The Scullery Quintet Live At Fancourt

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The Scullery Quintet: Everything but the Kitchen Sink

Monday, 17 June 2024. 16:30

The Scullery Quintet is a new South African classical and contemporary music crossover ensemble that features a unique blend of the classic string quartet sound accompanied by jazz rhythm section. The ensemble comprises the standard string quartet configuration: first violin, second violin and viola, with contra bass replacing the role of the cellist, with the addition of drum set as the fifth instrument. This multiracial and multicultural ensemble was conceived in early 2020 by a group of like-minded musicians wanting to share their varied musical influences. The Quintet is led and directed by 3 time SAMA award winner & jazz drummer Peter Auret ( Sydney Mavundla quartet, Charl Du Plessis Trio, Nataniël), with Waldo Alexander on Violin known for his work with: JFO, Kevin Volans, Philip Miller, William Kentridge and Jill Richards . Also on violin is American born , Hana Yim-Wahl ( JFO, Richard Cock’s Phoenix Co. Orchestra and the Muses). Royal Academy of Music graduate, Tiisetso Mashishi fills the Viola position ( JPO JPO Quartet and JFO) . Amaeshi Ikechi is the contra bass player in the ensemble.

Current Program: 1. “Summer” from the Four Seasons, 1st Movement - Antonio Vivaldi 2. Air on a G-string - Johann Sebastian Bach 3. Ode to Joy - Ludwig van Beethoven 4. Running up that hill - Kate Bush 5. B minor waltz (for Ellaine) - Bill Evans 6. Caravan - Duke Ellington 7. Dvorak “American” Quartet, 2nd Movement - Antonin Dvorák 8. Black hole Sun - Soundgarden 9. Libertango - Astor Piazzolla 10. Una Vez Mas - Dafnis Prieto 11. Birdland - Weather Report 12. Exit Music (for a film) - Radio Head 13. Grazing in the grass - Philemon Hou 14. Svantetic - Krzysztof Komeda 15. Watermelon Man - Herbie Hancock 16. Blackout - John Scofield 17. Song for Bilbao - Michael Brecker (Metheny) 

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