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Without the support of those who share our love for music and commitment to being

an essential resource for the people of our country, the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

would be hard-pressed to achieve its mission. We extend our grateful thanks to the

many entities, corporates and individuals who offer us financial support and gifts-

in-kind, including the following:

IN SUPPORT OF THEARTS

NATIONAL ARTS COUNCILO F S O U T H A F R I C A

Making music together

Dear Music Lovers,

It gives me great joy to serve an organisation

that directly and positively affects the

wellbeing of so many, bringing hope, even

during such difficult times.

In the face of drastic budget cuts the KZN

Philharmonic Orchestra has managed to

keep all our musicians employed on a full-

time basis, meaning that the livelihood of our

staff has remained, for the most part, intact.

Throughout this pandemic, many artists

and musicians will attest to the challenges

of a drastic loss of income, making it a true

privilege to support our employees.

The loss of in-person contact has been

difficult, both in terms of the practicalities

of making music together, as well as the

loss of direct contact with our audience

members. Of course, as with all hardships,

the resourcefulness that we have been forced

to access has led to a number of positive

changes, too. We have been able to set

up solid systems for online performances,

fast-tracking our entrance to the world of

digitising our concerts. And as lockdown

restrictions eased during a period of short

respite from the virus towards the end of the

year we were delighted to be reunited again.

MESSAGE FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

We look to the future with confidence that

we will emerge from this time stronger than

we were before. We have our sleeves rolled

up, and are working hard to strengthen our

administration, refine our processes even

further, and continue to use the power of

music to inspire hope and instil optimism in

the people of KwaZulu-Natal as we rebuild

our country together.

Thank you for partnering with us.

Sincerely,

Bongani Tembe

Chief Executive

and Artistic Director

KwaZulu-Natal

Philharmonic

Orchestra

Bongani

GRATITUDE TO OUR TEAM

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:

Saki Macozoma (Chairman) • Bongani Tembe (Chief Executive & Artistic Director)

John Barton • JB Magwaza • Nandi Mandela • Sipho Nkosi • Nonkululeko Nyembezi

Dr Dirk Pretorius • Dr Devi Rajab • Kirsten Sayers • Malcolm Segal

Judge President Vuka Tshabalala

Office Manager & Executive Assistant: Hlengiwe Buthelezi

Marketing & Sales Manager: Reena Makan

Artistic Administrator & Librarian: Sizekile Shuba

Accountant: Hayley Munro

MANAGEMENT:

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CONCERT 1:

Watch online from 19h30 on Thursday evening

4th March until 19h30 on Sunday 7th March 2021

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Liesl StoltzLykele Temmingh

Celebrating our long-awaited reunion with our audience, the KZN Philharmonic’s opening

programme of our virtual Spring Season is aptly devoted to two works penned by two of the

world’s best loved composers, Mozart and Beethoven. A relatively early work in his oeuvre,

Mozart’s G Major Flute Concerto is a showpiece of unfettered joy and beauty. Richly imbued

with delectable melody and elegance, it offers virtuoso performance opportunities for the

solo player which are integrated into the orchestral fabric of the accompanying strings, oboes,

and horns. Cast in the traditional three movements of the period, its unassuming grace is

undershot with imaginative workmanship and expressive power, testifying to a creative genius

of Mozart’s sublime stature.

The evening’s programme concludes with a performance of Beethoven’s universally adored

“Pastorale” Symphony. Offered here as a 250th anniversary salute to its creator’s birth in 1770,

the work was first performed in the Theater an der Wien on 22 December 1808 during a

marathon concert which lasted all of four hours. To this day the symphony enjoys something

of a unique reputation. It stands as a symphonic forerunner of the genre of ‘programme

music’ which became popular in the Romantic era of Mendelssohn, Schubert and their

contemporaries. Indeed, Beethoven’s “Pastorale” is one of his few works containing explicitly

programmatic content, each of its five movements conjuring a specific mood or scene which

evokes joyous or dramatic aspects of life in the Viennese countryside.

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Conductor: Lykele Temmingh

Soloist: LieslStoltz,flute

Mozart Flute Concerto in G Major, K 313

Beethoven Symphony No. 6 in F Major, “Pastorale”

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CONCERT 2:

Watch online from 19h30 on Thursday evening

11th March until 19h30 on Sunday 14th March 2021

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Aristide du PlessisSchalk van der Merwe

Schalk van der Merwe shows his paces in a mixed programme of 19th century classics.

Launching proceedings with the Hebrides Overture - Mendelssohn’s tempestuous evocation

of the northern Scottish coastline – the conductor is joined by cellist Aristide du Plessis,

performing two works central to his soloist repertoire. Fauré’s Élégie is a short work of powerful

romantic intensity, movingly building to a grief-stricken outburst. This is followed by an erratic

cadenza, before returning to its opening theme with a brief reminiscence of its haunting

middle section. Bruch’s Kol Nidrei, like Prokofiev’s Overture on Hebrew Themes, is a piece

of ersatz Judaica, that has achieved such prominence among the composer’s works that he is

sometimes mistakenly called a “Jewish composer.” He was in fact a German Lutheran, known

for using “exotic” ethnic melodic material. The Kol Nidrei melody, a haunting Aramaic prayer,

was handed to Bruch by a member of a choir he directed. He composed the work for cello

and orchestra in 1881. Mystery surrounds the interrupted genesis of Schubert’s “Unfinished”

Symphony. Many scholars believe he was intimidated by the towering symphonic reputation

of Beethoven, which gave rise to a string of Schubertian musical fragments, notable among

them the magnificent torso he abandoned, known to posterity as “the Unfinished Symphony”.

Schubert completed and orchestrated only two movements, although he lived on for six more

years. This enigma was perhaps best explained years later by Alfred Einstein, who declared,

“Schubert could never have finished the work, for nothing could approach the originality,

power, and skill of the first two movements.”

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Conductor: Schalk van der Merwe

Soloist: Aristide du Plessis, cello

Mendelssohn The Hebrides, “Fingal’s Cave”

Fauré Élégie

Bruch Kol Nidrei

Schubert Symphony No. 8 in b minor, “Unfinished”

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CONCERT 3:

Watch online from

19h30 on Thursday

18th March until 19h30

on Sunday 21st March 2021

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Kimmy Skota Jeremy Silver

Conductor: Jeremy Silver Soloist: Kimmy Skota, sopranoMozart Così fan tutte: OvertureMozart Così fan tutte: “Una donna a quindici anni” Verdi La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1Verdi La Traviata: “È strano! … Sempre libera” Brahms Symphony No. 1

British conductor Jeremy Silver shows his stage credentials in a programme laced with extracts

from two of the world’s most beloved operas. Mozart’s Così fan tutte – which loosely translates

as Women Are Like That – is the bittersweet, third component in the incomparable trilogy

of comedies which also included Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni, each penned in

collaboration with the librettist Lorenzo da Ponte. Despite the ravishing beauty of its score,

Così was dismissed for more than a century after its creation in the late 18th century, as a

work of irretrievable frivolity and enigmatic dramatic content. The plot revolves around a

wager in which two couples swop partners in a charade of mistaken identity. Since the early

20th century Mozart revival, however, its reputation has ascended to the Olympian heights of

the world’s greatest tragi-comedies. Enticing glimpses of Mozart’s dazzling score are offered

here by its mercurial Overture, and by one of its most deliciously pert arias, sung by Kimmy

Skota as the maid, Despina. In stark contrast, we are then plunged into the tragic emotional

turmoil of Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata, the opera’s heart-rending Prelude, followed by the

glittering impact and febrile allure of the heroine, Violetta’s famous Act I ‘grande scena’. With

its rugged textures, Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 has sometimes been dubbed “Beethoven’s Tenth

Symphony”, owing to its perceived likeness with the latter composer’s Ninth Symphony.

Brahms took fourteen years to complete the symphony, which leaves one feeling elated at its

conclusion, the experience balanced with the ideals of Brahms’ inherently profound writing.

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CONCERT 4:Watch online from 19h30 on Thursday 25th March until 19h30 on Sunday 28th March 2021

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François du ToitBrandon Phillips

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Conductor: Brandon Phillips

Soloist: François du Toit, piano

Grieg Piano Concerto in a minor

Dvorák Symphony No. 8

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We welcome the return of two fine guest artists from Cape Town, as conductor Brandon

Phillips and pianist François du Toit close our virtual Spring Season with performances of

repertoire from Northern and Eastern Europe. Written in 1868, Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto

in a minor was the only concerto the Norwegian composer completed. Along with his Peer

Gynt Suite, it remains his most popular work, and holds its head high among the best-known

keyboard war-horses of the 19th Century’s concert repertoire. Indeed, the a minor Concerto’s

iconic status has been said to serve as a template for imitations such as Richard Addinsell’s

so-called “Warsaw Concerto” written for the 1941 British film Dangerous Moonlight - no

disrespect intended to Grieg’s ever-green masterpiece, which invariably dazzles audiences

with its sure-fire combination of Nordic lyricism and bravura fireworks, as leading South

African pianist François du Toit is sure to demonstrate.

Brandon Phillips closes his programme with a welcome account of Dvorák’s Symphony No.

8 which premièred under the composer’s baton in Prague in February 1890. Unlike its darker-

hued companions among the composer’s symphonic output, this is a cheerful, predominantly

lyrical symphony which draws its inspiration from the Bohemian folk music so beloved of its

creator. Simplicity of orchestration is a hallmark of this folk style. Dvorák’s Eighth is not a test

of virtuosity, nor of ambition. It simply is what it is - a symphony that aims to please rather than

to challenge. Seen on its own terms, it succeeds with impeccable integrity.

SPONSORED BY:

“The work of the KZN Philharmonic is made possible by a community of supporters,

including government and donors, who make sure that our operating and production

costs are met, enabling us to carry out our work with excellence and consistency.“

- Mr Saki Macozoma

Mr Saki Macozoma and his wife, Ms Yoliswa Macozoma, proud Gold Sponsors of the

KZN Philharmonic Orchestra, at an orchestra concert

PATRONS & DONORSOur sincere gratitude to the following

patrons and donors for their generous

support in 2021:

A special word of thanks to all

those valued supporters who donated amounts

under R500, as well as our dedicated volunteers.

This list is updated regularly.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS

The KZN Philharmonic Orchestra has partnered with various provincial, national and international

organisations with the objective of harnessing the orchestral skills of highly talented young South

African musicians and helping to create a career path for them.

BOCHABELA STRING ORCHESTRA

Unisa Music Foundation

HEADLINE SPONSOR (R10m-R25m)

KZN Provincial Government

PRINCIPAL PARTNER (R2m-R9 999 999)

eThekwini Municipality

National Department of Arts & Culture

National Arts Council of South Africa

DIAMOND PARTNER (R1m-R1 999 999)

The Oppenheimer Memorial Trust

PLATINUM PARTNER (R500k-R999 999)

The Rupert Music Foundation

Capital Hospital Group

PREMIER GOLD (R250k-R499 999)

GOLD SPONSOR (R100k-R249 999)

Mr and Mrs Saki Macozoma

Biotronik

CLASSIC SILVER (R50k-R99 999)

SILVER SPONSOR (R25k-R49 999)

The KZN Performing Arts Trust

BRONZE SPONSOR (R10k-R24 999)

Mr Bongani Tembe

Dr D J Pretorius

Dr R L Lutchman

BENEFACTOR (R5 000-R 9 999)

ASSOCIATE (R1 000-R4 999)

Eden Crescent

Mrs P M Grindrod

Mrs B Ward

AFFILIATE (R500-R999)

Betsy Kee

Mrs J A Regnard

MEDIA PARTNERS

IN-KIND SPONSORS

The Playhouse Company

The Friends of Music Association

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as The Playhouse Company. Beyond its impact

in the arts, the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra

makes a significant contribution to the various

communities in and around KwaZulu-Natal

by performing at schools, homes for the

elderly and supporting local choirs. The KZN

Philharmonic is a platform for growing and

developing upcoming talent. By nurturing and

providing highly talented young musicians

with experience, we are hoping to enhance the

pool of professional South African musicians.

Please help us to ensure the Orchestra’s artistic

growth and financial stability. Your donations

will help us keep the high standard of arts in

the City of Durban and KwaZulu-Natal and to

leave a musical legacy for future generations of

musicians as well as audiences.

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orchestra that aspires to be internationally

recognised for its artist excellence, innovation,

education initiatives and community

engagement programmes. This is based on the

affirmation of the value and transformative

power of music to inspire and build connections

among KwaZulu-Natal’s diverse population,

thereby contributing to nation-building.

The KZN Philharmonic is considered one of

Africa’s premier orchestras and has been serving

Durban and KwaZulu-Natal for almost two

decades. Despite the income generated from

ticket sales, the Orchestra is heavily dependent

on external funding and donations. With its

reputation for innovation and excellence, it is

still primarily funded by the City of Durban,

Province of KwaZulu-Natal and a few corporate

and private donors. As KwaZulu-Natal’s only

full time professional philharmonic orchestra,

we host some of the best international and local

soloists and conductors as well as support the

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