The picturesque village of Greyton is the place to be for some warming winter music this weekend. It's an hour & a half's drive from Cape Town, so it's an easy & ideal getaway that promises some great musical moments.
The festival kicks off on Friday evening (12 June) with an 'open stage' - where anyone from the community or visitors can show off their classical music skills. This will be held at the Greyton Lodge.
On Saturday, visitors can join locals at the ever-popular Greyton morning market, brimming with fresh produce and other gorgeous goodies. From about 3pm, there'll be a woodwind ensemble, with the top school-going talents playing a repertoire that varies from traditional wind quintets, light classical music to light jazz and crossover.
 (Left) Hugo Lambrecht's Woodwind Ensemble - directed by Ms Arisa Voges
(Right) Le Belle Voci - popular entertainers for the weekend.
Le Belle Voici - a “band of Gypsies on the run, serving serious operatic
delight”, coloratura soprano Beverley Chiat, mezzo-soprano Violina
Anguelov and tenor Nicky Cencherle perform with classical piano
accordionist Stanislav Anguelov.
They will be performing songs from their CD “Opera delight”,
including famous opera arias and duets from operas such as Carmen, La
Traviata, The Tales of Hoffmann and La Boheme. It also includes
Italian Neapolitan Songs and folk songs representing the different
backgrounds of the members : Italian, Bulgarian and Jewish.
Zanne Stapelberg - South
Africa’s reigning Diva
Ms Stapelberg makes a welcome return to the
Greyton stage, this time with highly acclaimed accompanist Eon Smit in
“I want Magic” Stapelberg will be performing Lieder by composers such
as Richard Strauss and Franz List to songs from operas Madama
Butterfly, Porgy and Bess and Maria de Buenos Aires to songs by Rosa
Nepgen and S.Le Roux Marais.
Here
is a singer who simply has it all : a voice of astounding purity,
precision and scope, extensive dynamic and tonal range, imagination,
insight and wit – all combined with a dazzling charisma ...
Other musical treats in store for festival goers include the Tygerberg Children's Choir - arguably one of the best in the world - having won laurels in 7 of the 8 international competitions they've participated in, and other well-loved favourites, the Cape Opera Studio Singers - who will be performing an array of songs from famous operas, operettas and musicals, accompanied by the dedicated head coach Ean Smit.
Visit Greyton Winter Classical Musical Festival for the full programme ...
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