The popular Baroque 2000 has announced the first performance of the 2002 Concert Series.

This year, audiences will be able to hear the ensemble in a series of new works that have been collected at the famous Schola Cantorum in Basel, Switzerland. These masterpieces from the most famous names of baroque music - such as Vivaldi, Albinomi and Telemann etc and featuring unusual groups of instruments and soloists - are rarely performed in South Africa.

The first concert will be on April 7 on 11h15 at St Thomas' Church, Musgrave Road. The programme will include Pieter Hellendaal’s Concerto No. 5 for strings, G Ph Telemann’s Concerto for trumpet and 2 oboes with soloists Michel Schneuwly, David Lloyd and Maggie Deppe, and G Ph Telemann’s Ouverture "Perpetuum Mobile".

Tickets R40 available through Computicket or at the door. Subscription tickets are R280 for eight concerts (one concert free). Another benefit is a reserved seat of your choice.

The season programme will include Vivaldi’s Concerto for 4 violins, Concerto for flute and bassoon and various concerti of different instrument combinations. Other exciting works are Telemann’s Concerto for 3 trumpets and 2 oboes; string works by Albinoni and Dido and Aeneas a short opera by Purcell with the amazing "Ars Nova" Chamber Choir from Pretoria.

To receive your subscriber card, simply post a cheque of R280 to Baroque 2000, 731 Currie Rd., Berea, 4001, or make a direct bank transfer into 'Baroque 2000" account at First National Bank - Musgrave Branch: Account No. 22 11 26 - 6 200 500 2663. You will receive a seating plan by email that will allow you to chose your preferred seat numbers.

More details from Michel Schneuwly on 031 312-5539 or e-mail: mailto:sursouth@iafrica.com