MUSIC

WIM VILJOEN

Award-winning organist Wim Viljoen will perform in the Music Recital Studio at the University of Durban-Westville on October 11 at 19h30.

An experienced recitalist, his pro-gramme offers to bring out the best in the recital studio's custom- designed Roeleveld organ. Starting with two Bach chorale preludes and the Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C, the programme continues with Mozart's Fantasy in F and Gerrit Olivier's Three Miniatures for Organ. The second half of the programme focuses on French compo-sers Balbastre, Franck and Messiaen.

The first South African organist at the University of Pretoria, he performs frequently and his recital tours have taken him to Europe and America.

Tickets are R15 (R7.50 students/pen-sioners).

SINFONIA

The NPO Chamber Group in association with the NSA Gallery, NBS Bank and the Friends of Music Society present a short season of Sinfonia concerts at the NSA Gallery in October at 19h30, as follows:

Oct 3: Dittersdorf; Schubert's Quartet-tensatz and Octet.

Oct 9: Mozart's Piano and Wind Quintet and Brahms' Horn Trio.

Oct 18: Mozart's Don Giovanni (arr.); Hummell's Octet Partita and Dvorak's Slavonic Dance No 8.

Ticket prices range between R10 for students and pensioners and R24. Members of the NSA, NPO and Friends of Music Society pay R21. Tickets will be sold at the door of the NSA Gallery.

ROCKING GUITAR

Devised by Themi Venturas and Barry Thomson, of the well-known Strawberry Fields band, The Guitar that Rocked the World runs at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from October 1 to 10. It is a spectacular new musical celebrating the history of the phenomenal music played on the Fender Stratocaster guitar.

The show includes the music of Buddy Holly, Hank Marvin and the Shadows, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Pink Floyd, Bonnie Raitt, Dire Straits, Ray Phiri, Ry Cooder and many more.

NBS SUNSET PROMS

The next concert in the popular NBS Sunset Proms series is on October 6 at 17h30 at the Village Green. Those attending should bring their own chairs, blankets, picnic baskets and sundowners.

CELTIC MUSIC

The Alliance Fran㌢ise of Durban will present an evening of Celtic music at their premises at 22 Sutton Crescent, Morningside, on October 7 at 20h00.

Pierre CrＱillon and Laurent Bigot live in the Cornouaille region of Brittany. Both teachers of Breton music, they have been playing together for more than 19 years. They won the Breton champion-ships for duettists in 1987 and first prize at LoudＢc Pourlet and Montagne as well as the Per Guillou trophy three times.

Celtic music sounds very similar to Scottish music. The music is played in the key of B with Pierre CrＱillon using an early 20th century bombarde (clarinet-like instru-ment) and Laurent Bigot a recent biniou (bagpipes).

Booking is essential. Phone Denise on 23-9582. Tickets at R15. A cash bar will be available.