(Christopher Cockburn. Pic supplied)
St Thomas Church: Sunday November 15 and Sunday November 22,
2026
Pre-concert lectures: 14h30 / Concert: 15h00
Acclaimed organist Dr Christopher Cockburn returns to Durban to play two different organ recitals at St Thomas’ Church, Musgrave, both featuring works of German composer Josef Rheinberger, the first on Sunday November 15 and the second on Sunday November 22 both starting at 14h30 (pre-concert lecture) for 15h00 (concert
Each of these two programmes by Dr Cockburn contains one of
the Rheinberger sonatas, along with a selection of other music by a variety of
composers which are in some way related either to the particular sonata or to
Rheinberger himself. They range from the solemn Passacaglia in D minor by the
German Baroque composer Dietrich Buxtehude through the quirky Scherzino by
Horatio Parker, to the virtuosic Toccata by Seth Bingham.
This November marks the 125th anniversary of the death in Munich of organist and composer Josef Rheinberger. Many choral singers will have performed his most famous piece, Abendlied, and perhaps some of his other choral music, but for the organ he composed a monumental series of 20 sonatas, which are admired for their mastery of formal structure and compositional technique combined with a Romantic warmth and expressiveness.
Good to know:
Pre-concert lecture: 14h30 / concert at 15h00
Prebooking at Quicket, or tickets at the door.
Tickets R120 (concessions R100). Season tickets R180 for both concerts.
St Thomas Church, Musgrave, Durban
Denis Hurley Centre Street Lit books will be on sale.
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