HELLO BROADWAY & HELLO WEST END
Date: 10 August 2023
Venu: Odeion Auditorium
Time: 19:00
Admission: FREE
An exciting inclusion on the concert calendar for 2023 is an enjoyable concert with all of your favourite songs from musicals by Bernstein, Gershwin, Bricusse, Kern, Arlen and Rogers.
Sandile Mabaso is an opera singer and teacher based in Durban, South Africa. He began his musical training at the Drakensberg Boys’ Choir School under the direction of Christian Ashley-Botha. He obtained his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Pretoria. As a student in Pretoria, he sang the roles of Tamino in The Magic Flute (Mozart), and Alfredo in Die Fledermaus (Strauss). In 2009, he began private studies and was also selected to participate in The International Baroque Symposium, held at the North West University during this time. In 2010, he sang in the student production of Acis in Acis and Galatea (Handel) under Kobie van Rensburg’s direction. In 2013, he was a finalist in the Mimi Coertse Singing Competition. His first professional engagement in opera was in 2006 for Opera Africa’s touring production of Princess Magogo (Khumalo). He sang the role of iNkosi Mathole. After this tour, he was appointed as a Cape Town Opera Vocal Ensemble member. With this ensemble, he toured Germany, France and Sweden in the productions of Showboat (Kern) and Porgy and Bess (Gershwin). In 2012 he sang the role of Puck in The Fairy Queen (Purcell) for Umculo Cape Festival. In 2014, he made his solo debut with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Jeremy Silver. In 2018, he sang his first role in a Pantomime for Durban’s Kickstart Theatre Company. He sang the role of The Genie of the Seven Seas for their annual Pantomime, Sinbad the Sailor. The German art-song genre has been his focus along with his operatic endeavours. He has presented a variety of lieder recitals at various venues and festivals across South Africa. In 2012, he was invited to perform Dichterliebe (Schumann) at UNISA's annual An die Musik recital. He presented other programmes at the Wakkerstroom Arts Festival, Woordfees Festival and the Hilton Arts Festival. In 2015, Baroque music became another focal area after he was invited to tour South Africa’s garden route with a programme of Baroque music with harpsichordist Andrew Cruickshank. In 2018, He made his debut with Durban’s Baroque 2000. In 2019, he curated and presented a programme of Songs and Arias from this era.
Lynelle Kenned, a graduate of the UCT Opera School under the tutelage of Prof Virginia Davids, is a Multidisciplinary Performing Artist, TV Presenter, Corporate MC, Actress and Media Personality. Her list of awards includes the Kunste Onbeperk YOUNG VOICE 2019, a 2018 Naledi Award, a Fiësta Award in 2017, a Fleur du Cap Award in 2016, and 2022, a Woordtrofee along with being a recipient of the Global Spotlight Honoree Award. Performances include Maria in West Side Story, Maria in The Sound of Music, Mattie Allen in Orpheus in Africa, Musetta in La Boheme, Julie in Showboat, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, and Grace in the world premiére of Calling Me Home. Classical performances as soprano soloist include The Messiah, Easter Oratorio, St Matthew Passion, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, Brahms' Requiem, Faure Requiem, Les nuits d'été, Handel's Gloria and the Gloria by Vivaldi. Since 2012, she has been a television presenter on Pasella, and subsequently hosted Jý Geld, 123 Fixit, and Uit die Spens on KykNET and VIA. Films include A Christmas Chorus, Wonderlus, Playboyz and Twee Grade van Moord. A few memorable career highlights are the FNB/RMB Starlight Classics, live Dancing with the Stars broadcasts and the KykNET Fiëstas, performing with Welsh crossover superstar Katherine Jenkins, and receiving masterclasses with Juilliard’s Brian Zeger. Lynelle can be seen in the Media24 drama thriller series Minder as Niks She is also the head adjudicator in the singing category for the Huisgenoot Eisteddfod 2022.
Virgil Matrass is a professional jazz pianist, composer and arranger who seeks to inspire young, aspiring musicians to reach their full potential. He has extensive knowledge and experience in jazz and contemporary music. As a singer, he has performed with the renowned vocal a cappella group, The Creed, who released their debut album in November 2019. In 2011 He worked as an entertainer at the MARRIOT ASSOCIA HOTEL, in NAGOYA, JAPAN. Virgil completed his BMus studies at Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha, Eastern Cape. He currently works as a music teacher, and accompanist to professional musicians and young up-and-coming music students at schools and tertiary institutions.
PROGRAMME
Harold Arlen (1905 – 1986)
Wizard of Oz
Over the Rainbow
Jerome Kern (1885 – 1945)
Showboat
Where’s the mate for me?
Make Believe
Can’t help loving dat man.
You are Love.
George Gershwin (1898 – 1937)
Porgy and Bess
Summertime
It ain’t necessarily so
Leonard Bernstein (1918 – 1990)
West Side Story
Maria
I feel Pretty.
One Hand, One Heart
Tonight
Somewhere
Richard Rogers (1902 – 1979)
The Sound of Music
DO RE MI
Sixteen going on seventeen
Edelweiss
So long Farewell
Climb ev’ry mountain
Leslie Bricusse (1931 – 2021)
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Pure Imagination
ENQUIRIES:
Ninette Pretorius
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