Concert Marathon - 1 December 2023

Date: 1 December 2023

Venue: Youngblood Africa Gallery

Time: 13:00 - 22:00

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Concert 1: 1pm

Estêvão Filipe Chissano (Mozambique): As 5 lágrimas (6)
Jonathan Blair (US/SA): Excerpt from String Quartet No. 1
Amici String Quartet (SA): Suzanne Martens, Philip Martens (violins), Katrin Gaertner (viola),
Peter Martens (cello)

Markku Klami (Finland): Elegia

Stefanie Knorr (Germany - soprano), Roberto Casado (Spain - flute), Danielle Rossouw (SA - clarinet), Nina Schumann (SA - piano), David Bester (SA - violin), Aristide du Plessis (SA - cello), Chad Hendricks (SA - conductor)

Akira Ito (Japan): Even a Chance Acquaintance is Decreed by Destiny

Danielle Rossouw (SA - clarinet), Aristide du Plessis (SA - cello), Naiara de la Puente (Spain - accordion)

Glenn Dixon (Australia): Vitreous Shades of Rock

Danielle Rossouw (SA - clarinet), Nina Schumann (SA - piano), David Bester (SA - violin), Elizabeth Rennie (SA - viola), Aristide du Plessis (SA - cello), Ruan Baartman (SA - contrabass), Chad Hendricks (SA - conductor)

Ugne Giedraityte (Lithuania): Au-dessus

Stefanie Knorr (Germany - soprano), Danielle Rossouw (SA - clarinet), Elizabeth Rennie (SA - viola), William Chapman Nyaho (Ghana/US - piano)

Kory Reeder (US): Erb Study

Gabriele von Dürckheim (SA - flute), Lisa White (SA - oboe), Féroll-Jon Davids (SA - clarinet), Shannon Thebus (SA - horn), Simon Ball (SA - bassoon)

Antoni Schonken (SA): Sketching the Divide

Coila-Leah Enderstein (SA - piano), Eddie McLean (SA - cello), Dylan Tabisher (SA - marimba/vibraphone)

Nana Amowee Dawson (Ghana): Kwadehyewa

Janel Speelman van Rooyen (SA - soprano), Féroll-Jon Davids (SA - clarinet), William Chapman Nyaho (Ghana/US - piano)

Angelique Mouyis (SA/US): Mother/Child

Brandon Phillips and Simon Ball (SA - bassoons)

Andrián Pertout (Chile/Australia): Musica Battuta

Dylan Tabisher and Eugene Trofimczyk (SA - glockenspiels)

Concert 2: 3:30pm

Rucsandra Popescu (Romania/Germany): Konstellation II

Naiara de la Puente (Spain - accordion), Nina Schumann (SA - piano)

Fabian Svensson (Sweden): Nothing Happens

David Bester (SA - violin), Elizabeth Rennie (SA - viola), Aristide du Plessis (SA - cello), Naiara de la Puente (Spain - accordion)

Teresa Catalán (Spain): Larrazpileko jentilen trikuharritik

David Bester (SA - violin), Aristi xΩBester (SA - violin), Rick Baitz (US - synthesizer), Aristide du Plessis (SA - cello), Dylan Tabisher (SA - percussion)

Claude Ledoux (Wallonie-Bruxelles): Entre-vagues irisés

Naiara de la Puente (Spain - accordion)

Pierre-Henri Wicomb (SA): Spelling and Sounds

Lieva Starker (SA - violin)
Hendrik Hofmeyr (SA): Marimba
Liesl Stoltz (SA - flute)

Job Ivan Tezigatwa (Uganda): Interval, from Amagezi g'omunafu (4)

Iñigo Setuaín (Spain - saxophone), Kathleen Tagg (SA/US - piano), Ruan Baartman (SA - contrabass)
Engelhardt Unaeb (Namibia): Onga Johorongo (3)
Stefanie Knorr (Germany - soprano), TBA (piano)

Christian Banasik (Germany): Inscription

Stefanie Knorr (Germany - soprano)

Daniel Hutchinson (SA): intact in tact

Roellen Grobbelaar (SA - harp), Bronwen Clacherty (SA - log xylophone)
Grant McLachlan (SA): Sonatina for Double Bass

Grant McLachlan (SA - piano), Leon Bosch (SA/UK) - contrabass

David Earl (SA): Nocturne: Old Nectar

Grant McLachlan (SA - piano), Ruan Baartman (SA) - contrabass

Fred Onovwerosuoke (Nigeria/Ghana/US):

Bongani Ndodana-Breen (SA):

William Chapman Nyaho (Ghana/US - piano)

Concert 3: 7pm

Fahad Siadat (USA): Not Infinite if Not God

George Worlasi Kwasi Dor (Ghana/US): Agbemavor
George Mensah Essilfie (Ghana): Zamina mina yeako aba
Vakamiarina (Madagascar): Amesiere Martin Watt (SA): O sacrum convivium
Nancy Masasabi (Uganda): Laughter Various Selections (SA)
Ikamva Music Ensemble/Simon Estes Alumni Choir (SA), Monwabisi Mbambani (SA - cond.)

Sören Sieg (Germany): Selections from “Amazing Africa” and “White Nile”
The Circle Sören Sieg (Germany - piano)

Improvisation
Andrews Agyemfra-Tettey (Ghana)

Stephen Olusoji: Àpàlà
Kathleen Tagg: Music for Piano (see program notes for selections)
Kathleen Tagg (SA/US)