Reflections: Contemplative music for Cello & Piano – Sarah Acres & Albert Combrink

Where: Erin Hall, Erin Road, Rondebosch, Cape Town

When: Sunday 3 November 2013, 4pm  – 5.30pm

Further Information: 073 53 58 595

https://www.albertcombrink.com / Twitter: @albertcombrink

Presented in collaboration with Cellist in the City

Booking: Quicket or at the Door – R80 Adults / R50 Scholars

 

Following the success of the “Lenten Meditation” Cello Recital at St. George’s Cathedral earlier this year, the “Out-the-box-to-the-heart” duo, present a new programme of reflective, meditative pieces drawn form a variety of styles and genres. They will repeat the most popular numbers from the original programme, judged by vast numbers of viewings on Youtube and Fandalism, but as always, they will present new discoveries, including their own original transcriptions.

Join us for an hour of “time-out” with yourself, and let the music create a space for us to reflect…

 

DIRECTIONS TO ERIN HALL IF DRIVING

From Rondebosch Main Road
– from the traffic lights near the flower sellers and the fountain:
Go up Belmont Road, over the railway bridge, up the hill.
Erin Road is the 3rd road on your right. Turn right into Erin Road.
If you reach the traffic lights you have gone too far.
Erin Hall is 50 metres down Erin Road on the left at the end of the white wall.

From the Camp Ground Road / Belmont Road robots:
Go down Belmont Road.
Take the first turn left. This is Erin Road.
The hall is 50 metres on the left at the end of the white wall.

From the N2:
Take Liesbeck Parkway exit. Go up Liesbeck  Parkway towards Rondebosch.
At third robots turn right into Belmont Road.
Take first turn left into Erin Rd. Erin Hall is 50 metres in on the left..

Parking:
Please park across the road from Erin Hall. If this is full there is parking area on the same side as the hall but further up the road. Please do not park on the Erin Hall side, there are NO STOPPING signs. You will be fined and towed away.

 

Sarah Acres (Cello) CV:

Born in London, Sarah studied the cello with Michael Evans at the Royal College of Music.  She won several RCM awards including the Ivor James Prize for her performance of the first Shostakovich Cello Concerto, and the Helen Just Recital Prize, before graduating with a GRSM(Hons) degree and ARCM Teaching Diploma in 1983.

She free-lanced with many British orchestras before gaining a permanent post with the RTE Symphony Orchestra in Ireland.  In 1985 she came to South Africa to join the Natal Philharmonic orchestra, where she became the co-principal cellist. During this time she made several appearances a soloist with the NPO, made many recordings for the SABC and was a regular performer of chamber music. She has also been member of the RTE Symphony Orchestra in Ireland and the Cape Town Symphony -and Philharmonic Orchestras. She coaches for both the annual Franschhoek Chamber Music Week, and for the South African Amateur Chamber Music Players. She has given Masterclasses in Grahamstown to both school and university pupils.

Sarah is a busy free-lance player and is also actively involved in performing chamber music around the country, including regular appearances in the Concerts 4×2 series of Baroque Music with Professor Shirley Gie.

 

Albert Combrink (Piano) CV:

Albert Combrink performs as pianist and accompanist in classical and contemporary music. He recently returned from touring South-East Asia (Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia) where he performed solo concerts and held masterclasses during the Arts Festivals of Singapore and Bali. Albert completed his MMUS at Natal University and also holds three UNISA Licentiates in Solo Performance, Piano Accompaniment and Piano Teaching (Cum Laude). He made his concerto debut with the Natal Philharmonic at the age of 18.

He was finalist in the National ATKV Music Competition. Other prizes include the UND Performer’s Prize, UND Composer’s Competition, the Young Natal Chamber Music Competition, and the Durban Youth Concerto Festival. He received Master Classes from amongst others, Graham Johnson, Anton Nel, Martini Tirimo, Prof Bernd Goetzke. His recordings include Hindemith’s Piano Concerto Four Temperaments with the Natal Philharmonic Orchestra under David Tidboald, through radio and television broadcasts (including BBC World), works by Hofmeyr and Schnittke with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra and was reviewed in the international Gramophone Magazine.

He was repetiteur for the UCT Opera School as well as Cape Town Opera. He was vocal coach for the Portabello company’s Magic Flute which sold out in London’s West End and won the prestigious London Critic’s Olivier Theatre Award. With this company he had the chance to work with BBC’s “The Face of Classical Music”, Charles Hazelwood, and Sir Simon Rattle.

As member of the Cape Town Tango Ensemble he has performed at all the major festivals in the country, with performers and directors such as Mark Hoeben, Ina Wichterich and Marthinus Basson. His work with the CT Tango Ensemble includes two CD’s, El Tango En Africa and Tango Club and has been used on television and in film.

He also co-wrote 3 Arts & Culture Textbooks and Teachers’ Guides for Maskew Miller Longman publications, which have sold more than 100 000 copies.

As concert organiser and accompanist he has worked with a number of South African and international singers, including Prof. Virginia Davids, Hans van Heerden and Virgina Oosthuizen, to name only a few. Highlights with international artists include a concert tour with American soprano Judith Kellock of American and South African Contemporary Art Song. He was also repetiteur for British superstar Lesley Garret on her tour to South Africa and appeared on Top Billing accompanying Welsh Superstar Katherine Jenkins.