Cape Town Baroque Orchestra

David Bowie Reworked
2018-09-23 21:00 - 22:00 (Africa/Johannesburg) | 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

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.

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

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

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

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.

'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.

‘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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Chamber Baroque
2019-09-21 19:30 | 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.

Musica Rustica
2019-09-22 15:00 | 6 Spin Street Restaurant, 6 Spin street
Lutesong Duo and guests present a programme of light vocal music from Renaissance Italy. The music originates mostly from Naples and will be paired with Neapolitan-inspired canapés. Wine for sale.
With:
Lente Louw, Elsabé Richter, Willem Bester, Keaton Manwaring (voices), Uwe Grosser, Vera Vukovic (theorbo, lute, baroque guitar), Kathryn Derksen (viola da gamba) and Ronan Skillen (percussion)
Programme:
Works by Filippo Azzaiolo, Bartolomeo Tromboncino, Marchetto Cara, Giovanni Da Nola Adrian Willaert, Girolama Kapsberger, Antonio Scandello, Stefano Landi, Rossini Mantovano and Adriano Banchieri.
Date: Sunday, 22 September 2019
Time: 15:00
Venue: 6 Spin Street Restaurant, 6 Spin street
Tickets: R220 (includes light Neopolitan-inspired canapés). 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.

Demonstration of the City Hall carillon by Alexios Vicatos
2019-09-23 18:00 - 19:00 | Cape Town City Hall, Cape Town City Hall, Darling street
Carillonneur Alexios Vicatos present a talk on the history of the City Hall carillon in the City Hall Tower, followed by a short demonstration. A great opportunity for music enthusiasts to view, hear and learn more about this very unique historical instrument.
Date: Monday, 23 September 2019
Time: 18:00-19:00
Venue: Cape Town City Hall, Darling Street
Tickets: Free entrance. Pre-reservation is required. Limited spaces available. Click here to reserve tickets online.
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.

Recorder workshop with Erik Bosgraaf
2019-09-24 09:00 - 13:00 | Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Rustenburg Girls' Junior School, Rondebosch
International recorder player Erik Bosgraaf presents a lecture and master classes to young, talented and upcoming South African recorder players in collaboration with Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Jenny Seager (Trinity College, London) and Karin Maritz (Department of Music, Stellenbosch University).
Date: Tuesday, 24 September 2019
Time: 09:00-13:00
Venue: Rustenburg Girls’ Junior School, Rondebosch
Tickets: R50 (for observers, cash at the door only)
Enquiries: info@ctbaroque.co.za
Workshop programme:
(subject to change without notice)
09:00 Welcome
09:10 Lecture/Demonstration: How to develop an advanced recorder technique Erik Bosgraaf
10:00 Masterclass: GF Handel: Sonata in g minor, HWV 360
10:45 Tea break
11:15 Masterclass: A Vivaldi: Concerto no 2 in g minor `La Notte,’ RV 439 for SATB Ensemble (1st mvt)
12:00 Combined Audience Ensemble item directed by Erik Bosgraaf – PLEASE BRING YOUR RECORDERS
12:45 Questions
13:00 finis
This workshop forms a part of the 2019 Cape Town Baroque Festival. For more information on the festival, click here.

The Misshapen Pearls - A Baroque Story
2019-10-20 18:00 - 20:00 | Bowmans’ Cape Town Office, 22 Bree Street
Camerata Tinta Barocca, in collaboration with Friends of Orchestral Music and Bowmans, present The Misshapen Pearls, a concert exploring 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-eighteenth century, when a simpler style of music became popular, to refer the imperfection, bizarreness and grotesqueness of music from the Baroque. This programme will focus on the stark contrasts found in Baroque music, leaning on the idea of chiaroscuro (light-dark), as well as exploring the improvisational aspect of music from this period, which was intrinsically part of the aesthetic.
The programme includes music by Castello, Bertali, Telemann, Couperin, Biber and Hotteterre, with Vivaldi’s outrageous set of ‘La Folia’ variations as the centrepiece.
With Ralitza Macheva and Refiloe Olifant (baroque violins), and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord)
Date: Sunday, 20 October 2019
Time: 18:00
Venue: Bowmans’ Cape Town Office, 22 Bree Street
Tickets: R400 / R350 FOM members. Ticket sales via Quicket – click here to purchase tickets.
Enquiries: To Louise Howlett via email – singingladylouise@gmail.com

Kunstgeiger und Bierfiedler (Art violinists and Beer fiddlers) - a duo recital with Antoinette Lohmann (baroque violin, clog violin) and Jörn Boysen (harpsichord, baroque guitar, zither, jewish harp)
2019-10-26 16:00 - 17:30 | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, De Waterkant
As a part of the Camerata Tinta Barocca concert series, international baroque musicians Antoinette Lohmann (baroque violin, clog violin), and Jörn Boysen (harpsichord, baroque guitar, zither, jewish harp) present a duo recital of solo violin literature from the seventeenth century for baroque violin and Dutch clog violin, juxtaposing folk and art music from the early baroque.
Antoinette Lohmann (Amsterdam, 1969) is no stranger to South African audiences – she came to South Africa in 2008 for the first time to teach a masterclass baroque violin, and this marked the beginning of her regular visits to this country to support the development of its emerging historical performance movement. She has been working together with South-Africa’s leading specialists in historical performance such as John Coulter, Erik Dippenaar, Hans Huyssen and Gerhard Benade. She has performed with Camerata Tinta Baroca and Cape Consort (Cape Town), Baroque 2000 (Durban). Furthermore she has been teaching masterclasses at the Universities of Cape Town, Bloemfontein, Potchefstroom and Pretoria. She is also an Honorary Patron of Camerata Tinta Barocca. She is currently teaching principal study historical violin and viola at the Amsterdam and the Utrecht Conservatory of Music and is also the principal teacher of the Historical Performance Department in Utrecht, where she also teaches historical documentation.
Jörn Boysen (Lübeck, 1976) is a harpsichordist, conductor and composer. After his studies at the Musikhochschule Lübeck he went to the Netherlands where he studied with Tini Mathot and Ton Koopman at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. He regularly performs in Germany, the Netherlands, France and at prominent European music festivals as guest conductor, soloist or continuo player. As composer, Boysen has had works commissioned and performed by Musica Poetica (NL), De Nederlandse Bachverniging, Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado (USA), soloists of Pratum Integrum (RU) and of the Berlin Philharmonics (D) and the Residentie Orchestra in The Hague (NL), amongst others. Apart from his work as a performer and composer, Boysen teaches at the Utrecht Conservatory. Furthermore, he is the founder and director of Musica Poetica (NL) and artistic director of the concert organisation Musica Antica da Camera in The Hague.
Date: Saturday, 26 October 2019
Time: 16:00
Venue: St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Strand Street, Cape Town
Tickets: R150. Cash at the door.
Enquiries: Email info@ctbaroque.co.za
Programme details:
Hieronymus Kradenthaller (1637-1700)
Suite from Musikalische Recreation (Regensburg 1672)
Anonymous
Sonata 13 from the collection of prince Bisschop Carl Liechtenstein – Castelcorn (1624-1695), Kromeriz
Johann Christoph Petz (1664-1716)
Sonata for violin and continuo from the family archive of Martinelli
Anonymous
Sonata 16 from the collection of prince Bisschop Carl Liechtenstein – Castelcorn (1624-1695)
Johann Fischer
Suite – Difference between violinists and Fiedler (1706)
Air, Gigue, Air, Menuet, Menuet, Air
Biagio Marini (Brescia, 1594 – Venice 1663)
La Orlandina, Symfonia per un violino ò cornetto e basso se piace from Affetti Musicali, opera prima, Venice 1617
Johann Erasmus Kindermann (Nuremberg 1616 – Nuremberg 1655)
Sonata Prima from Canzoni. Sonatae, una, duabus, tribus, & quator violis, Pars Posterior (Nuremberg 1653)
Johann (Marianus) Baal (Karlstadt 1657 – Münsterschwarzach 1701)
Sonata for violin and continuo from Opus Primum (1677)
Ignazio Albertini ( Milan ? 1644? – Vienna 1685)
Sonata VII from XII sonata a Violino Solo
Johann Jakob Walther (Witterda 1650 – Mainz 1717)
Preludio – Aria – Corrente – Sarabande – Giga – Finale from Hortulus Chelicus, Mainz, 1688
Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (ca 1620 – 1680)
Balletti duplices. Balletto 1. di Zingari, aria 2 Ciaconna detta bella Zingara
