Cape Town Baroque Orchestra

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.

Recorder master classes with Erik Bosgraaf
2019-09-21 10:00 - 13:00 | 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.

Big Bach Bonanza! – Celebrating the diverse output of J.S. Bach
2019-09-20 20:00 | 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.

Folk101
2019-09-19 20:00 | 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.

Four Seasons Recomposed
2019-09-18 20:00 | 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.

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

TranscriBaroque
2019-09-05 19:00 - 20:00 | 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

Schools' Baroque Festival
2019-07-20 19:00 - 21:00 | 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

2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival programme launch concert
2019-07-03 20:00 - 21:00 | 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

‘Of Plants and Animals: Baroque music inspired by nature’
2019-05-26 09:30 - 11:00 | 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

'GLORIOUS BAROQUE' at Woordfees 2019
2019-03-04 20:00 - 21:30 | Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, Endler Hall, Stellenbosch, South Africa
CAMERATA TINTA BAROCCA with Philipp Mathmann (male soprano), Anna Fusek (recorder, baroque violin) and Petra Marianowski (harpsichord)
Camerata Tinta Barocca presents an exciting programme of virtuoso works from the 18th century, featuring three international soloists: Philipp Mathmann (male soprano), Anna Fusek (recorder, baroque violin) and Petra Marianowski (harpsichord).
Mathmann recently sang in the world premiere recording of F. X. Richter’s oratorio La deposizione della croce di Gesu Cristo with the Czech Ensemble Baroque. Fusek regularly collaborates with high profile ensembles such as the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro and Collegium 1704. Marianowski was the winner of the first prize at the Gianni Gambi international competition for early music. She regularly performs in Japan, Europe and Australia and lectures at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.
The programme includes a recorder concerto, Bach’s 5th Brandenburg concerto and castrato arias. CTB is led from the harpsichord by its artistic director, Erik Dippenaar and for this concert, we are happy to welcome back baroque violinist Bettina von Dombois from Germany as CTB’s concert master.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased via Computicket (in-store at any Checkers or online at https://online.computicket.com/web/event/glorious_baroque/1276180386). Ticket price: R140. (R100 concessions). R160 at the door.
Date: 4 March 2019
Time: 20:00-21:30
Venue: kykNET Endler Hall, Stellenbosch
More information available at https://woordfees.co.za/event/glorious-baroque.

With the generous support of the Goethe-Institut – Germany.

CAMERATA TINTA BAROCCA with Philipp Mathmann (male soprano), Anna Fusek (recorder, baroque violin) and Petra Marianowski (harpsichord).
2019-02-26 19:30 - 21:00 | Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch
Camerata Tinta Barocca presents an exciting programme of virtuoso works from the 18th century, featuring three international soloists: Philipp Mathmann (male soprano), Anna Fusek (recorder, baroque violin) and Petra Marianowski (harpsichord).
Mathmann recently sang in the world premiere recording of F. X. Richter’s oratorio La deposizione della croce di Gesu Cristo with the Czech Ensemble Baroque. Fusek regularly collaborates with high profile ensembles such as the Venice Baroque Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, Orchestra Il Pomo d’Oro and Collegium 1704. Marianowski was the winner of the first prize at the Gianni Gambi international competition for early music. She regularly performs in Japan, Europe and Australia and lectures at the Musikhochschule Stuttgart.
The programme includes a recorder concerto, Bach’s 5th Brandenburg concerto and castrato arias. CTB is led from the harpsichord by its artistic director, Erik Dippenaar and for this concert we are happy to welcome back baroque violinist Bettina von Dombois from Germany as CTB’s concert master.
Tickets: Tickets available at the door, on Webtickets, in-store at any Pick ‘n Pay supermarket or by contacting Gillian Lindner on 021 650 2640 or Gillian.Lindner@uct.ac.za. Ticket price: R120. R100 (concessions). UCT students with a valid student card: free at the door.
Date: 26 February 2019
Time: 19:30-22:00
Venue: Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch

With the generous support of the Goethe-Institut – Germany.

Lawrence Zazzo in Concert
2019-02-17 16:00 - 18:00 | Centre for the Book, Cape Town, 62 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town, South Africa
The KT Wong Foundation, in its first partnership with Cape Town Opera and Camerata Tinta Barocca, have initiated a visit to Cape Town by one of the world’s leading exponents of Baroque opera, American counter-tenor Lawrence Zazzo.
On 17 February, Mr Zazzo will share the stage at Centre for the Book with two young South African sopranos, Lynelle Kenned and Brittany Smith, and the musicians of Camerata Tinta Barocca, directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar. The concert features repertoire from some of Handel’s greatest operas including Orlando, Rodelinda, Giulio Cesare and Alcina.
Mr Zazzo’s extensive roster of roles by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck and 20th century composers has won him acclaim at the world’s greatest opera houses, including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Monnaie and the Bayerische Staatsoper.
The KT Wong Foundation has a track record of supporting opera around the world with a particular focus on productions of Handel operas including Giulio Cesare and Ariodante at Glyndebourne Festival and the Festival d’Aix en Provence.
Tickets: Tickets can be purchased via info@capetownopera.co.za. Pre-booking is essential. Ticket price: R225.
Date: 17 February 2019
Time: 16.00 – 18.00
Venue: Centre for the Book, 62 Queen Victoria Street, Cape Town

Folk Baroque (Pretoria)
2018-10-20 15:00 - 16:00 | Miriam Makeba Hall, Pretoria, Miriam Makeba Hall, Pretoria, South Africa
As part of the UNISA Music Foundation concert series Camerata Tinta Barocca presents an exciting programme of Baroque music inspired by and based on folk songs and dances. The programme, performed on period instruments, includes Barsanti`s arrangements of Scottish airs, Geminiani`s trio sonatas based on Scottish folk songs, Scarlatti`s sonatas influenced by Spanish folk music, early 17th-century Italian dances and a lament by the most famous late 18th-century Scottish folk fiddler, Niel Gow. With Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Joshua Frank (recorder), Bridget Rennie Salonen (baroque flute), Cheryl de Havilland (baroque cello), Uwe Grosser (theorbo, baroque guitar) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director)
For booking information contact Alet Venter at joubeae@unisa.ac.za or 012 429 3336

Folk Baroque (Bloemfontein)
2018-10-18 19:30 - 21:30 | Odeion School of Music, Odeion School of Music, Bloemfontein, South Africa
For their debut performance in the Odeion School of Music concert series, Camerata Tinta Barocca presents an exciting programme of Baroque music inspired by and based on folk songs and dances. The programme, performed on period instruments, includes Barsanti`s arrangements of Scottish airs, Geminiani`s trio sonatas based on Scottish folk songs, Scarlatti`s sonatas influenced by Spanish folk music, early 17th century Italian dances and a lament by the most famous late 18th century Scottish folk fiddler, Niel Gow. With Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Joshua Frank (recorder), Bridget Rennie Salonen (baroque flute), Cheryl de Havilland (baroque cello), Uwe Grosser (theorbo, baroque guitar) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director)
For booking information contact Ninette Pretorius at: PretoriusN@ufs.ac.za or
051 401 2504

Handel in the drawing room
2018-10-07 16:00 - 17:00 | Talani Terrace, Somerset West, Helderberg Village, Somerset West, South Africa
Handel in the drawing room: music for an 18th-century domestic setting
Members of Camerata Tinta Barocca present an exciting programme of music by GF Handel (1685 – 1759) that was performed in an intimate 18th-century domestic setting. The compositions include arrangements of Music for the Royal Fireworks and Lascia ch’io pianga, as well as the Harmonious Blacksmith harpsichord suite. With Bridget Rennie Salonen (baroque flute), Annien Shaw (baroque violin) and Erik Dippenaar (artistic director, harpsichord).
For more details contact Sophia Lugt at 021 855 4774 and 082 652 2866, or Olga Marsay at 021 855 3752.
Tickets at the door: R80 for adults and R30 for students.

David Bowie Reworked
2018-09-23 21:00 - 22:00 | Alexander Upstairs, Cape Town, 76 Strand Street, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
This concert features works from the heyday of the iconic musician and entertainer David Bowie, dubbed the “Chameleon of Rock” and a master of reinvention. The works are conceptually reimagined as baroque compositions – a nod to his ability to revamp his music and image numerous times over a long and illustrious career. The music has been arranged by Stellenbosch-based composer Jan-Hendrik Harley, and will be performed on period instruments. The Bowie pieces will alternate with anonymous baroque works that reflect the recurring themes of angst, fear and alienation found in Bowie’s music.
With: Ensemble Je Ne Comprends Pas – Jan-Hendrik Harley (violin, guitar and direction), Joshua Frank (recorder and guitar), Mariechen Meyer (double bass) and John Pringle (percussion)
Tickets: R140 at the door/R120 online
Bookings: www.shows.alexanderbar.co.za
Enquiries: 021 300 1652 / info@alexanderbar.co.za

Mixed Doubles – 17th century pop songs for two voices and plucked strings
2018-09-23 16:00 - 17:00 | South African Slave Church Museum, Cape Town, 40 Long Street, Cape Town, South Africa
The Lutesong duo and guests present a programme of popular Spanish and Italian music from the 17th century, arranged for tenor, mezzo-soprano and different combinations of lutes, theorbos and baroque guitar. Audiences can expect some catchy tunes and tight ensemble work as Lente Louw, Nick de Jager, Uwe Grosser and Vera Vukovic perform works by Marìn, Mudarra, Kapsperger and Caccini.
With: Lutesong – Lente Louw (mezzo-soprano), Uwe Grosser (lute, theorbo, baroque guitar) and guests Nick de Jager (tenor) and Vera Vukovic (lute, theorbo)
Programme: Works by Marìn, Mudarra, Kapsperger and Caccini.
Tickets: R140 (concessions R120)
Bookings: https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1482623834
Although online bookings are recommended, tickets can also be bought at the door.

All Mozart organ duo recital
2018-09-23 12:30 - 13:30 | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
Organists Mario Nell and Winand Grundling present an all-Mozart duo recital programme including the two F minor fantasias K608 and K594, composed in the last year of Mozart’s life for a mechanical organ in a clock, and a transcription of the evergreen ‘Jupiter’ Symphony K551.
With: Mario Nell and Winand Grundling
Programme: All Mozart works, featuring Fantasias for organ duo, Symphony no. 41 ‘Jupiter’
Tickets: R140 (concessions R120)
Bookings: https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1482623834
Although online bookings are recommended, tickets can also be bought at the door.

An evening of Baroque chamber music
2018-09-22 20:00 - 22:00 | Baxter Concert Hall, Baxter Concert Hall, Rondebosch
In this exciting first-time collaboration between the CTBF and the Cape Town Concert Series, members of Camerata Tinta Barocca and Baroque2000 (Durban), along with international early music specialist Carin van Heerden (recorder, baroque oboe) present a programme of chamber music from the 18th century.
With: Carin van Heerden (baroque oboe, recorder) and members of Camerata Tinta Barocca and Baroque2000 (Durban) – Ralitza Macheva, Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins); Bridget Rennie-Salonen (traverso); Emile de Roubaix (baroque viola); Cheryl de Havilland (baroque cello); Henrike Kovats (baroque double bass); and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Programme: Music by Uccelini, Schaffrath, Vivaldi, Hook and Telemann
Tickets: R180 (concessions R150)
Bookings: https://www.webtickets.co.za/event.aspx?itemid=1482244655
