Baroque concerts in October
Camerata Tinta Barocca
Dear Supporter of Camerata Tinta Barocca,
After a busy and exciting Cape Town Baroque Festival, CTB is travelling in October to take our music to new audiences in other parts of the country. We start off with our ‘Handel in the drawing room’ programme in Somerset West (Helderberg Village, 7 October at 16:00), followed by our ‘Folk Baroque’ programme in Bloemfontein (Odeion School of Music, 18 October at 19.30) and Pretoria (UNISA, Miriam Makeba Hall, Pretoria, 20 October at 15:00).
If you have friends or family close to these venues, please spread the word about these concerts and help us to expand the CTB family!
Please see more details below, or visit https://ctbaroque.co.za/events/ for more information.
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 (director, harpsichord).
Sunday 7 October 2017, 16:00–17:00, Talani Terrace, Helderberg Village, Somerset West. For more information, contact Sophia Lugt on 021 855 4774 or 082 652 2866, or Olga Marsay on 021 855 3752. Tickets at the door: R80 (R30 for students)
Folk Baroque (Bloemfontein and Pretoria)
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 (director, harpsichord).
Thursday 18 October, 19:30–20:30, Odeion School of Music, Bloemfontein
For more information contact Ninette Pretorius at preto...@ufs.ac.za or on 051 401 2504.Tickets: https://online.computicket.com/web/event/folk_baroque/1261157460/0/89903549
Saturday 20 October, 15:00–16:00, UNISA, Miriam Makeba Hall, Pretoria
For ticket information, contact Alet Venter at jou...@unisa.ac.za or on 012 429 3336.
