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12 mar, 8pm, natalia Lavrova (piano). Clementi’s Sonata in F sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5, Schostakovich’s 12 Preludes, Op. 34, Liszt’s Après Une Lecture De Dante and his Rhapsodie Espagnole, as well as Prokofiev’s Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

13 mar, 6.30pm, Quattro Fusion: african tour (Jazz and Classical Music) Melanie Scholtz, Samson Diamond, pianist Melvin Peters and percussionist Godfrey Mcgina fuse African and classical sounds. Includes works by Bach, Gershwin, Abdullah Ibrahim and Miriam Makeba. Oude Libertas, cnr Adam Tas and Oude Libertas Road, Stellenbosch, 021 809 7473

13 mar, Woordfees Gala Evening, Libertas Choir and the Babylonstoren Choir, Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

20 mar, 4pm, French and Belgian organ music by

Couperin, Jongen, Saint-Saëns and Franck. Barry Smith (organ). St Andrews Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

22 mar, 8.15pm, mahler songs performed by members

of uCt Opera School, Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

24 mar, 1.10pm, Lunch Box Concert, a 45-minute performance of excerpts from Puccini operas. Chandelier Foyer, Artscape, DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 410 9800

24 mar, 7.30pm, Chamber music by students of the

SaCm. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

25 mar, 8pm, Symphony Concert. The University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Corvin Matei with Cobus Swanepoel (cello) and Priya Mitchell (violin), performing Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations, Sibelius’s Violin Concerto, Beethoven 5th Symphony. Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

26 mar, 8pm, Daniel Rowland. University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra conducted by Corvin Matei with Daniel Rowland (violin). Elgar’s Violin Concerto, Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

27 mar, 4pm, Petrus Coetzee (violin), Annien van der Linde (violin) and Elna van der Merwe (piano) perform works by Brahms, Prokofiev and Handel-Halvorsen. St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

27 mar, 5.30pm, Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

performs Rossini’s Semiramide Overture, Beethoven’s La Symphonie Pastorale, and the London Chorus joins the Orchestra to perform Vivaldi’s Gloria. Nelmari Reyneke (soprano) and Monica Voysey (mezzo). Concert Lawn, Kirstenbosch, 021 799 8783

30 mar, 10.30pm, morning melodies with Jeremy

Quickfall and Delia Sainsbury, Baxter Theatre, Main

Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880 31 mar, 8pm, CPO Symphony Gala with London Choir. Saint-Saens, Vaughan Williams. Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture by Glinka, Piano Concerto No. 5 in F major, opus 103 (Egyptian) by Saint-Saens and Symphony No. 1 (Sea Symphony) by Vaughan Williams. (Kotato Fukuma (piano), Filipa van Eck (soprano), Conroy Scott (baritone). Mikhail Glinka used Alexander Pushkin’s story of golden rings, gigantic heads, humpbacked women, sleeping spells and the love of a young couple to compose an opera, which is seldom perforned save its overture. Expect elements of Russian folk music and supernatural exoticism. Camille Saint-Saens composed his Piano Concert No.5 in the town of Luxor on the banks of the Nile, integrating music traditions of the Middle East, Arabia and Java. Another metaphysical piece of music is the Sea Symphony, based on Walt Whitman’s poem Leaves of the Grass, and culminating in the “Passage of India”: The earth to be spann’d, connected by network,/ The races, neighbours, to marry and be given in marriage/ The oceans to be cross’d, the distant brought near, The lands to be welded together.City Hall, Grande Parade, 021 410 9809

1 apr, 8pm, Sarah-Jane Brandon (soprano) and albie

van Schalkwyk (piano). Mendelssohn, Brahms, Liszt, Richard Strauss, Poulenc, Rachmaninov. St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

2 apr, 8pm, Band Extravaganza. University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble (USSBE) conducted by Pamela Kierman and featuring guest wind and brass ensembles, Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

5 apr, 8.15pm, Beethoven Piano Concertos: No. 2 in B flat major, No. 3 in C minor and Choral Fantasy. Albie van Schalkwyk, Luis Magalhães and François du Toit. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

7 apr, 8.15pm, Beethoven Piano Concertos: No. 1 in C major, No. 4 in G major and No. 5 in E flat. Bennie van Eeden, Nina Schumann, Franklin Larey, Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

10 apr, 4pm, works of mozart, Glazunov and Brahms performed by Justin Carter (clarinet) with UCT students, St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

10 apr, 4.30pm, taffanel trio. Annamarie Bam (clarinet), Marietjie Pauw (flute), Benjamin van Eeden (piano) and Florent Schmitt Sonatine en Trio perform Claude Debussy’s Six Épigraphes Antiques, and the première of Hendrik Hofmeyr’s Trio for flute, clarinet and piano. Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

15 apr, 8pm, German-Korean pianist Christopher Park

with Barry Smith conducting the Camerata tinta

Barocca, in an all-Mozart orchestral programme. St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht

and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371 15 & 16 apr, 8pm, Canticum novum. Louis van der Watt conducts the University of Stellenbosch Symphony Orchestra, with soloists Vanessa Tait-Jones, Minette du Toit-Pearce, Willem Bester and Barend van der Westhuizen. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Schubert’s Mass in G, Mozart’s Te Deum K.141. Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch 021 808 2345

15 apr, 8pm, 16 apr, 2.30pm, 6.30pm, the Wonderful

World of Operetta. Masque Theatre, 37 Main Road, Muizenberg, 021 788 1898

16 apr, 7pm, Easter Concert. Jane Wilkinson (soprano), Ann Marshall (piano) and Marlene Verwey (flute) will perform arias from Bach’s St. John Passion and St. Matthew Passion, and works by Vaughan-Williams, John Rutter and Hendrik Hofmeyr. La Motte, R45 Main Road, Franschhoek, 021 876 8000

16, 19, 21 apr, 7.30pm, 17 apr, 3pm, Puccini’s Suor

angelica and Gianni Schicchi. Artscape Opera House, 1-10 DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 410 9821, www.capetownopera.co.za

16 apr, 8pm, Duelling Guitars. James Grace and Jonathan Crossely perform classical, Spanish and popular guitar works. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

17 apr, 4pm, Beethoven, Liszt, Prokofiev and Stravinsky played by Christopher Park (piano), St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

20 apr, 10.30am, La Diva. Violina Anguelov and Beverley Chiat present a selection of popular opera, operetta and musical favourites. Baxter Theatre, Main Road, Rondebosch, 021 685 7880

22 apr, 5pm, Oratorio, Händel’s Messiah. New Apostolic Church Choir, Silvertown Auditorium, Durant Street, Athlone, 021 700 2238

22 apr, 8pm, mozart for Good Friday, includes Requiem K.626 sung by The St George’s Singers and the Camerata Tinta Barocca, Lente Louw (soprano), Minette du Toit-Pearce (alto), Nick de Jager (tenor), Aubrey Lodewyk (bass). St Andrew’s Church, Waterkant Street, cnr Buitengracht and Somerset Road, Cape Quarter, 083 355 6371

30 apr, 8pm, marian Lewin & Friends, with Denise Sutton (violin), Jean-Louise Moolman (viola), Annemarie VD Westhuizen (cello), Malcolm Nay (piano), Helen Vosloo (flute), Suzanne Martens (violin), Peter Martens (cello). Programme includes Dvorak’s American Quartet and Vivaldi’s Concerto for Two Cellos. Endler Hall, cnr Neethling and Victoria streets, Stellenbosch, 021 808 2345

5 may, 1,10pm Lunch Box Concert. Young opera talent perform with young Cape Town Opera artists. Chandelier Foyer, Artscape, DF Malan Street, Foreshore, 021 410 9800

5 may, 8pm, CPO Winter Symphony Season, Concert 1, Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet (Berlioz), Cello Concerto in D minor (Lalo), Symphony No 7 in A

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