The Story of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons

Vivaldi like you’ve NEVER heard before!

What if The Four Seasons wasn’t just music, but a story—a journey through sound, poetry, and emotion?  

The World Café Trio—featuring violinist Piet de Beer, accordionist Stanislav Angelov, and bassist Schalk Joubert—is bringing a breathtakingly fresh interpretation of Vivaldi’s masterpiece to the stage!

• Expect more than a concert—this is an experience
• Electrifying performances by world-class musicians
• Unexpected twists blending classical elegance with contemporary sounds
• A deeper connection—each season introduced with evocative poetry and insights

If you love music, storytelling, and unforgettable evenings, this is an event you cannot miss!

Directors Note:

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons is probably one of the best loved Classical masterpieces of all time. Enjoyed by old and young across the whole spectrum of music lovers. The original score was written for a string orchestra, church organ and violin soloist. These days the organ is replaced mostly by a harpsichord. Because of the size of this instrumentation it is very difficult for people to hear it on their doorstep since an orchestra is costly affair. My mission was to make it accessible for everyone everywhere and staying true to the original music.

For years I have been working with the Virtuoso accordionist Stanislav Angelov. His deep knowledge of music history gave me the idea for replacing the organ or harpsichord with the accordion( which was done in the previous centuries by churches that couldn’t afford an organ). The next step was to find a bassist that could play the original score and would be willing to fill in the missing parts for us to be faithful to the Italian Maestro. Schalk Joubert was the obvious choice and his creative input is abundantly clear in every live performance. He is also our Narrator.

Stanislav covers the rest and I play the original 4 Concertos as written over 300 years ago. Since it’s the first programmatic music of its kind and was published originally with 4 sonnets depicting and telling a story of each season, I thought it essential to include them in our performance. We aim to translate them in many more languages, but for now, Afrikaans and English must do!

BOOKING NOTES

• If you can’t get the table configuration you want and end up booking seats on different tables as a result, please do so under the same email address and we’ll automatically put you together on one table. In fact, any seats booked under the same email address we will assume are together and arrange seating at one table. If this is not the case, however, or if you are booking with friends under different email addresses, just let us know and we’ll make a plan to seat you together. If the event appears sold-out, or you want to add to an existing booking, the same applies – just drop us an email to events@caferoux.co.za and we’ll do our best to make a plan!

• If you struggle with the booking or online payment process, or want to swap tables, we can’t help with that – so please contact Quicket on support@quicket.co.za. And, if you can’t make the show and want to try to resell your tickets, please make use of Quicket’s secondary ticket sale option online – or let us know and we’ll try to sell your tickets on the door.

DOORS OPEN AT 6PM, SHOW STARTS AT 7:30PM

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