(Above: Durban Chamber Choir. Photo by Ocean
Planet Media & Matt Bartholomew Photography)
The ever creative and proactive Durban Chamber Choir will be presenting two glorious spring concerts over two weekends in Hilton Church of the Ascension, Hilton on Sunday October 8 at 15h00 and St Thomas Church, Musgrave on Sunday October 22 at 15h00, entitled Viva La Musica! Celebrating rhythm and rhyme from around the world.
After several months of rehearsal, the Durban Chamber Choir is ready to present their new programme which features carefully selected works both sacred and secular, with a good representation of contemporary South African works interspersed with international choral pieces, all written within the last 100 years.
The Durban Chamber Choir has been in existence for over 20 years. Its first members were mostly choristers from the Errol Slatter Chorale. The choir’s repertoire is wide-ranging from early plainchant to the contemporary choral repertoire, Renaissance to modern, sacred to secular, accompanied by organ, piano and small orchestral ensembles. The Choir gives regular concerts in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and has also visited several smaller towns in KwaZulu-Natal, performing in churches, school halls and retirement homes – wherever it can bring pleasure to lovers of choral music. It is made up of voluntary members of all ages and from all walks of life, united in their love for choral singing.
The choir’s conductor is Andrew-John Bethke. Before coming to Durban to take up an academic position at UKZN, he was director of music at Grahamstown Anglican Cathedral and conductor of the Rhodes University Chamber Choir (RUCC).
Programme:
Sangena:
Mzilikazi Khumalo
Viva la Musica: van Erod
Festival Mass No 2: Christopher Cockburn
Bogoróditse Dyévo: Arvo Pärt
God Be in My Head: John Rutter
The Great Amen: Peter Klatzow;
Nkosi Busis’ Iafrika: A.A. Khumalo
Nunc Dimittis: Andrew-John Bethke
Karoonag:
Coenie de Villiers
Geographical Fugue: Ernest Toch
You can hear the programme at the Church of
the Ascension, Hilton on Sunday October 8 at 15h00 and at St Thomas Church,
Musgrave on October 22 at 15h00.
Tickets will be available at the door for R100 (R70 concessions). Please join the choir after the performances for tea, cake and conversation.
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