Warming up winter with the CPO

Thursday, 9 August (City Hall)

Conducted by Arjan Tien and featuring clarinettist Maria du Toit as soloist, this performance will include:

• La Valse, Poème Choréographique by Ravel
  
• Rhapsody For Clarinet And Orchestra by Debussy
  
• Concert Solo For Clarinet by Messager
  
• Symphonie Fantastique by Berlioz

Thursday, 16 August (City Hall)

Conducted by Arjan Tien and featuring pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi as soloist, this performance will include:

• Der Freischutz Overture by Weber
  
• Piano Concerto No. 3 In D Minor by Rachmaninov (my all-time favourite)
  
• Symphony No. 5 In D Major by Vaughan Williams

Thursday, 23 August (City Hall)

Conducted by Theodore Kuchar and featuring pianist Charl du Plessis as soloist, this performance will include:

• Appalchian Spring Suite by Copland
  
• Re-invention Suite No. 1 by Charl du Plessis
  
• Rhapsody In Blue by Gershwin
  
• My Homeland, From Bohemia's Meadows And Forests, The Moldau, and Sárka by Smetana

Sunday, 2 September (Artscape Theatre)

Conducted by Theodore Kuchar and featuring world-renowned violinist Joshua Bell as soloist, this performance will include:

• La Gazza Ladra by Rossini
  
• Violin Concerto In D Major by Brahms
  
• Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) In E flat Major by Beethoven

Tickets for the City Hall performances are available from Computicket. Alas, the Joshua Bell performance is already sold out.