Concerts – Old Nectar Gardens

Concerts

CONCERTS

Old Nectar Concerts bring you curated Classical Music concerts at Old Nectar’s historic wine cellar in the Jonkershoek Valley. Seating 50 audience members, we offer an intimate concert experience with top local and international artists. We also provide a performance platform to talented young students and upcoming South African musicians.

All concerts last approximately 2 hours.

Tickets are available from Quicket and proceeds from all ticket sales go towards Animal Welfare Society Stellenbosch. Tickets include wine and finger food at interval. Student and scholar tickets are available at the door.

Visitors are encouraged to park cars at the entrance to Old Nectar and walk up the drive to get a feel for the beautiful environment surrounding Old Nectar. We invite you to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens.

Fiona Grayer - Concert Curator
082 539 6025
Email for more information: concerts@oldnectar.com

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UPCOMING CONCERTS
9 February 2025, 4pm - Red, White, and Blues: Violin & Piano Recital - Miclen LaiPang, violin François du Toit, piano

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Old Nectar Concerts welcomes the violinist Miclen LaiPang and pianist François du Toit for a programme entitled ‘Red, White, and Blues’ at Old Nectar gardens historic wine cellar in Jonkershoek. This concert program captures the dynamic interplay between American and French musical traditions, blending the lyricism of romantic and impressionistic French compositions with the rhythmic spirit and blues of American jazz. The pieces selected highlight the vibrant exchanges between these cultures, celebrating the beauty of shared musical influence.

Violinist Miclen LaiPang has swiftly emerged as one of the most compelling and versatile artistsof his generation, earning global acclaim as a soloist, chamber musician, concertmaster, and educator. Praised by The New York Times as “a force to be reckoned with” and hailed by Germany’s Die Welt as “a musician of daring virtuosity with gripping access and noble elegance,” Miclen has performed as a soloist with leading orchestras and graced the world’s premier venues, including Carnegie Hall, the Vienna Musikverein, Walt Disney Concert Hall, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Royal Albert Hall, Berlin Philharmonie, and St. Martin in the Fields.

Pianist François du Toit is rightly regarded as one of South Africa’s most eminent pianists and musicians. He is frequently heard in solo recital, as concerto soloist and with chamber music ensembles. François du Toit is an Associate Professor of Piano, Deputy Director of the South African College of Music and Head of Practical Studies at the University of Cape Town. He received tuition in South Africa with Merryl Preston and Laura Searle and with Arie Vardi and Bernd Goetzke in Germany. During his period of study, he distinguished himself in several international competitions, taking top prizes in Hannover, Rotterdam and Athens.

Join us for this concert on Sunday 9 February 2025 at 4pm. Tickets are available via Quicket for R200 per person and include selected wines from Banhoek’s renowned Oldenburg Wine Estate and finger food at interval. Student / learner tickets are offered at R50 per concert at the door. Guests are invited to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens.

PROGRAMME

AMY BEACH Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23
CÉSAR FRANCK Violin Sonata in A Major
MAURICE RAVEL Violin Sonata No. 2 in G Major
IGOR FROLOV Fantasy on Themes from Porgy and Bess

2 March 2025, 4pm - The World of the Bayan with Stas Venglevski

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Old Nectar Concerts welcomes virtuoso accordionist Stanislav (Stas) Venglevski, on the heels of his appearance at Carnegie Hall, for a surprise addition to our 2025 Concert Series at Old Nectar gardens historic wine cellar in Jonkershoek. Stas is an accordionist/bayanist, composer, conductor, arranger, entertainer, and teacher with a wide-ranging repertoire that spans classical, contemporary, and ethnic music from around the world.

Trained from his youth in the Soviet Union as a classical musician, Stas mastered the Bayan, a spectacular 20th century instrument in the accordion family. The Bayan, covering five octaves, features a complex array of buttons and switches for both hands. It excels in classical repertoire, often sounding like a cathedral pipe organ. A two-time first prize winner of a Bayan competition in his native Republic of Moldova, Stas is a graduate of the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow where he received his Masters Degree in Music under the tutelage of the famed Russian Bayanist, Friedrich Lips. In 1992 he immigrated to the United States. He has toured extensively as a soloist throughout the former Soviet Union, Canada, Europe, the Far East and the United States. Stas has done television commercials and performed in theatre productions; produced 15 acclaimed albums, including a transcription of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite for Bayan. A talented composer, Stas has recorded an album of his original compositions, and has published several books of original compositions. Stas performs with symphony orchestras throughout Europe and the United States and is in South Africa for the first time to perform with the Free State Symphony Orchestra.

Join us in experiencing the brilliant artistry and musical virtuosity of Stas in this unique concert on Sunday 2 March 2025 at 4pm. Tickets are available via Quicket for R200 per person and include selected wines from Banhoek’s renowned Oldenburg Wine Estate and finger food at interval. Student / learner tickets are offered at R50 per concert at the door. Guests are invited to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquillity of the Old Nectar gardens.

PROGRAMME

RACHMANINOFF Italian Polka
ERNESTO NAZARETH Odeon (Tango Brasileiro)
MARIANO MORES Taquito Militar (Milonga)
ERNESTO LECUONA Malaguenia; Gitanerias
ZEQUINHA DE ABREU Tico-Tico
LISZT La Campanella
ZEQUINHA DE ABREU Tico-Tico
LISZT La Campanella

3, 6, 10, 13 April 2025, 4pm - Gustavo Romero plays Frédéric Chopin

Concert pianist Gustavo Romero has a stellar reputation for both the technical brilliance and interpretive depth of his playing, as well as his commitment to in-depth exploration of individual composers.

For the past fifteen years, Romero has dedicated his focus toward preparing a series of concerts featuring music of one or two composers each year. So far, at Old Nectar Concerts, he has presented the complete piano sonatas of Beethoven and Schubert. Globally he has presented works of Chopin, Bach, Schumann, Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Haydn, Händel, Liszt, Debussy and Gershwin including complete piano sonata cycles of Beethoven and Mozart.

This year Old Nectar welcomes Gustavo Romero to present a series of four concerts with works by Frédéric Chopin, the 19th century compositional master and virtuoso pianist of the Romantic period.

Join us for one or all the concerts of this series with concerts on Thursday 3 April, Sunday 6 April, Thursday 10 April, and Sunday 13 April. All concerts start at 4pm. Tickets are available via Quicket for R200 per person and include selected wines from Banhoek’s renowned Oldenburg Wine Estate and finger food at interval. Student / learner tickets are offered at R50 per concert at the door. Guests are invited to come early or stay after the concert to enjoy the tranquility of the Old Nectar gardens.

For more about pianist, Gustavo Romero click here

PROGRAMME

Frédéric Chopin

Concert 1: 3 April 2025, 4pm
Nocturne in B-flat Minor, Op.9, no. 1
Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op.9, no. 2 in E-flat, Op. 18
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 35 ( Funeral March)
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Grande Valse Brillante in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mazurka in E minor Op. 41 No.2
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17 No.4
Mazurka in B minor, Op. 33 No.4
Andante spianato et grande polonaise brillante in E-flat Major, Op. 22

Concert 2: 6 April 2025, 4pm
Nocturne in C-sharp Minor, Op. 27, no. 1
Nocturne in D-flat Major, Op. 27, No. 2
Polonaise in C-sharp Minor, Op. 26, no. 1
Polonaise in E-flat Minor, Op. 26, no. 2
Scherzo No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 20
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Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Impromptu No. 1 in A-flat major, Op.29
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 41 No. 1
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 31

Concert 3: 10 April 2025, 4pm
Nocturne in B major, Op. 32 No.1
Nocturne in C Minor, Op. 48, No.1
Polonaise in C Minor, Op. 40, No. 2
Polonaise in A Major, Op. 40, No. 1 (“Military Polonaise”)
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat Major, Op. 47
Mazurka in C-sharp minor, Op. 50 No.3
Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 39
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Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op.52
Polonaise in F-sharp Minor, Op. 44
Impromptu No. 3 in G-flat Major, Op. 51
Ballade No. 1 in G minor Op. 23

Concert 4: 13 April 2025, 4pm
Nocturne in E Major, Op. 62, No. 2
Nocturne in B Major, Op. 62, No. 1
Polonaise-Fantasie, Op. 61
Mazurka in C minor, Op. 56 No.3
Barcarolle, Op. 60
Scherzo No. 4 in E Major, op. 54
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Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op.58