KLINK: Glasmusiek

KLINK: Klank in Ink is a new curated concert series presented in collaboration with UNISA’s Department of Afrikaans and General Literary Studies and Franco Prinsloo Productions (FPP), 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. Dr. Isabelle van Rensburg also accompanies the choir on the imposing Rieger organ in the ZK Matthews Great Hall at UNISA.

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.

The concert also engages youth through a pre-programme featuring four guest choirs: the Bronberg Children’s Choir, Serenade Youth Choir, and the Affie-Koor and A-minere of the Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool.

A special exhibition of new, delicate and fragile artworks by the FPAC art collective will be presented in the foyer. Artist John Robbertse interprets the themes of the poetry and music through unique miniature paintings on precious and fragile objects. Working on glass and antique items, he reflects Glasmusiek through multiple artistic lenses. Franco Prinsloo will also exhibit new digital photographic works on etching paper in his series Dubbelbeeld, inspired by Elisabeth Eybers’s finely observed poem Twee kleuters in die Vondelpark. Guests attending the performance will have the opportunity to acquire these artworks.

Date: 10 May 2026 | 15:00

Venue: ZK Matthews Great Hall | UNISA, Pretoria

Tickets: R150 adults | R100 students | R80 children (under 13). Door tickets R180. Programmes available at R80 (pre-sales only - no programmes at the door)

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