Carpe Musicam! to present ‘Transports of Delight’
Ever since man first moved from cave to cave in search of new food supplies or to seek more temperate climes, we have sought out speedier and more comfortable means of transport.
The George-based Carpe Musicam! orchestra and choir will be paying tribute to some of these conveyances - both real and fictional - in their new concert programme, Transports of Delight, on Saturday 25 August at Denneoord Dutch Reformed Church.
The items to be performed will range from medleys of popular English and Afrikaans songs including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Sleigh Ride, Daar Kom die Wa and Bootjie na Kammaland, to movie music such as Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines and The Cowboys. You will be able to swing to the Chattanooga ChooChoo and wipe away a tear or two while Ninette Smit's heart goes on in true Titanic style.
There will also be a more serious item or two. Most noteworthy will be Artur Honegger's Pacific 231, a 1923 work that depicts the strength and speed of a large steam locomotive.
Norman Carless, the resident orchestra and choir conductor, will be needed to shovel coal in the trumpet section for this work, so it will be conducted by health and safety expert and part-time train conductor Rob Onraet in his conducting debut with Carpe Musicam!
The concert will start at 19:00. Gates will open at 18:00 for concert-goers to purchase tasty munchables, listen to music played by members of George South Primary School and enjoy the original artworks of local artist Clive Ankiewicz before the show.
Tickets are available at the door or from the church office.
They are priced at R100 for adults, scholars enter free.
Elsabé can be contacted on 073 857
2962 to answer enquiries or take advance bookings. Justin Yawe as Sebastian sang Kiss the girl and from The Little Mermaid.