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