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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

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Her Lyrical Song

Her Lyrical Song

with Marguerite van Wyk (soprano), Piet Koornhof (violin), Danrè Strydom (clarinet) & Truida van der Walt (piano)

Sunday 1 March 2020
Odeion
16:00

A lyrical evening with a concert titled “Her Lyrical Song” with soprano Marguerite van Wyk, violinist Piet Koornhof, clarinetist Danrè Strydom and pianist Truida van der Walt. The programme will include works by Britten, Mozart, Whitacre, Schubert and S. Le Roux Marais.

Marguerite van Wyk her BMus (Ed) and BMus (Hons) performance degree under the guidance of Hanna van Niekerk at the UFS. During her studies she participated in numerous performances with Pacofs, the Youth Concert Festival together with the Pacofs Orchestra. She recently achieved her Master's Degree in Performance with distinction, under the guidance of Antoinette Olivier. Violinist Piet Koornhof is Associate Professor at the North West University (Potchefstroom). He studied with Professor Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School in New York, and obtained a DMus in Musical Performance from the North West University. Danrè Strydom has established herself as one of South Africa's premier solo, chamber and orchestral musicians. After attending the Interlochen Arts Camp (USA), she studied with Heinrich Armer at the UFS. She furthered her studies at the Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music, with renowned clarinettists Eli Eban and Eric Hoeprich. She holds two separate MMus degrees from the Royal Conservatory (Ghent University) and recently completed her PhD at the OSM. She was appointed woodwind lecturer at the OSM in 2014. Truida van der Walt is a well-known accompanist and chamber music player. After piano studies with Adolph Hallis (Johannesburg), she studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst (Vienna). She was regularly invited by the provincial arts councils to accompany visiting overseas artists and has played for numerous winners of competitions.


PROGRAMME

Benjamin Britten (1913 – 1976)
On this Island, Op. 11
Let the florid music praise!
Now the leaves are falling fast
Seascape
Nocturne
As it is plenty

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 – 1791)
Aria: L’amero saro costante (Aminta)
From the opera: Il re pastore
with violin solo – Piet Koornhof

Eric Whitacre (Born 1970)
Five Hebrew love songs
Temuná (A picture)
Kalá Kallá (Light bride)
Lárov (Mostly)
Èyze shéleg (What snow)
Rakùt (tenderness)
with violin - Piet Koornhof

Franz Schubert (1797 – 1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The shepherd on the rock)
with clarinet – Danré Strydom

Five songs of S. Le Roux Marias (1896 – 1979)
Lentelied
Dit is laat in die nag
Mali, die slaaf se lied
Rooidag


ADMISSION

  • R90 (adults)
  • *R50 (pensioners and UFS staff members)
  • *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. +27 51 401 2504)

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