The Symphony Orchestra of Sri Lanka delighted music lovers in Colombo this past week with two highly successful concerts at the Lionel Wendt Centre for the Arts. The first programme, Romantic Masterworks, conducted by the SOSL’s Resident Conductor, Dushyanthi Perera, opened with Antonín Dvořák’s spirited Slavonic Dances, Op. 46, Nos. 1 and 2. 20 year old University of Colombo student, Thosindu Wijesuriya, captivated the audience with a remarkably mature and deeply expressive performance of Edward Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85. Soprano, Jehani Gamalathge, enchanted listeners with three much-loved arias, including selections from Handel’s Messiah and Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus. The programme concluded with Dvořák’s Symphony No. 8, whose vitality, warmth, and unmistakable Bohemian spirit brought the evening to a triumphant and exhilarating close.
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