"Love in the Baroque Era" is an upcoming classical music concert on Saturday evening, 7 February 2026, set in the historic Parshuis at La Motte in Franschhoek – an enchanting way to begin Valentine’s week.
Members of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra present a programme of instrumental chamber music from the baroque period, centered around leading composers, the people that inspired them, and their passions outside the world of music.
The programme includes music by Bach, Handel, Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre and Thomas Arne, as well as pieces from the Anna Magdalena Bach manuscript books.
Musicians of the Cape Town Baroque Orchestra, Ingo Müller (baroque oboe), Annien Shaw (baroque violin), Rosamund Roth (viola da gamba) and Erik Dippenaar (harpsichord/director) play on period instruments, authentically conveying the sound-world of the baroque period.
Join us for a programme of exciting and expressive repertoire, that celebrates the love of people, places and the arts in all its forms, from a historical perspective!
The programme will include:
Marin Marais (1656–1728)
Suite d’en goût étranger (Quatrième livre de Pieces de Viole)
La reveuse-Le Badinage
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre (1665–1729)
Sonata pour le violon en d mineur
Thomas Arne (1710–1778)
Sonata nr 8 in G-majorfrom8 Sonatas or Lessons for the Harpsichord (London, 1756)
George Frideric Handel (1685–1759)
Sonata in F major sonata, HWV 363a (c.1711–1717)
Trio sonata in F major, HWV 383
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)
Sonata in G major, BWV1021
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel (1690–1749)
Bist du bei Mir, BWV508
Guests are welcome to enjoy a glass of wine and some light refreshments in the estate gardens between 17h00 and 18h00. The concert is presented from La Motte’s renovated Parshuis and starts promptly at 18h00.
Make the most of your visit to the Franschhoek Valley and stay for dinner at the estate's L’Ami Family Brasserie, a short stroll away from the concert venue. A special concert and dinner package is available at R945 and entails a concert ticket as well as a three-course menu with a glass of wine from the La Motte Classic Collection.