Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Odeion
19:30

Deon Lamprecht has been associated with the UFS Department of Music (now Odeion School of Music) from 1974 until 2005. In 1994 he was promoted to professor. He was Head of the Department of Music for the last 11 years of his academic career.

During his long career as concert organist he has performed as soloist with orchestra at various events with works by Handel, Michael Haydn, Poulenc and Saint-Saëns. He also gave numerous solo recitals. Performances after his retirement include two concerts in British Columbia (Canada), two concerts in the Odeion, the Dutch Reformed Church Berg-en-Dal, the Veremarksentrum (Port Elizabeth), the Dutch Reformed Church Universiteitsoord (Pretoria) and three concerts in the southern Cape. As student he received lessons from proff. Chris Swanepoel, Jakobus Kloppers and Stephen Zondagh. In 1980 he won the first prize in the organ competition during the Third South African Organ Festival (Cape Town), the first prize in the organ category and the SAMRO Prize of the Music Prize Competition of the SABC.

During further studies abroad het took part in organ courses presented by Harald Vogel (Germany) and Jean-Claude Zehnder (Switzerland). During the International Organ Course in Oudle (England), he presented a paper titled Fundamental aspects of keyboard technique, followed by masterclasses by Ludger Lohmann (Germany), Julian Weir (England) and Hans Fagius (Sweden).

Programme:
Dupré – Five of the 79 Chorales, Op. 28
Bruhns - Praeludium in E minor, No. 1
Bach – Variation No. 10 from Partita on Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig (BWV 768)
Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major (BWV 541)
Andriessen - Toccata
Fasch - Trio in C minor
Mozart - Fantasia No. 2 in F minor, K.608
Guilmant - Pastorale from Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42
Duruflé - Prelude & Fugue on the name ALAIN, Op. 7

Admission:
R100 (adults), R60 (pensioners, students and learners)
R40 (group bookings of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)