Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra - SOWETO

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Saturday, 17 June, 18h00 | Regina Mundi RC Church

Celebrated Conductor, Benjamin Zander, brings his award-winning

Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra on tour to South Africa

Performing the rarely heard massive work of Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” with Gauteng Choristers, Sidwell Mhlongo, Andiswa Makana, and Bongiwe Nakani Mcetywa & AFRIKARIZ Choir will open this concert 

PROGRAM with Orchestra, Chorus, and Soloists

AfrikaRiz Choir will open this concert 

The Symphony No. 2 in C minor (Resurrection Symphony)       Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)

Gauteng Choristers, directed by Sidwell Mhlongo

Andiswa Makana, Soprano

Bongiwe Nakani Mcetywa, Mezzo Soprano

In glowing review after glowing review, critics praise the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra for upending expectations, citing a musical maturity that belies the performers’ tender ages. Undeniably true, yet a strong argument could be made that the BPYO excels not in spite of but because of their youth. They bring a vitality, enthusiasm and delight in discovery that only those experiencing something for the first time can produce. Think the powerful impact of first love.

“Their sound is more consistently fresh and energetic than what you usually hear from a long-standing professional ensemble… They’re as responsive, confident, technically skilled, and emotionally expressive an orchestra as they come,” Arts Fuse music critic Jonathan Blumhofer wrote. The Chicago Tribune hailed the group’s inaugural recording of Mahler’s Symphony No. 6 on Brattle Media as one of 2017’s top 10 classical releases. New York Arts’ Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Lloyd Schwartz called it “one of the most thrilling Mahler performances I’ve ever heard."

Learn more here: www.classicalmovements.com/bpyo-south-africa-tour/

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