THE magic of the world of Broadway and West End musicals will be recreated in the main arena at the Royal Show when the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra presents Music of the Night: The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Friends at 10 am on Sunday, June 4. Continue reading
Classical music
Durban Chamber Choir to perform the works of Monteverdi and Fauré in Durban and Pietermaritzburg
The Durban Chamber Choir (DCC) will be performing on Sunday, May 28 at St Thomas’s Church, Musgrave, and on Sunday, June 11 at the Lutheran Church, Hayfields, honouring the birthday of Claudio Monteverdi, and the works of another great transitional composer, Gabriel Fauré. Continue reading
An evening of Cello Song in Kloof and ‘Maritzburg
CELLIST, Aristide du Plessis (above left), and pianist, Christopher Duigan, will perform Cello Song at St Agnes Church in Kloof at 7.30pm on Thursday, May 25 and at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg at 11.30 am on Sunday, May 28. Continue reading
Enjoy a weekend of glorious classical music in Franschhoek
DURING one weekend of music-making in May, those in and around the scenic and historic town of Franschhoek will have the chance to indulge in a series of concerts in the NG Church and the Café Bon Bon at La Petite Dauphine. Continue reading
PAMS choir to perform Gounod’s ‘St. Cecilia Mass’ in Pietermaritzburg
THE Pietermaritzburg Amateur Music Society (PAMS) will be presenting an evening of French Music in the concert, Musique Sacrée, at the Lutheran Church in Hayfields at 2.30pm on Sunday, May 21.
Musical director, Nigel Fish, has selected the Messe Solennelle of the 19th century Paris-born Charles Gounod as the main work on the programme. Continue reading
David Snaith to perform Telemann Viola Concerto at Baroque 2000 concert
Baroque 2000, who have just returned from giving four performances as the resident orchestra at the 2017 Harare International Festival of the Arts, will present a concert at the Mariannhill Monastery, near Pinetown, at 11.30 am on Sunday, May 7.
The programme will include David Snaith as the soloist in Telemann’s Viola Concerto in G, Telemann’s picturesque burlesque suite, Don Quixote, Biber’s Batallia, depicting various militaristic scenes, and Handel’s Concerto Grosso Op 6 No1.
Tickets are R150 at the door. The Monastery tea garden will be open, and parking is free and safe. For more information email sursouth@iafrica.com or phone Michel at 082 303 5241.
800 musos heading to the KZN Midlands for the Michaelhouse Music Festival
Music lovers will be heading to the hills for the third annual Michaelhouse Music Festival, taking place over the month-end April long weekend. The four-day festival kicks off on Freedom day on Thursday, 27 April and concludes on Sunday, 30 April. Continue reading
Handel’s magnificent ‘Messiah’ to be staged at the Playhouse in Durban
Handel’s Messiah, which will be staged in the magnificent Playhouse Opera Theatre on Easter Sunday, April 16 at 3pm, promises a feast of beautiful music and stunning costumes and visuals for lovers of this sacred work. Continue reading
Rising star, Brandon Phillips, to conduct Symphony in the City in ‘Maritzburg
BRANDON Phillips, resident conductor of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra, will make his debut with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra at the Symphony in the City concert in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall at 7.30pm on Friday, March 24. Continue reading
World class music with the KZN Philharmonic in ‘Symphony in the City’
BEAUTIFUL music takes, performed by world class musicians, will take centre stage when the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra performs in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall on Friday, March 24 at 7.30 pm. Continue reading