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


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My plaas se naam is Vergenoeg

Director: Pieter venter

Writer:  George Weideman
Venue: Wynand Mouton Theatre

Dates & times:

14 May at 19:30

15 May at 19:30

16 May at 19:30

17 May at 19:30

R 30.00 per person & R 20.00 per person (students, scholars & pensioners)

Bookings:   Computicket (Mimosa Mall en Checkers) 

“My plaas se naam is Vergenoeg”, written by George Weideman was the winner of the Sanlam Theatre price for best script for Afrikaans theatre.  This play is more than a classic farm story.  The multi- layered, storie is situated in Namakwaland, during the time of commission sittings. Grace Boois wants to bury her son on the farm Vergenoeg, but who own the farm?  Were the Bushmans there first or the animals?  The Bushmans used rocks to indicate that the land belongs to them, and the farmer bought the land.

A Greek chorus or in this case the animals comment about the happenings on and off the stage.  Tsoei-Goab’s son/daughter, together with the all-knowing narrators, the jesters and morphing characters join the animals to create magical realism on stage.

Comments by the actors on the play suggest that it is different, epic and extraordinary, but still relevant to issues that must be addressed today.  The play hint towards Pieter Fourie’s “Die Koggelaars”.

The production, which promise to be an epic visual experience, will play at the Wynand Mouton Theatre from 14 – 17 May at 19:30. Pieter Venter is the director and the players are third year students from the department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of the Free State.

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