Cape Town Orchestra - Revision history

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Role in supporting Theatre at the Cape

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Founding and early history

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 WWII did not affect the CMO schedule. Attendance, as did subscription, actually increased steadily during the war period. Concerts were viewed as uplifting, a means to draw the atten- tion away from the daily news and reporting of the war. Many soldiers visiting the Union became regular concert attendants, especially on Sunday evenings. Concerts were sometimes held in aid of various relief organisations during the war period.
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 In 1947, the visit of the Royal Family, their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, and their Royal Highnesses Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, was celebrated by a “Royal Festival Symphony Concert” on Thursday evening 20 February. The [[CTMO]] had been augmented to 68 players with members of the [[SABC]] Studio Orchestra and the Royal Marines Band of the H.M.S. Vanguard.

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 A permanent combination of the CTMO and the [[SABC]]'s Broadcasting Studio Orchestra was adopted. The first official concert in which the CTMO was augmented with members of the Broadcasting Studio Orchestra was held on 14 March 1948. The SABC was always acknowledged in the advertisements of concerts. These read: “Cape Town Municipal Orchestra augmented by members of the Studio Orchestra, by kind permission of the S.A. Broadcasting Corporation”.
 ==Touring==
 From 28 August to 15 September 1955 the orchestra toured to Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Queenstown, East London, King Williamstown, Grahamstown, Port Elizabeth, Uitenhage, George, Mossel Bay and Oudtshoorn.
 == Change in name==

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 : ''[[Becket]]'' ([[CAPAB]])
-: ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' ([[EOAN Group]])
+: ''[[Il Trovatore]]'' ([[EOAN Group]]). At the performance in the [[Cape Town City Hall]] on 18 March 1965, the races were seated separately. It was the first time that audiences had been segregated in the Orchestra's history. There was a great deal of tension and resentment at the concert because Whites sat on one side of the City Hall and other races on the other.
 : ''[[La Traviata]]'' ([[EOAN Group]])

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 : ''[[San Maratto]]''
-: ''[[La boheme]]''
+: ''[[La Bohème]]''
 : ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''

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		+	1930: ''[[Old King Cole]]''

	1938: ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''		1938: ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]''

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		+	1930: ''[[Don Pasquale]]'' with [[South African College of Music]]

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 The opening concert took place in the [[City Hall]], Cape Town, on February 28, 1914, and marked the dawn of a new era in music in South Africa.
 This potent influence on music was felt not only in Cape Town but all over South Africa as the public had the opportunity of listening to the orchestral works of the great composers for the first time.
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 == Founding and early history ==
-The [[Cape Town Orchestra]] (also written as Capetown Orchestra, and also known as the [[Cape Municipal Orchestra]] or the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]] ([[CMO]]) was formed by the Cape Town Council in 1914 under the conductorship of [[Theo Wendt]] with a strength of 30 players.
+The [[Cape Town Orchestra]] (also written as Capetown Orchestra, and also known as the [[Cape Municipal Orchestra]] or the [[Cape Town Municipal Orchestra]] ([[CMO]]) was the first professional orchestra in South Africa and was formed by the Cape Town Council in 1914 under the conductorship of [[Theo Wendt]] with a strength of 30 players.
 The opening concert took place in the [[City Hall]], Cape Town, on February 28, 1914, and marked the dawn of a new era in music in South Africa.