KZNPO PRE-CONCERT LECTURES

Concerts held prior to KZN Philharmonic concerts introduce compositions to be performed that night.

The second half of the summer season of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra continues on March 4 and so do the pre-concert lectures, which are proving highly popular with concertgoers.

Organised by the Friends of Music, the lectures are given in the Royal Hotel at 18h15 and end at 19h00 in ample time for those attending to walk across to the Durban City Hall for the concert beginning at 19h30.

The purpose of these talks is to introduce the compositions being performed that night. The speakers give an entertaining and informative background to the music and provide musical illustrations of the themes to be heard in works on the programme.

The speakers for the remaining lectures are: Michael Green (speaking on music by Mozart, Cesar Franck, Gounod and the modern Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu (March 4); Omri Hadari, who will conduct that evening’s concert, speaking on Rachmaninov and Sibelius (March 11); and Ted Brien on Tchaikovsky and Miaskovsky (March 18).

All three speakers are well known to lecture audiences, and they have shown in the past that they have humour and the light touch in speaking about music. Tickets for the lectures are R30 each and include tea, coffee and sandwiches.