The beautifully decorated iKhaya Lodge

We are so lucky to have our very own tango ensemble in Cape Town. This is an evening for dancers and non- dancers alike. come and enjoy dancing to the music of the ensemble, or just listening and enjoying the atmosphere. A free beginners lesson for those who want to try out the tango as well.

7:30 -8:30 free beginners lesson
8:30 – midnight -milonga with Cape Town Tango Ensemble (social dancing)

Cost: R110 cash at the door

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Listen to the CT Tango Ensemble perform the famous Por una Cabeza  from their CD El Tango en Africa on Soundcloud

The Symphony No. 1 in F minor (Opus 10) by Dmitri Shostakovich was written between 1924 and 1925, and first performed in Saint Petersburg by the Leningrad Philharmonic under Nikolai Malko on 12 May 1926. He wrote the work as his graduation piece at theLeningrad Conservatory, completing it at the age of 19. Read an excellent potted description/analysis of it HERE

Shostakovich: Symphony No.1, Mvt 2
LSO Valery Gergiev 2006  Live at the London Barbican Center.

Olivier Charlier plays Mozart Violin Concerto in A majeur no 5 K219 mvt II

OLIVIER CHARLIER counts undoubtedly among one of the great violinists. He conquers the public with the natural grace of pure playing, as an exceptionally dedicated and gifted performer whose virtuosity supremely serves the music.

Of a remarkable precocity, he entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of ten, and received illustrious support, as Nadia Boulanger, Yehudi Menuhin and Henryk Szeryng. He has performed in some of the impressive series of international competition including the Competition of Munich, Montreal, Sibelius, Jacques Thibaud, Indianapolis and Young Concert Artists (New York).
He has performed with some of the international orchestras including the London Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra of Berlin, Tonnhalle of Zurich, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and many more.

Conductor Victor Yampolski talks about his early career as a violinist and leaving the USSR. Part 1 of a 6 part documentary.

Esteemed teacher, conductor and violinist, VICTORY YAMPOLSKY is professor in Music Performance at the Northwestern University School of Music, USA. He has conducted over 70 professional and student orchestras throughout the world, including repeated engagements with orchestras in the United States, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Chile

Booking for season ticket holders opens on 19 March 2012
Booking for new season ticket holders opens on 26 March 2012
Booking for single tickets opens on 9 April 2012

Visit the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra Website HERE

Visit Olivier Charlier’s Website HERE.

Discography of Violinist Olivier Charlier:

Discography 

Ludwig van Beethoven

• Sonata No. 7 in C minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer - 1996
• Sonata No. 8 in G major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 1996
• Sonata No. 9 in A major “Kreutzer” for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 1996

Lili Boulanger

• On a spring morning for violin and piano, with Emile Naoumoff - 1993
• Nocturne for violin and piano, with Emile Naoumoff – 1993
• Procession for violin and piano, with Emile Naoumoff – 1993

Ernest Chausson

• Poem for Violin and Orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra led by Laurent Petitgirard - 1991

Henri Dutilleux

• Concerto Tree of Dreams for violin and orchestra
  • with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier - 1996
  • with the Orchestre National de Bordeaux led by Hans Graf – 2005

Gabriel Fauré

• Berceuse for violin and orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laurent Petitgirard – 1991

Cesar Franck

• Sonata in A major for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau – 1990

Roberto Gerhard

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Matthias Bamert - 1998 ²

Edward Gregson

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins – 2003

Edvard Grieg

• Sonata No. 1 in F major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 2002
• Sonata No. 2 in G major for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 2002
• Sonata No. 3 in C minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 2002

Edouard Lalo

• Concerto in F Major for Violin and Orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier – 1999 ³
• Russian concerto for violin and orchestra, with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier – 1999 ³

Jules Massenet

• Meditation (extracted from the opera Thais ) for violin and orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laurent Petitgirard – 1991

John Blackwood McEwen

• Rhapsody Prince Charlie for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer - 2001
• Sonata No. 2 in F minor for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer – 2001
• Sonata No. 5 in minor “Sonata-Fantasy” for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer – 2001
• Sonata No. 6 in G major for violin and piano, with Geoffrey Tozer – 2001

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

• Concerto No. 2 in E minor for Violin and Orchestra, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo conducted by Lawrence Foster - 1984

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Violin Concertos No. 3 in G Major K.216, No. 4 in D Major K.218, No. 5 in A Major K.219 – Prague Chamber Orchestra – 2008
• The 17 Church Sonatas for two violins, cello, double bass and organ

with Florin Szigeti (2nd violin), Dorel FODOREANU (cello), Unal Erte (bass) and Jean-Pierre Lecaudey (organ) – 2006

Gabriel Pierne

• Sonata for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau – 1992

Maurice Ravel

• Berceuse on the name of Fauré Violin and Orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laurent Petitgirard – 1991
• Tzigane for Violin and Orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra conducted by Laurent Petitgirard – 1991

Camille Saint-Saens

• Berceuse for violin and piano op.38, with Jean Hubeau – 1990
• Andalusian Caprice for Violin and Orchestra op.122
• Concerto No. 4 unfinished (or Concert Piece Op. 62) for violin and orchestra

with the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris conducted by Jean-Jacques Kantorow - 1995

• Elegies op.143 and op.160 for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau – 1990
• Habanera Op.83 for violin and orchestra, with the French Symphony Orchestra dir. Petitgirard Lawrence – 1991
• Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso for violin and orchestra op.28, with the French Symphony Orchestra dir. Petitgirard Lawrence – 1991
• Romance for Violin and Orchestra, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, ed. Jean-Jacques Kantorow – 1995
• Romance for violin and piano op.37 (originally for flute and piano), with Jean Hubeau – 1990
• Sonata No. 1 in D minor for violin and piano op.75, with Jean Hubeau – 1990
• Sonata No. 2 in E flat major for violin and piano op.102, with Jean Hubeau – 1990
• Valse-Caprice op.52, with the French Symphony Orchestra dir. Petitgirard Lawrence – 1991

Robert Schumann

• Romance Op.94 No. 1, with Brigitte Engerer – 1992
• Romance Op.94 No. 2, with Brigitte Engerer – 1992
• Romance Op.94 No. 3, with Brigitte Engerer – 1992
• Sonata No. 1 in A minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 1992
• Sonata No. 2 in D minor for violin and piano, with Brigitte Engerer – 1992

Gerard Schurmann

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra with the BBC Philharmonic conducted by Gerard Schurmann – 2002

Cyril Scott

• Serenade for violin and orchestra

with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins – 2007

• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

with the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Martyn Brabbins – 2007

Louis Vierne

• Sonata for violin and piano, with Jean Hubeau – 1990