(Conductor
Yasuo Shinozaki)
Beethoven lovers are in for a treat for the
final two weeks of the KZNPO Summer Symphony Season taking place on Thursday
evenings in the Durban City Hall, with multiple Beethoven pieces on the
programme.
The KZNPO joins orchestras around the world
in celebrating Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birth anniversary this year (1770 –
1827). Globally there will be concerts, operas, festivals, exhibitions and
performances celebrating one of Germany’s most famous citizens. In Germany alone around 1000 events are planned
Perennial favourite Japanese maestro Yasuo Shinozaki
returns for the third concert of the season on February 27, when Beethoven’s
Coriolan Overture and his magnificent Emperor Concerto, played by German
pianist Jan Jiracek von Arnim, can be heard in the first half of the evening,
followed by a performance of Dvorák’s immensely rewarding Symphony No 7.
(Conductor Arjan
Tien)
The Netherlands born conductor Arjan Tien
makes a popular return to round off the season on March 5, with two more
Beethoven favourites, the Leonore Overture No 1 and the Triple Concerto, played
by pianist, Malcolm Nay, violinist Tai Murray and cellist Aristide du Plessis.
The evening closes with a performance of Bizet’s delightful Symphony in C.
The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra
2020 Summer Season runs in the Durban City Hall every Thursday between February
13 and March 5, each concert starting at 19h30. The season continues to espouse
the proud tradition of the Orchestra’s World Symphony Series (WSS), which
launched in Durban 24 years ago.
Season tickets for the KZN Philharmonic’s
World Symphony Series 2020 Summer Season are available through Computicket.
Call 0861 915 8000 or book online at www.computicket.com.
For more information click on the orchestra’s
advert at the top of this page or visit http://kznphil.org.za/, email
bookings@kznphil.org.za or call 031-369 9438 (office hours).
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