KZNPO 2018 Summer Season
Thursday: Playhouse Opera: 1 March
After a glorious opening concert of the Word Symphony Series Summer Season last week, during which Russian music was in the spotlight, this week the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra is celebrating the music of France with a programme of beautiful French classics featuring pieces by Gabriel Fauré; Cécile Chaminade, François Borne / Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy and César Franck.
Soloist this week is award winning South African flautist, Liesl Stoltz playing two short works for flute and orchestra.
Getting inspired for this week’s concert, conductor, Canadian-Caribbean conductor Kwamé Ryan, poses alongside the mini Eiffel Tower in the garden of the Alliance Francaise de Durban – cultural ambassadors and proud campaigners for all things French, with the French national flag in the background.
Concert TWO
Date: Thurs 1 March at 7.30pm
Conductor: Kwamé Ryan
Soloist: Liesl Stoltz
Featured instrument: Flute
Programme: French classics – Gabriel Fauré Masques et Bergamasques Suite; Cécile Chaminade’s Flute Concertino in D major; Claude Debussy Prelude a L’apres-midi d’un faune; François Borne’s Carmen Fantaisie; César Franck Symphony in D minor.
Preconcert lecture: Ted Brien
