Grant McLachlan: a 70th [birthday] celebration

The South African College of Music, UCT, celebrates the 70th birthday of award-winning South African composer Grant McLachlan with a concert showcasing the very disparate nature of Grant’s music from several decades of work. Performed by current and former staff, students, and guests, the programme features the premiere of a new cello and piano work written for and performed by his daughter Nicola McLachlan, a UCT alumnus now based in Germany. The concert also presents a chamber work set to an animated film of a painting by Robert Slingsby, a recent string ensemble work premiered at London’s Wigmore Hall, and a touch of Bach.