Bulawayo Morning Mirror Edition 1048 - 11/1/2024 4) Notices and Events ZIMBABWE ACADEMY OF MUSIC Tel: 2260684 / 2267195 E-mail: music@gatorzw.co.uk We need to increase prices at the Academy including DVDs! It's difficult to charge in anything other than dollars but to go from $2.00 to $3.00 for DVD evenings seems excessive - so a solution! Tickets will be available in sets of four at $10.00 making entry to a DVD $2.50 by ticket - or $3.00 cash. ($5.00 cash for two entries will, of course, be entirely acceptable!) We hope this seems reasonable - cinemas in town are at least $5.00 and the Academy has advantages: congenial company and safe parking are two of them! THURSDAYS 18, 25 JANUARY & 1 FEBRUARY AT 6.30 P.M. HAPPY VALLEY - SERIES 3 Still battling the seemingly never-ending problem of drugs in the valley and those who supply them, Catherine Cawood is on the cusp of retirement when she discovers the remains of a gangland murder victim in a drained reservoir which sparks a chain of events that unwittingly lead her straight back to Tommy Lee Royce. Her grandson Ryan is now sixteen and still living with Catherine, but he has ideas of his own about what kind of relationship he wants to have with the man Catherine refuses to acknowledge as his father.. There's a grandeur to Sally Wainwright's conception matched by Lancashire's role-of-a-lifetime performance which puts Happy Valley way up there in the pantheon of British TV drama achievements. [Empire Magazine] Viewers nervous that Wainwright and Co might fail to recapture the Yorkshire magic need not have worried. This final spin over the moors is a worthy way to round out one of British television's greatest sagas. [The Independent] It is a treat to have the whole Happy Valley charabanc back after a seven-year absence and in all its dark glory. [The Times] Admission: US$2.50 / $6.00 the series [free to Film Members] FRIDAY 19 JANUARY AT 6.30 P.M. MARCO SPADA - BALLET Re-created specifically for the Bolshoi by French choreographer Pierre Lacotte, Marco Spada or The Bandit's Daughter is a grandiose and unique ballet both on a technical and dramatic level: complex choreography; five lead roles created for five principals; the participation of virtually the entire corps de ballet; and even the presence of animals on stage.. With its scenes of pantomime, devilish intrigue, rejected suitors, kidnapped heroines, rebellion and lovers' misunderstandings, Marco Spada is a fresh and joyful ballet. Marco Spada requires no less than five principal dancers, and David Hallberg, Evgenia Obraztsova, Olga Smirnova, Semyon Chudin and Igor Tsvirko are in a class of their own - Obraztsova is one of the most admired Russian ballerinas of the last decade. And of course it takes a company like the Bolshoi to impersonate brigands, peasants, nymphs, dragoons, lords and ladies with equal conviction and make dramatic sense of them all. [Classical Net] The class of Mr. Hallberg's dancing was often evident; he remains brilliant. From his Bolshoi experience, he has gained a combination of flair, timing and showmanship and he has learned the trick of ending a bravura number as if grinning with glee.. The enchantment proved to be Ms. Obraztsova - never losing sweetness or innocence even amid her showier numbers, often teasing her music to the last millisecond. [New York Times] This is a magnificent production of Auber's ballet recreating the opulence of the late 19th century ballet world in Europe, the Bolshoi at its best! Hallberg and Obraztsova are wonderful dancers and this ballet is beautiful! A MUST HAVE! [Amazon] Admission: US$2.50 [free to Red Carpet Members] FRIDAY 26 JANUARY AT 6.30 P.M. HAYDN AND BRUCKNER Anton Bruckner was born 200 years ago on 4 September 1824 and, as one of the great symphonists, is worthy of celebration throughout the year! The Eighth Symphony is perhaps his grandest and is performed here by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan in the monastery church of St.Florian where Bruckner was organist in his early years and where he now lies buried in the crypt - beneath the organ! The programme will begin with Haydn's Symphony No.94, the 'Surprise', again with the Vienna Philharmonic, this time conducted by Leonard Bernstein. There is grace, wit and charm aplenty, with the Vienna Philharmonic on top form and Bernstein clearly enjoying every moment. This feels like chamber music being made among friends. [BBC Music] Karajan was one of the greatest interpreters of Bruckner's Eighth Symphony and he particularly revered the work; this is a very fine performance indeed. [Classics Today] The performance itself is of a kind that cannot be experienced anywhere today. Perfectly controlled and beautifully nuanced, Karajan maintains the famous 'line' through the massive structure of the symphony while wringing astonishing power and intensity from the work of a composer - and from an orchestra - known for both. [Amazon] Admission: US$2.50 [free to Red Carpet Members] THEREAFTER.. Thursday 1 February Happy Valley 3 (last) Friday 2 February Puccini: La Boheme [Puccini died 1924] Thursday 8 February Blazing Saddles [released 7 February 1974] Friday 9 February Valentine Concert Thursday 15 February The Return of the Musketeers Friday 16 February The Dante Project Thursday 22 February The Commitments Friday 23 February All That Jazz Thursday 29 February Broadchurch 1 (of 3) ++++