Thirty celebrated musicians – some of them well-known to audiences in the Cape Peninsula – will perform at the 11th Stellenbosch International Chamber Music Festival (SICMF) in Stellenbosch from 4-13 July. Click here to read more about the performing artists. The SICMF will host seven faculty concerts as well as three symphony concerts.
Staff members of Stellenbosch University could win tickets to the different concerts by sending an e-mail indicating which show they want to attend to the address indicated on the Boschtelegram.
The options include:
Friday 4 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 1
J. BRAHMS/A. BOUSTEAD: Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 for violin, viola, cello, bass, 2 clarinets, horn, bassoon, flute
E. DOHNANYI: Serenade Op.10
Saturday 5 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 2
J.S. BACH: Suite in B minor, BWV1067
F. MENDELSSOHN: String quintet no.2 in B-flat, Op.87
Sunday 6 July 20:00 - Faculty Concert 3
I. BITTOVÁ: Hoboj/Divná Slecinka, for Oboe & Viola
R. SCHUMANN: Märchenerzählungen Op.132
G. FAURÉ: Piano Quartet no.2 in G minor, Op.45
Monday 7 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 4
P. GABAYE: Recreation
P. HANMER: Quintet for the End of the Line (An Imaginary Construct) in 5 Dimensions
S. PROKOFIEV: Quintet in G minor, Op.39
Tuesday 8 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 5
I. STRAVINSKY: Suite L'Histoire du Soldat
B. BRITTEN: Variations on a theme by Frank Bridge Op.10
Wednesday 9 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 6
FARRENC: Nonet Op.38
D. SHOSTAKOVICH/V. DEREVIANKO: Symphony no.15
Thursday 10 July 20:00 – Faculty Concert 7
G. BOTTESINI: Passione Amoroso for two double basses and string orchestra
J. MACKEY: Harvest Concerto for Trombone
G. KANCHELI: Little Daneliade
N. KAPUSTIN: Concerto for violin, piano and string orchestra Op.105
Friday 11 July 20:00 – Symphony Concert (Festival Symphony Orchestra) 1
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
Soloist: James Austin Smith (oboe)
F. SCHREKER: Intermezzo for Strings from the Romantic Suite
R. STRAUSS: Oboe Concerto, TrV 292
D. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47
Saturday 12 July 20:00 – Symphony Concert (Festival Concert Orchestra) 2
Conductor: Daniel Boico
Celebrity Guest Narrator: Tumi Morake
S. PROKOFIEV: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo and Juliet
S. PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf Op. 67
J. STRAUSS: Emperor Waltz Op.437
P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Marche Slave in b-flat minor, Op. 31
Sunday 13 July 16:30 – Symphony Concert (Festival Symphony Orchestra) 3
Conductor: Daniel Raiskin
Soloist: Daniel Rowland
M. DAUGHERTY: Route 66
E. KORNGOLD: Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
D. SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony no.5 in D minor, Op.47
