19 March 2015

Odeion

19:30

The OSM is proud to present its annual Opening Concert.  During the first half of the programme top students of the OSM will perform.  They include William Earl (piano), Heinrich Lategan (percussion), Naledi Dweba (clarinet), Tinamari & Margot Viljoen (piano) and Kgaugelo Mpyane (tenor) together with pianist Cézarre Strydom.

After the interval, the OSM CAMERATA (OSMC), will perform Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 in D, K.504 (commonly known as the Prague Symphony) as well as the well-known aria Lascia ch’io pianga from the opera Rinaldo by Georg Friedrich Handel to be recited by mezzo soprano Bertha Menyatso. 

The OSMC will be conducted by Xavier Cloete - laureate of the Len van Zyl National Orchestral Conducting Competition (2013).  In the spirit of the OSMC’s dedication to excellence and mentorship, Eddy Marcano - the Artistic director of the Simón Bolívar Conservatory of Music (Venezuela), will serve as guest concertmaster to the OSMC for this concert.  Marcano will be in Bloemfontein on the 19th of March as the prime instructor of the UNISA Music Foundation Violin Symposium.

ADMISSION

R110 (adults)

R70 (pensioners)

R60 (UFS staff)

R40 (students and learners)

R40 (group bookings of 10+)

Tickets available at Computicket.

ENQUIRIES

Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 – 401 2504)