SONGBOOK: FOLK SONGS FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND (Shakespeare's Restaurant Durbanville)
Thu Apr 28, 19:00 - Thu Apr 28, 21:00
Shakespeare's Restaurant Durbanville
ABOUT
Join us as we explore and celebrate the humour, pathos and deep human feeling embedded in the folk songs of Great Britain and Ireland. Belying their value as historical and cultural records passed from generation to generation, folk songs are often pressed into service as encores rather than taking centre stage; we hope to set that right with this concert! Experience the range of emotions that bubble under the surface of these seemingly simple yet often deeply complex songs.
Brought to extraordinary life and elevated into the realm of art song by composers such as Britten, Hughes, Gurney, Vaughan Williams and Quilter, and poets such as Yeats, Joyce, Moore, Burns, Shakespeare and Stevenson, the programme contains gems such as The Stuttering Lovers, I Will Walk With My Love, Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye!, Down by the Salley Gardens, The Last Rose of Summer, The Foggy, Foggy Dew, Little Sir William, The Ash Grove, The Miller of Dee, along with Ivor Novello favourites Waltz of My Heart, I Can Give You the Starlight and Glamorous Night.
The concert features internationally acclaimed opera star William Berger (baritone) and Cape Town Opera Soloists Brittany Smith (soprano) and Ané Pretorius (soprano), with Cape Town Opera Managing Director Alex Gabriel at the piano.
This performance will be accompanied by a three-course meal.
Below is the menu that will be served on the evening of the performance
To Start
From the Boulangerie
Selection of our home baked breads with carrot &
cumin spread, basil butter and plum tomato salsa
Prociutto, Aspargus and Matured Cheddar Pastry
Smoked Goats Cheese Mousse
Apple wood smoked goats cheese mousse,
pickled baby beets, pine nut crisp bread
Couture Salmon Macaroons
cured salmon, horseradish cream & fennel salsa
Oxtail Terrine
Wrapped in tomato leather, with pickled mushrooms &
truffle aioli
Choice of Signature Mains
"Bait the hook well, the fish will bite"
market fish, fennel and sweet potato, with biryani masala
butter, brocolli and coriander gremolata
OR
Duck Cassoulet
confit duck, bean duo, olives, sundried tomato beurre blanc
Portobello steaks
OR
Aubergine & Dhal
grilled aubergine, filled with dhal, curry and fresh coriander
OR
Grilled Lamb
rack of lamb with whipped rose harissa, feta, sweet and sour cucumber
Sweet Ending
a selection of decadent Shakespeare's desserts
Raspberry Frangipane Tart
Chocolate Creme
Bruleed Lemon Tart
With thanks to Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos for lending us the piano for this performance.
Ian, the founder and Senior Technician, trained with Georges Ammann, Steinway’s Chief Concert Technician. Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos have been Steinway specialists for over 30 years, with over 100 authentic Steinway grand piano rebuilds under their belt to date. By world standards this is exceptional! The same level of expertise is offered for any other fine piano brands. Apart from restoration, they also service and maintain good quality instruments for personal or professional use.
Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos are a unique dealership in that they offer instruments all the way from good beginner level pianos through to the most exclusive hand-built grand pianos in the world: Fazioli. Their range of brands includes Kawai, Shigeru Kawai, Fazioli, Steinway & Sons, Bösendorfer, Yamaha, Grotrian and Petrof. In all cases, their rare level of technical skills and long experience is focused on matching customers with the right piano for their use.
Ian Burgess-Simpson Pianos are the Concert Technicians for the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, the Baxter Concert Hall, the South African College of Music at the University of Cape Town and Cape Town Opera. Other customers include Francois du Toit, Charl du Plessis (Steinway Artist), Christopher Duigan (Steinway Artist), Jill Richards (Steinway Artist), Abdullah Ibrahim, Malcolm Nay, Catherine Foxcroft, Wits University, Bishops, Hershel, St Cyprians, Westerford, SACS, Casa Labia, Rhodes University, Hugo Lambrechts and SACS. International customers include King’s College and Chapel Royal Choir, London.