(Reuben Mbonambi; Joshua Louis; Cameron Williams; Stephanie
Lawrenson; Clara Lubbe and Daniel Brodie. Front row: Naledi Dweba; Molly
Dzangare; Lykele Temmingh – Resident Conductor KZNPO, Bongani Tembe – CEO &
Artistic Director KZNPO, and Chris Njapha)
The KZN Philharmonic’s four-week Early
Spring Season ends in traditional style on Thursday (September 12, 2019) with
resident conductor Lykele Temmingh on the Durban City Hall podium for the
annual National Youth Concerto Festival.
The event showcases the cream of young
South African talent taking the stage to perform with seasoned professionals.
The eclectic musical line-up is carefully
curated to showcase the best of each performer’s unique talent. On the
programme is Vivaldi’s Concerto for two cellos performed by Sunday Kelechi and
Chris Njapha both from Cape Town; the Dove
Sono aria from Mozart’s Marriage of
Figaro sung by Molidzangare (soprano) from Cape Town; Paule Maurice’s Tableaux de Provence performed by Clara
Lubbe (alto saxophone) from Pretoria; Belá Kovács Sholem Alekhem rov Feidman performed by Cameron Williams (clarinet)
from Cape Town; and Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and
Orchestra performed as a duet by Joshua Louis (violin) and Stephanie Lawrenson
(viola) both from Cape Town.
Also on the programme are Giuseppe Verdi’s Il lacerato spirito aria for bass from
the opera Simon Boccanegra sung by
Rueben Mbonambi from Cape Town; Carl Maria von Weber’s Clarinet Concerto performed by Antonia Naledi Dweba (clarinet)
from Bloemfontein and finally Sergei Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No1 performed
by Daniel Bradie (piano) from East London.
This final concert of the season takes
place in the Durban City Hall on September 12 at 19h30.
Bookings are through Computicket on 0861
915 8000, or online at www.computicket.com. For more information call 031-369
9438, email bookings@kznphil.org.za or visit www.kznphil.org.za
(To
link direct to the KZN Philharmonic’s website, click on the orchestra’s banner
advert on the top of the page or visit kznphil.org.za)