Cape Town International Summer Music Festival programme released

The programme

* Saturday, 21 January: Oude Libertas Amphitheatre, 8.15pm; and
* Thursday, 26 January: City Hall, 8pm.

Festival Symphony Concert
Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki
Soloist: Ben Schoeman (piano)

Hans Huyssen: Proteus Variations
Liszt: Piano Concerto No2 in A major, S125 and Piano Concerto No1 in E flat major, S124
Respighi: Pines of Rome

* Wednesday, 25 January: Artscape Theatre, 8pm.

Ben Schoeman Festival Recital

Conductor: Ben Schoeman (piano)

J S Bach: Partita No 4 in D major, BWV 828
Debussy: Pour le Piano (1901)
Schumann: Kreisleriana, Op.16

* Thursday, 2 February: City Hall, 8pm.

Festival Symphony Concert

Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki
Soloists:
* Malcolm Nay (piano)
* Arlene Jaftha (soprano)
* Elizabeth Frandsen (mezzo)
* Lukhanyo Moyake (tenor)
* Thato Machona (bass baritone)
* Thembhalethu Adults Choir, Simon Estes Alumni Choir, Khayelitsha Choral Singers, Heavenly Voices

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph: Pendulum for Piano and Orchestra
Beethoven: Symphony No9 in D minor, Op.125 (Choral)

* Saturday, 4 February: Artscape Theatre, 8pm.

Festival Chamber Recital

Soloists:
* Francois du Toit piano)
* Farida Bacharova (violin)
* Patrick Goodwin (violin)
* Paula Fourie (viola)
* Kristiyan Chernev (cello)

Mozart: Piano Concerto in F major K413 (arranged by Mozart for piano quintet)
Schumann: Piano Quintet in Eb major, Op.44
Dvorak: Piano Quintet in A major, Op.81

* Thursday, 9 February: City Hall, 8pm.

Festival Symphony Concert

Conductor: Yasuo Shinozaki
Soloist: Mirijam Contzen (violin)

Mozart: The Impresario Overture K486
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Tchaikovsky: Manfred, Op.58

* Saturday, 11 February: Artcape Theatre, 8pm.

CPYO & CPWE Festival Concert

* Thursday, 16 February:Artscape Theatre, 8pm.
* Saturday, 18 February: Artscape Theatre, 8pm.
* Sunday, 19 February: Artscape Theatre, 2pm.

Festival Opera Concert (A production by the Richard Wagner Society of South Africa)

Conductor: Kamal Khan
Soloists:
* Hlengiwe Mkhwanazi (soprano)
* Lynelle Kenned (soprano)
* Karen van der Walt (mezzo)
* Makudupanyane Senaoana (tenor)
* Mansisinde Mbuyazwe (baritone)
* Thando Mpushe (baritone)
* Phelo Nodlayiya (bass)
* Thesele Kemane (bass)
* Siyabulela Ntlale (bass)

* Saturday, 25 February: Artscape Opera House, 8.30pm.

Festival Opera Gala Concert

Conductor: Richard Cock
Soloists:
* Goitsemang Lehobye (soprano)
* Olesya Petrova (mezzo)
* Neil Shicoff (tenor)
* Colin Schachat (baritone)

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