Don’t miss Corobrik Orchestra concert
If you can read music and play and instrument, why not get involved in the Orchestra 2015 event.
ONE of Durban’s prime cultural attractions, the annual Corobrik Orchestra concert, takes place on Sunday 9 August at the Nkulisa Conference Centre, in the grounds of Penzance Primary School, Glenwood.
The British Cultural and Heritage Association (BCHA) has lined up an enticing programme of musical items to be performed by a massed ad hoc orchestra under the baton of maestro Richard Cock, always a major role-player on the national music scene. The annual event includes the participation of the Steel Drum Band and its affiliate group of Marimba Players.
The event will kick off 2.30pm, following a massed orchestra rehearsal which will be held between 11am and 2pm. As a curtain-raiser to the main concert, the Marimba Players will perform between 2.30pm and 2.50pm, followed by a 20-minute performance by the Steel Drum Foundation from 3pm which will include the traditional song, Masithi Amen.
The main concert runs from 3.30pm to 4.30pm, opening with the South African National Anthem. Items to be heard on the generously packed line-up of concert evergreens include the Theme from Star Wars by John Williams; the Richard Rodgers’s musical standard, Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific; Glow Idyll by Paul Lincke; King Cotton by Suza, Brahms’s Hungarian Rhapsody No 5; and the much-loved Blue Danube Waltz by Johann Strauss Jnr.
This will be followed by performances of three popular items such as Bare Necessities, Shosholoza, You’ll Never Walk Alone, a Sinatra medley titled Salute to Ole Blue Eyes, and the show-stopping Can-Can from Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld.
Participants must be able to read and play music. They are required to pay an entry fee of R60, and to register to play either as individuals of as part of a group. Each musician will be issued with a complimentary ticket for a family member or friend to attend the event. Participants are encouraged to be as conversant as possible with the prescribed music, so that the concert will be a fulfilling experience if all players perform at their best, thus achieving a successful team effort.
To register to play in Corobrik Orchestra 2015, call 031 202 6174 or email bcha1820@global.co.za. Secure parking is available. Seating is unreserved and tickets at R50 will be sold at the door.
The British Cultural and Heritage Association offers sponsored tickets to the John Palmer Residence for the Blind and the KZN Cerebral Palsy Association, as well as a number of children’s homes, who greatly appreciate being part of this fun-filled afternoon.
