(Above: Conductor Daniel
Boico with St Bernard, Sebastian, photographed in the Durban Botanic Garden
remembering the 1992 movie, “Beethoven”)
The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2025 two concert
Summer Season runs in The Playhouse Opera Theatre on Thursday February 20 and
again on February 27 with each World Symphony Series concert starting at
19h00. There are no public morning
rehearsals.
Bongani Tembe, KZN Philharmonic’s Chief Executive and Artistic Director, says: ‘It is our great pleasure and privilege to welcome back our unique community of music lovers for our two-concert Summer Symphony Season of 2025. Now as ever, we are set to uphold the grand traditions of our long-running World Symphony Series, as we bring the music lovers accomplished guest stars from around the world. The season dovetails with our continued commitment to community engagement and skills transfer among new-generation artists and learners.”
(Right: Berlin based Japanese
American violinist Mayumi Kanagawa. Pic supplied)
One of the mainstays of the global repertoire, Tchaikovsky’s only violin concerto is one of the world's most performed concertos. It will be performed by Berlin-based Japanese American violinist Mayumi Kanagawa.
The second and final concert of the season sees Mark Kadin
on the podium essaying the music of Haydn, Chopin and Mendelssohn. The evening
opens with the fun Toy Symphony – the cuckoo clock calls; percussive sound
effects and quirky humour will engage concert goers of all ages. Typically,
guest artists (in the form of local celebrities) are invited to participate in
the piece. The orchestra management is not revealing who the celebs might be!
Spanish virtuoso, Leo de Maria, performs the evenings centre piece – Chopin’s Piano Concerto No.1 in e minor, composed in the grand virtuoso tradition. The evening wraps up with Mendelssohn symphony No.4 in A Major, his Italian symphony – with sparkles of Mediterranean sunshine, lavish art, magnificent architecture and far-flung landscapes.
KZN Philharmonic Season tickets are available through KZN Philharmonic Office on 031 369 9438 or info@kznphil.org.za, and bookings for individual concerts, are available at Quicket outlets. Concert 1 https://qkt.io/L6LMjh and Concert 2 https://qkt.io/wZHNiN
For more information call 031-369 9438, email info@kznphil.org.za or visit www.kznphil.org.za
Subsidised Bus Service
The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra wants to make their
audiences’ experience as comfortable as possible. Many audience members would
prefer not to self-drive to the Playhouse to attend KZN Philharmonic concerts
in the evening, so the Orchestra is providing a subsidised bus service allowing
people to park in the suburbs and hop onto a bespoke bus into town.
Various routes are on offer:
-North of Durban residents - from Grace Family Church in
Umhlanga departing at 18h10 (R100 return);
-Upper Highway residents - a bus departs from St Agnes
Church at 17h50 (R100 return);
-Westville residents can park at Westville Senior Primary,
with a bus departing at 18h10 (R80 return);
-a bus stops at the Caister Lodge in Durban’s Berea for
Durbanites, departing 18h20 (R60 return). Safe, free parking is available at
all departure points. Booking through
Quicket. https://qkt.io/N1YIOs
PROGRAMMES:
Thurs February 20
Conductor:
Daniel Boico
Soloist:
Mayumi Kanagawa (violin)
Beethoven
Egmont Overture
Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto Op. 35 in D Major
Beethoven
Symphony No. 4 Op. 60 in B flat Major
Thurs February 27
Conductor: Mark
Kadin
Soloist: Leo de Maria (piano)
Haydn
Toy Symphony
Chopin
Piano Concerto No.1 Op. 11 in e minor
Mendelssohn Symphony
No.4 Op. 90 in A Major
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the KZNPO website by clicking on the advertisement box at the top right hand of
this article.
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