Venue: South African Sendinggestigmuseum, 40 Long Street, Cape Town.
Tickets: R220 at Quicket
