RMB Starlight Classics brings AfroSymphonic
Magic to M-Net this Easter together with a host of local and international
music stars for a truly unique blend of classical, opera, pop and
Afro-soul – all rolled into one thrilling AfroSymphonic celebration under the baton of
Maestro Richard Cock – on M-Net (DStv Channel 101) on Easter Monday, April 13,
2020, at 15h30.
Recorded under starlit skies at the
Johannesburg Country Club in September 2019, the 21st edition of RMB
Starlight Classics features multi award-winning performer Zahara;
international guest tenor Gaston Rivero; internationally-acclaimed lyric
soprano Nombulelo Yende; piano virtuoso Charl du Plessis; international
baritone Musa Ngqungwana; pop toe-tapper Lee Scott and The Voice South
Africa’s Siki Jo-An. These solo stars combine with 2018 World Choir Games
stars Quava Vocal Group and one of South Africa’s leading choirs, The
Chanticleer Singers, for a series of performances that reinvigorate the
classics and tune up some contemporary pop numbers for the RMB Starlight
Classics stage.
From the moment the show opens with
a reimagining of Antonín Dvořák’s New World Symphony to Siki Jo-An’s
showstopping rendition of Miriam Makeba’s Qongqothwane
and beyond to Nombulelo Yende’s Never
Enough from The Greatest Showman, RMB Starlight Classics continues
to surprise with unique collaborations and interpretations, bringing
possibilities to life on stage in unprecedented ways.
There are few – if any – places
where Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto in A minor and Lady
Gaga’s Bad Romance could flow into
each other – but virtuoso pianist Charl du Plessis makes it seem effortless and
beautiful, in equal measure. Keep an eye out for child prodigy crooner
Joshua Bouwer as he threatens to steal the spotlight from the accomplished
international stars on the Starlight stage.
Starlight Classics will be screened
M-Net Channel 101 on Monday, April 13, 2020, at 15h30. DStv Premium viewers can
also catch it on DStv Catch Up, or stream the episodes live via their mobile
devices on DStv Now.
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