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Stockton Revealed
2018-03-04

Stockton Revealed

4 March 2018

Odeion

16:00

Stockton Revealed is an unique concert with a variety of Classical and Jazz compositions by well known celebrated composer and pianist, Noel Stockton.

Noel Stockton has established a wide reputation as a leading arranger, composer, performer, teacher and Jazz educator. He has been involved in all spheres of music for over fifty years.

Born in Benoni, Noel was a member of many well known South African bands in his youth, and broadcast extensively during the fifties and sixties. Subsequently he has conducted, arranged and composed, and performed for jazz ensembles, symphony orchestras and wind bands.

SAMRO commissions (compositions) include Manguang Suite (premièred and conducted by Dr F Fennell, USA), Concerto for Stageband premièred in 1994, by the Cape Town Jazz Orchestra Conversation Piece (Suite for String Quartet and Clarinet), Sol Y Sombra (Suite for String Quartet, Castanets and Clarinet.). Other compositions include Adagio for Strings, South African Folk Song Rhapsody, Invictus (orchestral prelude) for Jazz quartet and Symphony Orchestra, Gossip for Saxophone and String Orchestra and Three Pieces for Clarinet and Piano.

Productions as music director/conductor include Pacofs Goes Pop, Noel Stockton Big Band Shows I and II, You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown, Snoopy!!!!!, Die Goue Kring (also composer), Met Permissie Gesê, Romeo and Juliet, Brommer in die Boord, Nathaniel and Stockton in Concert, Grease, The Wiz, Sound of Music (for Eunice High School) and Flamenco - Jazz Fiesta.

Noel was a member of the PACOFS Symphony Orchestra and Senior Lecturer at the Musicon in Bloemfontein for 17 years, and lecturer in Jazz Studies and Theory at the University of the Free State and Pretoria University.

Musicians who will perform, include Noel Stockton (piano), the Nöthling-Strydom Duo (with Danrè Strydom – clarinet and Grethe Nöthling – piano), Francois Henkins (violin), Elspeth Neary (violin), Anna van Niekerk (viola), Anmari van der Westhuizen (cello), Tilla Henkins (cello), Geruan Geldenhuys (flute), Xavier Cloete (bassoon), Marco D’Angelo (trumpet), George Foster (tuba), Petro Engelbrecht (piano), Lesley-Ann Mathews (piano) and Jasmin Antonie (castanets).

PROGRAMME:

  • Six short pieces for Violin and Piano
  • Antiphonals for Trumpet and Piano
  • Diversions for Violin, Recorder and Piano
  • Invocation and Chant for solo V’Cello and Bembe
  • Three pieces for Clarinet and Piano
  • Sonatina for Tuba and Euphonium (Bassoon)
  • Sol Y Sombra Suite (in honour of Uys Krige)
  • Dance suite for Flute and String Quartet

ADMISSION

  • R70 (adults)
  • *R50 (pensioners)
  • *R50 (UFS staff)
  • *R40 (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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Deon Lamprecht Organ Recital

Wednesday, 12 September 2012
Odeion
19:30

Deon Lamprecht has been associated with the UFS Department of Music (now Odeion School of Music) from 1974 until 2005. In 1994 he was promoted to professor. He was Head of the Department of Music for the last 11 years of his academic career.

During his long career as concert organist he has performed as soloist with orchestra at various events with works by Handel, Michael Haydn, Poulenc and Saint-Saëns. He also gave numerous solo recitals. Performances after his retirement include two concerts in British Columbia (Canada), two concerts in the Odeion, the Dutch Reformed Church Berg-en-Dal, the Veremarksentrum (Port Elizabeth), the Dutch Reformed Church Universiteitsoord (Pretoria) and three concerts in the southern Cape. As student he received lessons from proff. Chris Swanepoel, Jakobus Kloppers and Stephen Zondagh. In 1980 he won the first prize in the organ competition during the Third South African Organ Festival (Cape Town), the first prize in the organ category and the SAMRO Prize of the Music Prize Competition of the SABC.

During further studies abroad het took part in organ courses presented by Harald Vogel (Germany) and Jean-Claude Zehnder (Switzerland). During the International Organ Course in Oudle (England), he presented a paper titled Fundamental aspects of keyboard technique, followed by masterclasses by Ludger Lohmann (Germany), Julian Weir (England) and Hans Fagius (Sweden).

Programme:
Dupré – Five of the 79 Chorales, Op. 28
Bruhns - Praeludium in E minor, No. 1
Bach – Variation No. 10 from Partita on Sei gegrüsset, Jesu gütig (BWV 768)
Bach - Prelude and fugue in G major (BWV 541)
Andriessen - Toccata
Fasch - Trio in C minor
Mozart - Fantasia No. 2 in F minor, K.608
Guilmant - Pastorale from Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 42
Duruflé - Prelude & Fugue on the name ALAIN, Op. 7

Admission:
R100 (adults), R60 (pensioners, students and learners)
R40 (group bookings of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket.

Enquiries:
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)
 

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