Media Release - Organ Symphony

Media Release

Organ Symphony Concert

Conductor           :               Alexander Fokkens

Soloist                   :               Makudupanyane (tenor)

Date                      :               Saturday 29 October 2016

Venue                  :               Kovsiekerk

Time                      :               19:30

The next concert of the Free State Symphony Orchestra (FSSO) will take place at 19:30 on Saturday 29 October in the newly renovated Kovsie Kerk (Church) at the corner of Nelson Mandela Drive and DF Malherbe Ave. The tenor Makudupanyane, who recently won the 2016 National Amazwi Omzansi Singing Competition, will be the soloist in four tenor arias from operas by Mozart and Rossini: Un Aura amarosa from Cosi fan Tutte (Mozart), Cujus Animam from Rossini’s Stabat Mater, Ich baue ganz auf deine Stärke from Entführing aus dem Serail (Mozart) and Cessa di piu resistere from Barber of Seville (Rossini).

The concert will open with the exciting Festive Overture (Shostakovich), which will be followed by the tenor arias. After interval the FSSO conducted by Alexander Fokkens will perform Saint-Saëns’ dramatic Symphony No. 3, also known as the Organ Symphony because of his use of the organ in this symphony. Jan Beukes will be playing the organ.

This concert is made possible by a grants from the National Arts Council (NAC) and the National Lotteries Commission (NLC).

Admission:

R150 (adults)

Students, on presentation of valid card: R50.00

UFS Staff, on presentation of valid card: R100.00

Pensioners, on presentation of valid card: R100.00

Children (6 to 18 years): R50.00

Block bookings of 10 or more: R100.00

Tickets for the concert are available at Computicket outlets (Checkers, Shoprite shops) or book online at www.computicket.com

Makudupanyane Senaoana