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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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Free State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Fokkens

Soloists:          Magdalena de Vries (marimba) & Frank Mallows (vibraphone)

Date:               Thursday 5 June 2014

Venue:             Odeion

Time:               19:30

Magdalena de Vries (marimba) and Frank Mallows (vibraphone) have performed together as Duo FourIVTwo since 2003.

The duo has performed to great acclaim at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival; the Cape Town Concert Series in the Baxter Concert Hall; the Aardklop Festival (Potchefstroom); Northwards House (Johannesburg); Baroque in the Bush in the Kruger National Park; the Franschoek Festival; ZK Matthews Auditorium at UNISA as well as the Enoch Sontonga Conference Hall at UNISA. Since 2011 they have made a concerted effort to commission and premiere South African compositions. To date they have commissioned and premiered more than 15 works by South African composers living both locally and abroad, the highlight being the Concerto for Vibraphone, Marimba and Strings by Peter Klatzow.

The programme will start with the beautiful Siegfried Idyll which Wagner composed as a birthday gift for his second wife Cosima after the birth of their son Siegfried. After interval the orchestra will play Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 also known as the Scottish Symphony.

ADMISSION:

R120 (adults)

R80 (pensioners)

R50 (students/learners/group bookings of 10+)

Tickets are available from Computicket outlets or book online at www.computicket.com

Enquiries:

Ella Kotze (FSSO), tel. (051) 401-2342 (office hours)

www.fsso.org.za

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