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Hairspray
Hairspray

22 May 12 - 26 May 12

This musical was made famous by the…

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This musical was made famous by the film with John Travolta in the role of Edna. The show is set in the 1960s and takes place during the Civil Rights Movement in the town Baltimore. It deals with the struggle to be accepted in a world where only the "lovely" are appreciated. Tracy, the plump teenage…
Ave Maria - Halleluja
Ave Maria - Halleluja

08 Jul 12

Deur die loop van die eeue is baie …

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Deur die loop van die eeue is baie musiek met die titel ?Ave Maria? gekomponeer. Ook is die gebruik van die woordjie ?Halleluja / Allelui. `n algemene verskynsel in die musiekkonteks. Die ATKV, in samewerking met die US Woordfees se besondere musiekproduksie, Ave Maria / Halleluja is gebaseer op die…
King Saul - A Musical Feast
King Saul - A Musical Feast

30 Aug 12 - 02 Sep 12

First time in Theater. A magical m…

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First time in Theater. A magical musical consisting of two music concerts, certainly good enough to impress a king! King Saul is completely removed from being the strong, confident and good looking king he once was. Deserted by God, he decides to consult evil spirits and witches. The only thing …
If The World Were Human
If The World Were Human

28 Jul 12

From the decades of droughts in Som…

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From the decades of droughts in Somalia, to the London Riots, MsMonene and friends explore the philosophy that we humans have become so self destructive and so worldly, that we have actually contaminated and corrupted the earth to the point where "it" has become "human". How can we change this? Does…
African Romantics
African Romantics

04 Jul 12 - 06 Jul 12

Max Bruch was one of the last of th…

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Max Bruch was one of the last of the conservative Romantic composers, preferring to compose in the autumnal and tonal style reminiscent of Brahms rather than following the more radical experimentation of Wagner, Liszt and Strauss. Known primarily as a choral composer during his lifetime, his reputat…
Ancient Inspirations: Chanticleer Singers
Ancient Inspirations: Chanticleer Sing…

30 Jun 12

All the music in this programme is …

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All the music in this programme is based on fragments of music or styles that originate deep in our history- mainly from the San culture. The San people roamed this country long before anyone else and are, arguably, the most dispossessed of all the inhabitants of South Africa. Pressed on all sides t…
Colossus
Colossus

01 Jul 12 - 03 Jul 12

Culloden is an extraordinary and in…

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Culloden is an extraordinary and intimate study of the bloody and brutal massacre of the ill-trained Highland conscriptees under Bonnie Prince Charlie by the English on Culloden moor. 5000 were slaughtered on the moor by the English, who only lost 50 troops. The English then went on into the Highlan…
Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming

04 Jul 12

Richard return to South Africa in 1…

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Richard return to South Africa in 1980, he breathed new life into the National Symphony Orchestra, where he was appointed Music Director in 1991. However, it is as a choral trainer and conductor that he is best known. He was organist and director of music at St Mary`s Cathedral for 12 years and was …
Kelebogile Boikanyo
Kelebogile Boikanyo

29 Jun 12 - 02 Jul 12

Kelebogile (Pearl) Boikanyo`s rise …

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Part of the National Arts Festival Grahamstown - 2012 festival

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Kelebogile (Pearl) Boikanyo`s rise in the South African opera world has been nothing short of remarkable. Born in 1987, in Pretoria, Kelebogile attended Hebron Technical and Commercial High School, where she graduated at the age of 16. She gained entry into Tshwane University of Technology in Pretor…
LA Children`s Chorus
LA Children`s Chorus

07 Jul 12 - 08 Jul 12

Anne Tomlinson celebrates with the …

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Anne Tomlinson celebrates with the 2011 / 12 season her 16th anniversary as Artistic Director of the Los Angeles Children`s Chorus, overseeing the educational and artistic development of the Chorus, as well as leading LACC`s renowned Concert Choir and Chamber Singers. Tomlinson is a frequent guest c…
Laurie Levine and the Folk Collective
Laurie Levine and the Folk Collective

01 Jul 12 - 03 Jul 12

The show will bring to life the sim…

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The show will bring to life the simple purity of storytelling, voice and emotion. It is music that revels in pairing the old with the new. It is music that speaks across time, place and generations. And it is a wholly original sound that charts the human condition and takes listeners on a journey of…
Louis Armstrong and Friends
Louis Armstrong and Friends

02 Jul 12

A percentage of proceeds from this …

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A percentage of proceeds from this concert will be donated to the Theatre Benevolent Fund, a registered South Africa charity founded and administered by caring arts professionals to provide a reasonable standard of care and comfort to those performers who find themselves incapacitated and destitute …
Pierrot Lunaire, Op 21
Pierrot Lunaire, Op 21

03 Jul 12 - 05 Jul 12

Pierrot Luniare, a song-cycle for s…

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Pierrot Luniare, a song-cycle for soprano and instrumental quintet has long been recognised as a key twentieth-century chamber composition, as important in its revolutionary aims and musical influence as Stravinsky`s The Rite of Spring and Strauss`s Elektra. As a dramatic work that alternates betwee…
Rachmaninov Vespers: Chanticleer Singers
Rachmaninov Vespers: Chanticleer Singe…

01 Jul 12

The Vespers or All Night Vigil by S…

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The Vespers or All Night Vigil by Sergey Rachmaninov (1873-1943) is a monumental work for unaccompanied choir. It was Rachmaninov`s favourite work and part of it was sung at his funeral. He absorbed the music of the Orthodox liturgy so completely that even when composing his own chants he creates so…
Rhythms of the Eastern Cape
Rhythms of the Eastern Cape

28 Jun 12 - 29 Jun 12

Rhythms of the Eastern Cape highlig…

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Rhythms of the Eastern Cape highlights the vibrancy of the sub-tribes of the Eastern Cape-amaBhaca, abaThembu, amaKhoisan, abeSuthu and amaMpondo. Drawn from the various districts of the province, the Eastern Cape Department of Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture acts as a custodian of preserving and…
Sounds Like Fun
Sounds Like Fun

02 Jul 12

Sounds Like Fun is a relaxed and en…

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Sounds Like Fun is a relaxed and enjoyable way to bring the family together and to help pass the symphony tradition from one generation to the next. With the popular and very charismatic Festival maestro, Richard Cock at the baton, Sounds Like Fun is designed to introduce children and their parents …
The Origins - Ekugaleni
The Origins - Ekugaleni

04 Jul 12 - 06 Jul 12

First there was the voice, and then…

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Part of the National Arts Festival Grahamstown - 2012 festival

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First there was the voice, and then the drum and other instruments made from seeds and pods. Gradually man developed musical instruments to express his thoughts and feelings. Ekugaleni will lead you down exciting paths to the origins of song, rhythm and chant. The Sibikwa Arts Indigenous Orchest…
Two Trios + a Quintet
Two Trios + a Quintet

08 Jul 12

This concert offers a unique opport…

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Part of the National Arts Festival Grahamstown - 2012 festival

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This concert offers a unique opportunity in terms of music and the collection of custom made acoustic string, wind and percussion instruments seldom seen on the same stage together. String instruments include nylon string guitar, mbiratar, soprano guitar, oud, bouzouki, ukulele, oudtar, mouth bow, b…

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