Music@St.Martini: Cello Duo Concert

As part of its new monthly concert series, St. Martini presents the newly formed Cape Town ensemble "I Bricconcelli," featuring cellists Matthias Remley-Ender and Hans Huyssen.The two musicians approach the diverse repertoire for cello duo—ranging from Baroque to contemporary music—with infectious enthusiasm and the highest artistic standards. They combine historically informed performance practice and period instruments with their own arrangements and highly personal interpretations.The program features works by Telemann, Bach, Franchomme, Kummer, Offenbach, and Sollima. The performances utilize both Baroque and modern cellos, complemented by the distinctive acoustics of St. Martini.Matthias Remley-Ender began playing the cello at the age of eight in Hohenems, Austria. He studied with Michael Hell at the Tiroler Landeskonservatorium in Innsbruck, graduating with distinction, and furthered his studies through masterclasses with Roel Dieltiens and Raphael Wallfisch.As a freelance musician, he performed with various orchestras and chamber ensembles, including the Vorarlberger Landessinfonieorchester, Kammerphilharmonie Bodensee Oberschwaben, Tiroler Symphonieorchester Innsbruck and the NOMA piano trio.His repertoire spans from Renaissance music to contemporary works, with a particular passion for historically informed performance and music written before 1800.Since moving to Cape Town in 2022, Matthias has been a member of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra.Hans Huyssen is a composer, cellist, conductor and music teacher with a passion for early Baroque, indigenous South African and contemporary music. He received the Helgaard Steyn Award for composition in 2010 and completed a practice-based PhD at Stellenbosch University in 2015.As a performer, he is a founding member and director of the period-instrument ensembles così facciamo and Cape Consort, which has pioneered historically informed performances of Early Music in Cape Town.Through his independent label mucavi records, Huyssen has also released recordings exploring early, contemporary and indigenous South African musical traditions.