Some of the top performers from the SACM who successfully auditioned to perform at this festival will play alongside the University of Cape Town Symphony Orchestra (UCTSO) under the baton of Brandon Phillips. The Festival held every year serves as a launching pad for accomplished classical music instrumentalists and singers in performing with a symphony orchestra.


This year's featured soloists are Lihle Mabhula (flute), Sigqibo Tokwe (bassoon), Dirk Nagtegaal (piano), Keon Müller (clarinet), Giorgia Ehlers (piano), Lilitha Nkuku (mezzo-soprano), Helen Liu (violin), Trygve Nissen (cello), Emma Henshall (violin), Daniel Hughes (tenor), Rachel Nell (soprano), Buhle Swelindawo (soprano) and Kumkani Kabane (euphonium). The programme includes works by Damase, Hummel, Ravel, Crusell, Saint-Saëns, Handel, Sarasate, Dvorák, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Mozart and Gluck.

PROGRAMME

(Not necessarlity in this order. Only 1 movement from each concerto.)

Damase Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra

Lihle Mabhula, flute

 

Hummel Grand Bassoon Concerto in F major

Sigqibo Tokwe, bassoon

 

Ravel Piano Concerto in G major

Dirk Nagtegaal, piano

 

Crusell Concerto No. 2 in F minor Op. 5

Keon Müller, clarinet

 

Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 2 Op. 22 in G minor

Giorgia Ehlers, piano

 

Handel E gelosia from Alcina

Lilitha Nkuku, mezzo soprano

 

Sarasate Caprice Basque, Op. 24

Helen Liu, violin

 

Dvořák Cello Concerto in B minor

Trygve Nissen, cello

 

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64

Emma Henshall, violin

 

Puccini Nessun Dorma from Turandot

Daniel Hughes, tenor

 

Mozart Bester Jüngling from Der Schauspieldirektor, K.486

Rachel Nell, soprano

 

Gluck Qual vita è questa mai- Che fiero momento

Buhle Swelindawo, soprano

 

Mozart Bassoon Concerto

Kumkani Kabane, euphonium