Out of frustration with Johannesburg Philharmonic season programmes that just list the same works and same composers over and over again, I asked ChatGPT to come up with a basic four-week programme, to see whether artificial intelligence can match up to the lack of any original kind of intelligence from artistic administrators.
Here is the first cut it came up with:
Concert 1: Grand Opening – Classical Mastery
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C
Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor
Concert 2: Romantic Virtuosity
Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor
Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G