Bloom in Concert

A grand spring concert celebrating music, community and the season of bloom. Join the Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, conducted by Liam Burden, with guest soprano Lynelle Kenned, for an elegant afternoon of orchestral music and song as part of Stanford in Bloom 2026. Presented by Betrag, Stanford in Bloom and partners.

Bloom in Concert programme

Saturday, 12 September 2026. Venue opens from 13:00. Food and wine sales continue during the interval and after the concert.

13:00 Venue opens

13:15 – 13:30 Creative Skills Factory youth performance Led by Manaull Jardein.

13:30 – 14:00 Audience takes seats. Audience moves into the church and takes seats.

14:00 – 14:40
Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra performance — Part 1
BIZET Overture from Carmen
BIZET “Seguidilla” from Carmen
DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2
ANDERSON Bugler’s Holiday
RODGERS “I Could Have Danced All Night” from My Fair Lady
LOEWE Sound of Music Medley
Miriam Makeba Medley, arranged by M. van Dijk
BOKWE “Plea from Africa”, arranged by P-L. van Dijk

14:40 – 15:00: Interval and garden performance
Garden performance by the Zwelihle Youth Choir. Food and wine sales continue.

15:00 – 15:40Cape Town Philharmonic Youth Orchestra performance — Part 2
BRAHMS, arranged by Parlow, Hungarian Dance No. 5
STRAUSS “Mein Herr Marquis” from Die Fledermaus
ANDERSON Belle of the Ball
SHOSTAKOVICH Waltz II from Jazz Suite No. 2
MENKEN, arranged by Campbell, “Colours of the Wind” from Pocahontas
ARLEN, arranged by Hayes, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Capriccio espagnol

15:40 – 16:00
Social gathering in the garden
Further food and wine sales continue in the garden.