Signum Quartet - “Bridge the chasms that divide”

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Florian Donderer (violin), Annette Walther (violin), Xandi van Dijk (viola) and Thomas Schmitz (cello)

Old Nectar concerts welcomes the Signum Quartet back to Stellenbosch for an afternoon at Old Nectar gardens historic wine cellar in Jonkershoek with a concert programme titled Bridge the chasms that divide – 30 years since the fall of apartheid in South Africa. Thanks to their rousing, lively interpretations and individual programme concepts, the Signum Quartet has made its mark on the international scene and established itself as one of the most distinguished ensembles of its generation. For this project, the Signum Quartet invited some of South Africa‘s most original and powerful voices to reflect musically on their own experiences and journeys before and after 1994. The programme includes works by Lise Morrison, Monthati Masebe, Thandi Ntuli, Dizu Plaatjies together with Matthijs van Dijk. These three commissioned compositions will be framed by Joseph Haydn’s “Lark Quartet” and the String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 by Robert Schumann.

Join us on Sunday 24 November 2024 at 4pm as we recall the history of South Africa on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the end of apartheid, celebrating the diversity of South African music culture. Tickets are available via Quicket for R200 per person and include selected wines from Banhoek’s renowned Oldenburg Wine Estate and finger food at interval. Student / learner tickets are offered at R50 per concert. Guests are invited to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens. The Signum Quartet SA tour is supported by the Goethe Institute and Volker Schütte, South African Honorary Consul in Bremen, Germany.

PROGRAMME

HAYDN String Quartet op 64/5 D major “The Lark”

THANDI NTULI in the land where she is king

MONTHATI MASEBE Lefa

INTERVAL

LISE MORRISON Unfettered and Alive

DIZU PLAATJIES with MATTHIJS VAN DIJK “21:30”

SCHUMANN String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41

The South African compositions are commissioned by the Signum Quartet. The compositions by Monthati Masebe and Lise Morrison are supported by the Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.

The South Africa concert tour of the Signum Quartet is supported by the Goethe Institute and the Honorary Consul for South Africa Volker Schütte

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