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| Franschhoek, Cape Winelands: La Motte Classic Music Festival |
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From Friday, 30 October 2009
To Sunday, 01 November 2009
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FRIDAY 30 OCTOBER
19:00 LA MOTTE
MATTHEW REID (clarinet) with members of CAMERATA TINTA BAROCCA
Matthew Reid and members of the highly-rated string ensemble Camerata Tinta
Barocca
perform Mozart's Clarinet Concerto as arranged for clarinet and string
quintet. At the 2008 National Arts Festival at Oudtshoorn Matthew Reid
received the prize for the best classical music performance. The
programme will also include Haydn's String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 4 in D
Major and the Sonata in C Major for two violins, cello and bass by
Giaochino Rossini. The members of the string ensemble are Quentin
Crida and Francois Azure (violins), Kevin Cook (viola), Cheryl di
Havilland (cello) and Henrike Kovats (bass).
Entry: R125 Light finger dinner and La Motte wine.
BOOKING: CALL ANGELA AT LA MOTTE 021 876 3119.
19:30 NG CHURCH
EVENING OF SONG: Bronwen Forbay (soprano)
Bronwen
Forbay, Standard Bank Young Artist 2007, presents a programme of opera
arias and song. A Fulbright Scholar, Ms Forbay has won critical
acclaim including Third prize in the fifth UNISA International Voice
Competition and the SAMRO Award for the most promising South African
opera singer. Ms Forbay’s other awards include the Catherine Filene
Shouse Career Grant for Singers from the Wolf Trap Opera Company, New
York and winner of the first UNISA Southern African Voice Competition
in 2005. Ms Forbay has also performed with the Santa Fe Opera,
Cincinnati Opera, Manhattan School of Music Opera Studio, Voce Ensemble
(England) and Opera Africa. Her programme includes arias from La
Bohčme, La Traviata, The Barber of Seville, selections of Spanish and
French songs, and Afrikaans songs by S. le Roux Marais.
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
SATURDAY 31 OCTOBER
12:00 NG CHURCH
VIOLIN RECITAL: Jacqueline Wedderburn-Maxwell (violin)
Winner
of the 2008 Artscape National Youth Music Competition Prize,
sixteen-year-old Jacqueline is an experienced concert artist having
performed with almost every major orchestra in South Africa. At the age
of ten Jacqueline took up a full scholarship at the Yehudi Menuhin
School for Gifted Musicians in England and will continue her studies in
London later this year. Recently, in July 2009, Jacqueline took second
place in the second UNISA National String Competition in Pretoria. Her
programme includes Sonatas by Beethoven, César Franck and concert
pieces by Sarasate and Paganini.
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
14:00 NG CHURCH
RISING STARS: YOUNG ARTISTS IN CONCERT
Providing
a platform for young and talented musicians on the brink of promising
careers, this programme showcases outstanding young musicians in an
entertaining, varied presentation. Included are Odile Lecsh and
Rifiloe Olifant (violins) in JS Bach’s Concerto for Two Violins,
Megan-Jeffrey Prince (piano) – Winner KKNK Young Artists Prize 2009-
percussion duo Cherilee Adams and Dylan Tibisher, playing music by
Vivaldi, and Olga Rademan (piano), student of Francois du Toit.
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
16:00 DENNEGEUR HALL
THE CLASSICAL MUSIC EXPERIENCE
A
special concert presented in the Dennegeur Hall in Franschhoek features
young local musicians as well as visiting musicians from the main
festival programme. Included are young instrumentalists of The Valley
Music Project at Bridgehouse School, as coordinated by Adele Bate, ,
pianist and festival director Christopher Duigan, advanced students
from the University of Stellenbosch in a quintet of brass instruments,
as well as other festival musicians in an innovative exposure
performance detailing aspects of the music and instruments.
Entry: R10 at the door
19:00 NG CHURCH
PIANO RECITAL: BEN SCHOEMANN
Ben
Schoeman currently studies with Michel D’Alberto, Boris Petrushansky
and Louis Lortie at the Accademia Pianistica ‘Incontri col Maestro’ in
Imola, Italy. Ben has won all the major prizes in South Africa,
including the 2008 UNISA International Piano Competition, which makes
him the first South African ever to win this most prestigious
international competition. In April this year he won the Gold Medal and
First Prize at the 57th Royal Overseas League Annual Music Competition
at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. His programme for his much
anticipated Franschhoek recital will include Beethoven’s Sonata No. 28
in A major, Op. 101, Franck’s Prelude, Choral et Fugue, music by
Mendelssohn and Liszt’s monumental Sonata in B minor. Don’t miss this
recital from one of the most outstanding young South African talents in
many years. (90-minute concert plus interval)
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
19:00 for 19:30 LA BRASSERIE
BELLE VOCI
Described
as a “band of Gypsies on the run, serving serious operatic delight”,
coloratura soprano Beverley Chiat, mezzo-soprano Violina Anguelov and
tenor Nicky Cencherle perform for a gala dinner evening at La
Brasserie. This outstanding team of operatic talent from Cape Town are
always popular favourites with their unique brand of interactive
performance skills. Accompanied by accordion virtuoso Stanislav
Anguelov, their programme of solos and duets includes the celebrated
Brindisi from La Traviata, O Sole Mio, Mattinata and many more.
Entry: R270 Includes Cap Classique or La Motte wine on arrival and three-course meal
BOOKING: LA BRASSERIE 021 876 3420.
SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER
09:30 NG CHURCH
SUNDAY
CHURCH SERVICE: MUSIC FOR THE QUIET: Duo 3 4 – Anneke Lamont (piano),
Handri Loots (flute) and Elmarie van der Vywer (viola). As part of the
service, church-goers can enjoy a unique compilation of music and text
for a Sunday morning presentation. With a wide range of music
creatively interleaved with stimulating texts from various sources,
this offers a fresh approach to the music of JS Bach, Schumann, Fauré
and others, while providing a contemplative experience. The Sunday
morning NGK Church Service is open to the public.
FREE
11:30 NG CHURCH
PIANO ON A SUNDAY MORNING: CHRISTOPHER DUIGAN
Widely
regarded as one of South Africa’s most innovative pianists, Christopher
Duigan, who doubles as festival director of the Franshhoek La Motte
Classic Music Festival, presents a programme of uplifting piano music
for a Sunday morning. Beginning with music by GF Händel, his programme
includes Beethoven's Sonata Op. 27 No.1, music by Claude Debussy and
Franz Liszt. A varied and enlightening programme with a broad range of
spirit and energy.
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
12:30 for 13:00 BREAD & WINE
TWO PIANOS: four hands-eight hands - Schumann & Magalhăes Piano Duo
Internationally
acclaimed husband and wife piano duo Nina Schumann and Luis Magalhăes
play a spell-binding selection of music for two pianos by Rachmaninoff
and Arensky. Resident in Stellenbosch, the duo have received much
acclaim for their performances and recordings. In an innovative twist
they are joined in the final section of the programme by festival
pianists Christopher Duigan and Anneke Lamont in music for six and
eight hands at one and two pianos. Rarely performed, this music
includes original compositions by Smetana, Moskowksi and a sequence of
popular arrangements. The final eight-handed showstopper - that’s
four pianists at one piano - is Lavignac’s Gallop-Marche!
Entry: R270 Includes Cap Classique and three-course meal.
BOOKING: BREAD & WINE 021 876 3692.
15:30 NG CHURCH
STELLENBOSCH LIBERTAS CHOIR – JERICHO!
The
Libertas Choir, conducted by Prof. Johan de Villiers, is undoubtedly
regarded as one of South Africa's most impressive export products. As
part of the Franschhoek La Motte Classic Music Festival, the choir will
perform Jericho!, a work for choir, narrators and musicians, which can
be described as a divine musical, inspired by the story of Moses and
Israel, and their search for freedom, hope and faith. The programme
includes music by Händel, Mendelssohn and Bach (some presented in a
totally new manner) interwoven with African and other genres of music.
The tumbling walls of Jericho come as a stark reminder that we need to
break down divisions- the walls - between each other as individuals and
all of us as a nation. We need to search for compassion and the vision
for acceptance of difference whilst still holding onto our personal
faith.
Entry: R80 BOOKING: WEBTICKETS
15:30 for 16:00 CAFÉ BON BON
FESTIVAL FINALE
End
your festival experience with an informal performance by festival
musicians. With guest performers, acclaimed operatic baritone Federico
Freschi from Johannesburg – a regular festival favourite in
Franschhoek- and popular guitarist James Grace, the programme sees the
musicians in innovative and spontaneous collaboration. They will join
festival players Christopher Duigan and Anneke Lamont (piano), Handri
Loots (flute) and Elmarie van der Vywer (viola) in a varied selection.
The performance ends with a rousing sequence of popular and classical
favourites with all performers joining in to round up the festival
programme on a high note.
Entry: R150 Includes Cap Classique and snacks at 15:30, or book for lunch served from 13:00 and add R100 pp cover charge.
BOOKING: CAFÉ BON BON 021 876 3936.
Sunday
1 November at lunchtime AMBIENT MUSIC at Dieu Donné: Palm Strings
Duo -violin & guitar- will perform from 14:00 to 16:00. Enjoy lunch
with incredible views of the Franschhoek Valley. Add R50 cover charge.
Dieu Donné Restaurant 021 876 3384 or 021 876 2345
Please note:
Booking for NG Church Concerts www.webtickets.co.za
Tickets for NG Church concerts are also available at the door.
For accommodation www.franschhoek.org.za or Tourism Office 021 876 3603
Visit La Motte www.la-motte.com for more information
For media enquiries: Kate Thompson - Magna Carta 021 417 5833 kate.thompson@cape.magna-carta.co.za
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Location: Various venues: Franschhoek, Cape Winelands, Western Cape
Contact: Music Revival: (033) 342-3051
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