Final concert this weekend

With a weekend of successful and wellreceived concerts behind them, the Carpe Musicam! Orchestra and Choir are looking forward to the final concert of their Potpourri programme series on Sunday, 25 September, at the Laminin Agora Celebration Venue near Hartenbos.

As the title suggests, the concert covers a wide range of styles of music and has something for almost every sort of music lover.

The Laminin Agora restaurant will be open for lunch before the show, so treat the family to an afternoon in the country before the concert.

Tickets for the concert cost R150 (adults) and R75 (under 18s) and are available from www.carpemusicam.co.za or for cash at the door. For more information, email elsabe@ carpemusicam.co.za or call 073 857 2952.

Fun times

On Friday, 16 September, the Glenwood

House Auditorium was the venue for the concert by the local musicians and singers.

After a prelude by the Glenwood House Senior Marimba Group, the orchestra kept the audience's toes tapping with the theme from The Bridge on the River Kwai.

Camille Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals was a hit, with the droll recitation of Ogden Nash's descriptive verses by conductor Norman Carless tickling the audience's funny bones.

The choir and orchestra's performances of Exultate Justi from Empire of the Sun by John Williams and Hallelujah from Christ on the Mount of Olives by Beethoven were musical pyrotechnics of the highest order.

The performance in Knysna was an interesting event, being held during load shedding.

The orchestra and choir proved that they are able to work together to achieve a proper balance without electronic aid. The purely acoustic sound is rarely heard in this age and was a special treat for concert goers.