Preview: The Cape Town Concert Series’ Baroque with a Twist- opens the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022- September 24, 11am in Baxter Concert Hall

Baroque with a Twist- opens the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022

When: September 24 at 11am, in Baxter Concert Hall
Featuring: Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and South African pianist Charl du Plessis
Producer: Cape Town Concert Series
Tickets: R200, R160 (seniors) and R80 (students)
Bookings: Through Webtickets https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1486393021
Info: www.ctconcerts.co.za

The Cape Town Concert Series is delighted to present the outstanding duo of Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and renowned South African pianist Charl du Plessis, in the opening concert in the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022. The concert – Baroque with a Twist – is taking place at the Baxter Concert Hall on Saturday, September 24 at 11am. September 24 is heritage day and the festival is celebrating Heritage Day with this bumper concert,  presented by The Cape Town Concert Series, followed by Thomas Tallis’s legendary 40-part motet, Spem in alium, at St Andrew’s Presbytarerian Church, de Waterkant, performed throughout the afternoon. Baroque with a Twist is a wonderful collaboration between the Cape Town Concert Series and Cape Town Baroque Festival. Info as supplied:

Baroque with a Twist

The big coup for the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022 is the opening concert, Baroque with a Twist. This concert features the duo of Tim Kliphuis (violin) and Charl du Plessis (piano), in the middle of the duo’s nationwide tour. The concert which is also part of the Cape Town Concert Series, will take place, two days after the pair perform the Kliphuis Triple Concerto with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, as part of the CPO’s Spring Symphony Series.

Programme- Baroque with a Twist

The programme features works by Bach and Vivaldi, mixed with jazz arrangements of Layton and Lewis. Both Kliphuis and Du Plessis are renowned for improvisation and are considered maestros of the cross-over genre. The programme also includes their own compositions.

In Conversation -with the audience

Immediately after the concert, on September 24, Kliphuis and Du Plessis will participate in an informal ‘In Conversation’ with members of the audience. Tickets are at Webtickets and for more information you can visit www.ctconcerts.co.za https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1486393021

To read more about Cape Town Baroque Festival, see https://ctbaroque.co.za/festival/

Collab: The Cape Town Concert series is participating in an exciting collaboration with the Cape Town Baroque Festival 2022, with the presentation of Baroque with a Twist, September 24 at 11am, in the Baxter Concert Hall. The concert features the duo of Dutch violinist Tim Kliphuis and South African pianist Charl du Plessis. Book here: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1486393021

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