(Daniel Ciobanu)
Michael Green previews the KZNPO concert on February 23, 2017.
Russian composers make up the programme for the third concert, on February
23, of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra’s summer symphony season in the Playhouse,
Durban.
All three works on the programme are favourites in their very different
ways. The overture to the opera Price
Igor is one of the most celebrated works of Alexander Borodin (1833
--1887). The overture condenses some of the drama of the opera, an epic set in
the Russia of several hundred years ago.
The young Romanian pianist Daniel Ciobanu will be the soloist in the
brilliant Piano Concerto No 3 by Sergei Prokofiev. Completed in 1921, this is
one of the most popular concertos of the 20th century. It is dynamic,
melodious, exciting.
Daniel Ciobanu had his music training in Scotland and is now rapidly
building a reputation as performer in Britain and elsewhere.
The symphony of the evening is everybody’s favourite, Tchaikovsky’s
Symphony No. 6, the Pathetique.
The conductor in all these works will be Daniel Boico, the Israeli-
American whose appearances with the KZNPO in recent years have made him a much
admired figure in Durban.
The usual pre-concert lecture will be given this week by me in the
Alhambra Room, the Playhouse, starting at 18h15 and ending about 18h45, in time
for a drink and a snack before the concert begins at 19h30. Entry for the
lecture R10.
Bookings for the concert and for season tickets are at Computicket or
Checkers or the KZNPO, phone 031 369 9438. Or you can buy a ticket on the night at the
door. – Michael Green
(To link direct to the
KZN Philharmonic’s website click on the orchestra’s banner advert on the top
right hand of the page above the National Arts Festival banner)
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