Adventure
28 February Full moon hike
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Live Music
Blues at Muratie
February
20th The pretty blue guns
27th Albert Fost and Gerald Clark
Live Performances
Feb
22 Coda R90/100/110 80min 18:30
R30 adults
R20 children
Artist
Yolanda Yawa (vocalist), Carol Thorns (electric cellist), Judy Brown (saxophonist), Cristina Chiselev (electric violinist) and House DJ
Nick Matthews.
CODA is a unique collaboration between vocalist Yolanda Yawa, electric cellist Carol Thorns, saxophonist Judy Brown, electric violinist Cristina Chiselev and House DJ Nick
Matthews. CODA’s latest album African Renaissance was released in November 2008. Described as one of the most exciting and ground-breaking new acts to grace local and international stages in recent years, their distinctive sound, a mix between house, jazz and African rhythms, gained immediate popularity amongst an astonishingly broad range
of audiences. Internationally CODA has performed in the Seychelles, Zimbabwe and Dubai.
23 Feb
Maties RAG is a charity organisation that raises funds for Matie Community Service (MCS). One of their fundraising efforts is the annual Ms Matieland Beauty Pageant. The
competition runs from September 2008 and requires the contestants to raise funds and identify community projects to which these funds can be donated.
Feb 26 Cape Classic Concert R125 90min 20:15 interval 20min
Artist
Stephanie Krug (soprano), Franz-Peter Fischer (violin), Sara Birringer (baroque violin), Mathias Feger (viola), Hans Huyssen
(violoncello), Verena Fischer (traverso), Katharina Suske (recorder, oboe), Andrew Cruickshank (harpsichord), Hansjörg Haasis
(double bass)
Narrators: Penelope Joungleson (Afrikaans and English), Oskar Brown (German).
Cape Classic 2009:„MUSICA E PAROLE“,
Cape Classic is a set of live concerts of classical music and a cultural exchange between South Africa and Europe, which takes place each February/March, when the famous
Cape grapes are harvested.
Cape Classic offers a wide range of European classical chamber, piano and vocal music and presents concerts in South Africa, performed by outstanding artists with a magical appeal. Cape Classic provides workshops for disadvantaged pupils held by all Cape Classic artists with a free school concert at the end. Cape Classic is understood as a charity event. Surplus revenues will be used to support social relief projects in the Cape region.
Feb 27
Blondes, Tchaikovsky en
Queen R90/100/110 60min 20:15
28
Blondes, Tchaikovsky en
Queen Rhapsody, We are the Champions, A Kind of Magic, en Friends will be Friends. Two blondes, two pianos,
Tchaikovky’s Nutcracker, Swanlake and piano and violin concerto, some Boland Blues ending off with the hits of Queen. This show will put the hop, skip and jump back into your steps and will stay with you forever. Bring your friends and family along, to experience incredible talent.
Art
Rodin Exhibition at the Rupert Museum (till August)
26 bronze sculptures including the famous works The Thinker, The Kiss and the Cathedral
Family
Waterford "Big Five Wine Drive"
Understand the cycles of vine management as you drive through the magnificent vineyards tasting wines amongst the very vines where the grapes where picked.
Warwick Picnics
Rolling lawns and a child friendly location make this ideal for a lazy afternoon of good wine and good food
Food & Wine
Dornier Harvest Festival 6th March
Into the vineyards, picking grapes, into the cellar pressing grapes, into Bodega drinking wine and enjoying the beautiful surrounding and magnificent food
Classical Music Receitals
JANUARY
PRESTIGE
30 20:00 Lone Madson (clarinet) & Endler R95; R75
Nina Schumann (piano)
FEBRUARY
PRESTIGE
13 20:00 Beethoven Triple & Korngold Suite Endler R95; R75
Stellenbosch University Camerata
Benjamin Schmid violin), Luis Magalhães piano)
& Peter Martens (cello)
PIANO
20 20:00 Nina Schumann (piano) Endler R85; R65
PRESTIGE
24 20:00 Cape Classic: Music for Organ & Trumpet Endler R95; R75
Wolfgang Bauer (trumpet) &
Thomas Strauss (organ)
ORCHESTRAL
27 20:00 USSO Endler R95; R75
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Rossini "William Tell" Overture
Bruckner Symphony #4
Bottessini Bass Concerto & Variations
Leon Bosch (bass)
CHORAL
28 16:30 S.A. Choral Works Endler R85; R65
Schola Cantorum: Soloists Choir
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
MARCH
POP
6 20:00 Woordfees Pops Endler R95; R75
USSBE
Pamela Kierman (conductor)
soliste/soloists: Jannie Moolman, Sarah Theron,
Timothy Moloi, Sterling EQ
CHORAL
12-13 20:00 Mozart Requiem Endler R95; R75
USSO & Canticum Novum
Louis van der Watt (conductor)
soliste/soloists: Vanessa Tait-Jones, Minette du Toit-Pearce,
Willem Bester & Barend van der Westhuizen
20-24 Stellenbosch International Piano Symposium
22 20:00 Genova Dmitrov Duo (piano) Endler R85; R65
ORCHESTRAL
27 20:00 Band Extravaganza Endler R95; R75
USSBE
Pamela Kierman (conductor)
Stellenbosch Jazz Band
Felicia Lesch (conductor)
PIANO
28 16:30 KEMUS Fismer R85; R65
Eietydse Klavier musiek | Contemporary Piano Music
Daan Vandewalle (piano)
APRIL
CHORAL
16-18 20:00 Puccini: Suor Angelica Endler R85; R65
CHORAL
24 20:00 Schola Cantorum: Chamber Choir Endler R85; R65
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
MAY
CHAMBER MUSIC
1 20:00 Trio Hemanay Endler R95; R75
Malcolm Nay piano), Helen Vosloo flute)
& Marian Lewin (cello)
CHORAL
9 16:30 Endler R85; R65
Stellenbosch University Choir
André van der Merwe (conductor)
JUNE
POP
5 20:00 Paul Hanmer Jazz piano Endler R85; R65
PRESTIGE
12 20:00 Mario Nell (organ)Endler R95; R75
CHAMBER MUSIC
19 20:00 Avigail Bushakevitz violin) & Endler R95; R75
Ammiel Bushakevitz (piano)
JULY
2-11 Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival
CHAMBER MUSIC
24 20:00 William Berger (tenor) & Endler R95; R75
Melvin Tan (piano)
PIANO
31 20:00 Luis Malgalhães (piano) Endler R85; R65
AUGUST
PIANO
7 20:00 Young-Choon Park (piano) Endler R85; R65
CHAMBER MUSIC
14 20:00 Cape Town Brass Quintet Endler R95; R75
ORCHESTRAL
20-21 20:00 USSO Endler R95; R75
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Beethoven Piano Concertos
(piano: Nina Schumann, Luis Magalhães, Franklin Larey,
Bennie van Eeden, Albie van Schalkwyk, François du Toit)
CHAMBER MUSIC
28 20:00 Odeion String Quartet & David Earl (piano) Endler R95; R75
insluitend wêreld-première van David Earl se Klavierkwintet
including world premier of David Earl Piano Quintet
SEPTEMBER
CHORAL
2 20:00 Schola Cantorum: Chamber Choir Endler R85; R65
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
ORCHESTRAL
17 20:00 USSBE Endler R95; R75
Pamela Kierman (conductor)
including Rutter Gloria
Schola Cantorum: Soloists Choir
Rudolf de Beer (conductor)
CHORAL
18 20:00 Athesinus Consort (Berlin) Endler R85; R65
Klaus-Martin Bresgott (conductor)
29-30 Stellenbosch National Ensemble Competition
OCTOBER
ORCHESTRAL
2 20:00 USSO Endler R95; R75
Corvin Matei (conductor)
Schumann "Genoveva" Overture
Brahms 1st Symphony
T Ranja Violin Concerto (world premier)
Suzanne Martens (violin)
/ PIANO
4 20:00 UCT/US Piano Exchange Endler R20;
Students free
MATINÉE
9 16:30 Beautiful Baroque III Endler R85; R65
featuring staff & students from the Dept of Music
CHAMBER MUSIC
16 20:00 KEMUS Fismer R95; R75
"Minimalisme" Reich: Drumming
19 Lionel Bowman Beethoven-prize
21-22 Mabel Quick Scholarship Competition
NOVEMBER
PIANO
6 20:00 Mariangela Vacatello (piano) Endler R85; R65
The Endler Concert Series reserves the right to alter programmes as may become necessary.
Theatre
Drop Street Theatre will be moving and opening in new premises in early 2010
1 March – How a mans head works (R100 p.p.)
Altus Theart in his first one man show about the The Male Intellect – an oxymron? Full of humour and energy this is a must see
2 March – Lagnes (R80 p.p.)
Based on the famous TV show "whose line is it anyway, this is a show for the whole family, full of clever wit and fun
3 March – Flying Dutchmen (R50 p.p.)
5 March – Valiant Swart Solo (R80 p.p.)
Well known local musician with influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Jimi Hendrix
6 Maart – Schalk Joubert met Kayamandi (R80 p.p.)
Schalk Joubert is a truly seasoned musician who has been working over the last ten years as a premiere freelance bass player, arranger, producer and musical director with some of South Africa's most popular artists in the music industry. Amongst these artists are people like Vusi Mahlasela, Anton Goosen, David Kramer and currently he is part of world famous American singer /songwriter, Michelle Shocked’s multinational touring band, performing regularly in Europe and Australia.
OUDE LIBERTAS OPEN AIR THEATRE
To Life
Thursday 18 - Friday 19 February
Jannie Moolman is regarded as one of South Africa’s most versatile tenors often moving boundaries to make the classical genre accessible to the masses. In To Life he has teamed up with Brandon October, a remarkably talented singer, who has since his introduction through South African Pop Idols, become a household name associated with quality, presence and professionalism. read more
Emo
Sunday 21 February
This instrumental super group captivates audiences from all walks of life with their spectacular display of virtuosity and their energetic stage presence, which, together with their sleek appearance and stylish modern instruments, make for an unforgettable entertainment experience.
Cape Classic Concert – Colourful Cluster
Thursday 25 February
Cape Classic is a set of live concerts of classical music and a cultural exchange between South Africa and Europe, which takes place each February/March, when the famous Cape grapes are harvested. Cape Classic is understood as a charity event. Surplus revenues will be used to support social relief projects in the Cape region.
Gypsy Life
Tuesday 02 March
Maties RAG is a charity organisation that raises funds for Maties Community Services (MCS). One of their fundraising efforts is the annual Ms Matieland Beauty Pageant. The competition runs from September 2009 and requires the contestants to raise funds and identify community projects to which these funds can be donated.
Wednesday 03 March
SA first professional all women cappella group, comprising Shireen Hollier, Anna Davel en Jolette Odendaal.
Thursday 04 March
2 of South Africas best known song writers join forces in this exhibition of South African music talent.
Friday 05 March
SA first professional all women cappella group, comprising Shireen Hollier, Anna Davel en Jolette Odendaal.
Saturday 06 March
2 of South Africas best known song writers join forces in this exhibition of South African music talent.
Sunday 07 March
The group fuses the harmonic and compositional elements of South African music and jazz, with the rhythmic structures of modern dance music. The horn section makes for exciting arrangements to singable, danceable songs, incorporating such rhythms as, hip-hop, drum and bass, jungle, funk and South African rhythms into compositions, making the music accessible to jazz or dance enthusiasts.
Cape Town Opera presents the Voice of the Nation
Thursday 11 - Saturday 13 March
A programme of African American spirituals, African choruses and opera hits sung by Cape Town Opera’s forceful Voice of the Nation Ensemble. Audiences will love well-known numbers such as O Happy Day and Good News, and operatic favourites with an African twist such as the Champagne Chorus from Die Fledermaus sung in Xhosa. The African choruses are drawn from indigenous works such as Khumalo’s uShaka KaSenzangakhona and traditional Xhosa songs.
Babu
Sunday 14 March
The binding force that brings this Cape Town based band of four highly imaginative and proficient musicians together is respect. Respecting the music and sharing a love for some of the most invigorating improvisational sounds in Jazz over the last 60 years, drawing inspiration from the searching spirit in Jazz and its ability to tap into the more complex realms of human experience and the subconscious, perhaps mystical world.
Händels Messiah: A Capella
Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 March
George Fredric Händel conducted The Messiah many times in his lifetime and often altered the music to suit the needs of the singers and orchestra he had available to him for each performance. In consequence, no single version can be regarded as the “authentic” one. Many more variations and rearrangements were added in subsequent centuries.
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WOORDFEES
One of these concerts is devoted exclusively to Afrikaans choral music and includes mostly new choral settings of the works of prominent Afrikaans poets. This project, which will highlight an important aspect of Afrikaans music, is presented by the Schola Cantorum: Soloists’ Choir directed by Rudolf de Beer. This unique performance will take place in the Endler Hall on 28 February 2010 at 16:30.
Whereas the setting of Afrikaans poetry has traditionally been in the form of the solo song with piano accompaniment (e.g. in the art songs of S. le Roux Marais, Arnold van Wyk, Hubert du Plessis, Rosa Nepgen and Pieter de Villiers), popular music in Afrikaans is currently gaining wide acceptance, even in its setting to music of texts by such prominent poets as Ingrid Jonker and Breyten Breytenbach. Because of its contemporary sound and popular appeal this music is beginning to overshadow the earlier songs with piano accompaniment in the consciousness of especially younger Afrikaans audiences. In the diverse spectrum of Afrikaans music there is one genre that has not gained the recognition it deserves, namely songs in the choral medium. While there is quite a large repertoire of Afrikaans choral music in general, most of it is either in the style of light folk song arrangements (e.g. Dirkie de Villiers, Edward Aitchison) or sacred music for church choirs (Pieter van der Westhuizen, Chris Lamprecht). By contrast, the setting to music for choir of poems by prominent Afrikaans poets has not gained much currency. However, due to its contemporary character, especially in a time of growing interest in choral music, this genre has the potential to exploit Afrikaans poetry musically in a way that has not yet been exhausted.
For this performance a programme of Afrikaans choral music was compiled that, except for two works, has not been performed before. It includes music by Arnold van Wyk, Hubert du Plessis, Hans Roosenschoon, Izak Grové and Winfried Lüdemann. Poets represented in these works are C. Louis Leipoldt, Adam Small, T.T. Cloete, Attie van der Colf and Henry Allen Fagan. Because of the technically demanding nature of most of the music it was decided to recruit the newly established Schola Cantorum: Soloists’s Choir for this performance. This chamber choir, which includes both professional and semi-professional singers, performed Vivaldi’s Gloria to wide acclaim last year. The present concert not only promises to appeal greatly to lovers of choral music but will also represent a special accent in the programme of the Woordfees as a whole.
Tickets @ R85 and R65 are available at Computicket outlets countrywide or on 083 915 8000. Box office at the Endler Hall will open at 19:00 on the night. For further enquiries, please call the Endler Concert Series on 021 808 2343 during office hours.
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