Experience a Grammy-Winning Singer with the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s Summer Symphonies

Continuing the Summer Symphonies series, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra is working with a Grammy winner to bring a programme focused on love and longing to life at City Hall.

With renowned conductor Kamal Khan at the helm, alongside Karim Sulayman and the orchestra’s full complement of talented instrumentalists, audiences are treated to a show featuring songs from a variety of beloved composers. Here’s everything classical music fans need to know.

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The headline attraction is undoubtedly Sulayman, a Lebanese-American tenor who won Best Classical Solo Vocal at the 2019 Grammy Awards and has performed on some of the biggest stages in classical music, such as Carnegie Hall and Yale Schwartzman Centre. Here, he performs How May I Call My Love?, the latest work from acclaimed British composer Iain Bell, in its world premiere.

The evening is conducted by Indian-American veteran Kamal Khan, an internationally acclaimed pianist who has worked with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Teatro Municipal in Brazil, and Oper der Stadt Bonn, among countless others. The Summer Symphonies concert comes alongside his work conducting a grungy adaptation of Romeo and Juliette with Cape Town Opera.

The rest of the programme features many romantic pieces exploring the triumphs and grievances of love. It starts with several arias by Monteverdi, Handel and Britten; Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on Greensleeves; and a curated selection of songs from Prokofiev’s Romeo & Juliet ballet.

How to get tickets

To experience one of Africa’s most beloved orchestras performing works by one of the world’s most famous composers, guests can book a ticket to Summer Symphonies this November and December.

Cost: R210 – R495 per person. Book now on Webtickets.