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Monday, April 30, 2018

BAROQUE 2000


Vivaldi's The Four Seasons is the featured work in Baroque 2000's concert on May 6, 2018, at the Church of the Monastery in Mariannhill.

The orchestra's artistic director Ralitza Macheva will be the soloist in these four astounding concertos. Distinguished South African flautist Bridget Rennie-Salonen, based in Cape Town, will play Giovanni Platti's  Flute sonata in G Major op 3 no 6.

The programme will begin with Giuseppe Torelli's Sonata in D Major for strings and trumpet G 10 in which the soloist will be Michel Schneuwly.

Baroque 2000 will be performing on their return from the Harare International Festival of the Arts, where they have been invited as the resident orchestra for the third consecutive year, on this occasion also performing with leading artists from Chicago's Lyric Opera.

The concert takes place at the Mariannhill Monastery on May 6, 2018, at 15h00. Tickets R150 at the door and there is safe parking. The Monastery tea garden will be open.

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