CPYWE CURTAINRAISER

Conductor: Charlene Verster
Steven Reinecke River of Life

Conductor Nicholas Chalmers
Soloist Petrus Coetzee (viola)
AfriArts Chorus
VOX Cape Town

Programme:
– Beethoven Egmont Overture, Op. 84
– Bartok Viola Concerto
– Mendelssohn Symphony No 2, Op. 52, “Lobgesang”

Nicholas Chalmers, whose love for choral works is well known, is delighted to join the AfriArts Chorus and VOX Cape Town and soloists in Mendelssohn’s “Song of Praise” after the CPO’s principal viola presents Bartok’s exciting Viola Concerto. The CPYWE is generously supported by the City of Cape Town