Tag: Cape Town City Hall
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CPO Autumn Season At The City Hall – Swan Lake
Curtainraiser: Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Conductor Liam Burden Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio espagnole Conductor Bernhard Gueller Soloist Yaron Kohlberg (piano) Israeli pianist Yaron Kohlberg, winner of several competitions including the Cleveland Piano Competition, is now its president. Bernhard Gueller is the principal guest conductor of the CPO and Emeritus Music Director of Symphony Nova Scotia where…
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CPO Autumn Season At The City Hall – BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST
BELSHAZZAR’S FEAST Conductor Nicholas Chalmers National Youth Choir (UK) Nicholas Chalmers is principal conductor of the United Kingdom Youth Choir, which is the leading youth choir for outstanding singers from across the UK and the flagship choir of National Youth Choir’s four ensembles. For over 40 years it has been home to some of the…
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CPO Autumn Season At The City Hall – Celebrated Soprano
Conductor Kamal Khan Soloist Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha (soprano) Masabane Cecilia Rangwanashe, recently chosen as one of Ten Rising Stars by Operawire, is one of the most sought after sopranos in Europe. Kamal Khan was director of the UCT Opera School and works internationally. Dvorak Carnival Overture, Op. 92 R. Strauss Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last…
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ENIGMATIC ELGAR- CPO Summer Festival
30 Jan : ENIGMATIC ELGAR Conductor Bernhard Gueller Soloist Ariane Haering (piano) Grieg Lyric Suite Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 Elgar Enigma Variations Engagements with leading orchestras such as the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich and the Kammer Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks have established Ariane Hearing as a virtuoso soloist. Amongst her…
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BAICH IS BACK – CPO Summer Festival
23 Jan : BAICH IS BACK Conductor Jonathan Lo Soloist Lidia Baich (violin) Elgar Serenade in E minor, Op. 20 Mozart Violin Concerto No. 3 in G, K. 216 Shostakovich Symphony No. 9 in E-flat, Op. 70 Regarded one of the most fascinating and versatile violinists of her generation, Lidia Baich’s intense musical interpretations have…
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CPO Summer Festival
The Cape PHilharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Festival consists of 3 concerts. Each of these is separately listed under the Live Music-Classical tab on the topic filters on the lhs (5th category). For each concert you will find a detailed description, and the right link for the concert notes, tickets, etc. Or directly hereunder a summary plus…
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FRIENDS’ BENEFIT GALA – CPO Summer Festival
16 Jan : FRIENDS’ BENEFIT GALA JONATHAN LO CONDUCTOR GEORGE HARLIONO PIANO Wagner The Meistersinger Overture Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 in G, Op. 44 Beethoven Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 36 Jonathan Lo, Music Director & Chief Conductor of the Australian Ballet, is back to conduct two concerts with the CPO. The soloist,…
