KZNPO’s summer season begins

THE KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra has announced details of its four-concert 2020 Summer Season in the Durban City Hall every Thursday between 13 February and 5 March at 7.30pm.

Perennial favourite, Yasuo Shinozaki, returns to the Durban City Hall podium to launch the season on 13 February with two towering concert staples by Brahms, the Tragic Overture and the Fourth Symphony, which frame Rachmaninoff’s iconic Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, played by the leading SA concert pianist, Francois du Toit.

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On 20 February, the American conductor, William Eddins shares the spotlight with two guest soloists, the Montenegrin guitarist Goran Krivokapi? and the gifted young South African soprano, Zandile Mzazi, who joins the orchestra in performing a richly curated programme of concert bon-bons by Schubert, Rodrigo, Mascagni, Massenet, Verdi, Elgar and Tchaikovsky.

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Shizonaki returns for the third concert on 27 February for Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture and his Emperor Concerto played by German pianist, Jan Jiracek von Arnim and a performance of Dvorák’s rewarding Symphony No 7.

The Dutch-born conductor, Arjan Tien rounds off the season on 5 March with two more Beethoven favourites, the Leonore Overture No 1 and the Triple Concerto, played by pianist, Malcolm Nay; violinist, Tai Murray and cellist, Aristide du Plessis. The evening closes with a performance of Bizet’s Symphony in C.

Season tickets are available through Computicket, call 0861 915 8000.

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