Get in tune with KZN Philharmonic Orchestra’s concerts
The orchestra’s four-concert Summer Symphony Season begins this Thursday with a concert starting at 19:00.
THE KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Season concert season, featuring both international and local talent, runs in The Playhouse Opera every Thursday from March 2 to 23.
Each of the World Symphony Series concerts starts at 19:00.
“We are overjoyed to join hands, once again, with our special family of music lovers for our four-concert Summer Symphony Season,” said Bongani Tembe, KZN Philharmonic’s chief executive and artistic director.
“As always, we proudly uphold the grand traditions of our World Symphony Series as we bring you a guest roster featuring an array of international stars, who are set to join our dedicated orchestral musicians in bringing our audiences many hours of sheer musical magic. The season dovetails with our ongoing work in the spheres of community engagement and skills transfer among new-generation artists and learners.”
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With young maestro Pishkar on the podium, the opening programme on Thursday, March 2, features an enticing compilation of music. This opens with Sibelius’ Pelléas et Mélisande and will be followed by Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor performed by Danae Dörken. Beethoven’s Symphony No I rounds off the evening.
The second week’s fare sees maestro Boico on the podium, opening with Richard Wagner’s mesmerising Siegfried Idyll, and closing with that much-loved staple of 19th century Romanticism, Schumann’s Symphony No 3 ‘The Rhenish’.
Maestro Gueller takes the podium for the third concert on March 16. This opens with that most magnificent of curtain-raisers, Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture.
Maestro Boico returns to the podium to close the season on March 23, opening with Beethoven’s Fidelio Overture.
KZN Philharmonic season tickets and bookings for individual concerts are available at Quicket outlets. For more information, call 031 369 9438, email bookings@kznphil.org.za or visit www.kznphil.org.za.
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