Media Release - Good Friday Concert

Conductor:           Alexander Fokkens
Soloists:                Samson Diamond (violin), Sharon de Kock (violin)
                               OSM Vocal Consort
Date:                     Friday 25 March
Time:                    18:00
Venue:                  Anglican Cathedral, St. Georges Street

In the spirit of the Holy Week, the Free State Symphony Orchestra (FSSO) presented a concert in the Anglican Cathedral on Friday 25 March (Good Friday). The programme consisted of the Orchestral Suite No. 3 (JS Bach) and the Concerto for Two Violins in D minor (JS Bach) and Buxtehude’s stirringly beautiful Membra Jesu nostri (The Limbs of our Jesus, a cycle of seven cantatas about the suffering of Jesus on the cross).

Samson Diamond and Sharon de Kock were the two violin soloists and the Buxtehude was performed by the OSM Vocal Consort. Alexander Fokkens was the on the podium as conductor. This concert was made possible by a grant from the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).

The concert was presented free of charge.





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