An exciting collaboration, between the Danish Nightingale
String Quartet and South Africa’s most prominent African bow player
Madosini, will take place on July 19. Together their performance will give
life to the African Bow Project, an initiative aimed at keeping the
artistry of the African bow alive.
Russian soprano Evgenia Grekova will be featured at the
August 9 concert as part of her debut concert tour of the country. She
will be accompanied by Irina Puryshinskaja, a solo pianist in her own
right and their repertoire will include works by Schubert, Rachmaninov and
Bernstein.
On September 6, Swiss musicians Bruno Meier (flute) and
Nicolas Corti (viola) are joined by Dutch classical guitarist Han Jonkers
in an intimate performance of works by Joseph Kreutzer, Heinrich Neumann,
Willy Burkhard, Rudolf Kelterborn and Antonio Diabelli.
The ever popular soprano Sabina Mossolow and the
accomplished pianist Elna van der Merwe will grace the stage on Oct 25 and
entertain audience members with a programme entitled “Wine, Women and
Song”. The duo will initially perform works by women composers such as
Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann and Alma Mahler, and then
concentrate on well-known works by Verdi and Rossini that incorporate
themes of wine and love.
This year’s exceptional concert series ends on a high note
on Nov 29 with the annual Picnic Concert held on the sprawling lawns in
front of the Manor House. One of South Africa’s hottest musical acts,
Sterling Electric Quartet (EQ) shows that classical music can be arranged
and played in exciting contemporary styles and that local chart hits can
also be reworked and reinvented to be given the lush orchestral treatments
that transform club hits into pop classics. Critics have called the all
women group’s live performances ‘striking and unforgettable’ and likened
the virtuoso playing of the musician’s electric instruments to the
artistry of Vanessa Mae.
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