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Anmari & Albie in concert
2018-02-22

Anmari & Albie in concert

22 February 2018

Odeion

19:30

Anmari van der Westhuizen is Adjunct Professor and Head of the Odeion String Quartet at the UFS. She graduated from the University of Stellenbosch (BMusHons, cum laude), from the Mozarteum, Salzburg (Grosses Diplom, cum laude), and from the Hochschule für Musik (Cologne). She performed as a chamber musician and soloist in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Faroe Islands, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, USA, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In 2015 she received the Vryfees award for the Best Classical performer of the Arts Festival and the Rose award from Radio Rosestad for her remarkable contribution towards arts and culture.

Albie van Schalkwyk is not only a solo performer in his own right, but is also one of the leading chamber musicians and vocal accompanists in South Africa. Besides performing as a piano soloist and with orchestras, he has given masterclasses for singers and accompanists. In 2009 he was appointed Associate Professor in piano and chamber music at the South African College of Music (University of Cape Town).

Programme:

  • Shostakovich: Sonata for violoncello and piano, Op. 40 (1934)
  • Tribute to Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 1966):
    • a) Toccata: Frescobaldi - Cassadó
    • b) Intermezzo from the opera Goyescas: Granados - Cassadó
    • c) Pastorale: Couperin - Cassadó
    • d) Solo suite for cello: Prelude- Fantasia: Cassadó
    • e) Requiebros: Cassadó
  • Brahms: Sonata for violoncello and piano, Op. 99

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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OSM OPENING CONCERT

 

 

19 March 2015

Odeion

19:30

 

The OSM is proud to present its annual Opening Concert.  During the first half of the programme top students of the OSM will perform.  They include William Earl (piano), Heinrich Lategan (percussion), Naledi Dweba (clarinet), Tinamari & Margot Viljoen (piano) and Kgaugelo Mpyane (tenor) together with pianist Cézarre Strydom.

 

After the interval, the OSM CAMERATA (OSMC), will perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D, K.504 (commonly known as the Prague Symphony) as well as the well-known aria Lascia ch’io pianga from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Handel to be recited by mezzo soprano Bertha Menyatso. 

 

The OSMC will be conducted by Xavier Cloete - laureate of the Len van Zyl National Orchestral Conducting Competition (2013).  In the spirit of the OSMC’s dedication to excellence and mentorship, Eddy Marcano - the Artistic director of the Simón Bolívar Conservatory of Music (Venezuela), will serve as guest concertmaster to the OSMC for this concert.  Marcano will be in Bloemfontein on the 19th of March as the prime instructor of the UNISA Music Foundation Violin Symposium.

 

ADMISSION

R110 (adults)

R70 (pensioners)

R60 (UFS staff)

R40 (students and learners)

R40 (group bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

 

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 – 401 2504)

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