Mario Nell (organ) & Lauren Dasappa (soprano) Organist, Mario Nell and soprano, Lauren Dasappa present a versatile concert programme including works by Bach, Mozart and South African composer, Surendran Reddy, performed on the magnificent Marcussen Organ in the Endler Hall. Mario Nell opens the concert with Bach’s three-part Prelude in E flat Major, BWV 552 [...]

The vocal division of Stellenbosch University and the UCT Opera School are proud to collaborate in a performance of Schubert’s iconic song cycle, Winterreise (Winters Journey). The song cycle, with poems by Wilhelm Müller, depicts a man's path through a physical and psychological landscape of snow, ice and cold. His struggle to find rest and [...]

The Stellenbosch University Jazz Band takes centre stage, conducted by Felicia Lesch and featuring jazz vocal soloists Karen Petersen and Joshua Swanepoel. Newly-appointed lecturer at the music department, Lunathi Ncamini, will also appear on the programme. An exciting addition to the programme is instrumental soloist Feroll-Jon Davids on clarinet, playing the solo in “the Hornet” [...]

As COVID-19 continues to affect our nation and our personal lives, Stellenbosch University’s Music Department remains determined to give our students the best training and performing opportunities even at this difficult time. The Stellenbosch University Symphony Orchestra has been divided into smaller groups: strings, woodwinds, brass and percussion ensembles, to allow for greater safety and [...]

Camerata Tinta Barocca (CTB) presents a concert of chamber music from the Baroque, featuring Lynelle Kenned (soprano), Ralitza Macheva and Annien Shaw (baroque violins), Joshua Frank (recorder), Bridget Rennie-Salonen (baroque flute), Uwe Grosser (theorbo), and directed from the harpsichord by Erik Dippenaar. The programme explores the possibilities of juxtaposing movements from works by a diversity [...]

Three principal players of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, Gabriele von Dürckheim (flute & piccolo), Petrus Coetzee (viola) and Roxane Steffen (double bass) are coming together to bring you the unexpected, but marvellous music of Erwin Schulhoff playing his Concertino for Flute, Viola and Bass. Erwin Schulhoff (1894–1942) was a Czech musician born in Prague [...]

LIVE LUNCH HOUR CONCERT Entrance is FREE! Masks must be worn at all times. Entrance via Neethling Street to go through Covid-19 safety measures. Blaine Josephs (tenor) & Alex Beaven (piano)   Programme Richard Strauss 8 Gedichte aus 'Letzte Blätter', Op.10 Arnold Van Wyk Vier Weemoedige Liedjies Claude Debussy Selected songs from Ariettes oubliées, L. 60 i. C'est [...]

The Endler Concert Series is proud to present rising stars Chris Njapha, cello and Caron Tremble, piano. Sicelo Christopher Njapha graduated with BMus from Stellenbosch University Music Department in 2020, where he studied under the tutelage of Babette Roosenschoon. He was principal cellist of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra and member of the University of [...]

Brent January, Justen Hosken and Marius Otto present guitar concerti by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Villa-Lobos and Ponce. Programme: Brent January, BMus IV Concerto in D major, Op.99 - M. Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) i. Allegro ii. Andantino alla Romanza iii. Ritmico e cavalleresco   Justen Hosken, BMus III Concerto pour Guitare et petit orchestre - H. Villa-Lobos (1887-1959) i. Allegro [...]

Dear Friends and Patrons It is with a heavy heart that I write to tell you that our plans to continue with in-person concerts of 100 audience members can no longer go ahead for June. As you may know, the Western Cape has entered its third wave of COVID-19 infections, having recorded an increase in [...]