(Members
of Ensemble Caprice. Photo - Bill Blackstone)
A major event in South Africa's 2018
musical calendar is the collaboration of the Ensemble Caprice from Canada, with
Durban's Baroque 2000. There are two concerts: Saturday August 11 at 17h00 at the
Ammazulu Palace, 20 Windsor Road Kloof, (very few tickets still available) and on
August 12 at 15h00 at the Church of the Monastery Mariannhill.
Ensemble Caprice stages several tours a
year to the United States, Europe and Asia, in addition to their many
appearances in their native Quebec, and have recorded over 20 CDs. They bring
exceptional breadth to their repertoire and the upcoming performances presents
pieces drawn from and based on a 1730 collection of gypsy melodies found in Uhrovska
in what is now Slovakia. The four musicians who will join Baroque 2000 in these
concerts will perform on recorders Baroque guitar and drums. Ensemble Caprice's
tour is sponsored by the Canada Council of the Arts.
Tickets at Mariannhill are R150 at the
door; parking is safe and free and the Tea Garden will be open. At the Ammazulu
Palace concert-goers should arrive by 17h00, and will be ferried up the
driveway for a welcome drink at the spectacular venue which overlooks the gorge
and nature reserve. The concert (1 hour) starts at 18h00 after which a full dinner
(with cash bar) will be served. Tickets R480 payable by EFT to Baroque 2000.
For more details contact Michel on 082 303
5241.
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