Franschhoek Chamber Music and Art Festival 2023
Thu Feb 23, 19:00 - Sun Feb 26, 17:00
Franschhoek NG Kerk
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Franschhoek to stage music festival with CPO and global stars
The second Franschhoek Chamber Music and Art Festival with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra musicians and international artists will take place from 23 – 26 February 2023.
Following the success of the inaugural world-class festival in February this year, which proved to be a highlight of the town’s calendar, the organisers have increased the number of concerts from 10 to 11, including two global stars, the violinist Priya Mitchell and pianist Dirk Mommetz. Other local stars are pianists Esthea Kruger and Nina Schumann and singer Lynelle Kenned, as well as the CPO’s guest concertmasters Farida Bacharova and Suzanne Martens.
Nic Barrow, FCMF chairman and co-founder with his wife Ferda, says that the town, a drawcard for international visitors, embraced the festival, which also includes art exhibitions, so warmly that people were asking at the close of the first festival when the next would be held.
The art exhibition displaying various media features guest artist Jan Vermeiren and contemporary artists Andrea-Desmond Smart, Henk Scholtz, Johannes du Plessis, Jacqueline Crewe-Brown, Kim Tracey, Abe Opperman, Jaco Sieberhagen, Andre Stead and Vuyisa Potina as well as a selection from Bridge House school students.
Highlights of the festival include the Trout Quintet by Schubert, Dvorák’s American Quartet, the Mendelssohn Octet, a Brahms Sextet, Erik Dippenaar and a Baroque concert, all the Bach cello suites, the Clarinet Concerto by Mozart with CPO principal clarinet Fèroll-Jon Davids and the CPO, and Priya Mitchell performing in the Beethoven Violin Concerto in a version reduced for strings and timpani.
All the performances will be in the Dutch Reformed Church, with its fine acoustics for chamber music. The church is located in the centre of the town, with ample shaded parking nearby.
Tickets are R240 per person per concert.
The programme booklet will be distributed from the Franschhoek Tourism Office in mid-December.
For the complete festival programme and more information, contact [email protected]
THURSDAY: 23 FEB
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Sinfonia, BWV 1045
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) – Harpsichord Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) – Sinfonia in G major
Allegro staccato
Grave
Minuet. Allegro
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1759)
Organ Concerto No. 4 in F major, Op. 4, HWV 292
Allegro
Andante
Adagio
Allegro
Solo organ and harpsichord – Erik Dippenaar
Solo flutes – Gabrielle von Dürckheim and Louisa Theart
Solo violins – Philip Martens and Petrus de Beer
FRIDAY: 24 FEB
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuett I
Menuett II
Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Menuett I
Menuett II
Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée I
Bourrée II
Gigue
Solo celli – Matthias Ender,
Rosamund Ender and Eddie McLean
11:00 Concert 3 – Schubert SoirÉe
Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (The Shepherd on the Rock)
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) – Piano Quintet in A major,
D. 667, The Trout
Allegro vivace
Andante
Scherzo. Presto
Tema con variazione. Andantino
Finale. Allegro giusto
Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Petrus de Beer (violin), Azra Isaacs (viola), Matthias Ender (cello), Roxane Steffen (double bass), Fèroll-Jon Davids (clarinet), Esthea Kruger (piano)
Concert 4 – Winds of Change
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5
Presto
Andante Cantabile
Minuet – Trio
Scherzando
Maretha Uys and Emi Fukuda (violin), Jana Smit (viola), Rosamund Ender (cello)
David Earl (b. 1951) – Cor Anglais Quintet
Moderato
Lento
Tema and variations
Carin Bam (cor Anglais), Sisa Mgauli and Shannon Cook (violin), Jana Smit (viola), Eddie McLean (cello)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) – Sextet, FP 100
Allegro vivace
Divertissement. Andantino
Finale. Prestissimo
Louisa Theart (flute), Lisa White (oboe),
Danielle Rossouw (clarinet), Lieze Nel (French horn),
Simon Ball (bassoon), Nina Schumann (piano)
Concert 5 – Homage to Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) – Overture to Romeo and Juliet, arr. Vladimir Mendelssohn for two Violins, Viola, two Cellos, Double Bass and Piano
Dirk Mommertz (piano), Farida Bacharova and
Samantha Durrant (violin), Azra Izaacs (viola),
Matthias Ender and Rosamund Ender (cello),
Donat Pellei (double bass)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50
Pezzo elegiac. Moderato assai
Tema con variazioni. Andante con moto
Variazione finale e coda. Allegro risoluto e con
fuoco-Andante con moto
Dirk Mommertz (piano) Farida Bacharova (violin),
Peter Martens (cello)
SATURDAY: 25 FEB
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Bourrée
Bourrée
Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte
Gavotte
Gigue
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
Cello Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Prélude
Allemande
Courante
Sarabande
Gavotte I
Gavotte II
Gigue
Solo Celli – Eddie McLean, Rosamund Ender
and Peter Martens
11:00 Concert 7 – Crescendo
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) – Serenade for Wind Instruments in D minor, Op. 44
Moderato quasi marcia
Tempo di minuet – Trio. Presto
Andante con moto
Finale. Allegro molto
Lisa White and Carin Bam (oboe), Fèroll-Jon Davids and Danielle Rossouw (clarinet), Simon Ball and Arno Steyn (bassoon), Shannon Thebus, Lieze Nel and Mark Osman (French horn), Matthias Ender (cello), Zanelle Brits (double bass)
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Allegro moderato con fuoco
Andante
Scherzo. Allegro leggierissimo
Presto
Philip Martens, Petrus de Beer, Samantha Durrant and Matthew Stead (violin), Petrus Coetzee and Azra Isaacs (viola), Peter Martens and Eddie McLean (cello)
16:00 Concert 8 – Sublime Sextets
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
Allegro ma non troppo
Andante ma moderato
Scherzo. Allegro molto
Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso
Suzanne Martens and Matthew Stead (violin),
Petrus Coetzee and Jana Smit (viola),
Peter Martens and Rosamund Ender (cello)
Ernst von Dohnányi (1877-1960) – Sextet in C major, Op. 37
Allegro appassionata
Intermezzo. Adagio
Allegro con sentimento
Finale. Allegro vivace, giocoso
Suzanne Martens (violin), Petrus Coetzee (viola),
Eddie McLean (cello) Fèroll-Jon Davids (clarinet),
Shannon Thebus (French horn), Nina Schumann (piano)
19:00 Concert 9 – Celebrity Concert
Benjamin Godard (1849-1895)
Suite de Trois Morceaux, Op. 116, arr. Nathanaël Carré
Allegretto. Allegretto
Idylle. Quasi adagio, molto tranquillo
Valse
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, arr. Carl Hinde
Allegro ma non troppo
Larghetto
Rondo. Allegro
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 – 1958) – A Lark Ascending
Solo flute – Gabrielle von Dürckheim
Solo violin – Priya Mitchell
SUNDAY: 26 FEB
Giovanni Gabrieli (1556-1612)
Sonata pian e forte, Ch. 175 for Brass
Dave Thompson, Pierre Schuster and Paul Chandler (trumpet), Nick Green and Ryan van der Rheede (trombone), Dave Langford (bass trombone), Shaun Williams (tuba), Lieze Nel (French horn)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)
Sextet in E-flat major, Op. 81b
Allegro con brio
Adagio
Rondo. Allegro
Simiso Radebe and Tessa Campbell (violin),
Azra Izaacs (viola), Rosamund Ender (cello),
Shannon Thebus and Conrad van der Westhuizen
(French horn)
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
String Quartet No. 12 “American”, Op. 96
Allegro ma non troppo
Lento
Molto vivace – Trio
Finale. Vivace ma non troppo
Priya Mitchell and Philip Martens (violin),
Petrus Coetzee (viola), Peter Martens (cello)
Concert 11 – Finale!
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Serenade in D major, K. 239 “Serenata Notturna”
Marcia. Maestoso
Minuetto
Rondo. Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622
Allegro
Adagio
Rondo. Allegro
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 48
Pezzo in forma di sonatina. Andante non troppo – Allegro moderato
Valse. Moderato. Tempo di Valse
Elegia. Larghetto elegiac
Finale (Tema russo). Andante – Allegro con spirito
Solo clarinet – Fèroll-Jon Davids
Guest concertmaster – Priya Mitchell