Glasmusiek
Thu, 21 May
|Fairtree Atterbury Theatre
An intimate evening where Afrikaans poetry and choral music meet in reflection.
Time & Location
21 May 2026, 19:30 – 21:00
Fairtree Atterbury Theatre, 5th Floor, 4 Daventry St, Lynnwood Manor, Pretoria, 0081, South Africa
About the event
Glasmusiek is a curated concert series presented in collaboration with UNISA's Department of Afrikaans and General Literary Studies and Franco Prinsloo Productions, exploring the intersection of music and literature through performances of poetry, song, and choral works in an intimate concert setting.
The programme spans multiple generations of Afrikaans poets, from Totius and Ingrid Jonker to Breyten Breytenbach, Wilma Stockenström and Philip de Vos, creating a musical dialogue between poetry and choral expression.
The title Glasmusiek is directly inspired by Prinsloo's setting of a poem by Ernst van Heerden. Like glass, both music and poetry are precious and fragile: clear, light-bearing, and delicate. When poetry is illuminated through music, the two art forms exist in reflection, allowing the resonance of language and sound to shimmer anew.
Vox Chamber Choir is delighted to bring Glasmusiek to the Fairtree Atterbury Theatre, one of Pretoria's most beloved performance venues, where the intimacy and warmth of the space perfectly complements the delicate nature of this programme.