7 June 2018
Odeion
19:30
Gerrit Jordaan studied organ under the guidance of
Stephan Zondagh (pupil of Marcel Dupré and Nadia Boulanger), Wim Viljoen (pupil
of Marie Claire Alain) and Daleen Kruger (pupil of Jean Claude Zender). In 2007
he completed a DMus with a dissertation on Stefans Grové's Afrika Hymnus II.
This Hymnus was dedicated to Gerrit – as it was conceived in a dream wherein
the composer heard him playing this work.
Since his student days, Gerrit has been involved with
South African organ music, commissioning and performing new works – of which
some had been dedicated to him - writing articles on this repertoire, working
towards performances with the insight of the composers, recording this
repertoire, typesetting and adapting instrumental works to the organ. As an
enthusiast of South African music, he presented recitals in Europe as well as
Finland and Canada. In 2016 he was invited to play the final recital at the Klangzeit Festival for contemporary
music in Münster (Germany). Some of his articles were published internationally
in Het Orgel, Organ – Journal für die Orgel, Orgue Nouvelles as well as in
local academic publications. He wrote reports on the Stylus Phantasticus in
the Praeludia of Buxtehude and on the Choral Preludes of Brahms. He studied
historical performance practice of standard repertoire in numerous
masterclasses at UNISA Organ Simposia, Haarlem Summer Academia and in Pistoia
from organists including Luigi Tagliavini, Harald Vogel, Ludger Lohmann,
Bernard Lagacé, Wolfgang Zerer, Olivier Latry, Marie Claire Alain and Szigmund
Zsathmary. Until recently, Gerrit was chair of the Church Organist Committee of
Southern Africa (SAKOV). He compiled three volumes of original Southern African
choral preludes and choir pieces for SAKOV. He is a member of VONKK – a
committee that develops new Afrikaans church music – creating new songs,
providing organ, choir and instrumental arrangements to this growing
repertoire.
PROGRAMME:
Johann
Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue in G major (BWV 541)
Jacobus
Kloppers: Celtic Impressions (2003/4) -
Two Strathspeys, Two Airs, Two Jigs, Toccata on two marching songs
Surendran Reddy: Toccata for Madiba (ca. 8:00)
Antalffy-Zsiross Dezso: Sketches on Negro Spiritual Songs
(ca. 7’00)
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue (organ transription:
Tobias Zuleger)
ADMISSION
R120 (adults)
*R80 (pensioners)
*R70 (UFS staff)
*R50 (students, learners and block bookings of 10+)
Tickets available at Computicket or online at
http://online.computicket.com/web/
*Please note that tickets for
pensioners, students, learners and UFS staff can only be purchased at a
Computicket outlet (Shoprite Checkers) or at the doors since a valid card or ID
has to be presented to qualify for the above mentioned discount.
ENQUIRIES
Ninette Pretorius (tel. 051 401 2504)
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