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David Smith & Jitske Brien. Seated Claire Hamilton, Géza Kayser and Nigel
Fish)
The next Friends of Music recital takes
place on August 11 and will feature The Kayser Quartet, a group local
musicians, which is comprised of Géza Kayser (1st violin), Jitske Brien (2nd
violin), Claire Hamilton (viola) and Nigel Fish (cello). The group was formed
in 2014.
They are joined by well-known pianist,
harpsichordist and musicologist David Smith.
The programme includes Beethoven’s String
Quartet No. 11 in f minor, Op. 95; Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet in G minor Op
57 and David Kosviner’s Durban Essence.
Durban Essence, which will be
premiered at this concert, was for Smith, Géza Kayser and the Kayser String
Quartet.
The Prelude Performer for the evening will
be soprano Robyn Gillespie (18) who has won many awards at festivals and
eisteddfods for both voice and violin. She plans to continue her music studies
at UCT next year. She will perform Et
Exultavit Spiritus Meus by J S Bach; Auch
Kleine Dinge by Hugo Wolf and What Good
Would the Moon Be? (from Street Scene)
by Kurt Weill. She will be accompanied by Dr Ros Conrad.
The recital will take place on August 22 at
19h30 at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 K E Masinga (Old Fort) Road, Durban. Tickets
R100 (R80 FOM Members and R20 Orchestral & Students).
There is safe parking. For more information
visit http://www.friendsofmusic.co.za
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