The festival opens on 22 January, with the Canadian pianist Stewart Goodyear in the Piano Concerto no 3 by Rachmaninov. Other works on the programme are Francesca da Rimini by Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. On 29 January, pianist Derek Han will perform the Piano Concerto no 3 by Beethoven, while the CPO will play the overture to Wagner's opera Tannhaüser, and the Symphony no 2 by Brahms.
On 5 February, the Chinese-Canadian violinist Yi-Jia Susanne Hou will perform the delightful Butterfly Lover's Concerto by Chen/He, with the CPO playing the overture to Idomeneo by Mozart and Mahler Symphony no 5 in C-sharp minor.
The final concert on 12 February will feature clarinettist Maria du Toit in the Françaix Clarinet Concerto. The all-French programme will also include Milhaud le boeuf le toit, Debussy Prelude á L'après d'un faune and Ravel Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose). (Maria du Toit will also perform the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in the Kirstenbosch Festival Concert.)
James Galway (flute) appears with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra on 11 February. This is not part of the CPO subscription season and tickets are from Computicket.
Concerts on 22 January and 5 February will be preceded by a Rise cocktail curtain raiser at 7pm linked to the night's programmes. Tickets are available from Computicket on 0861 915 8000 or Artscape Dial-A-Seat on +27 (0)21 425 7695. New subscriptions attract at 20% discount and an extra 10% for members of Friends of Orchestral Music. Subscribers stand the chance to win a pair of tickets to the Yablonsky Trio performing the Beethoven Triple Concerto in in April.
