Messiah study day
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De WaterkantIn addition to the two performances of Handel's Messiah on 28 and 30 November in Cape Town and Hermanus respectively, we are also presenting a Messiah study day on Sunday, 24 November, 12:00-15:00 at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant. The study day will include a historical background to Messiah, demonstrations by CTBO instrumentalists and Lutesong Consort singers about aspects of period performance, a background to the [...]
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ – Cape Town
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De WaterkantAfter the first performances of Messiah in Dublin in 1742, Handel performed the oratorio several times more during his lifetime. For each of these performances, he adjusted the work according to the singers and instrumentalists available to him - a common practice during the baroque period. Following the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s (CTBO) reconstruction of the first [...]
Handel’s ‘Messiah’ – Hermanus
Dutch Reformed Church, Hermanus Church st, HermanusAfter the first performances of Messiah in Dublin in 1742, Handel performed the oratorio several times more during his lifetime. For each of these performances, he adjusted the work according to the singers and instrumentalists available to him - a common practice during the baroque period. Following the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s (CTBO) reconstruction of the [...]
VARIATIONS (Event 1 – 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
Weltevreden Chapel Oranje Road, Noordhoek, South AfricaBACK DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND! These two performances are repeats of our award-winning and previously sold-out Variations programme. A popular genre during the baroque period was so-called ‘sets of variations’ or ‘divisions’: Composers often wrote variations and embellishments on songs, folk melodies or hymns. Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin), Erik Dippenaar [...]
SEASON PASS – 2025 Summer Baroque Season
Various venues across Cape TownThe Cape Town Baroque Orchestra (CTBO) presents their Summer Baroque Season of three concerts in February 2025 in various venues across Cape Town. The season includes a variety of baroque repertoire, including chamber, orchestral and vocal music, all played and sung by an exciting line-up of local and international artists. Click here for a downloadable [...]
STRING CONCERTI, PLUS A SUITE OR TWO! (Event 2 – 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De WaterkantThe Cape Town Baroque Orchestra is joined by visiting baroque violin specialists Julia Wedman and Cristina Prats-Costa, both from the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Toronto). They will lead us through a diverse variety of repertoire, including string concerti and concerti grossi by Handel, Vivaldi, Corelli, and Muffat, as well as suites by Elisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre and Purcell. With: Baroque [...]
QUEENS & KINGS (Event 3 – 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church De WaterkantSouth 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 [...]