On stage: Three alluring concerts for Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Symphony Festival 2022

What: Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Symphony Festival 2022
Dates: January 20, January 27 and February 3 – 2022
Where: Cape Town City Hall
Tickets: R180-R220
Booking: https://qkt.io/czhqIc
Entry requirements: Entry – with proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test result – not older than 48 hours.
Programme: Scroll down for box    

Fabulous news is that the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing live to audiences-in-attendance at the City Hall, with its Summer Symphony Festival 2022. Concert one is on January 20. Concert 2 is on January 27 and concert 3 is on February 3. All three concerts start at 6pm and will be conducted by principal guest conductor Bernhard Gueller.

Concert 1, January 20, features David Juritz (violin) in the Violin Concert No. 5 in A “Turkish” by Mozart and Zorada Temmingh (organ) in the Organ Symphony by Saint-Saȅns. The concert will start with a performance of Nimrod from Elgar’s Enigma Variations – “to honour those who have lost their lives during the pandemic”.  The second concert, on January 27, features marimba specialist Magdalena de Vries in Allan Stephenson’s Toccata Exotica (1984) for marimba and orchestra.  Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony with expanded strings section, will complete the programme.  The third concert on February 18, features Suzanne Martens (violin), Petrus Coetzee (viola) in the Sinfonia concertante in E flat by Mozart, with Nielson’s Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments” as the main work. 

Tickets are available on the Quicket website. Click here: https://qkt.io/czhqIc Covid protocols w in place at the time including masks and social distancing. Entry – with proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test result – not older than 48 hours. Tickets are R220 and R180 and only available online. Unfortunately no door sales will be available and the dress rehearsals are not open to the public.

Marimba: Magdalena de Vries will play Allan Stephenson’s Toccata Exotica (1984) for marimba and orchestra. Supplied.
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra Summer Symphony Festival –January 20, January 27 and February 3, 2022

Concert 1:

Thursday January 20, 2022 at 6pm

Conductor: Bernhard Gueller
Soloists: David Juritz (violin) Zorada Temmingh (organ)  

Programme:

Elgar  Nimrod from Enigma Variations
Mozart Violin Concert No. 5 in A, K 219       
St Saens Symphony No 3, “Organ”, Op. 78    

Concert 2:

Thursday January 27, 2021 at 6pm

Conductor Bernhard Gueller
Soloist Magdalena de Vries (marimba)

Programme:

Allan Stephenson Toccata Exotica (1984) for marimba and orchestra 
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27  

Concert 3:

Thursday February 3, 2021 at 6pm ❌ Postponed to April ❌

Conductor Bernhard Gueller
Soloists Suzanne Martens (violin), Petrus Coetzee (viola)

Programme:

Mozart Sinfonia concertante in E flat, K 364
Nielson Symphony No. 2, Op. 16 “The Four Temperaments”     

❇ Sponsored content. Featured image: David Juritz (violin), is performing January 20, 2022, at City Hall with The Cape Town Philharmonic. Pic: Pierre-Alexandre Pheulpin.