KZNPO’Ssummer season starts on high note

THE KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (KZNPO) opens its four-concert 2019 Summer Season which runs at the Durban City Hall every Thursday from Valentine’s Day, 14 February to 7 March starting at 7.30pm.

The acclaimed young Cape Town conductor, Brandon Phillips, launches the season on Valentine’s Day. Opening the concert, appropriately enough, will be Glinka’s dashing Overture to his opera, Ruslan and Ludmila, a perfect choice of Valentine’s inspired music.

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The opera is based on an epic fairy tale poem by Alexander Pushkin which tells about the abduction of Ludmila, the daughter of the Prince of Kiev, on the eve of her wedding, by an evil wizard, and the ensuing attempts by her three suitors to rescue her. The poem culminates with brave Knight Ruslan finding her, rescuing her and winning her hand in marriage.

This will be followed by an exciting debut from one of Europe’s frontline new generation stars, young soloist Alexander Gilmann, who will give a rare account of Erich Korngold’s dazzling 1947 Violin Concerto.

Two contrasting works by Sir Edward Elgar take up the second half of the evening, his rarely performed Froissart concert overture, and his ever-welcome Enigma Variations.

Season tickets for the KZN Philharmonic’s World Symphony Series 2019 Summer Season are available through Computicket. Call 0861 915 8000 or book online at www.computicket.com.

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