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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]