With the sudden unexpected illness of Marin Alsop, conductor Joseph Young has stepped into the role and the The Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra’s South African tour, Powerful Harmony, continues as planned. The three city tour will see the Orchestra in Johannesburg at the Linder Auditorium on 10 August, in Cape Town at the City Hall on 12 August, and in Gqeberha at the Feather Market Centre on 14 August. The programme, which features soprano star Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha performing popular arias from grand operas in the first half, and Mahler’s iconic Symphony No. 5 in the second, remains unchanged.
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- Internationally acclaimed conductor Marin Alsop returns to South Africa to conduct Mzansi National Philharmonic Orchestra, featuring soloist soprano Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
- Dynamic US conductor, Joseph Young, to step in for Marin Alsop on SA tour

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