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The Cape Philharmonic Concert Calendar

Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Recital 3

Sunday 03 August

15:00, Centre for the Book

Gustavo Romero: Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Recital 3

Sonata in C Major, Opus 2, No. 3  (1794-1795)
Sonata in E Major, Opus 14, No. 1  (1798)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 27, No. 1  (1801)
Sonata in A Major, Opus 101  (1816)
Sonata in C-sharp minor, Opus 27, No. 2 ("Moonlight")  (1801)

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Winter Symphony Season

Thursday 07 August

City Hall 20:00
 
Conductor: Pieter Daniel
Soloist: Liesl Stoltz (flute)
 
Mozart  - Overture to “La finta giardiniera” K 196
Rodrigo - “Concerto Pastoral” for Flute and Orchestra
Beethoven  - Symphony No. 3 (“Eroica")

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Winter Symphony Season

Thursday 14 August

City Hall 20:00
 
Conductor: Theodore Kuchar
Soloist: Pieter Daniel (violin)
 
Mussorgsky - “Night on Bald Mountain” (Original version)
Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 2
Dvořák - Symphony No. 6  in D major, Op. 60
 

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Artscape/CPO Youth Music Festival

Saturday 16 August

Artscape Theatre, 19:30
Artscape/CPO Youth Music Festival

Conductor: Theodore Kuchar 

Artscape and the CPO host the 37th annual classical Youth Music Festival during which young singers and solo instrumentalists perform with the CPO conducted by Theodore Kuchar.

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Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Recital 4

Sunday 17 August

15:00, Centre for the Book

Gustavo Romero: Beethoven Sonata Cycle: Recital 4


Sonata in G minor, Opus 49, No. 1  (1797)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 7  (1796)
Sonata in F Major, Opus 10, No. 2  (1797)
Sonata in A-flat Major, Opus 26  (1801)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Opus 81a ("Les Adieux")  (1810)

 

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Winter Symphony Season

Thursday 21 August

 City Hall 20:00
 
Conductor:  Theodore Kuchar
Soloist: Klára Würtz (piano)
 
Dvořák - “Golden Spinning Wheel”, Op. 109
Ravel  - Piano Concerto in G major
Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13

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Winter Symphony Season

Saturday 23 August

Artscape Opera House, 20:00

Conductor: Benjamin Zander
Soloist: Gabriela Montero (piano)
 
Beethoven “Coriolan” Overture Op. 62
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op. 18
Mussorgsky “Pictures at an Exhibition” (arr. Ravel)

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Winter Symphony Season

Thursday 28 August

City Hall, 20:00

Conductor: Benjamin Zander
Soloists:   Gabriela Montero (piano)
                   Sabina Mossolow (soprano)
                   Violina Anguelov (mezzo)
                   Sipho Fubesi (tenor)
                   Theo Magongoma (bass)

Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major (“Emperor”)
Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor

 

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Winter Symphony Season

Sunday 31 August

City Hall 16:00

Conductor: Benjamin Zander
Soloists:   Sabina Mossolow (soprano)
                   Violina Anguelov (mezzo)
                   Sipho Fubesi (tenor)
                   Theo Magongoma (bass)

Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor

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My Fair Lady

Friday 05 September - Sunday 21 September

Artscape Opera House

The CPO performs during a production of the ever-popular musical  My Fair Lady by F Lowe at the Opera House, Artscape

Conductor: Alastair Cockburn

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Aida - opera

Thursday 02 October - Friday 10 October

Artscape Opera House


2, 4, 8, 10  October at 19h30

Cape Town Opera's production of Verdi’s Aida

Soloists include  Johan Botha (4 October only ), Angela Brown, Sidwill Hartman, Fikile Mvinjelwa and Sibongile Khumalo

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 1

Thursday 20 November

Symphony Concert - City Hall, 20:00
 
Conductor:  Arjan Tien
Soloists:  Gary Hoffman (cello)

                  Tinus Botha (piano) 

S. Grove - “Raka”
Lalo  - Cello concerto in D minor
Beethoven  - Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67  (with the Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra)

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 2

Friday 21 November

Festival Recital - Artscape Theatre, 20:00
 
Gary Hoffman (cello)
Elna van der Merwe (piano)
 
Prokofiev - Sonata for cello and piano
Cassado - Suite for cello solo

Brahms - Sonata for cello and piano, Op.99

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 3

Friday 21 November

Choral Concert - St. Georges Cathedral, 20:00
 
Conductor: Johan de Villiers
Libertas Choir

Rachmaninov - “All Night Vigil”

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 4

Saturday 22 November

Piano recital - Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, 20:00
 
Jill Richards (piano)
 
Works by Eric Marty,  Liszt:, Messiaen, Henry Cowell, Debussy, Casella, Kurtág, Chopin, Howard Skempton and Schumann
 

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 5

Sunday 23 November

Choral Concert - St. Georges Cathedral, 20:00
 
Conductor: Johan de Villiers
Libertas Choir

Rachmaninov - “All Night Vigil”

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 6

Sunday 23 November

Cape Philharmonic Youth Orchestra Concert - City Hall, 16:00
 
Conductors: Alexander Fokkens
                     Brandon Phillips
 
Tchaikovsky  - “The Nutcracker” Suite
Rest of programme TBA
 
 

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 7

Tuesday 25 November

Thomas Rajna 80th Birthday Concert

Artscape Theatre 20:00
 
Conductor: Arjan Tien
Soloists:    Thomas Rajna (piano)
                 Golda Schultz (soprano) 
 
Thomas Rajna  - Three songs from “Valley Songs”
Thomas Rajna  - Piano Concerto No. 2
Brahms -  Symphony No. 4 in E major, Op. 98

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 8

Thursday 27 November

Symphony Concert -  City Hall, 20:00
 
Conductor: Arjan Tien
Soloists:    Jan Hugo (piano)
                 Ben Schoeman (piano)
  
Liszt - “Les Préludes” S. 97
Chopin  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Tchaikovsky  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 23

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 9

Friday 28 November

Symphony Concert -  Huberte Rupert Memorial Concert
Endler Hall, 20:00
 
Conductor: Arjan Tien
Soloists:   Jan Hugo (piano)
                Ben Schoeman (piano)
  
Liszt - “Les Préludes” S. 97
Chopin  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Tchaikovsky  - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 23

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 10

Friday 28 November

Choral Concert - St. Georges Cathedral 20:00
 
 
Choir Of The Holy Trinity, St Sergius Lavra, Moscow  
A programme of Russian Orthodox choral singing, including motets and music by Russian Church composers spanning several centuries until the present day

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 11

Tuesday 02 December

Recital - City Hall, 20:00
 
Olga Kern (piano)
Cape Philharmonic soloists
 
Beethoven -  Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 16
Brahms  - Variations on Theme by Paganini, Op. 35 Book 1&2
Liszt  - Reminisances de “Don Juan” S. 418
Glinka -  Grand Sextet

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 12

Thursday 04 December

Choral Concert - City Hall 20:00
 
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
Soloists:    Pretty Yende (soprano)
                 Elizabeth Frandsen (mezzo)
                 Given Nkosi (tenor)
                 Musawenkosi Ngqungwana (baritone)
 
New Apostolic Church Choir
 
BeethovenMissa solemnis” in D major 81, Op. 123

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 13

Saturday 06 December

Choral Concert - Silvertown Auditoriumm, 18:00 

 
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
Soloists:    Pretty Yende (soprano)
                 Elizabeth Frandsen (mezzo)
                 Given Nkosi (tenor)
                 Musawenkosi Ngqungwana (baritone)
 
New Apostolic Church Choir
 
BeethovenMissa solemnis” in D major 81, Op. 123

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 14

Saturday 06 December

Organ Recital - Groote Kerk, 20:00

Roucher du Toit (organ) with the Cape Town Brass

Roucher du Toit - Fanfare No.7; Air and Variations in A minor; Three pieces in the style of J. S. Bach, W. A. Mozart, J. Brahms
Purcell - Music for Organ and Brass
Handel - Music for Organ and Brass
Roucher du Toit - Capriccio for Organ “Dance of the rain”

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 15

Sunday 07 December

Recital - Artscape Theatre,  20:00

Dmitry Sitkovetsky (violin)
Konstantin Lifshitz  (piano)

Mozart -  Sonata in G major, K 301
Mozart - Sonata in A major, K 525
Prokofiev  - Five Melodies, Op. 35
Prokofiev  - Sonata in F minor, Op. 80

 

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 16

Monday 08 December

Chamber Concert - City Hall 20:00

“New European Strings” Chamber Orchestra

Conductor: Dmitry Sitkovetsky
Soloists:     Konstantin Lifshitz (piano)
                    Sharon Bezaly (flute)
 
All J. S. Bach programme:

Suite for Orchestra No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Piano Concerto in D minor
Goldberg Variations (arrangement: Dmitry Sitkovetsky)   

 

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 17

Thursday 11 December

Symphony concert: City Hall 20:00

Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
Soloists:    Sharon Bezaly (flute)
                 Christopher Cowie (oboe)

Rossini  - “William Tell” Overture
Schnittke  - Concerto Grosso for Flute and Oboe
Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 (Pathétique) in B minor, Op. 74

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3rd Cape Town International Summer Music Festival Concert 18

Thursday 18 December

Symphony Concert: City Hall 20:00  

Conductor: Krzysztof Penderecki
Soloists:   Alexander Ivashkin (cello)
                Florian Uhlig (piano)

Penderecki in Cape Town during his 75th Birthday year

Beethoven -  Prometheus Overture
Penderecki - “Largo for Cello”
Penderecki - Piano Concerto “Resurrection”

 

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