WHAT'S ON – Music – Classical
Cape Town Concert Series
Korngold Project
Vassily Primakov
South African College of Music
Songs My Mother Taught Me
Wattmore is There
UCT Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Students' Quarterly Concert
Piano Exchange Concert
Chamber Music
Olitalia-Rialto Foods Bursary Competition
The Schock Foundation Prize for Chamber Music
Students' Quarterly Concert
The Olive Lieberz-Theron Prize for Outstanding Pianism
UCT Symphony Concert
Chamber Music
The Schock Foundation Prize for Singing
The Laura Searle Prize for Concerto Playing
Piano competitions
"KORNGOLD PROJECT" CHAMBER MUSIC
Saturday 25 May at 20:00 (Concert Hall)
Erich Korngold is closely associated with the creation of the film score as we know it today, but before arriving in Hollywood he was a well-known composer of concert and chamber music, opera and stage works, as well as an arranger and conductor. The Korngold Project brings together an exciting group of musicians – Daniel Rowland, Priya Mitchell, Julian Arp and Luis Magalhães – to perform some of his chamber music.
Korngold Piano Quintet in E major, Op. 15 Korngold Piano Trio
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VASSILY PRIMAKOV (piano)
Saturday 8 June at 20:00 (Concert Hall)
Brahms 2 Rhapsodies Opus 79 Brahms Sonata No. 3 in F Minor Op. 5 Medtner Sonata-reminiscenza in A minor, Op. 38, No. 1, from "Forgotten Melodies" Scriabin Prelude for the left hand in C sharp minor, Op. 9, No. 1 Scriabin Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor, Op. 23
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Subscriptions: R550 per season; student subscription: R280
For more information on subscriptions please contact the General Manager of the CTCS, Louise Howlett, on 021 439 7663 or e-mail info@ctconcerts.co.za
Booking for individual concerts opens on 1 February
Price: R125
Discounts:
Senior citizens R110
Students R55
Scholars R40
SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
Opera Fundraiser
Tuesday 16 July at 19:30 (Concert Hall)
Angelo Gobbato, born in Milan, Italy, in July 1943, arrived in Cape Town with his family in 1950. His passion for opera led to a distinguished career as singer, stage director and teacher.
Join him for his 70th birthday celebration, as he presents a programme of personal and national reminiscences performing songs taken from the popular Italian repertoire which he learned at his mother's and grandmother's knees and which he used to perform as a child at various Italian functions (accompanied by his father on the piano accordion) well before beginning his serious operatic studies.
The songs, roughly spanning a period from 1900 to 1960, will be presented accompanied by narrative and visual material reflecting the changing styles and major events of that period.
Albert Horne accompanies on the piano.
Price: R120. All income received from this concert will go towards the funding of a bursary to be given to an operatic student with particular talents for comic acting.
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WATTMORE IS THERE
Tuesday, 30 July, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
New instrumental music composed by Martin Watt and Adrian More.
This concert is supported by SAMRO.
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STUDENTS' QUARTERLY CONCERT
Tuesday, 6 August, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
The third of the "quarterlies" is arranged by Albie van Schalkwyk and features a selection of the performance students of the SACM.
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UCT SYMPHONIC WIND ENSEMBLE
Tuesday, 13 August, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Soloist: winner of SACM soloist audition
Programme includes Concerto for Flute and Wind Orchestra by Mike Mower.
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CHAMBER MUSIC
Friday, 30 August, at 19:30 (Concert Hall)
These concerts, arranged by Becky Steltzner, feature students from the SACM and are the final round to determine which ensembles progress to the final round of the coveted Schock Foundation Prize for Chamber Music on Tuesday 17 September.
Admission is free. Donations at the door in aid of the SACM Chamber Music Scholarship Fund will be most welcome.
PIANO EXCHANGE CONCERT
Tuesday, 27 August, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Following the last eleven years' successes, the piano sections of UCT and Stellenbosch University will present an evening of piano transcriptions.
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OLITALIA-RIALTO FOODS BURSARY COMPETITION
Tuesday, 10 September, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
BURSARY R50 000
(One year's full sponsorship, subject to acceptance for postgraduate studies in 2014)
This competition is open to prospective postgraduate opera students, and postgraduate opera students who will be continuing their studies next year.
SCHOCK FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR CHAMBER MUSIC
Tuesday, 17 September, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
The sixth edition of this annual competition for ensemble playing, sponsored by the Schock Foundation. This final round will feature ensembles selected from the chamber music concerts through the year.
This competition is open to all chamber music students of the SACM, who must perform a complete work.
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STUDENTS' QUARTERLY CONCERT
Tuesday, 1 October, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
The last of the "quarterlies" is arranged by Hendrik Hofmeyr and features a selection of the performance students of the SACM.
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THE OLIVE LIEBERZ-THERON PRIZE FOR OUTSTANDING PIANISM
Tuesday, 8 October, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Prize money from the Ultimate Wellness Trust
A competition in honour of the late Olive Lieberz-Theron. This competition is open to all piano performance students at the SACM who are intending to pursue a career in piano playing.
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UCT SYMPHONY CONCERT
Tuesday, 15 October, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Conductor: Alexander Fokkens
Hoole – Overture
Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45
CHAMBER MUSIC
Tuesday, 22 October, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
Arranged by Becky Steltzner
Admission is free. Donations at the door in aid of the SACM Chamber Music Scholarship Fund will be most welcome.
THE SCHOCK FOUNDATION PRIZE FOR SINGING
Tuesday, 5 November, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
An annual voice competition sponsored by the Schock Foundation, in two categories, Best Male Voice and Best Female Voice. The competition is open to full-time students of the SACM who are presently in their second or third year.
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THE LAURA SEARLE PRIZE FOR CONCERTO PLAYING
(FINAL ROUND)
Tuesday, 12 November, at 20:15 (Concert Hall)
This is the tenth edition of the Laura Searle Prize for Concerto Playing, which is open to all piano students at the South African College of Music, and part of the prize is to perform with the UCT Symphony Orchestra in 2014.
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Wednesday, 13 November, from 18:00 (Concert Hall)
These competitions are open to all piano students at the SACM.
THE ROBERT ANDREWS PRIZE
(FINAL ROUND)
Candidates must present a single work, or movement(s) from a work composed in the last hundred years, by a composer from the Southern Hemisphere.
THE JAMES DE VILLIERS PRIZE
(FINAL ROUND)
This competition requires a romantic work.
THE LIONEL BOWMAN PRIZE FOR BEETHOVEN PLAYING
(FINAL ROUND)
This competition is open to all piano students at the SACM and the prizewinner's recital will take place in 2014.
Entrance by donation at the door. Donations will go towards the prize.
TICKET PRICES FOR ALL CONCERTS UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED
Price: R55
Discounts:
UCT staff: R50
Students and senior citizens: R40
Learners R30
UCT students may attend most SACM concerts free of charge on presentation of a valid student card ten minutes before the start, and subject to availability. Visit the SACM website: www.web.uct.ac.za/depts/sacm/.
BECOME A "FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE"
Friends of the College are offered 15 vouchers for R525. This works out to a considerable saving, at R35 per ticket, as the normal prices are R55 for regular concerts, R80 for symphony concerts and over R100 for the lowest price for the student opera. When these Friends of the College vouchers run out, further vouchers may be purchased at R35. These vouchers are transferable, so you can buy vouchers as presents or bring your friends.
For further details, contact Gillian Lindner, Concert Co-ordinator, on 021 650 2640 or e-mail: gillian.lindner@uct.ac.za
FREE CONCERTS
Members of the public are welcome to attend the weekly performers' classes and lunchtime concerts which take place every Wednesday at 14:00 and Thursday at 13:00 respectively during the academic term. Admission is free, and the concerts fit neatly into an hour.