Music lovers in Jaffna, long deprived of good Western music are in for a treat. The Chamber Music Society of Colombo (CMSC) and the Sewalanka Foundation will present “Music for Yarl-Paanam”, at the Veerasekaran Hall, on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 5pm. The public is invited to attend this event, which is absolutely free of charge, with generous sponsorship by Riks Konsert Ene and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Colombo.
This could be the first orchestra playing classical music in the peninsula. The Tamil root of “Yarl-Paanam” may be translated as “the Land of the Harp Player”, so it would seem appropriate to introduce classical music by great masters once more to the city. The CMSC believes that they are up to the challenge.
The CMSC intends this concert to be the beginning of a fruitful exchange of ideas between artistes, with it acting as a catalyst for other arts organisations to follow suit.
The programme will include Mozart, Handel, Vivaldi, Haydn and Hindemith, a programme already played in the historic De Groote Kerk at the 4th Galle Literary Festival in January, and at the Lionel Wendt Theatre, Colombo in February. Both concerts were greeted with enthusiastic standing ovations. The fourth concert in this series will be announced later.
The Mozart is his middle period overture to the opera entitled “The Shepherd King”. The Vivaldi Concerto Grosso features three of the CMSC’s principal string players in a solo role, providing exciting and vibrant baroque musical discourse. The Haydn is his barnstorming Symphony no. 39, and the Hindemith brings new sounds that were challenging even for Colombo audiences. The players look forward to meeting this new Northern audience, extending a hand of friendship and solidarity.
March 10th, 2010 | Announcements, Upcoming Events | No comments


