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2020-06-22 14:44:00
The South African Double Bass at The African Concert Series London [Online Edition 2020 on Facebook on Wednesday, 24 June at 6pm London time]
[…] recently on CD, the Vienna-based Korean pianist Sung-Suk Kang. Bosch has played a significant part in, and received acclaim for, the exploration of challenging and little-known music for double bass both in live performance and on disc. He has been responsible for a number of important first performances including "Pueblo", a commission from John McCabe, several works by Allan Stephenson, and music by the South African composers Hendrik Hofmeyr and Paul Hanmer. As a teacher, Leon Bosch holds a professorship at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance in London and is on the teaching staff at The Purcell School for young musicians. Bosch's experiences under South Africa's apartheid regime have ensured he has a keen interest in social and political issues; he holds a master's degree in Intelligence and International Relations from the University of Salford. […]
2017-04-05 15:50:00
A terrific, varied recital of contemporary piano works by South African composers from pianist, Renée Reznek on a new release from Prima Facie
[…] bow traditions as well as Western European style. The opening miniature follows the preceding track beautifully with a slow intricately thoughtful theme. The next is a faster, rhythmically pointed theme that darts around before rising upwards at the end. Another quiet and gentle, yet animated, piece follows before rapid arpeggios sound out brilliantly. The fifth and final miniature brings a gentle conclusion, a gentle rhythmic sway that is interrupted by a faster idea. Hendrik Hofmeyr is an Afrikaans composer who went into voluntary exile, only returning to South Africa at the end of apartheid. His Partita Africana I. Preludio II. (2006) includes fragments of San music. The rich, rolling chords that open are soon interrupted by a hushed gentle theme. The chords develop each time, increasing in strength only to fall to a quieter, thoughtful section that develops through a rather lovely, sad passage. The music rises in strength […]
2017-04-05 15:50:00
A terrific, varied recital of contemporary piano works by South African composers from pianist, Renée Reznek on a new release from Prima Facie
[…] bow traditions as well as Western European style. The opening miniature follows the preceding track beautifully with a slow intricately thoughtful theme. The next is a faster, rhythmically pointed theme that darts around before rising upwards at the end. Another quiet and gentle, yet animated, piece follows before rapid arpeggios sound out brilliantly. The fifth and final miniature brings a gentle conclusion, a gentle rhythmic sway that is interrupted by a faster idea. Hendrik Hofmeyr is an Afrikaans composer who went into voluntary exile, only returning to South Africa at the end of apartheid. His Partita Africana I. Preludio II. (2006) includes fragments of San music. The rich, rolling chords that open are soon interrupted by a hushed gentle theme. The chords develop each time, increasing in strength only to fall to a quieter, thoughtful section that develops through a rather lovely, sad passage. The music rises in strength […]
2016-07-18 16:41:18
The Wits Trio returns to the Wits Atrium, S W Engineering Building, Wits East Campus, Braamfontein, at 3 pm on July 24 for their fifth concert since the Trio’s inauguration in 2012. It is a much anticipated event that delivers an unforgettable music experience with talented Zanta Hofmeyr (violin), Maciej Lacny (cello), and Malcolm Nay (piano). The Trio has become well-known throughout South Africa and receives requests to perform at Durban Music Society, Theatre on the Square’s lunch time concerts, as well as at Rhodes University. The two fiery, energetic men on cello and piano form superb bookends to the dulcet tones produced by Zanta Naton the violin… The Wits Trio started their chamber music circuit in 2012 and are premiering Brahms at the National Arts Festival 2016 with a complete Brahms programme including Piano Trio No. 3 in C Minor Op. 101, Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. […]
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