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The Cape Town Baroque Festival presents Event 1: Variations.
During the Baroque period, a popular genre was the 'sets of variations' or 'divisions' where composers would create variations and embellishments on songs, folk melodies, or hymns.
Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Ralitza Macheva (baroque violin), Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord), and Lynelle Kenned (soprano) present a programme featuring expressive sets of variations from the Baroque era, including music by Corelli, Caccini, Byrd, Philips, and Handel. The programme includes newly composed sets of variations for solo violin by Montreal-based composer and early music specialist Matthias Maute and a piece by South African composer Arthur Feder.
This programme was recently awarded a kykNET Fiësta Award for best classical music production in an arts festival in South Africa in 2023. It was performed to great acclaim at the 2024 Montreal Baroque Music Festival in Canada.
