Our first Kaleidoscope Chamber Music concert in Prince Albert was held at 5 pm - “The African String Quartet”
with the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra String Quartet
The venue was Gay's Guernsey Dairy, where outstanding cheese is made from their herd of Guernsey cows
You could opt for a cheese platter with wine before the concert, but we had booked for the second concert that evening
which included a full meal at the Swartberg Hotel before that concert
Aren't they pretty?
Plenty of parking until Lynne realised that John had to drive back to our accommodation,
where she had left the tickets! Oops. It was a long busy week....
The farm shop entrance
The musicians setting up before the concert
We went to buy some of the famous cheese. Sadly, the very strong cheddar was completely sold out,
so we bought Emmenthal and Gouda. You can taste before you buy
Lynne also bought a jar of what looked like superb organic honey but, sadly, it turned out to be rather syrupy
Chatting to the man who organises, manages logistics for the Cape Philharmonic orchestra,
sets up for the players and then packs up afterwards
Time to take our seats. Held in their small barn, it was a concert bursting at the seams with an enthusiastic audience
Tony Alcock (double bass)
Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra String Quartet
Corban Beukes (violin), Loren Ehlers (violin and accordion), Jason Oppelt (viola), John Minnaar (cello), Tony Alcock (double bass)
Programme
🇿🇦 Karla van Niekerk (1999*)
String Quintet in F major
🇳🇬 Godwin Sadoh (1965*)
Ise Oluwa
🇿🇦 Mokale Koapeng (1963*)
Komeng
🇳🇬 Godwin Sadoh (1965*)
Egba Musical Totem
🇿🇦 Traditional South African Hymn Thula Thula
(arr. for string quartet by Samson Diamond)
🇿🇦 Soweto String Quartet
“Zebra Crossing”
🇿🇦 Traditional South African Hymn iBuyile iAfrika
(arr. for string quartet by Samson Diamond)
🇿🇦 Loren Ehlers (2003*)
Self Portrait
It was a very professional and enjoyable concert
We bought some eggs laid by the free range chickens, so fresh, so different from supermarket eggs, which are never fresh
Real free range eggs. The chickens live in the fields and the henhouse is moved when necessary
Another place to lay eggs?
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