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Clarinet & Piano: OPUS
2018-08-30

with the Nöthling Strydom Duo - Danrè Strydom (clarinet) & Grethe Nöthling (piano) and David Griessel (visual artist David Griessel displaying the sketching process inspired by each composition performed)

30 August 2018
Odeion
19:30

Award-winning South African musicians, clarinetist Danrè Strydom and pianist Grethe Nöthling, started an exciting collaboration in 2016. Since recently returning to South Africa after several years abroad, these two musicians aim to provide global audiences with exhilarating performances of not only well-known and loved repertoire, but also of more unknown and interesting repertoire. The Duo performed at 2017 South African festivals and various national concert series. Both musicians (as part of Trio Intolerance) won the Free State Artists of the Year award at the Free State Arts Festival (2017). During 2018 the Duo was invited to perform at the International Clarinet Festival in Belgium. While in Europe, they recorded the first part of their CD of newly composed as well as underplayed South African compositions for clarinet and piano.

In this concert, titled Clarinet & Piano: Opus ZA, the Duo will be performing some of the lovely but demanding South African compositions which will appear on the CD. The selection includes works by well-established composers such as Clare Loveday, Noel Stockton, Hendrik Hofmeyr and Peter Klatzow, to mention a few. All the works are relatively short compositions, so the programme will include nine works in total. To emphasise the character of each of these compositions, South African visual artist, David Griessel, will do nine sketches that will be displayed on a screen behind the musicians. These videos made by Bloemfontein videographer, Zita, will include the complete drawing process, and the audience can follow each line and brush stroke during the performance of the music. After the concert, these original sketches, titled the same as the compositions, will be sold to interested audience members. These will be unique sketches, and the audience can look forward to this extraordinary collaboration of two musicians with a visual artist.

David Griessel graduated with a bachelor in Fine Arts from the University of the Free State. Earlier in 2018, he did an art residency, book launch and exhibition in Caylus and Saint Antonin (France). He currently works as an artist/writer/illustrator in Cape Town and is the art editor of the literary journal, New Contrast. He is part of the artist’s collective, Studio Clowder.

PROGRAMME:

  • Hendrik Hofmeyr: Notturno
  • Clare Loveday: Heatwave
  • Noel Stockton: Three Pieces
  • Peter Klatzow: Moments of Night
  • StephansGrove: Spieeltjie aan die wand
  • Isak Roux: Kleine Chronik
  • Surendran Reddy: Game I for Lîla
  • Alexander Johnson: Jazz Sonatine

ADMISSION

  • R120 (adults)
  • *R80 (pensioners)
  • *R70 (UFS staff)
  • *R50 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)

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

*Please note that tickets for pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID has to be presented to qualify for the above-mentioned discount.

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)


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Paganini's Passion

Description: Paganini passion Tags: Paganini passionFree State Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bernhard Gueller with soloist Rachel Lee Priday (violin)

Saturday 25 June 2016

Odeion

19:30

 

The Odeion School of Music and the Free State Symphony Orchestra are collaborating to present an exciting concert on Saturday 25 June when the internationally acclaimed violinist, Rachel Lee Priday, will perform the Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major (Paganini) with the FSSO conducted by Bernhard Gueller. The concert is sponsored by the International Arts Trust.

 

Paganini was the most celebrated violin virtuoso of his time.  The Violin Concerto No. 1 is an exciting virtuoso showpiece which is extremely challenging for the soloist but at the same time one of his most beautiful pieces ever written. The rest of the programme will consist of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2 in D major and Mozart’s Magic Flute overture.

 

Rachel Lee Priday, acclaimed for her beauty of tone, riveting stage presence and “irresistible panache” (Chicago Tribune), has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras. Critics have praised her “dazzling, forceful technique”, “rich, mellifluous sound” and “silvery fluidity”.  Rachel has been profiled in the The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, Family Circle Magazine, and The Strad Magazine. Her television credits include appearances on the Disney Channel, “Fiddling for the Future” and “American Masters” on PBS, and the 2000 Grammy Awards ceremony (Los Angeles). In addition, her performances have been broadcast on major media outlets in the US, Germany, Korea, and Brazil. She began her violin studies at the age of four years and later studied with Dorothy DeLay, Itzhak Perlman and Miriam Fried.

 

Bernhard Gueller has been music director of Symphony Nova Scotia in Halifax (Canada) for the past 13 years. Well known to audiences internationally for the passion, mastery and drama he brings to the concert hall podium, Gueller is also acclaimed for his “profound interpretations”, the “stunning responses he gets from musicians” and the excitement he elicits. He is loved by musicians, critics and audience for his musical purity and continually garners praise for the fresh approach he brings to the podium. This is maestro Gueller’s third visit to Bloemfontein and the Free State Symphony Orchestra.

 

Admission:

R150 (adults)

Students, on presentation of valid card: R50.00

UFS Staff, on presentation of valid card: R90.00

Pensioners, on presentation of valid card: R90.00

Children (6 to 18 years): R50.00

Block bookings of 10 or more: R90.00

Tickets for the concert are available at Computicket outlets (Checkers, Shoprite shops) or book online at www.computicket.com.

 

Enquiries:

Ninette Pretorius tel. 051 401 2504

Ella Kotze (FSSO), tel. 051 401 2342

www.fsso.org.za

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