Cape Philharmonic presents Celebrity Symphony Season

Thursday 6 June (8pm, City Hall)

Conducted by Bernhard Gueller and featuring South African pianist Francois du Toit as soloist, this performance includes:

• "Kikimora", Op. 63 by Liadov
  
• Piano Concerto No. 1 by Tchaikovsky
  
• Pictures at an Exhibition by Mussorgsky

Sunday 9 June (8pm, Artscape)

Conducted by Theodore Kuchar and featuring world-renowned violinist Sarah Chang as soloist, this performance includes:

• Overture to The Italian Girl in Algiers by Rossini
  
• Symphony No. 4 in A major (Italian) by Mendelssohn
  
• Finlandia by Sibelius
  
• Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 by Sibelius

Thursday 13 June (8pm, City Hall)

Conducted by Bernhard Gueller and featuring Colombian cellist Santiago Cañón Valencia (gold medallist at the 2012 International Music Competition), this performance includes:

• Overture "Le roi d'Ys" by Lalo
  
• Cello Concerto by Friedrich Gulda
  
• Symphony No. 9 in C major ("The Great") by Schubert

Thursday 20 June (8pm, City Hall)

Conducted by Yasuo Shinozaki and featuring Russian pianist Vassily Primakov as soloist, this performance includes:

• Four Sea Interludes, Op. 33a by Britten
  
• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 by Schumann
  
• Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 by Brahms

Thursday 27 June (8pm, City Hall)

Conducted by Yasuo Shinozaki and featuring Italian pianist Antonio Pompa-Baldi (winner of the prestigious Van Cliburn Piano Competition), this performance includes:

• Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky
  
• Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# Minor, Op. 1 by Rachmaninov
  
• Firebird Suite by Stravinsky
  
• Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 by Rachmaninov

Tickets for all concerts are available from Computicket (click on the dates above and you'll be automatically redirected). For more information on the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra (and for discounted tickets), visit www.cpo.org.za.