People of Note

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY PIETER TOERIEN PRODUCTIONS. People of Note is broadcast on Sunday evening at 6 pm on Fine Music Radio with a repeat on Thusday afternoon at 1 pm, presented by Rodney Trudgeon.

Says Rodney: “There are a number of fascinating people who pass through Cape Town and I’ve always felt there to be a need for a programme that allows an in-depth discussion with these personalities. Whether their fields are music, literature, theatre, dance, opera or even politics and economics, we’ll invite them into the studio to talk about their lives, inspirations and role models, among other things.
“Rather like the famous BBC programme, Desert Island Discs, I’ll ask my guests to bring with them their six or seven favourite pieces of music to share with us.”

Among the long list of guests on the programme so far have been people such as Rhoda Kadalie, Lord Robin Renwick, Petronel Malan, Pieter Dirk Uys, Ruby Wax, Jonathan Roxmouth, Imam Rashied Omar and many more.
Weekly English South Africa TV & Film
442 Episodes
240 – 260

People of Note - Jamie McGregor

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Dr Jamie McGregor of Rhodes University about a lecture he delivered recently at the UCT Summer School. The lecture was entitled “A Composer’s Midlife Crisis: Wagner before and after Schopenhauer”. It is generally thought that Wagner was never…
31 May 2020 55 min

People of Note - Gerlinda Moser

As we continue to repeat some of the People of Note programmes during the lock down, this week it’s the turn of Gerlinda Moser who is described as Cape Town's Leading Property Personality for investment in the City's Premier residential areas. She has an International client base and is a…
24 May 2020 53 min

People of Note - Andrew Pike

In August 1991, excited holiday-makers boarded the Oceanos at East London for what was meant to be a trip of a lifetime. Despite treacherous weather, rogue waves and hurricane force winds, the captain decided to set sail and this led to one of the biggest air rescue operations ever as…
17 May 2020 55 min

People of Note - Goitsemang Lehobye

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on a repeat People of Note this week is the young South African soprano Goitsemang Lehobye who is enjoying a hugely successful international career. Goitsemang is currently studying at the University of Michigan and Rodney caught up with her a couple of years ago when she was…
10 May 2020 57 min

People of Note - Denis Goldberg

This week’s edition of People of Note will be in the form of a tribute to the Rivonia Trialist and social campaigner DENIS GOLDBERG who died earlier this week at the age of 87. A few years ago, I interviewed Denis about his long and fascinating life and also about…
4 May 2020 55 min

People of Note - Gareth Lubbe

This is Rodney Trudgeon and my guest on People of Note this week is not only an international respected South African viola player, but he is also a master at overtone singing. Gareth Lubbe is a regular guest artist and educator at festivals around the world and prominent composers have…
12 Apr 2020 58 min

People of Note - Jeremy Boraine

As you know, I recently had a book published and part of the excitement and challenge involved, I found myself fascinated by the whole publication process. So I decided to invite Jeremy Boraine, the publishing director of Jonathan Ball Publishers, to be my guest on this week’s edition of People…
29 Mar 2020 57 min

People of Note - Rashid Lombard

This is Rodney Trudgeon and, even though the Jazz Festival has been cancelled, I managed to talk to the founder of the festival all those years ago RASHI LOMBARD, a name which certainly has clout in Cape Town’s music circles. He is the man who put our jazz scene on…
22 Mar 2020 59 min

People of Note - Gary Matthewman

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is one of the UK’s leading song pianists and, more recently, a conductor as well. Gary Matthewman is a regular artist at London’s Wigmore Hall as well as Carnegie Hall in New York and Vienna’s Musikverein among many other international venues…
8 Mar 2020 57 min

People of Note - David Bester

The Woordfees festival opens in Stellenbosch on 6 March and there is a wealth of music on offer apart from many other genres. One of the performers at the festival is the violinist DAVID BESTER who, apart from his recitals and concerts, is senior lecturer in violin and viola at…
1 Mar 2020 57 min

People of Note - Arno Carstens

In this week’s edition of People of Note, Rodney Trudgeon’s guest will be the award winning singer-songwriter and fine artist ARNO CARSTENS. During his career as the lead singer of the Springbok Nude Girls, and subsequently as a solo artist, Arno has released multiple albums in both English and Afrikaans…
23 Feb 2020 55 min

People of Note - Joseph Pitcher

Pieter Toerien’s production of the Mel Brooks comedy musical THE PRODUCERS has opened at the Theatre on the Bay with an all-star cast led by Alan Committee, Earl Gregory and Terrance Bridgett. The show is directed by Joseph Pitcher who has directed major productions in the UK and internationally and…
16 Feb 2020 58 min

People of Note - Shimmy Isaacs

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on People of Note this week is the exciting and dynamic young actress, writer, producer and comedian, SHIMMY ISAACS who has won many awards and became the youngest appointed lecturer at the African Film, Television and Live Performance University. Shimmy obtained an international Certificate from the acting…
9 Feb 2020 58 min

People of Note - Bruce Jack

Rodney Trudgeon’s guest on this week’s edition of People of Note is the well-known and much respected wine maker BRUCE JACK who shot to fame with his urban brewery called Flagstone but who is now the owner and winemaker of a more boutique enterprise called The Drift Estate in the…
2 Feb 2020 54 min

People of Note - Terence Bridgett

The next exciting production at Pieter Toerien’s Theatre on the Bay is the musical The Producers, adapted by Mel Brooks and Thomas Meehan from the 1967 fil of the same name. As in the film, the musical concerns two theatrical producers who decide to get rich by overselling interests in…
26 Jan 2020 59 min

People of Note - Dr Jamie McGregor

On People of Note this week, Rodney Trudgeon will be talking to Dr Jamie McGregor of Rhodes University about a lecture he delivered recently at the UCT Summer School. The lecture was entitled “A Composer’s Midlife Crisis: Wagner before and after Schopenhauer”. It is generally thought that Wagner was never…
19 Jan 2020 56 min

People of Note - Grant McLachlan

The UCT Summer School opens this week with the usual vast array of fascinating lectures. Among them is a series of lectures entitle “A Brief History of Harmony, the Universe and Everything” which will be delivered by Grant McLachlan along with performers such as Vox cape Town, Albie van Schalkwyk…
12 Jan 2020 57 min

People of Note - John Hammer

For the first edition of People of Note for 2020, Rodney Trudgeon has decided to repeat an edition of the programme done some years ago which created great interest at the time and in fact many listeners have asked us to repeat it. The interview was with JOHN HAMER who…
5 Jan 2020 58 min
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