Festival Finale | Confluence – A Chamber Music Gathering

The closing concert of the Kaleidoscope Music and Arts Festival (Sunday 23 August, 11:00) brings together a distinguished, intergenerational ensemble: Tiaan Uys (clarinet), David Bester (violin), Louise Lansdown (viola), Sifiso Mbatha (cello), Anthony Alcock (double bass), and Chanda Bupe Lapumbo (piano). Mbatha and Lapumbo, both still in training, perform alongside established artists, continuing the festival’s defining side-by-side ethos of mentorship and collaboration.

The programme traverses a rich musical landscape, from the introspective textures of Arthur Feder’s The Silent Corners and Amneusis and Remembrance on the Bridge, to the playful ingenuity of Paul Hindemith’s Musikalisches Blumengärtlein und Leyptziger Allerley. Solo reflection emerges in Giovanni Sollima’s Lamentatio, while the viola is further illuminated in works by William Henry Bell and Walter Swanson. The concert culminates in the Piano Quintet by Peter Klatzow, bringing the festival to a resonant and compelling close.

Performers

Clarinet: Tiaan Uys

Violin: David Bester

Viola: Louise Lansdown

Cello: Sifiso Mbatha

Double Bass: Anthony Alcock

Piano: Chanda Bupe Lapumbo