Friends of Music have announced their programme for 2020.
Concerts take place at the Durban Jewish Centre in K E
Masinga (Old Fort) Road. This year sees the introduction of afternoon concerts.
February 11 at 19h30:
The Opera Angels
The “Opera Angels" are a unique and dynamic duo
featuring pianist and soprano Dr Lisa Engelbrecht and mezzo soprano Lindsay
Thomson. Having worked together in Cape Town on various opera productions, they
created Opera Angels, who are in great demand throughout South Africa. Prepare
to be transported through a broad and colourful spectrum of music during their
show ... from iconic opera works, classical masterpieces and musical theatre
medleys to some surprising arrangements of popular favourites.
February 25 at 19h30:
Romantic Antics
Well-known and popular Durban musician, teacher and
arranger, Nina Watson (piano) will be in concert with members of the Quattro
Femmes String Quartet: Petya Koleva (violin); Jane Baillie-Magner (violin);
Annamaria D’Andrea (viola); Marguerite Spies (cello). They will perform works
by Antonin Dvořák, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Robert Schumann.
April 21 at 19h30: Bach
Into Myself
Italian violinist Luca Ciarla pays tribute to his favourite
composer - re-arranging, with a modern touch and live looping techniques, some
of Johann Sebastian Bach’s greatest compositions. A surprising and informal concert,
constantly in balance between improvisation, traditional and contemporary
sounds. It is jazz but also baroque music and much more – the music crosses the
boundaries among musical genres, as they didn’t exist. Listening to him has
been described as an astonishing musical experience. Bach into Myself also features music by Ciara himself and other
composers that have been strongly influenced by Bach such as Villa-Lobos and
Piazzolla.
May 3 (Afternoon) at
15h00: Durban Opera Potpourri 3
After the tremendous success of the first two versions of
the Opera Potpourri last year, i
Grandi Tenori will be back with more scenes from much loved and well-known
operas. Featuring the leading opera voices in KZN with the occasional special
guest, this is an event not to be missed.
June 7 (Afternoon) at
15h00: Charl Du Plessis (Piano)
Charl du Plessis rose to fame when he was the youngest
pianist in Africa to be named a Steinway Artist. He has since embarked on an
international career working simultaneously as classical and jazz pianist. In a
return visit to Friends of Music, he will perform a concert which will include
popular works from Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Strauss, Gershwin, Piazzolla and
Scot Joplin. He will also perform a selection of his own solo compositions.
August 30 (Afternoon)
at 15h00: Beth Shalom Concert
Friends of Music will once again assist the Beth Shalom
Retirement Home with their annual fundraising concert. Featured will be a
variety of popular entertainments including once again - the wonderful
KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra. This year is the 30th anniversary concert
so patrons can expect something special.
September 13 (Afternoon)
at 15h00: Rising Stars Concert
Moved to September from the usual December date, this
concert will once again be a collaboration between Friends of Music and the
South African Society of Music Teachers (SASMT). The concert will feature the
best young student performers of the year.
December 8 at 19h30: Miriam
Kramer (Violin)
Miriam Kramer has been praised by Strad Magazine as being a
'violinist of superior natural talent, an exceptionally sensitive interpreter
and a phrase maker of uncommon expressivity' and by the NY Times as a 'soulful
and virtuosic’. She will be accompanied by the accomplished pianist Nicholas
Durcan. This will be their return visit to Friends of Music.
The Durban Jewish Centre is situated at 44 KE Masinga (Old
Fort) Road. For more information, contact friendsofmusic@webmail.co.za or call
071 505 1021.
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