Playhouse Opera: Thursday 16 March
Final Concert of the World Summer Symphony Season is on Thursday 16 March!
The final concert for the season on 16 March will be conducted by Japanese conductor Yasuo Shinozaki. It opens with Hector Berlioz’s overture to Béatrice et Bénédict; followed by a technically exacting violin concerto in A minor by Aleksandr Glazunov, a Russian composer, music teacher and conductor of the late Russian romantic period, performed by St Petersburg-born Andrey Baranov – a prize-winner of more than 20 major international competitions. The Summer Season’s closing work is Tchaikovsky’s Little Russian Symphony No.2
Booking is through www.computicket.com / 0861 915 8000 / Shoprite Checkers Money Market Counters. It is cheaper to subscribe: for subscriptions contact 031 3699438.
Morning tea and symphony: Catch the final rehearsal on the morning of the scheduled concerts every Thursday during season at 10am for a nominal charge. Contact KZN Philharmonic offices for bookings and for more info: bookings@kznphil.org.za / 031 369 9438. To better appreciate the music ahead of the concert: pre-concert lectures take place in the Alhambra Room at the Playhouse from 6 until 6.40pm prior to the concert every Thursday.
Concert SIX
Date: 16 Mar
Time 7.30pm
Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki
Soloist: Andrey Baranov
Featured instrument: violin
Programme: Hector Berlioz’s overture to Béatrice et Bénédict; violin concerto in A minor by Aleksandr Glazunov; Tchaikovsky’s Little Russian Symphony No.2
Programme: Pre-concert Lecture by Dr David Smith
