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The article name should be changed from Cape Philharmonic Orchestra to Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, per current primary references e.g. July 2015 newsletter, Annual Report, its pledge form, although there are a some uses of "Cape Philharmonic Orchestra" in the wild. Dl2000 ( talk) 23:18, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 ( talk) 13:32, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
Cape Philharmonic Orchestra →
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra – Should move to the orchestra's full name per its reliable primary documents (see article talk), unless there is some outstanding naming issue. It seems to be uncontroversial, but admin assistance will be needed due to earlier redirects. --Relisted.
George Ho (
talk) 17:38, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
Dl2000 (
talk) 23:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
I have just discovered that my research about the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra has been replaced by someone who knows next to nothing about the orchestra. /info/en/?search=Cape_Town_Philharmonic_Orchestra
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User:Sjalkema has made a major edit to the article which amounts to a total rewrite. I will revert this change for the following reasons:
In view of these problems I will revert this edit. However, there appears to be valuable content that can probably be incorporated, so I will move the new text to this talk page so that other editors can incorporate some of it into the article. This follows the recommendation that editors with a conflict of interest should propose changes on the talk pages and not edit articles directly. Verbcatcher ( talk) 21:16, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
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1 | History |
2 | Educational programs |
3 | Centenary celebrations |
4 | Recordings |
5 | Principal Guest Conductor |
6 | Resident Conductor |
===== History ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Founded by the Cape Town City Council, [1] the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra held its inaugural concert on 28 February 1914 in the Cape Town City Hall. This orchestra and its predecessors [2] soon established a reputation nationally and internationally through concerts and tours throughout the country, [3] the UK, [4] Taiwan, the Canary Islands and the United States. [5]
Apart from weekly Thursday evening symphony concerts, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, [6] as it is known today, regularly accompanies Cape Town Opera, [7] the Cape Town City Ballet, [8] musicals, pop, community, family and crossover concerts, presenting 120 concerts per annum or more.
Traditional venues such as the Cape Town City Hall, Artscape Opera, [9] community and schools halls, and such outdoor venues as Kirstenbosch, [10] Oude Libertas Amphitheatre [11] and Nederburg Wines, [12] all point to the orchestra’s community involvement.
===== Youth development programs ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s outreach and educational programs include the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra [13] (mentored by members of the professional orchestra); Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble; [14] and the grassroots training project, Masidlale [15] (meaning ‘let us play’ in Xhosa), where disadvantaged township children are taught theory and performance skills.
===== Centenary celebrations ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
To mark its centenary celebrations in 2014, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra published A Century of Symphony: the story of Cape Town’s Orchestra [16] to record the history and heritage of symphonic music in Cape Town and beyond. International and local musicians/conductors who performed/conducted the orchestra as referred to in the book are, among others, Jascha Heifetz, [17] Noël Coward, [18] Sir Thomas Beecham, [19] Igor Stravinsky, [20] Vladimir Ashkenazy, [21] and Pretty Yende.
===== Recordings ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Significant recordings released by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra include Mahler and Wagner songs with mezzo soprano, Hanneli Rupert [22] (Bernhard Gueller, [23] conductor); the Schnittke oratorio, Nagasaki, and symphonies no. 0 and 9, a double CD of orchestral masterpieces (Owain Arwel Hughes, [24] conductor); the Barber and Korngold violin concerti with Alexander Gilman [25] as soloist (Perry So, [26] conductor) which won a Diapason d’Or, and the four Spohr Clarinet concerti with clarinetist Maria du Toit [27] (Arjan Tien, [28] conductor). [29] Marking his 50th birthday, the South African pianist, Francois du Toit, [30] performed all Beethoven piano concerti ( Victor Yampolsky, conductor) in 2016. [31]
===== Principal Guest Conductor ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Previously music director of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, principal conductor of the Victoria Symphony [32] in BC. Canada, and presently director of Symphony Nova Scotia in Canada since 2003, German-born conductor, Bernard Gueller, [33] was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016, [34] following Owain Arwel Hughes and Martin Panteleev]. [35]
===== Resident Conductor ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Winner of the first Len van Zyl Conductors’ Competition, [36] Brandon Phillips [37] is conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and resident conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. [38]
References
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The article name should be changed from Cape Philharmonic Orchestra to Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, per current primary references e.g. July 2015 newsletter, Annual Report, its pledge form, although there are a some uses of "Cape Philharmonic Orchestra" in the wild. Dl2000 ( talk) 23:18, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
The result of the move request was: moved. Jenks24 ( talk) 13:32, 18 July 2015 (UTC)
Cape Philharmonic Orchestra →
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra – Should move to the orchestra's full name per its reliable primary documents (see article talk), unless there is some outstanding naming issue. It seems to be uncontroversial, but admin assistance will be needed due to earlier redirects. --Relisted.
George Ho (
talk) 17:38, 10 July 2015 (UTC)
Dl2000 (
talk) 23:26, 3 July 2015 (UTC)
I have just discovered that my research about the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra has been replaced by someone who knows next to nothing about the orchestra. /info/en/?search=Cape_Town_Philharmonic_Orchestra
![]() | This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined. |
The Cape Philharmonic Orchestra wiki website is: /info/en/?search=Cape_Town_Philharmonic_Orchestra
User:Sjalkema has made a major edit to the article which amounts to a total rewrite. I will revert this change for the following reasons:
In view of these problems I will revert this edit. However, there appears to be valuable content that can probably be incorporated, so I will move the new text to this talk page so that other editors can incorporate some of it into the article. This follows the recommendation that editors with a conflict of interest should propose changes on the talk pages and not edit articles directly. Verbcatcher ( talk) 21:16, 7 March 2017 (UTC)
Reverted text:
Header text | Header text |
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1 | History |
2 | Educational programs |
3 | Centenary celebrations |
4 | Recordings |
5 | Principal Guest Conductor |
6 | Resident Conductor |
===== History ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Founded by the Cape Town City Council, [1] the Cape Town Municipal Orchestra held its inaugural concert on 28 February 1914 in the Cape Town City Hall. This orchestra and its predecessors [2] soon established a reputation nationally and internationally through concerts and tours throughout the country, [3] the UK, [4] Taiwan, the Canary Islands and the United States. [5]
Apart from weekly Thursday evening symphony concerts, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra, [6] as it is known today, regularly accompanies Cape Town Opera, [7] the Cape Town City Ballet, [8] musicals, pop, community, family and crossover concerts, presenting 120 concerts per annum or more.
Traditional venues such as the Cape Town City Hall, Artscape Opera, [9] community and schools halls, and such outdoor venues as Kirstenbosch, [10] Oude Libertas Amphitheatre [11] and Nederburg Wines, [12] all point to the orchestra’s community involvement.
===== Youth development programs ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
The Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra’s outreach and educational programs include the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra [13] (mentored by members of the professional orchestra); Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Wind Ensemble; [14] and the grassroots training project, Masidlale [15] (meaning ‘let us play’ in Xhosa), where disadvantaged township children are taught theory and performance skills.
===== Centenary celebrations ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
To mark its centenary celebrations in 2014, the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra published A Century of Symphony: the story of Cape Town’s Orchestra [16] to record the history and heritage of symphonic music in Cape Town and beyond. International and local musicians/conductors who performed/conducted the orchestra as referred to in the book are, among others, Jascha Heifetz, [17] Noël Coward, [18] Sir Thomas Beecham, [19] Igor Stravinsky, [20] Vladimir Ashkenazy, [21] and Pretty Yende.
===== Recordings ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Significant recordings released by the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra include Mahler and Wagner songs with mezzo soprano, Hanneli Rupert [22] (Bernhard Gueller, [23] conductor); the Schnittke oratorio, Nagasaki, and symphonies no. 0 and 9, a double CD of orchestral masterpieces (Owain Arwel Hughes, [24] conductor); the Barber and Korngold violin concerti with Alexander Gilman [25] as soloist (Perry So, [26] conductor) which won a Diapason d’Or, and the four Spohr Clarinet concerti with clarinetist Maria du Toit [27] (Arjan Tien, [28] conductor). [29] Marking his 50th birthday, the South African pianist, Francois du Toit, [30] performed all Beethoven piano concerti ( Victor Yampolsky, conductor) in 2016. [31]
===== Principal Guest Conductor ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Previously music director of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, principal conductor of the Victoria Symphony [32] in BC. Canada, and presently director of Symphony Nova Scotia in Canada since 2003, German-born conductor, Bernard Gueller, [33] was appointed Principal Guest Conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra in 2016, [34] following Owain Arwel Hughes and Martin Panteleev]. [35]
===== Resident Conductor ===== Sjalkema ( talk) 15:03, 11 April 2017 (UTC)
Winner of the first Len van Zyl Conductors’ Competition, [36] Brandon Phillips [37] is conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, and resident conductor of the Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra. [38]
References
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