This Shining Night

Durban Chamber Choir presents:
This Shining Night
Music Shining Light into Darkness
Kloof Methodist Church: Sunday 1 Nov at 3pm
St Thomas, Musgrave – Sunday 8 Nov at 3pm
This Shining Night: The Durban Chamber Choir invites you to celebrate the joy of choral singing in two beautiful November concerts which focus on Music Shining Light into Darkness.
Building on the success of its first two concerts in May and June this year, the Durban Chamber Choir is back with two concerts in November 2026. The first concert takes place at Kloof Methodist Church on Sunday 1 November and the second at St Thomas in Musgrave on Sunday 8 November both at 3pm.
The Durban Chamber Choir presents a carefully curated programme of music from Renaissance masters to modern jazz standards; Scandinavian composers to traditional isiZulu songs.
Highlights include the accessible Ave Verum Corpus from Jenkins and the Sanctus by Sandström – almost plainchant in manner reminiscent of a body of sacred, unaccompanied vocal music used in the liturgies of the Western and Eastern Christian churches. Setting the tone for the afternoon is Barber’s lyrical neo-Romantic art song, “Sure on this Shining Night”.
Joining the DCC as a special guest is Yosuke Matsui, principal trumpeter at the KZN Philharmonic.
The Durban Chamber Choir has been in existence for over 20 years. Its first members were mostly choristers from the Errol Slatter Chorale. The choir’s repertoire is wide-ranging, spanning from early plainchant to contemporary choral music, from Renaissance to modern, and from sacred to secular works, accompanied by organ, piano, and small orchestral ensembles. The Choir gives regular concerts in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, and has also visited several smaller towns in KwaZulu-Natal, performing in churches, school halls, and retirement homes – wherever it can bring pleasure to lovers of choral music. It is made up of voluntary members of all ages and from all walks of life, united in their love for choral singing.
The choir’s conductor is Margrit Deppe. She is the co-principal oboe and cor anglais of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra and a commended organist. She teaches piano at Clifton School and, in 2023, was the church musician and cantor at the Nauen Rathenow Church District in Brandenburg, Germany. She studied Church music in Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, and holds an honours BA in Choral Directing from the University of KZN.
The DCC performs for the first time in the Kloof Methodist Church on Sunday, 1 November at 3pm at its regular concert venue, St Thomas Anglican Church in Musgrave, on Sunday, 8 November at 3pm.
Join us for some beautiful singing!
Tickets are available through Quicket in advance, or at the door for R120, concessions R80. Please join the choir after the performances for tea, cake, and conversation.