Featured Artists
Grey High School
Frank Pietersen Music Centre
ARCO-PACT Strings Project
Rustenburg High School
David Bester, Lieva Starker, Maria Raynham (violins)
Louise Lansdown, Jan-Hendrik Harley (violas)
Sifiso Mbatha and Tiaan Uys (cellos)
Tony Alcock and Mariechen Meyer (double basses)
A Thousand Strings brings together over 200 young musicians from across South Africa in a powerful celebration of collaboration, creativity, and shared musical experience. This is a gala concert that places young performers at the heart of the Kaleidoscope Festival.
Drawing together ensembles from Grey High School, the Frank Pietersen Music Centre, Rustenburg High School, and the ARCO-PACT Strings Project, the programme unfolds as a dynamic meeting of voices – where improvisation, energy, and collective sound create something far greater than the sum of its parts.
Concert Programme
Mozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Warlock – Capriol Suite
Puccini – Humming Chorus
Humperdinck- “ Evening Prayer”
Vivaldi – Winter “Largo”
Traditional- iBuyile iAfrika (arr. Samson Diamond)
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Pachelbel – Canon
Beatles – “Hey Jude”
