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2018-06-07

with Gerrit Jordaan

7 June 2018

Odeion

19:30

Gerrit Jordaan studied organ under the guidance of Stephan Zondagh (pupil of Marcel Dupré and Nadia Boulanger), Wim Viljoen (pupil of Marie Claire Alain) and Daleen Kruger (pupil of Jean Claude Zender). In 2007 he completed a DMus with a dissertation on Stefans Grové's Afrika Hymnus II. This Hymnus was dedicated to Gerrit – as it was conceived in a dream wherein the composer heard him playing this work.

Since his student days, Gerrit has been involved with South African organ music, commissioning and performing new works – of which some had been dedicated to him - writing articles on this repertoire, working towards performances with the insight of the composers, recording this repertoire, typesetting and adapting instrumental works to the organ. As an enthusiast of South African music, he presented recitals in Europe as well as Finland and Canada. In 2016 he was invited to play the final recital at the Klangzeit Festival for contemporary music in Münster (Germany). Some of his articles were published internationally in Het Orgel, Organ – Journal für die Orgel, Orgue Nouvelles as well as in local academic publications. He wrote reports on the Stylus Phantasticus in the Praeludia of Buxtehude and on the Choral Preludes of Brahms. He studied historical performance practice of standard repertoire in numerous masterclasses at UNISA Organ Simposia, Haarlem Summer Academia and in Pistoia from organists including Luigi Tagliavini, Harald Vogel, Ludger Lohmann, Bernard Lagacé, Wolfgang Zerer, Olivier Latry, Marie Claire Alain and Szigmund Zsathmary. Until recently, Gerrit was chair of the Church Organist Committee of Southern Africa (SAKOV). He compiled three volumes of original Southern African choral preludes and choir pieces for SAKOV. He is a member of VONKK – a committee that develops new Afrikaans church music – creating new songs, providing organ, choir and instrumental arrangements to this growing repertoire.

PROGRAMME:

  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 541)
  • Jacobus Kloppers: Celtic Impressions (2003/4) - Two Strathspeys, Two Airs, Two Jigs, Toccata on two marching songs
  • Surendran Reddy: Toccata for Madiba (ca. 8:00)
  • Antalffy-Zsiross Dezso: Sketches on Negro Spiritual Songs (ca. 7’00)
  • George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (organ transription: Tobias Zuleger)

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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Kinkels inni Kabel (Afrikaans)

Production: Kinkels inni Kabel (Afrikaans)
Text: André P. Brink
Director: Nico Luwes
Venue: Scaena theatre
Dates and times:
19 May 2010 19h30
20 May 2010 19h30
21 May 2010 19h30

Bookings: Computicket (Mimosa Mall and Checkers)

Bookings for block bookings of 10 or more people can be done with Thys Heydenrych (072 235 3191)

“January, February, March, April...” It’s a jolly New Year’s Day at the Scaena Theatre in May month, held at the University of the Free State!

The “Klopse” are busy practicing for the Carnival taking place the next day, and all the action takes place in a small town called “Witbaai”. “Sollie”, is the group leader of the “Klopse”. “Apools-van-die Pêrel” an along with his best friend “Drommel-van-die-Pêrel” arrive in Witbaai to spy on the “Klopse”. Each of them individually has a twin brother, from which they were separated during a shipping accident, named “Apools-van-die-Kaap” and “Drommel-van-die-Kaap” (they form part of the “Klopse”). The two pair of twins gets mistaken for one another by the local residents. “Adriana” a toothless old woman, her virgin sister “Lucy”, “Jessie” a floosy or cheap girl, “Aikona” an ice-cream salesman from Johannesburg, his long-lost wife “Emily”, “Knippie”a Malay, “Kuite” a wizard, “Magriet” a “hippy-Klops”, along with the group of “Klopse” all form part of the fun! What a farce!

A mixture of mistaken identity, dramatic irony, love triangles and absolute CHAOS can be expected! The production shows great discretion with its inherent political tone. André P. Brink wanted the issue of Apartheid to be touched on a very suggestive manner with the goal to act as a humoristic figure in the play.

“Kinkels innie kabel” written by André P. Brink is a farce based on Shakespeare’s play “Comedy of Errors”. The play is performed by third year Drama students of the University, directed by Professor Nico Luwes. The performance will take place from 19 May to 21 May 2010. Tickets are available at Computicket.

Thanks to the excellent directing of Professor Nico Luwes, there is no need to drive all the way to Cape Town; we bring Cape Town to Bloemfontein!

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