Sheila Chisholm
Baroque music lovers, and followers of the Camerata Tinta Barocca, shouldn’t pass up the opportunity to hear the ensemble on 22 February at St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Somerset Road, Cape Town.
You will hear Ralitza Macheva on baroque violin, and also Camerata Tinta Barocca’s leader Annien Shaw on her baroque violin – they will play an exciting baroque music programme. What’s more, in their programme of concerti and concerti grossi by Correlli, Handel, Vivaldi and Muffat they are playing alongside 16 players, playing on (excellent copies) of period instruments.
Strings, harpsichord, theorbo and baroque flute
As far as baroque orchestras go the number 16 represents an unusually large orchestra – and their period instruments include strings, harpsichord, theorbo and baroque flute.
Bulgarian born, Macheva, who holds a Masters Degree in Music from the Music Academy in Sofia, furthered her studies at the Music Conservatorium in Enschede, in Netherlands. She also took a coveted prize at the Bela Bartok International Chamber Music Festival. This led to solo recordings and performances in radio and television. She has attended master classes with Chiara Banchini at the Schola Cantorum in Basel, and since coming to South Africa worked with Antoinette Lohmann. Before moving to South Africa to lead Durban’s Baroque 2000, Macheva held positions in the chamber ensemble Amadeus in Seoul, and associate concertmaster of Bulgaria’s Pleven Philharmonic.
Sister ensembles Camerata Tinta Barocca, together with Baroque 2000, are the only two ensembles in our country that regularly, publicly, play 18th century orchestral music.
What: Camerata Tinta Barocca
When: 22 February, 2017
Where: St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Somerset Road
Concert time: 8pm
Pre-concert talk: Erik Dipenaar is up at 7.15pm
Tickets: R110, R90 concessions, R50 students
Book: 076 259 3304, or cameratatintabarocca@gmail.co or door
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