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

Angels and Shepherds: A German Baroque Christmas
2022-12-07 19:00 - 20:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra in collaboration with the Lutesong Consort will present a concert of festive Christmas music by German Baroque composers for 8 solo voices and chamber orchestra.
The contrast between the immense significance of the Incarnation and its humble pastoral setting has always been a rich source of inspiration for artists and composers alike, and serves as a poignant reminder of our fragile human state and our humility when faced by such mystery. We will highlight this contrast with a special mix of jubilation, magnificence, serene simplicity and tenderness in the Nativity repertoire by, amongst others, Hammerschmidt, Schütz, Praetorius, Buxtehude and Johann Christoph Bach.
7 December, 19:00–20:30
St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Somerset Road, De Waterkant
Tickets (R200, R180) available on Quicket
For more information, email info@ctbaroque.co.za

Narratives (Cape Town Baroque Trio at Klein Karoo Klassique)
2024-08-11 09:30 - 10:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum, Vrede Street, Oudtshoorn
The Cape Town Baroque Trio explores various methods of instrumental narration from the baroque era. The baroque practices of affect, rhetoric, allegory and symbolism are demonstrated in the programme, where seasoned baroque instrumentalists Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba) perform works by Corelli, Biber, Telemann, and Vivaldi. They also showcase an innovative new composition for baroque instruments by Antoni Schonken. The recital is followed by a free music discussion with artists upstairs in the Banqueting Hall.

With: Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba)
Date: Sunday, 11 August
Time: 09:30-10:30
Venue: Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum
Tickets: R160, R150 (Friends of the KKNK)
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2024 Cape Town Baroque Festival (CTBF)
2024-09-21 - 2024-09-24 | Various venues across Cape Town
2024 Cape Town Baroque Festival
REVELATIONS!

The annual Cape Town Baroque Festival, presented by the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, will take place from 21 to 24 September 2024.
The programming of the 2024 Cape Town Baroque Festival – titled Revelations! – revolves around the idea of concealing and revealing, which permeates the individual programmes on many different levels.
In the award winning ‘Variations’ programme (Event 1) the focus is on sets of variations or divisions that are built on thematic material originating from songs or hymns. Often the elaborations on the themes in these compositions became so intricate that the encoded themes were obscured, and are not recognisable on first hearing. These layers will be revealed in a very expressive way in the programme!
In a very exciting, and possibly first South African, performance of French allegorical late 17th century mini-opera ‘Les arts florissants’ by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Event 2), we explore the idea of a first live hearing of a historical piece presented to a modern audience: early music experienced as new music. This also serves as a reminder that during the Baroque period works were not so often re-performed as in modern-day concert practice, and that audiences were mostly exposed to newly composed works during concerts. In the opera, the characters Music, Poetry, Painting and Architecture resolve a dispute between Peace and Discord.
The ‘Venice, Vivaldi, and the Ospedale della Pietà’ programme (Event 3) will focus on Vivaldi and the performances at the Ospedale della Pietà, where the performers were situated in the loft of the chapel and was partially hidden behind metal grilles. This obscuring of the performers added a level of mystery to these performances, which contributed to it becoming a very popular tourist attraction during the 18th century. The concert will take place in the SA Sendinggestigmuseum where the tables will be turned: with the musicians on the lofts and the audience on ground level!
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Event 1: Variations
2024-09-21 11:00 - 12:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | UCT Irma Stern Museum, 21 Cecil Road, Rosebank, Western Cape, South Africa
A popular genre during the baroque period was so-called ‘sets of variations’ or ‘divisions’: Composers often composed variations and embellishments on songs, folk melodies or hymns. Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin), Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord) and Lynelle Kenned (soprano) present a programme of expressive sets of variations from the baroque, including music by Corelli, Caccini, Byrd, Philips and Handel. The programme also includes newly composed sets of variations for solo violin by Montreal-based composer and early music specialist Matthias Maute and a piece by South African composer Arthur Feder.
This programme has recently been awarded a kykNET Fiësta Award for best classical music production in an arts festival in South Africa in 2023, and was performed to great acclaim at the 2024 Montreal Baroque Music Festival in Canada.
With: Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Programme duration:
60 minutes (without interval). Join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert.
Date: Saturday, 21 September
Time: 11:00 (doors open at 10.30)
Venue: Irma Stern Museum, Rosebank
Tickets: R250, R220 (pensioners), R100 (students)
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Event 2: Les Arts Florissants
2024-09-22 16:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Lutesong Consort presents a concert performance of the French allegorical mini-opera Les arts florissants by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643–1704). In this hòmage to Louis XIV (self-styled arts patron, warlord and ultimate monarch), ‘the arts’ are the characters: ‘La Musique’ (Music), ‘La Poèsie’ (Poetry), ‘La Peinture’ (Painting) and ‘L’Architecture’ (Architecture) resolve a dispute between ‘La Paix’ (Peace) and ‘La Discord’ (Discord). Soloists include Lynelle Kenned (soprano) and William Berger (baritone). Expect tastefully ornamented arias and polished ensemble work by Cape Town’s foremost baroque singers and period instrumentalists, lead from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar.
With: Marina Pienaar & Elsabé Richter (soprano), Lente Louw & Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen (mezzo-soprano), Willem Bester (tenor), Keaton Manwaring & William Berger (bass), Ralitza Macheva & Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba), Uwe Grosser (lutes) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Programme duration:
60 minutes (without interval). Join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert.
Date: Sunday, 22 September
Time: 16:00
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R250, R220 (pensioners), R100 (students)
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Event 3: Venice, Vivaldi and the Ospedale della Pietà
2024-09-24 15:00 - 17:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | South African Sendinggestigmuseum, 40 Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa
The Ospedale della Pietà was an orphanage-convent in Venice that was one of four so-called “Ospedali Grandi” (charitable hospices, which provided a wide range of services for the needy of Venice). In these institutions, music played an important part in the education of the inhabitants (all girls in the case of the Ospedale della Pietà). By the 18th century, the Ospedale della Pietà was well-known for its all-female ensemble of singers and instrumentalists, and the music performances attracted visitors and tourists from across Europe. Vivaldi first became involved with the Pietà as violin teacher in 1703 and held various positions at this institution during his lifetime, notably between 1723 to 1740. Much of Vivaldi’s sacred vocal and instrumental music was written for performance at the Ospedale della Pietà.
‘I have not an idea of anything so voluptuous and affecting as this music; the richness of the art, the exquisite taste of the vocal part, the excellence of the voices, the justness of the execution, everything in these delightful concerts concurs to produce an impression which certainly is not the mode, but from which I am of opinion no heart is secure.’ – Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s description from 1770 of music-making at the Ospedale della Pietà
From other accounts we know that the performers were situated in the loft of the chapel of the Ospedale della Pietà and was partially hidden behind metal grilles. For the ‘Venice, Vivaldi, and the Ospedale della Pietà’ programme, the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra will present a selection of works that were written for, and performed at, the Ospedale della Pietà, as well as works by Vivaldi’s Venetian contemporaries, with all the musicians on the lofts of the SA Sendinggestig Museum in 40 Long Street, Cape Town.
Come get a sense of what music making in bustling Venice during Vivaldi’s lifetime might have sounded like, and join us in paying homage to the mostly unacknowledged women and girls who were the musicians in the Ospedale della Pietà.
With: Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), Elsabé Richter (soprano), Lusibalwethu Sesanti (mezzo-soprano/drag artist), The Cape Town Baroque Trio, Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar
Programme duration:
60 minutes (without interval). A pre-concert talk will be delivered by Anna Stoddard an hour before the performance.
Programme to include:
Tomaso Albinoni (1671–1751), Oboe Concerto in Bb major, Op.7, No.3
Antonio Vivaldi (1678–1741), Laudate pueri, RV601
Vivaldi, Concerto for strings, RV127
Vivaldi, Trio Sonata in D minor, Op.1, No. 12, ‘La Follia’
Anna Bon (1738–after 1769), Trio Sonata in G major, Op.111, Nr.1
Date: Tuesday, 24 September
Time: 16:00. Pre-concert talk at 15:00
Venue: SA Sendinggestig Museum, 40 Long Street
Tickets: R250, R220 (pensioners), R100 (students)
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Narratives (Cape Town Baroque Trio at Woordfees)
2024-10-04 12:00 - 13:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Oudtshoorn Civic Centre / Burgersentrum, Vrede Street, Oudtshoorn
The Cape Town Baroque Trio explores various methods of instrumental narration from the baroque era. The baroque practices of affect, rhetoric, allegory and symbolism are demonstrated in the programme, where seasoned baroque instrumentalists Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba) perform works by Corelli, Biber, Telemann, and Vivaldi. They also showcase an innovative new composition for baroque instruments by Antoni Schonken.

With: Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Ender (viola da gamba)

Date: Friday, 4 October
Time: 12:00-13:00
Venue: Fismer Hall, Konservatorium, Stellenbosch
Tickets: R175-R210, R205-R240 at the door
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Messiah study day
2024-11-24 12:00 - 15:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
In 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 alternative versions of certain of the recitatives and arias to be performed (with musical demonstrations), as well as a masterclass and demonstration by visiting baroque trumpeter Raphael Pouget. You can view the full programme here.
Students and scholars enter for free, with no prebooking needed. (If you plan on bringing a group of more than ten students/scholars, please give us a heads-up at info@ctbaroque.co.za.) Tickets for Messiah audience members are R50. Tickets for the general public (not attending one of the two Messiah performances) are R100.
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This project is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting, and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.

Handel's 'Messiah' - Cape Town
2024-11-28 19:00 - 22:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
After 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 1742 Dublin performance at the end of last year, we will present the work again in November 2024, this time featuring several of the alternative (and not often heard) versions of arias and choruses. CTBO’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar, has specifically selected versions of the arias and recitatives which will position the three soprano soloists as narrators, guiding the unfolding of the dramatic arch of this oratorio.
According to CTBO’s usual practice, the orchestra will play on period-appropriate instruments, consisting of period stringed instruments, chamber organ, harpsichord, theorbo, baroque oboe, baroque trumpet, and calfskin baroque timpani. CTBO will be joined on stage by Lutesong Consort, an ensemble of 12 professional singers, who will sing the chorus parts, with the soloists also forming part of the vocal ensemble.*
This smaller setup of instruments and voices gives this work a lighter, chamber music-like feeling, which will illuminate the expressive nuances in the music and text.
The performance will be directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar.
*Lutesong Consort
Soprano: Lynelle Kenned (soloist), Elsabé Richter (soloist), Louise Howlett (soloist)
Alto: Lente Louw (soloist), Nick de Jager, Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen
Tenor: Sandile Mabaso (soloist), Levi Alexander, Christiaan Bell
Bass: Conroy Scott (soloist), Keaton Manwaring, Luvo Rasmeni
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Please also join us during the interval for a complimentary glass of wine.
This performance is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.

Handel's 'Messiah' - Hermanus
2024-11-30 15:30 - 18:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Dutch Reformed Church, Hermanus, Church st, Hermanus, 7200
After 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 1742 Dublin performance at the end of last year, we will present the work again in November 2024, this time featuring several of the alternative (and not often heard) versions of arias and choruses. CTBO’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar, has specifically selected versions of the arias and recitatives which will position the three soprano soloists as narrators, guiding the unfolding of the dramatic arch of this oratorio.
According to CTBO’s usual practice, the orchestra will play on period-appropriate instruments, consisting of period stringed instruments, chamber organ, harpsichord, theorbo, baroque oboe, baroque trumpet, and calfskin baroque timpani. CTBO will be joined on stage by Lutesong Consort, an ensemble of 12 professional singers, who will sing the chorus parts, with the soloists also forming part of the vocal ensemble.*
This smaller setup of instruments and voices gives this work a lighter, chamber music-like feeling, which will illuminate the expressive nuances in the music and text.
The performance will be directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar.
*Lutesong Consort
Soprano: Lynelle Kenned (soloist), Elsabé Richter (soloist), Louise Howlett (soloist)
Alto: Lente Louw (soloist), Nick de Jager, Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen
Tenor: Sandile Mabaso (soloist), Levi Alexander, Christiaan Bell
Bass: Conroy Scott (soloist), Keaton Manwaring, Luvo Rasmeni
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Please also join us during the interval for a complimentary glass of wine or juice.
This performance is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Overstrand Kunste/Arts (OAK). A historically informed Messiah performance featuring a large cast of professional singers and instrumentalists is tremendously expensive to produce. Tickets to this and other Cape Town Baroque Orchestra performances are always subsidised by our generous sponsors. If you would like to contribute to this special project beyond your own ticket cost, please use Quicket’s optional project donation function when you buy your ticket.

VARIATIONS (Event 1 - 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
2025-02-01 11:00 - 14:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Weltevreden Chapel, Oranje Road, Noordhoek, 7979, South Africa
BACK 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 (harpsichord) and Lynelle Kenned (soprano) present a programme of expressive sets of variations from the baroque, including music by Corelli, Caccini, Byrd, Philips and Handel. The programme also includes newly composed sets of variations for solo violin by Montreal-based composer and early music specialist Matthias Maute, as well as a piece by South African composer Arthur Feder.
This programme was recently awarded a kykNET Fiësta Award for best classical music production at an arts festival in South Africa in 2023, and was performed to great acclaim at the 2024 Montreal Baroque Music Festival in Canada.
Two performances will be held on 1 February, at 11:00-12:00 and 13:00-14:00 respectively, to accommodate more concertgoers. The performances will take place at the intimate and atmospheric Weltevreden chapel, originally a farmhouse dating from 1790 that was restored by local harpsichord maker William Selway (Bill) Robson. Only 40 tickets per performance available.
With: Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Please join us for a complimentary glass of wine after each concert.
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This is Event 1 in our 2025 Summer Baroque Season. Click here for a downloadable summary of all season’s events. We are offering a limited number of discounted season passes, which include access to all three events of the season, priced at R750, R680 (pensioners), and R250 (students). Book a season pass here.
The 2025 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Friends of Orchestral Music.

SEASON PASS - 2025 Summer Baroque Season
2025-02-01 11:00 - 2025-02-15 22:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Various venues across Cape Town
The 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 summary of the season’s events, or scroll down for more information, included below.
We are offering a limited number of discounted season passes, which include access to all three events of the season. BOOK YOUR SEASON PASS HERE, or scroll down for individual booking links.
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In two repeat performances of the award-winning ‘Variations’ programme (Event 1) on Saturday 1 February, the focus is on sets of variations or divisions that are built on thematic material originating from songs or hymns, performed by Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and the CTBO’s Artistic Director Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord), in the atmospheric Weltevreden chapel in Noordhoek. BOOK HERE
In ‘String concerti, plus a suite or two!’ (Event 2) on 12 February, we welcome two baroque violin soloists, Julia Wedman and Cristina Prats-Costa, from Toronto, Canada. Julia is also a member of the renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. They will lead us in a varied programme of orchestral repertoire in both the Italian and French baroque styles at our home venue, St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in De Waterkant. BOOK HERE
The last event of the season, ‘Queens & Kings’ (Event 3) on 15 February, is a collaboration between CTBO, our regular partner Lutesong Consort, and South African-born countertenor, Clint van der Linde, in a programme of some of his favourite repertoire that also showcases the varied roles the countertenor voice served in a historical context. BOOK HERE
In true Cape Town Baroque Orchestra style, there will be a complimentary glass of wine after each concert!
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The 2025 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Friends of Orchestral Music.

STRING CONCERTI, PLUS A SUITE OR TWO! (Event 2 - 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
2025-02-12 19:30 - 20:45 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra is joined by visiting baroque violin specialists Julia Wedman and Cristina Prats-Costa, from Toronto, Canada. Julia is also a member of the renowned Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra: 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 violin soloists Julia Wedman (right) and Cristina Prats-Costa (left), and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra. (Photo by Aleksandar Antonijevic.)
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This is Event 2 in our 2025 Summer Baroque Season. Click here for a downloadable summary of all season’s events. We are offering a limited number of discounted season passes, which include access to all three events of the season, priced at R750, R680 (pensioners), and R250 (students). Book a season pass here.
The 2025 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Friends of Orchestral Music.

QUEENS & KINGS (Event 3 - 2025 Summer Baroque Season)
2025-02-15 19:00 - 20:45 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 Town Baroque Orchestra, are delighted to collaborate with him in a one-night-only performance of some of his favourite repertoire, including works by Hasse, Handel, Bach, Purcell and Dowland.
With: Clint van der Linde (countertenor), Lutesong Consort, and instrumentalists of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra
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This concert is a collaboration between Lutesong Consort and the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra. It forms Event 3 in the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s 2025 Summer Baroque Season. Click here for a downloadable version of all the season’s events. We are also offering a limited number of discounted season passes, which include access to all three events of the season, priced at R750, R680 (pensioners), and R250 (students). Book a season pass here.
Click here for more information about Lutesong Consort.
The 2025 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rupert Musiekstigting and Friends of Orchestral Music.

'Le Monde du Clavecin' - a solo recital with John Reid Coulter (harpsichord)
2025-04-09 19:00 - 21:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 free-form preludes to quirky social commentary pieces offering us glimpses into the sophisticated humour and social complexities at the French court. He will also sojourn into the Iberian Peninsula for works by seldom-heard Portuguese and Spanish composers Carlos Seixas, João de Sousa Carvalhos and Antonio Soler, as well as works by Domenico Scarlatti, who was employed at the Spanish court.
The concert will be narrated by Anna Stoddard, well-known presenter of ‘Anna’s Baroque Bon Bons’ on Fine Music Radio. Complimentary wine will be served during the interval. Presented by Lutesong Consort with the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra.
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'Alone and Together – The Joy of Polyphony' - the Cape Town Baroque Trio at the Greyton Genadendal Classics for All Festival
2025-05-11 09:30 - 10:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 J.S. Bach. The pieces chosen emphasize the collaborative nature of polyphonic music, where no single part takes precedence, and every voice contributes equally to the whole.
Interwoven with these ensemble pieces will be solo works for each member, showcasing individual artistry while maintaining a sense of cohesion with the overall theme. These solo moments include early division music for viol, examples of early solo violin music, and a movement from a solo Bach violin work. Carefully placed within the program, these solos will create a narrative that flows naturally and enriches the audience’s experience.
The program is designed to showcase a wide variety of repertoire and identify the pieces that best align with the trio’s vision: To present unique repertoire that emphasizes collaboration, equality, and the joy of shared musical expression. The trio consists of seasoned baroque performers, Annien Shaw, Ralitza Macheva and Rosamund Roth. With this program the trio aims to bring audiences into the intimate, interconnected world of polyphonic music while celebrating the individual voices that make it possible.
The program will include works by Lupo, Gibbons, Guignon, Bach and Jenkins. Duration: 60 minutes (no interval).
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'Enlightened France' - Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Sarah Cunningham (viola da gamba), and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord)
2025-05-21 19:00 - 20:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 da gamba), and Leon Schelhase (harpsichord).
Please join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert.
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About the players:
Leon Schelhase
A native of Cape Town, South Africa, Leon Schelhase, found himself resonating with Baroque music from an early age. He moved to the United States in 2006 to undertake advanced musical studies and since graduating from Boston University with a Master in Music, he has been sought after as soloist and chamber musician.
Early Music America Magazine has praised Leon’s solo performances as “exquisite… and filled with virtuosity,” and as well as being a recipient of the American Bach Soloists’ prestigious Goldberg Prize he was a finalist in the Jurow International Harpsichord Competition. He has played in countries across the globe including Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, and Australia. With a repertoire spanning the gamut from the sixteenth-century virginalists to contemporary harpsichord music, he has been a featured artist on the international harpsichord-focused series, Clavecin en Concert in Montreal, Harpsichord Heaven at the Flint collection in Delaware, Emmanuel Music in Boston, and touring concerts with New York State Baroque. His first solo album, Phantasticus, represents his versatility in a program of music in the stylus fantasticus by diverse composers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Mr Schelhase has established a distinctive reputation for his compelling interpretations of Bach’s keyboard music.
Highly in demand as collaborative musician, Leon has performed and recorded with notable leaders in the Early Music field. He can be heard on the Nimbus label with violinist Libby Walfisch, a collaboration that resulted in an invitation to perform at King’s Place in London (UK). In 2009, Mr Schelhase toured Japan with famed conductor Joshua Rifkin in performances of Bach’s St Matthew Passion that were described as “epoch-making” in the Japanese press. He has also recorded on the Centaur label with Julianne Baird, and his most recent release on Acis Records is with the virtuoso wind ensemble Kleine Kammermusik, of which he is a founding member. As freelance continuo artist, he has played with both major orchestras and opera companies including the Phoenix Symphony, Chicago Opera Theatre, American Bach Soloists, and Tempesta di Mare, and with chamber ensembles House of Time (New York), Pegasus Early Music (Rochester, NY), Chatham Baroque (Pittsburgh), the Boston-based conductorless string orchestra A Far Cry, and The Philadelphia Bach Festival Orchestra. He has taught masterclasses at George Mason University (VA) and for Aberfoyle Baroque (DC), and has served as faculty at the Amherst Early Music Festival and accompaniment fellow at the Baroque Performance Institute at Oberlin College.
Leon holds a BMus (Hons) from the University of Cape Town, and a Master’s Degree in Historical Performance from Boston University where he studied with Peter Sykes. In 2012, Leon joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music as harpsichord instructor.
Sarah Cunningham
Sarah Cunningham began her viola da gamba studies in Boston, where viol player Gian Lyman Silbiger, as well as legendary teacher and director Marleen Montgomery, were formative influences, as were further studies with Wieland Kuijken in the Netherlands. After her move to London in 1981, she co-founded the ensemble Sonnerie with Monica Huggett and recorded and toured around the world with ensembles including Fretwork, Phantasm, Sequentia, Les Arts Florissant, and the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. She has performed as a soloist under Simon Rattle, John Elliott Gardiner, Trevor Pinnock, and Gustav Leonhart, and has recorded on ASV, Virgin/EMI, Harmonia Mundi, Erato, and Decca. A former faculty member at Hochschule fuer Kuenst in Germany, the Guildhall School in London, and the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Cunningham has presented workshops and master classes throughout the world. She was founder and first artistic director of the East Cork Early Music in Ireland and is a founding member of Les Filles de Sainte Colombe. Cunningham has been on the faculty at Juilliard since 2011.
Annien Shaw
Dr. Annien Shaw is a soloist, chamber musician, baroque violinist and teacher based in Cape Town. She holds a PhD in Performance Practice from the University of Cape Town, a PGDip and FRSM in solo performance from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester UK, a Masters in Chamber Music from the University of Stellenbosch, and an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of South Africa.
Annien is a founding member of the Juliet String Quartet. This quartet actively promotes new South African compositions. In 2023 the Juliet String Quartet released their debut album, Maike, consisting of South African compositions, which was nominated for a SAMA award. Annien is also the founding member of The Flat Mountain Project and as a student of performance practice, she has a keen interest in artistic research. In 2012 she was awarded a FRSM Diploma from the ABRSM for demonstrating the different uses of neo-classicism in the compositions of Stravinsky and Prokovief. Her PhD research into the fingerings principles of Louis Spohr is intended as a guideline for performance practice.
She has been actively involved in the developing Baroque scene in Cape Town as a member of the Cape Consort and a Guest Concert Master and soloist of Cape Town Baroque (CTB). Her interest in baroque violin was sparked by Darragh Morgan and his involvement with the Baroque 2000 group based in KwaZulu Natal in Durban of which she was a member from 2004 to 2009. During her studies at RNCM, she took baroque violin lessons with Pauline Nobes and upon her return to Cape Town has had many masterclasses with Antoinette Lohmann. Annien is a regular attendant of the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute where she receives classes from Julia Wedman.

19th Annual Recorder Symposium (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 1)
2025-09-20 09:00 - 13:15 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 University Department of Music and the annual Cape Town Recorder Symposium administrators.
Date: Saturday, 20 September
Time: 09:00-13:15 (View detailed programme here.)
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant, Cape Town
Tickets: R200 (regular), R150 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students)*
*Special bundle offer available for Event 1 (Symposium) and Event 5 (Tribute to Telemann orchestral concert with Erik Bosgraaf as soloist on Saturday, 27 September at 19:00): R300 (regular), R230 (pensioners), R150 (learners/students).
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za.
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This 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.
The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.

'Fantasias and Affects' - Celebrity Duo Recital (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 2)
2025-09-21 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 with Iziko Museums of South Africa – an Agency of the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture.
Date: Sunday, 21 September
Time: 16:00-17:30
Venue: Rust en Vreugd (Iziko Museum), 78 Buitenkant Street, Cape Town
Tickets: R250 (regular), R220 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students). Book fast – this is an intimate concert, with only 50 tickets available!
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za.
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This is Event 2 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.
The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.

'Spem in alium' - from the Miniature to the Monumental (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 3)
2025-09-24 11:00 - 14:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 for two and five voices by Orlando di Lasso (1532–1594) and John Taverner (1490–1545). You can view the full programme for this concert here.
Date: Wednesday, 24 September
Time – Performance 1: 11:00-12:00
Time – Performance 2: 13:00-14:00
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R65 for one performance, or R100 for both*
*Note: Both performances are exactly the same. However, due to the special nature of this work, some audience members might want to attend both performances to experience the work from different spatial vantage points by sitting in different seats for each performance.
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za.
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Photo credit to VOX Cape Town and Domenic Gorin – thank you for letting us use your beautiful photos to promote this event.
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This is Event 3 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 fourfestival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.
The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.
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Spem in alium at the 2022 Cape Town Baroque Festival:

Mrs Philarmonica – a South African Premiere (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 4)
2025-09-27 11:00 - 12:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 of trio sonatas by the ever-elusive Mrs Philarmonica, we celebrate female composers of the Baroque and bring to light the work of a composer of very expressive and complex music who had been forgotten by history for a long time.
This concert will be presented at, and in collaboration with, the Irma Stern Museum on the University of Cape Town campus, thereby emphasising the important contribution, from the 18th to the 20th century, of female artists and composers. The Cape Town Baroque Trio consists of three Cape Town Baroque Orchestra section leaders, namely Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin) and Rosamund Roth (baroque cello), who specialise in playing chamber music from the Baroque on period instruments. They will be joined by Erik Dippenaar (spinet).
Date: Saturday, 27 September
Time: 11:00-12:00
Venue: UCT Irma Stern Museum, Rosebank
Tickets: R250 (regular), R220 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students). Book fast – this is an intimate concert, with only 40 tickets available!
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za.
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This is Event 4 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 fourfestival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.
The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.
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A short example of the ever-mysterious Mrs Philarmonica’s music (played here by Le Consort):

A Tribute to Telemann (2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival - EVENT 5) - with a pre-concert talk by Anna Stoddard
2025-09-27 19:00 - 20:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 Annien Shaw (baroque violins) and David Cyster (chalumeau). A high point in the programme will be the young South African clarinettist David Cyster, who recently started learning the chalumeau (the historical version of the modern clarinet), performing in a double concerto for two chalumeaux with Erik Bosgraaf, who will direct the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra in this programme of double concerti and orchestral works by Georg Philipp Telemann (1681–1767). You can view the full programme for this concert here.
Date: Saturday, 27 September
Time: 19:00-20:30 (with a pre-concert talk by Anna Stoddard at 18:00). Please also join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert.
Venue: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Tickets: R280 (regular), R240 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students)
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctbaroque.co.za.
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This is Event 5 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 fourfestival concerts (i.e., excluding Event 1, which is an educational event). Book a festival pass here.
The 2025 Cape Town Baroque Festival is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting, Bill van Rensburg, the RHL Foundation, and the Cape Town Theatre Trust.

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Have you heard of the chalumeau before? Here is a short video of Erik Bosgraaf playing Telemann on the alto chalumeau (Gigue from the Suite in F major for alto chalumeau, tenor chalumeau and two viola da gambas TWV 44:6):

Salsa Baroque – 17th and 18th century music from Latin America and Spain (Thu, 20 Nov)
2025-11-20 19:00 - 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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 from the meeting of Spanish, African, and indigenous traditions. From the lively chaconas and jácaras of Spain to the spirited villancicos of Mexico and Bolivia, this program bursts with energy, colour, and rhythmic vitality. The programme will be directed by Canadian recorder and baroque flute virtuoso, Matthias Maute, and it will also feature the African premiere of his newly created recorder concerto, using material by Padre Antonio Soler (1729-1783), with Maute as soloist.
Cape Town Baroque Orchestra: Annien Shaw, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violins), Emile de Roubaix (baroque viola), Rosamund Roth (viol), Henrike Kovats (baroque double bass), Uwe Grosser (baroque guitar), Lilavan Gangen (percussion) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/organ).
Lutesong Consort: Vasti Zeeman-Knoesen (soprano), Lente Louw (alto, Lutesong Consort Artistic Director), Jason Atherton (tenor) and Keaton Manwaring (bass).
Date: Thursday, 20 November 2025
Time: 19:00
Venue: Baxter Concert Hall, Rosebank
Tickets: R280 (regular), R230 (pensioners), R100 (learners/students), available on Webtickets.
Enquiries can be directed to info@ctconcerts.co.za.
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LOVE IN THE BAROQUE (Event 1 - 2026 Summer Baroque Season)
2026-02-07 18:00 - 19:30 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Parshuis (Historic Wine Cellar), La Motte, Franschhoek, South Africa
Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra present a programme of instrumental chamber music from the baroque period, centred around leading composers, the people who inspired them, and their passions outside the world of music.
The programme includes music by Bach, Handel, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Thomas Arne, as well as pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript books.
Musicians of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/Director) play on period instruments, authentically conveying the sound-world of the baroque period.
Join us for a programme of exciting and expressive repertoire, that celebrates the love of people, places and the arts in all its forms, from a historical perspective!
Please note: The concert starts at 18:00, but there will be wine and light refreshments available in the gardens from 17:00.
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This is Event 1 in our 2026 Summer Baroque Season. Read more about the other events here:
Event 2 – Baroque Keys (solo recital by Erik Dippenaar) – Saturday, 14 February 2026, 11:00 – Baxter Concert Hall
Event 3 – Baroque Pleasures (orchestral concert with soloists) – Monday, 16 February 2026, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
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The 2026 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.

BAROQUE KEYS (Event 2 - 2026 Summer Baroque Season) - Cape Town Concert Series collaboration
2026-02-14 11:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch
During 2026, the Cape Town Concert Series presents a season of concerts focused around its Steinway Grand Piano, which turns 65 this year and is considered one of the finest recital pianos in the country.
To set the scene for this piano-focused season of concerts, the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra’s Artistic Director, Erik Dippenaar, presents a solo recital that takes the audience on a journey through the history of the keyboard instruments that existed before the piano. Dippenaar will play several early keyboard instruments, including harpsichords in two different styles, an octave spinetto and a copy of a 16th-century regal. The repertoire ranges from the 1560s until the 1770s, including popular harpsichord works such as Handel’s Harmonious Blacksmith variations and Couperin’s Les Barricades Mystérieuses, but also lesser-known pieces that show off the variety of textures and colours of early keyboard instruments. Scroll down for the full programme.
Audiences will have the unique opportunity to explore the instruments on stage after the performance.
Do not miss the opportunity to experience this unique and varied recital!
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This is Event 2 in our 2026 Summer Baroque Season. Read more about the other events here:
Event 1 – Love in the Baroque (chamber recital) – Saturday, 7 February 2026, 18:00 – Parshuis (Historic Wine Cellar), La Motte, Franschhoek
Event 3 – Baroque Pleasures (orchestral concert with soloists) – Monday, 16 February 2026, 19:00 – St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church
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Full concert programme:
François Couperin (1668–1733)
Les Barricades Mystérieuses from Second livre de pièces de clavecin (1717)
The Mulliner Book (ca. 1560), no 14, 15 and 13. British Museum, Ms. Add. 30513. Anonymous
La Doune Cella; La Shy Myze; La Bounette
Peter Phillips (ca. 1560–1628)
Amarilli di Julio Romano (1603) from the Fitzwilliam Virginal Book
Girolamo Frescobaldi (1583–1643)
Aria detto Balletto from Il secondo libro di toccate, 1637
Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637–1707)
La Capricciosa – Partite diverse, BuxWV250, ca. 1690
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Lascia ch’io pianga, arranged by William Babell (1688–1723) from ‘Suits of the most Celebrated Lessons collected and fitted to the Harpsichord or Spinnet’ (1717)
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Air (The Harmonious Blacksmith) from Harpsichord suite no. 5 in E major, HWV430 (1720)
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683–1764)
Allemande; Le Rappel des Oiseaux; Musette en Rondeau; Tembourin from Pièces de Clavecin avec une table pour les agrémens (1736)
James Hook (1746–1827)
Andante from Concerto in D major from Six Concertos for the Harpsichord or Forte-Piano, op 1 nr 5 (1771)
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The 2026 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.

BAROQUE PLEASURES (Event 3 - 2026 Summer Baroque Season)
2026-02-16 19:00 - 20:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
The Cape Town Baroque Orchestra presents some of their favourite orchestral repertoire by Hasse, Handel and Corelli, together with arias sung by regular CTBO collaborator Lynelle Kenned (soprano). The concert will be directed from the harpsichord by the CTBO’s Artistic Director Erik Dippenaar, and will feature CTBO principal players as soloists: Bridget Rennie Salonen (baroque flute), Annien Shaw and Ralitza Macheva (baroque violins), Rosamund Roth (baroque cello) and Dale de Windt (chamber organ).

Please join us for a complimentary glass of wine after the concert!
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This is Event 3 in our 2026 Summer Baroque Season. Read more about the other events here:
Event 1 – Love in the Baroque (chamber recital) – Saturday, 7 February 2026, 18:00 – Parshuis (Historic Wine Cellar), La Motte, Franschhoek
Event 2 – Baroque Keys (solo recital by Erik Dippenaar) – Saturday, 14 February 2026, 11:00 – Baxter Concert Hall
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The 2026 Summer Baroque Season is generously supported by the Rupert Musiekstigting.
