The Prelude Performer for the next Friends of Music Concert on March 28, 2021, will be Benjamin Burton.
A 16 year-old student from Kearsney College, Burton has been playing violin for almost 11 years, under the expert tutorship of Petya Koleva, the Principal First violinist of the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra.
He is the current concertmaster of the KZN Youth Orchestra and has been a soloist for the KZNPO Young Performers Concert several times and has played twice with the South African National Youth Orchestra.
Burton is working towards his Grade 8 practical exam and recently passed Grade 8 Music Theory with distinction. Accompanied by Dr Andrew Warburton, he will be playing Vocalise written by Sergei Rachmaninoff and The Bee composed by Franz Schubert.
The Friends of Music Concert will feature A Quartet Of Friends which comprises Cathy Peacock (trumpet); Sabine Baird (flute); Marguerite Spies (cello) and Andrew Warburton (piano). The friends will perform an eclectic choice of music which will highlight each individual instrument.
PROGRAMME:
Trumpet
tune (trumpet & piano) - Henry Purcell
Prince
of Denmark’s March (trumpet & piano) - Jeremiah
Clark
Suite no. 2 (flute cello & piano) - J
S Bach
Reverie (cello & piano) - Claude Debussy
Meditation
for Thaïs (cello & piano) - Jules Massenet
Danza
Alegre (trumpet, cello & piano) - Moritz
Moszkowski
Trio for flute, piano, and cello - Louise
Farrenc
Taurus
the Bull (trumpet & piano - Gary Wilkinson
Cordoba (solo piano) - Isaac Albeniz
Intermezzo (solo cello) - Gasper Cassadó
Cinema
Paradiso (flute & piano) - Enrico Morricone
Trumpeter’s
Lullaby (trumpet & piano) - Leroy Anderson
Wotcher (flute & piano) - John Walton
Conversation for Cornet (trumpet &
piano) - Clare Grundman
Libertango (trumpet, sax, cello & piano) - Astor Piazzolla
The concert will take place on March 28 at
11h00 at the Durban Jewish Centre – 44 KE Masinga Road. Tickets R120 (R100 FOM
members).
Covid regulations restrict audience numbers to 100. It is therefore important to pre-book your seat. Please e-mail friendsofmusic@webmail.co.za or phone 071 505 1021 for bookings
ALL COVID PROTOCOLS WILL BE OBSERVED
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