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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260722T190000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260722T203000
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SUMMARY:IDYLL - Pastoral works by Charpentier (Event 2 - 2026 Winter Baroque Season)
DESCRIPTION:Exploring idyllic settings from a late 17th-century perspective\, singers of Lutesong Consort (www.lutesong.co.za)\, and period instrumentalists of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra\, under the musical direction of Erik Dippenaar\, present four works for solo voices and instruments by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704). Likely intended for performance in aristocratic salons and private circles\, these works evoke an idealised landscape of shepherds\, shepherdesses and courtly romance. In contrast to many of his French contemporaries\, Charpentier composed several vocal works in Italian\, perhaps reflecting both the tastes of his patrons and his own engagement with Italian music. \nThe three Italian works on the programme\, namely Serenata a tre voci\, H.472\, Amor vince\, H.492 and Cupido perfido\, H.493\, illustrate his assimilation of Italian stylistic features within a French compositional idiom\, resulting in music that is direct in expression yet no less affecting. These works are contrasted with the Idylle sur le retour de la santé du Roi\, H.489\, a more ornate example of his distinctively French style. \nWith:\nLutesong Consort\nElsabé Richter\, Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen (sopranos)\nLente Louw (mezzo-soprano\, Artistic Director: Lutesong Consort)\nWillem Bester and Van Wyk Venter (alto/tenor)\nKeaton Manwaring (bass) \nCape Town Baroque Orchestra\nAnnien Shaw and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violins)\nRosamund Roth (viola da gamba)\nUwe Grosser (lute\, chitarrone\, baroque guitar)\nDale de Windt (chamber organ)\nErik Dippenaar (harpsichord\, musical direction) \nPlease join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert! \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nWatch Lutesong Consort and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performing together\, recorded at the South African Slave Church Museum in February 2022: \n\n\n\n\n\n  \n*** \nThis is Event 2 in our 2026 Winter Baroque Season. You can learn more about the other events in the season here: \nEvent 1 – Bach in Dialogue – a programme of chamber works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)\, performed by Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba)\, and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord) – Wednesday\, 10 June 2026\, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church \nEvent 3 – Wilhelmine\, Sebastian\, Élizabeth\, and George – an orchestral concert with soloists William Berger (baritone)\, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe)\, and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) – Thursday\, 30 July 2026\, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church \n*** \nThe 2026 Winter Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026wbs2/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2026 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260730T190000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260730T203000
DTSTAMP:20260817T190359Z
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SUMMARY:WILHELMINE\, SEBASTIAN\, ÉLIZABETH\, AND GEORGE - (Event 3 - 2026 Winter Baroque Season)
DESCRIPTION:The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents a programme of orchestral music by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth (1709-1758)\, Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)\, Élizabeth Jaquet de la Guerre (1665-1729) and George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): four composers linked together in diverse ways. The centrepiece of the programme will be Bach’s moving cantata Ich habe genug\, BWV82\, with William Berger (baritone) and Ingo Müller (baroque oboe) as soloists. This cantata\, which was written during Bach’s fourth year in Leipzig (1727)\, was performed several times during his lifetime\, and later arranged into a version for soprano solo with traverso obligato. The original scoring for bass and baroque oboe will be used in this concert. Erik Dippenaar will feature as harpsichord soloist in the G-minor concerto by Wilhelmine von Bayreuth. Wilhelmine was a skilled composer and performer\, a patron of the arts\, later a diplomat\, and also the sister of Frederick the Great. The harpsichord concerto\, written in 1734\, was likely to be performed with Wilhelmine herself playing the solo harpsichord part\, and the music displays a blend of Italian and French influences.  Also included in the programme will be an orchestral suite by Élizabeth Jaquet de la Guerre and the aria Se il mar promette calma from Handel’s Lotario\, HWV 26. The concert will be directed from the harpsichord by the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director\, Erik Dippenaar. \nWith: William Berger (baritone)\, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe)\, Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra. \nPlease join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert! \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nWatch William Berger (baritone) perform Se il mar promette calma (Handel) with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra at the South African Slave Church Museum in February 2022: \n\n  \n*** \nThis is Event 2 in our 2026 Winter Baroque Season. You can learn more about the other events in the season here: \nEvent 1 – Bach in Dialogue – a programme of chamber works by J.S. Bach (1685-1750)\, performed by Annien Shaw (baroque violin)\, Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba)\, and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord) – Wednesday\, 10 June 2026\, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church \nEvent 3 – Wilhelmine\, Sebastian\, Élizabeth\, and George – an orchestral concert with soloists William Berger (baritone)\, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe)\, and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) – Thursday\, 30 July 2026\, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church \n*** \nThe 2026 Winter Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026wbs3/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2026 Past Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260919T090000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260919T140000
DTSTAMP:20260817T200622Z
CREATED:20260817T190135Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T200622Z
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SUMMARY:Baroque Woodwind Study Day (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 1)
DESCRIPTION: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). \nDate: Saturday\, 19 September 2026\nTime: 09:00-14:00.\nVenue: Imbewu Music Centre\, Westerford High School\, Rondebosch\nTickets: R200\, R150 (pensioners)\, R100 (learners/students)* \n*Also included in the above ticket is a session of recorder masterclasses for advanced students presented by the visiting recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf\, taking place on Thursday\, 24 September 10:00-13:00 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant. Click here for more details about this event. \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 1 in our 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf1/
LOCATION:Imbewu Music Centre\, Westerford High School\,\, 220 Main Rd (cnr Main and Mount Road\, entrance in Mount Rd)\, Rondebosch\, Cape Town\, 7700\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260920T150000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260920T163000
DTSTAMP:20260817T203249Z
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SUMMARY:Motet & Madrigal (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 2)
DESCRIPTION: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 brilliance of Johann Sebastian Bach‘s motets. \nPerformed by Here be Dragons\, each work is carefully deconstructed and reimagined for an ensemble of historical instruments. Rather than treating these masterpieces as untouchable monuments\, the programme returns them to a creative process of listening\, adaptation and discovery. Original texts remain present through projection\, preserving the rhetorical and poetic worlds from which the music emerged while inviting audiences to experience the relationship between word and sound in a new way. \nBy revealing the shared musical language that connects sacred and secular repertoire across four centuries\, Motet & Madrigal invites listeners to hear history not as a sequence of fixed artefacts\, but as a living tradition continually remade through performance. \nThis concert will be followed by a short panel discussion about the concert with members of Here Be Dragons\, led by Anna Stoddard. \nHere Be Dragons: Joshua Frank (recorders)\, Annien Shaw & Odile Burden (violin\, viola)\, Jan-Hendrik Harley (plucked strings\, Artistic Director)\, Mariechen Meyer (double bass) and John Pringle (percussion) \nDate: Sunday\, 20 September 2026\nTime: 15:00-16:00. Panel discussion: 16:10-16:30.\nVenue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Hall\, De Waterkant\, Cape Town\nTickets: R280\, R240 (pensioners)\, R100 (learners/students) \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 2 in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf2-2/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260924T100000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260924T130000
DTSTAMP:20260817T202722Z
CREATED:20260817T194013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T202722Z
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SUMMARY:Advanced Recorder Master Classes with Erik Bosgraaf (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 1 continued)
DESCRIPTION:Visiting recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf presents recorder masterclasses to advanced students \nDate: Thursday\, 24 September 2026\nTime: 10:00-13:00\nVenue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant\nTickets: R200\, R150 (pensioners)\, R100* \n*Also included in the above ticket is a study day focusing on woodwind instruments from the baroque period\, taking place on Saturday\, 19 September\, 09:00-14:00 at the Imbewu Music Centre\, Westerford High School\, Rondebosch. Click here for more details about this event. \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 1 (continued) in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf1cont/
LOCATION:St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church\, De Waterkant
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260926T110000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260926T121500
DTSTAMP:20260817T203658Z
CREATED:20260817T203658Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260817T203658Z
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SUMMARY:The Road to the Symphony (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 3)
DESCRIPTION: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. \nFor the ‘The Road to the Symphony’ programme\, the CTBO will expand their repertoire\, and sonic horisons\, into early Classical-style symphonies from the 1760´s and 1770´s\, by CPE Bach (1714-1788)\, Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) and a 17-year old WA Mozart (1756-1791)\, all presented on period-appropriate instruments. These early Classical works will be put in context of the late baroque by presenting the concerto for recorder and flute from 1740 by GP Telemann (1681-1767) with Erik Bosgraaf (recorder) and Marion Treupel-Franck (traverso) as soloists. \nThe Dutch recorder player and conductor\, Erik Bosgraaf\, will\, in a third collaboration with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra\, conduct this concert. Bosgraaf has recently been appointed as the Artistic Director of The London International Festival of Early Music\, and has a long-standing collaboration with the Wrocław Baroque Orchestra as guest conductor. Read more about Bosgraaf here: https://www.erikbosgraaf.com/ \nDo not miss this ground-breaking project of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra! \nWith: The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra\, Erik Bosgraaf (conductor/recorder) and Marion Treupel-Franck (traverso) in collaboration with the Cape Town Concert Series. \nDate: Saturday\, 26 September\nTime: 11:00-11:15\nProgramme duration: 75 mins\nVenue: Baxter Concert Hall\nTickets: R280\, R250 (pensioners)\, R100 (scholars/students) \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 3 in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf3/
LOCATION:Baxter Concert Hall\, Baxter Concert Hall\, Rondebosch
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260927T160000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260927T170000
DTSTAMP:20260817T211316Z
CREATED:20260817T205551Z
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SUMMARY:Consort of Two (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 4)
DESCRIPTION: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? \nIn Consort of Two\, mezzo-soprano Lente Louw and viola da gamba player Rosamund Roth explore a rich musical landscape spanning the 16th and 17th centuries. Drawing on madrigals\, chansons\, lute songs and early Baroque airs by composers including Caccini\, Dowland\, Monteverdi\, Hume and Purcell\, the programme reflects a period in which music was remarkably fluid. Beloved melodies were continually reworked\, adapted for different forces\, and reshaped by performers\, blurring the boundaries between composition\, arrangement and improvisation. \nThe title Consort of Two playfully reimagines the traditional consort\, usually understood as a larger ensemble. Historically\, the viola da gamba occupied a unique role as both a melodic and accompanying instrument\, capable of sustaining intricate polyphony while engaging in expressive dialogue with the voice. This programme embraces that tradition\, allowing two performers to evoke the richness of much larger textures while celebrating the remarkable expressive possibilities of just two musicians. \nBlending the expressive warmth of the mezzo-soprano with the dusky resonance of the viola da gamba\, Consort of Two celebrates the imagination\, adaptability and rhetorical power of early music\, inviting audiences to experience this extraordinary repertoire through a fresh and deeply personal musical conversation. \nWith members of Lutesong Consort: Lente Louw (mezzo soprano) and Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba) \nDate: Sunday\, 27 September\nTime: 16:00-17:00\nProgramme duration: 60 mins\nVenue: Sufi Temple\, Newlands\nTickets: R280\, R250 (pensioners)\, R100 (scholars/students) \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 4 in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf4/
LOCATION:Sufi Temple\, Newlands\, The Sufi Movement in South Africa\, Cape Town\, 7700\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260927T183000
DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260927T193000
DTSTAMP:20260817T211346Z
CREATED:20260817T211125Z
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SUMMARY:Meditatio Sonorum (2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 5)
DESCRIPTION:A contemplative journey through sound from the middle ages to the baroque featuring nyckelharpa viola da gamba and baroque violin. \nJoin 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 period instruments\, with Emile de Roubaix (nyckelharpa)\, Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba)\, and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin). For its inaugural concert\, the ensemble takes music from the middle ages through the early baroque out of its usual places of performance and invites you to experience it in a brand new way\, in brand new surroundings. Be drawn into the sacred heart of the music of Hildegard von Bingen\, Josquin des Prez\, and frolic along with the many voices of William Byrd\, Orlando Gibbons\, Thomas Lupo and Purcell\, to name a few\, and together with the musicians\, experience music as introspection\, journeying\, meditation\, memory\, and play! \nWith the Adamastor Consort: Emile de Roubaix (nyckelharpa)\, Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba) and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin). \nDate: Sunday\, 27 September\nTime: 18:30-19:30\nVenue: Sufi Temple\, Newlands\nTickets: R280\, R250 (pensioners)\, R100 \nEnquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za. \nBOOK HERE\n*** \nThis is Event 4 in our 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival. Click here for a downloadable summary of all the festival events. We are offering a limited number of discounted festival passes\, which include access to all four festival concerts (i.e.\, excluding Event 1\, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here. \nThe 2026 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting\, the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra\, Bill van Rensburg\, and Gillian Lindner.
URL:https://ctbaroque.co.za/event/2026ctbf5/
LOCATION:Sufi Temple\, Newlands\, The Sufi Movement in South Africa\, Cape Town\, 7700\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:2026 CTBF,Concerts (current)
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