Schedule 2013

‘Se vuol ballare – If you would dance’ | Schedule

Richard Cock

Saturday, 19 January 2013, 7.30 p.m.
Sunday, 20 January 2013, 3.00 p.m.

PRE-FESTIVAL CONCERTS – Linder Auditorium

VIENNESE NEW YEAR‘S CONCERT

Nozuko Teto (soprano), Siyabonga Maqungo (tenor), SA Mzansi
Ballet Dancers, Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Richard Cock
(conductor)

Supported by the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and Paul Rodgers

Zurich Chamber Orchestra (c) Tom Enzeroth

Sunday, 27 January 2013 – 3.00 p.m.

OPENING SYMPHONY CONCERT – Linder Auditorium

Robert Pickup (clarinet), Zurich Chamber Orchestra, South African
National Youth Orchestra, Sir Roger Norrington (conductor)

Works by Mozart, Müller and Beethoven

Supported by Pro Helvetia, in cooperation with the South African National Youth Orchestra

Cornelia Herrmann (c) Nancy Horowitz

Monday, 28 January 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

PIANO RECITAL – Northwards House 

Cornelia Herrmann (piano)

Works by Bach, Webern, Ressi and Ehrenfellner

Supported by the Austrian Embassy

Morten Lauridsen

Tuesday, 29 January 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

CHORAL CONCERT – St. Columba‘s Church

Chanticleer Singers, Chamber Singers, Kevin Kraak (organ/piano)
Nicol Matt (conductor)

“Shining Night – A man, an island, and music that moves the world”
A musical and film portrait of the composer Morten Lauridsen

Erich Oskar Huetter

Wednesday, 30 January 2013 – 8.00 p.m.

CHOREOGRAPHY CONCERT – “The Fringe”, Johannesburg Theatre

Erich Oskar Huetter (cello) and Tanja Schmid (dance)

Bach Solo cello suites embedded in free improvisations, accompanied
by a dance choreography

Supported by the Austrian Embassy, in collaboration with MIAGI

Nicol Matt

Thursday, 31 January 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

MASTERCLASS FOR CHOIRMASTERS – Choir Room, University of Johannesburg

Chanticleer Singers, Nicol Matt (conductor)

Works by Ola Gjeilo

Nombuso Ndlandla

Thursday, 31 January 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

SONG RECITAL – Northwards House

Nombuso Ndlandla (soprano), Andiswa Makana (mezzo-soprano),
Christoph Genz (tenor), Reiner Schneider-Waterberg (baritone),
Cornelia Herrmann (piano) and Florian Uhlig (piano)

Works by for piano four hands and songs by Brahms and Schumann

Supported by the Austrian Embassy

Bongani Ndodana-Breen

Friday, 1 February 2013 – 8.00 a.m.

SCHOOL WORKSHOP – Parktown High School for Girls

Bongani Ndodana-Breen talks about his work as a composer and the idea of choreographing sounds

James Grace

Friday, 1 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

GUITAR RECITAL – Villa Arcadia

James Grace (guitar)

Works inspired by dance, in particular, the Spanish dance form of
Flamenco, including music by Rodrigo, Albéniz, Malats and Tárrega

Florian Uhlig (c) Marco Borggreve

Saturday, 2 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

SYMPHONY CONCERT – Linder Auditorium

Florian Uhlig (piano), Johannesburg Festival Orchestra, Richard Cock (conductor)

Works by Saint-Saëns, Ndodana-Breen and Beethoven

Supported by the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra and Paul Rodgers, as well as the Institut Français South Africa

Sunday, 3 February 2013 – Rehearsal 11.00 a.m. – 2.00 p.m. | Concert 3.00 p.m. – 4.30 p.m.

ORCHESTRA FROM SCRATCH – Scott Gym, Wits Education Campus, St Andrews Road, Parktown

Richard Cock (conductor)

An orchestral experience for any and all musicians. Interested in participating? If you play a musical instrument (minimum: Grade 3) and would like to play in an orchestra, please contact us on T: +27 (0)11 447 9264! 

Works by Schubert, Sousa, Coutts, Rodgers & Hammerstein and others

Sunday, 3 February 2013, 5.00 p.m.

LITERARY EVENT – Villa Arcadia

Violinist Ruth Waterman on her book “When Swan Lake Comes to Sarajevo” (A Book of the Year 2012 by The Observer – UK) 

In cooperation with the British Council

FREE ADMISSION – complimentary wine reception afterwards

Ruth Watermann

Monday, 4 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

EXPLORATION CONCERT – Northwards House

Ruth Waterman (violin)

Ruth Waterman discusses, illustrates and performs aspects of dance in Bach’s Partita No. 3 in E major BWV 1006 for solo violin

Paul Hanmer (c) Katrin Kusmierz

Tuesday, 5 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

CINEMA IMPROVISANDO – The Bioscope

Paul Hanmer (piano)

Live improvisation on “Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis”

Eric Le Sage (c) Jean-Baptiste Millot

Wednesday, 6 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

PIANO RECITAL – Northwards House

Eric Le Sage (piano)

Works by Schumann, Poulenc and Debussy

Supported by the Institut Francais South Africa

Andreas Kern (c) Mathias Bothor

Thursday, 7 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

CHOREOGRAPHY CONCERT – Wits Art Museum

Mamela Nyamza and Kirsty Ndawo (dance), Andreas Kern (piano)

“MOVING MOZART”
Works by Mozart, Eggert, Schumann and Ndodana-Breen

Tshwane Dance Theatre

Friday, 8 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

CHOREOGRAPHY CONCERT – Wits Art Museum

Duo FourIVTwo with Tshwane Dance Theatre

The rhythmic force of percussion repertoire meets dance

Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble

Saturday, 9 February 2013 – 7.30 p.m.

CHAMBER ORCHESTRA CONCERT – Villa Arcadia

Buskaid Soweto String Ensemble, Rosemary Nalden (conductor)

From the French and English baroque dance music of Rameau and Purcell to a performance of some of Brahms’s most evocative Liebeslieder waltzes, Latin American vibe, Kwela and Afro-pop.

Carlo Mombelli

Sunday, 10 February 2013 – 1.00 p.m. – 6.00 p.m.

CHOREOGRAPHY OF SOUND – King Kong

Presented in collaboration with the Goethe Institut in Johannesburg and led by Carlo Mombelli, this is a follow-up event on last year‘s Improvisation Weekend. A series of avantgarde performances, workshops and open panel discussions explores sound permutations and experiments through techniques like improvisation, electroacoustic manipulation, soundscaping etc.

Participants: Carlo Mombelli (sound-design/ installation/ bass & bass manipulations), Siya Makuzeni (voice/ vox-electro), Sydney Mnisi (tenor sax), Justin Badenhorst (drums), Jacob Israel (electronics, samples & homemade synths), Jonathan Crossley (prototype cyber guitar, and bleep installation), Herby Opland (panel facilitator)

FREE ADMISSION

Friday, 15 February 2013 – 12.30 p.m.

Johannesburg Auditions for Schleswig Holstein Music Festival Choir
Derrick Lewis Room, Education Campus, University of the Witwatersrand