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Odeion Sinfonia Concert
2018-09-16

- In memory of Prof Derek Ochse -

with conductor Anmari van der Westhuizen & soloist Danielle Ceronio (saxophone)

16 September 2018

Odeion

16:00

This Odeion Sinfonia is a string only orchestra housed in the Odeion School of Music comprising string students studying at the OSM and string members of the Free State Youth Orchestra. The orchestra was founded by Derek Ochse with Anmari taking over the baton during her first year of residence at the UFS and the Odeion String Quartet (2009). The principle aims of this orchestra are to provide excellent training and valuable experience in string and ensemble playing, to adequately prepare string students for orchestral playing, to present them with numerous ensemble and orchestral concert playing opportunities and to generally promote quality string and ensemble playing.

Anmari is a highly acclaimed cellist and chamber musician and has more than thirty years of experience in playing and conducting chamber music. She is Adjunct Professor and Head of the OSQ. She graduated from the Stellenbosch University (BMusHons, cum laude), from the Mozarteum, Salzburg (Grosses Diplom, cum laude), and from the Hochschule für Musik (Cologne) under the tutelage of Prof Maria Kliegel (Konzertexamen). Anmari has won prestigious competitions and has had extensive chamber music training by members of the world's best string quartets like the Alban Berg String Quartet, the Amadeus String Quartet, the Borodin String Quartet, the Brodsky String Quartet and the Hagen String Quartet. 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. Anmari has made several CD recordings, and both her solo CDs with Ilse Schumann received excellent reviews in South Africa and in Austria. She was the conductor / director of the UCT String Ensemble for ten years and is currently the conductor of the Odeion Sinfonia and co-conductor of the Free State Youth Orchestra.

The programme will include the following works:

  • GF Handel - Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 1
  • R Vaughan Williams - Concerto Grosso
  • N Stockton - Passacaglia for saxophone/horn and strings orchestra (soloist: Danielle Ceronio – saxophone)
  • P Warlock - Capriol Suite

ADMISSION
Free

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504) / pretoriusn@ufs.ac.za


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Christmas Concert

Sunday 1 December 2019

Odeion ~ 16:00

Admission: FREE

Josef Rheinberger (1839 – 1901)
Suite for Organ Trio and Strings, Op. 149

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921)
Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12

In the light of this year’s advent time, the Odeion School of Music in collaboration with the Free State Symphony Orchestra, will present a Christmas Concert with various soloists and mainly string orchestra. The centre piece will be the Oratorio de Noël Op. 12 (Christmas Oratorio) from Camille Saint-Saëns, composed for five vocal soloists, mixed choir, strings, organ and harp. It was first performed at the Madeleine church on 25 December 1858 in Paris. This early work of the composer resembles a distinct lyricism of 19th-century French church music. It is sung in Latin, based on texts from the Old and New Testaments, the Psalms and Gospels, as well as the Catholic Christmas liturgy. The chamber music-like instrumentation with the exclusion of wind instruments, lyrical solo parts, and a modest choral part combine to create a general pastoral mood. The Suite for Organ Trio and String Orchestra fits into this programme with its pastoral character and chamber music setting.

The initiative for this concert is not only to offer the community of Bloemfontein a classical Christmas Concert, but it also serves as an educational project in which vocal students will form the choir of the oratorio, and string students will be part of the orchestra. These students share the stage with professional singers and instrumentalist and therefore gain first-hand experience of their profession. The Odeion String Quartet will lead the string sections. The soloists of the Rheinberger Suite are Jan Beukes (organ), Anmarie van der Westhuizen (Cello) and Samson Diamond (violin). A unique combination of vocal soloists sing in the Saint-Saëns Oratorio with Kimmy Skota (soprano), Teresa de Wit (mezzo-soprano), Mariëtte Pitout (contralto), Albertus Engelbrecht (tenor) and Thesele Kemane (baritone). Both these works will be performed under the baton of Alexander Fokkens.

ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius
+27 51 401 2504
pretoriusn@ufs.ac.za

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