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OSM Wind Bands Gala Concert
2018-04-14

14 April 2018

Odeion

18:00

The Odeion School of Music (OSM) will present the OSM Wind Bands Gala Concert at the Odeion Auditorium on Saturday 14 April as a culmination of their Wind Bands Festival and Conductor’s Workshop. The Free State Youth Wind Ensemble, conducted by main workshop presenter Gerben Grooten, will première Noel Stockton’s Marche Amusant as the concert overture. Thereafter each conductor will have the opportunity to conduct their specific works. The conductors include Anton Esterhuyse, Hatting Davel, Itumeleng Pooe, Joseph Carlo, Joseph Moilwa, Joas Erasmus, Heinrich Lategan, Eslon Hindundu, Tuhafeni Michael and Renier de Bruin.

Some of the works that will be conducted include Majestia (James Swearingen), Ammerland (Jacob De Haan), Whirlwind (James Curnow), March from the Second Suite in F (Gustav Holst), Acclamations (Ed Huckeby), and Sinatra in Concert (Jerry Nowak). After interval, the Johannesburg Youth Wind Band, under the baton of Etienne Mecloen, will thrill audiences with The Light Eternal (Swearingen), Dam Busters March (Eric Coates), Florentiner March (Julius Fucik) and The Mask of Zorro (James Horner).

ADMISSION: R50

Tickets available at Computicket, at the doors or online at http://online.computicket.com/web/

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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Season tickets for the Free State Symphony Orchestra

The Free State Symphony Orchestra (FSSO) is offering season tickets for the whole year’s symphony concerts. Tickets are only R420 for the whole season, consisting of 6 concerts (three in the SAND and three in the ODEION). This offers a massive saving for music lovers (R70 per concert instead of R120)!

Bookings for Season tickets open on Tuesday 24 January.

The programme for the year is as follows:

23 February (SAND) at 19:30
Conductor; Alexander Fokkens
Soloist: Anmari van der Westhuzen (cello)
Programme:
Elgar Cello Concerto
Dvorak Symphony no. 9 ("New World")

22 March (ODEION) at 19:30
FSSO Concerto Festival
Young soloists are given the opportunity to perform with the FSSO.

14 April (SAND) at 19:30
Verdi Gala Concert
Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Soloists: Members of the Black Tie Ensemble
The choirs of Oranje Meisieskool and Grey College
Well known excerpts from  La Traviata,La Forza de Destino, I Lombardi and Rigoletto

2 August (ODEION) at 19:30
Conductor: German Gutierrez
Soloist: Jan Hugo (piano)
Programme:
Haydn Symphony No. 88 in G maj
Ginastera Variaciones Concertantes
Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 ("Emperor")

20 Spetember (ODEION) at 19:30
Conductor: Bernhard Gueller
Soloist: Harriet Mackenzie (violin)
Programme:
Beethoven Leonore Overture No. 3
Brahms Violin Concerto in D maj.
Schubert Symphony No. 8 in b min. ("Unfinished")

10 November (SAND) at 19:30
Conductor: Conrad van Alphen
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 ("Choral Symphony")

NB. Season tickets are only available from the FSSO offices
Contact us at (051) 401-2342 or visit our office in the Odeion, weekdays from 08:00-13:00.

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