Tuesday, May 7, 2013

HIFA 2013: A Dutch Reformed Church and a Dutch Piano Duo

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In all the HIFA excitement, we took a break and visited Harare's Dutch Reformed Church

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to listen to the Dutch piano duo of Lestari Scholtes and Gwylim Janssens perform.

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And holy moly!  Were they impressive.

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The church was a stunning setting for the concert

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and I knew the 2013 Harare International Festival of the Arts was off to a great start.

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Seriously, how big is this organ?  Stunning.

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I wasn't able to capture them in their wonderfulness, but here, take a look at someone else's video and be stunned:





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