THE DA CAPO PIANO DUO

Cindy Barth & Nicholas Luffin

 

 

An accomplished musician, Cindy Barth has a Bachelor of Music Degree from UPE (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University), where she studied under Barbara van Wyk (piano) and Johan van der Berg (clarinet).  She teaches Life Sciences, English, Mathematics at St Thomas Secondary School.  She is married to Mark who is the Priest-in-Charge St Paul’s.  They have two children, Hannah and Joshua and a third in transit.

 

Nicholas Luffin is a graduate of Rhodes University where he read for a Bachelor of Music Degree, under the tutelage of Betty Shuttleworth (Mark’s grandmother), Daniella Heunis (flute) and Christopher Cockburn (organ).  He is currently Director of Music at St Paul’s Anglican Church.  He is also an educator at St Thomas Secondary School, where he teaches Creative Arts, Computer Applications Technology and Life Orientation.

 

 

REPERTOIRE

DVORAK

Slavonic Dance No. 8

Two Legends (1 and 2) Op. 59
 

J.C. BACH

Rondo

DEBUSSY

Ballet

FAURE

Mi-a-Ou (from Dolly Suite)

TCHAIKOVSKY

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

SAINT-SAëNS

Danse Macabre

MOSZKOWSKI

Three Spanish Dances

RACHMANINOV

Italian Polka

ARENSKY

Waltz, March

BRAHMS

Hungarian Dances Nos 5 & 6

CHAMINADE
Deux Pièces Romantiques

JOPLIN
Cleopha - March

VINCENT YOUMANS
Tea for Two (Arr. J. Louis Merkur)

ANDERSON
Sleigh Ride Fantasy
(Arr. Zach Heyde and Frank Tedesco)

TARREGA
Gran Vals
(Arr. Nicholas Luffin)

BENJAMIN GODARD
Marche Villageoise
Gavotte