The glorious KZN Philharmonic Orchestra is
half-way through its six-concert Summer Symphony Season which is currently
taking place every Thursday in the Playhouse Opera.
For the final two concerts of the Summer
Season the baton is in the hands of Japanese conductor Yasuo Shinozaki. He
opens the March 9 concert with Edvard Grieg’s Holberg Suite. The featured piece for the evening is the Trombone
Concerto for Orchestra by Danish composer Launy Grndahl. Soloist is principal
trombone player with the KZN Philharmonic, Italian trombonist Andrea Balocco a
masters graduate from the Geneva University of Music. The evening climaxes with
Beethoven’s Symphony No.7 in A major, one of the composers most revered
masterworks. It is a paean to heroic patriotism.
The concert takes place at 19h30 on March 9
in the Playhouse Opera. Booking is through www.computicket.com
/ 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers Money Market Counters. It is cheaper to
subscribe - contact 031 369 9438.
The pre-concert lecture taking place in the
Playhouse Alhambra Room at 18h00 will be hosted by by Dr Teddy Pillay.
Catch the final rehearsal on the morning of
the scheduled concerts every Thursday during season at 10h00 for a nominal
charge. Contact KZN Philharmonic offices for bookings and for more info: bookings@kznphil.org.za / 031369
9438.
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