(London-based
baritone Njabulo
Madlala)
The hills of Kloof will resound with the
magnificent sound of music from the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic when The Marriott Classics in Kloof takes to
the stage on April 4.
Presented by Christopher Duigan's Music
Revival in association with the KZN Philharmonic and generously sponsored by
Marriott, Classics in Kloof will be
held at St Agnes Church. The event sees South Africa's premier orchestra and
featured soloists perform a dazzling evening of music. The orchestra will play
under the baton of young American conductor, Daniel Walshaw. The evening’s star
soloists will be Boris Kerimov (cello), Njabulo Madlala (baritone) and
Christopher Duigan (piano).
In response to many requests for a
concert-hall performance in the region by the KZN Philharmonic, Classics in Kloof in the St Agnes Church
Auditorium will certainly provide local audiences with a wonderful opportunity
to experience the acoustic magic and excitement of a 60-piece professional
orchestra in full flight. Their programme includes popular favourites and
orchestra show-pieces: In the Steppes of
Central Asia by Borodin, Finlandia
by Sibelius and the Overture to Die
Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II.
One of the evening’s soloists, the highly
acclaimed London-based baritone Njabulo Madlala was born in KwaMashu, Durban. A
winner of Britain’s prestigious Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Prize, Madlala is
currently carving out a major career in the UK. He was recently named Standard
Bank Young Artist for Music in 2014. His performance in Kloof follows on a
string of major national performances including those at the recent Starlight
Classics in Cape Town. Madlala sings arias from Bizet's Carmen and Rossini's Barber
of Seville.
Star-cellist and Principal Cello of the KZN
Philharmonic, Russian-born Boris Kerimov, plays the haunting Kol Nidrei by Max Bruch. Based on the
Jewish chant of the same name, this extraordinary and powerful music has become
closely associated with Kerimov through his intensely lyrical performances.
Christopher Duigan will once again be
featured at the piano in this performance. Playing Mozart's seldom-performed
Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major K. 386, Duigan - a Steinway artists
and KZN resident - is acknowledged as one of the country's foremost concert
pianists. The charming work, left incomplete by Mozart, was reconstructed from
a number of single autograph pages of the manuscript that have appeared in
various collections and from published arrangements of the work.
This spectacular musical evening in Kloof
seeks to capture a sophisticated mood. A light-hearted touch will see the
inclusion of celebrated Strauss orchestral numbers Tratsch-Tratcsh Polka and Radetsky
March. Audience members are invited to dress elegantly to set the tone for
the evening. Refreshments will be available beforehand and at interval.
Classics
in Kloof will be held on April 4 at 19h30 at St
Agnes Church – Auditorium, Corner Church and Abelia Roads, Kloof. Tickets from
R140 (R100 students/scholars) available from Webticket at www.webtickets.co.za and also from Katey
at St Agnes Church Office on 031 764 2037 or e-mail events@stagnes.org.za Opening hours for
St Agnes are Monday to Friday from 08h00 to 16h30.
Classics
in Kloof is sponsored by Marriott: The Income
Specialists and CPW Printers. Parking is secure in the St Agnes precinct, and
also at the adjacent Kloof Baptist Church.
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