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MUSIC
 CPO
Autumn Symphony Season
Venue: City Hall, Darling St, Cape Town. Tel:
(021) 421 7695.
Time: -
Price: -
Performances: 8, 15, 22 & 29 May 2008
Genre: Classical
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The autumn symphony season of the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra begins
in May and includes a wide range of works performed by excellent local and
international artists.
The first of the four concerts on the 8th of May is presented in
collaboration with the Total Miagi Festival 2008 and features the Finnish
conductor and pianist Ralf Gothóni, who is also one of the soloists during
that concert. The other conductors during the season are the Turkish-born
Cem Mansur and South-African-born Conrad van Alphen.
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On 15 May the music is by American composers and the conductor is Cem
Mansur. Bryan Crumpler, one of America’s finest clarinettists, performs
Copland’s Concerto for Clarinet. The other works are Gershwin’s
Rhapsody in Blue and Bernstein’s second symphony
(for orchestra and piano) known as The Age of Anxiety (both with François
du Toit, one of South Africa’s leading concert pianists as soloist) as
well as Gershwin’s An American in Paris.
On 22 May another leading South African-born pianist, Anton Nel, plays
Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 1 in a programme conducted by Conrad van Alphen.
Also included is Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail Overture and
Mendelssohn’s Symphony No.4 (the "Italian").
During the last concert of the season (29 May) the German cellist
Alexander Suleiman plays Offenbach’s Grand Concerto Militaire for Cello
and Orchestra. The conductor is again Conrad van Alphen and the other
works are Rossini’s Tancredi Overture and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 (the
Pastoral).
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