The next concert in the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra’s 2000 World Symphony Season Series on March 23 at 19h30 in the City Hall will be Masekhane, a Celebration of Human Rights. It takes its title from the name of a work for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra by Surendran Reddy. Raphael Vilakazi and the KZN Chorale team up for this debut performance; in a programme that also features Max Reger’s Variations on a Theme by Mozart. Gerhard Geist conducts. Book at Computicket.

The concert will be preceded by a lecture at the Royal Hotel in Smith Street. Presented in association with the Friends of Music, it will take place from 18h15 to 18h45 and entrance is R15 per person. Refreshments are available at R15 each. Parking is available at the Royal Hotel for R5 for the entire evening.