April - Claude Bolling - Suite for Flute and jazz Piano Trio with Sabine Baird

OUR APRIL CONCERT
MUSIC OR FLUTE AND JAZZ PIANO TRIO!

The next exciting instalment of Music Revivals monthly concerts across KZN  includes  Claude Bolling’s delightful  'Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio’.  This light-hearted and infectious concoction of jazz and classical styles will be by the contemporary French jazz composer Claude Bolling will be  featuring Sabine Baird - Principal Flute with the KZN Philharmonic Orchestra with Christopher Duigan at the piano.   Percussionist  Stephane Pechoux (drums) and Yuri Litvinenko (bass) both member of the KZN Philharmonic  Orchestra  will join them in the jazz trio.  The  first half of the programme includes a sequence  of beautiful  melodies  and popular flute solos including ‘Dance of the Blessed Sprits’,  ‘Sicillienne' by Gabriel Faure, the jaunty ‘Badinerie  by J.S Bach and  Bizet’s Entr'acte to Act III  from ‘Carmen’.

Sunday 22 April 11:30 am  
TATHAM ART GALLERY, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R80 Secure Parking
Booking is preferred : booking@musicrevival.co.za or MUSIC REVIVAL 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only)
Make a day of it and enjoy coffee or lunch at Cafe Tatham open from 10 am and for lunch. Booking for lunch is essential - Call Cafe Tatham 033 342 8327.
A Tatham Exhibition Opening takes place earlier at 10h00 Visit www.tatham.org.za

Five degrees of separation:
Terri Broll, Ian Calder, Heather Gourlay-Conyngham, Louise Hall and Terence King

Schreiner Gallery
Opens Sunday 25 March at 09h30 for 10h00
Closes Sunday 20 May 2018 at 17h00

Pietermaritzburg:
The Philatelic History of a City

Lorna Ferguson Room
Opens Tuesday 13 February 2018 at 09h00

Honouring Valerie Leigh

Schreiner Gallery
Opens Sunday 4 February 2018 at 11h00 for 11h30

JANUARY CONCERT
THE GERSHWIN SONGBOOK

Christopher Duigan opens the year's programme with a concise overview of the piano music of George Gershwin.  Loved by audiences of classical, jazz and popular music Gershwin's holds a unique place as a crossover composer.  Celebrating his contribution to the 'classical' piano repertoire Duigan plays 'Three Preludes' (1924) ,  the iconic 'Rhapsody in Blue' and the 'Gershwin Songbook'.  This virtuoso selection of 19 compact and delightful improvisations by Gershwin of his own popular songs, provides a whirlwind  pianistic tour through the songs of the composer. Included are 'Fascinating  Rhythm', 'The Man I Love', 'S'wonderful' and 'I Got Rhythm' .  Duigan completes the programme with other ragtime music by Scott Joplin and novelty solos 'Dizzy Fingers' ( Zez Confrey) and ' Nola' (Felix Arndt).

Sunday 28 January 11:30 am  
TATHAM ART GALLERY, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R80 Secure Parking
Booking is preferred : booking@musicrevival.co.za or MUSIC REVIVAL 083 417 4473 (sms) or WhatsApp
Make a day of it and enjoy coffee or lunch at Cafe Tatham open from 10 am and for lunch. Booking for lunch is essential - Call Cafe Tatham 033 342 8327.

The Music of CHOPIN 2

In a follow-up to a presentation titled ‘The Music of Chopin’ whichDuigan has performed in over 40 performances nationally and recorded on CD,  Christopher Duigan turns his hand to a new selection of the Franco-Polish composer’s piano-dominated output.  Included are rustic Polish mazurkas, glittering French waltzes, rhapsodic tales as set alight in Ballade and Barcarolle and a set of spell-binding piano etudes.  This new selection is debuted at the Marriott FranschhoekClassic Music Festival and sets to continue the unique exploration and presentation of Chopin’s music that Duigan has maintained over the last 20 years.  Christopher Duigan is a Steinway Artist.

Christopher Duigan plays a new selection of music by Frederic Chopin including nocturnes, etudes, waltzes, the Barcarolle Op 60 and Scherzo No 2.  This follows on the first programme which Duigan played in over 30 performances nationally  in 2016 and 2017.

Sunday 22 OCTOBER  
11:30 am
TATHAM ART GALLERY
TICKETS: R80
BOOKING: chris@fotag.co.za or  MUSIC REVIVAL 083 417 4473 (SMS or Whatsapp)

Friends of the Tatham Art Gallery in association with Music Revival present

Ruben Lorenzo - piano
Thursday 19 October 7:30 pm
Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg

Tickets: R120
BOOKING: chris@fotag.co.za or Bryony at Tatham Art Gallery (mornings only) 033 392 2825

Secure parking
Cash Bar for FOTAG Funds

PROGRAMME
Faubourgs - F. Mompou

Sevilla (from the 1st “Suite Española”)
Tango (from “España”)
Oriental (from “Cantos de España”)
Malagueña (from “España”)
Castilla (from the 1st “Suite Española”)
Triana (from “Iberia”)
- I.Albéniz

Fantasy in D minor KV397 - W.A. Mozart
Fantasy and Variations on "Au clair de la lune" op.48- M. Clementi
Spanish Rhapsody (Folias from España and Jota Aragonesa) - F. Liszt
Music by P. Soler (1729-1783),  P. R. Anglés (1730-1816)

RUBEN LORENZO

"[...] an exciting suspense novel! [...] the confluence of this Lorenzo, this Steinway, and this nice recital hall gave us this unique revelation."

This is how Douglas McNair described in the Chamber Music Today Ruben Lorenzo's performance at the Carnegie Hall of New York, in December 2007, with the interpretation of the renowned Betic Fantasy by Manuel de Falla, which immersed the journalist for the first time, as he stated, in the microtonalism that Falla himself had intentionally sought in his piece.

Spanish pianist, was born in Zaragoza where he studies with Julieta Bel (Piano and Chamber Music Honor Award) and later in Madrid with Pedro Espinosa, Josep Colom and G. Fernández Álvez. He temporary lives in London where he continues his studies with Nariné Arootuinian (Royal Academy of Music) and Louis Kentner (Yehudi Menuhin School). His intense concert activity for more than 30 years has led him to act in prestigious venues in different countries in Europe, Asia and America, including the Franz Liszt Hall of Budapest, Villa Louvigny Theatre in Luxembourg, the Salle Cortot of Paris, Simon Bolivar Amphitheater in Mexico, the Weill Recital Hall (Carnegie Hall) of New York or the Lee Hysan Concert Hall of Hong Kong, among others.

Numerous reviews have always highlighted his elegance, beauty of sound and communication skills in the musical discourse, as well as the virtuosity in his performance. In the beginning, Eduardo Fauquié wrote of him: “[...] he came to demonstrate that he already is a great pianist.” “[...] a pianist of great essence.” and more recently: “[...] one of the most chilling and emotive piano performances one remembers.” (Luis Alfonso Bes, Heraldo de Aragon). German critics write: A commendable performance hats-off to the soloist! (Katrin Seidel, “Leipziger Volkzeitung” 1995) and in France – “[...] the Spanish pianist became an ambassador of his country’s musical heritage” (J.Lukas, La Terrasse Nov. 2007)

With a vast repertoire played in concert, over the last few years, he has performed numerous recitals based on specific themes. It is especially important to emphasize the premiere in Spain of the premiere of the four volumes of Makroskosmos by George Crumb, a reference work in the art of contemporary piano. He has recorded 9 CDs with works by Granados, Mendelssohn, Beethoven, Liszt, Gottschalk, and several contemporary and Spanish composers.

Between 2008 and 2009 addresses the Beethoven's 32 Complete Piano Sonatas with the pianist Mario Monreal, within the cycle of “Pilar Bayona Great Soloists” in the Auditorium of Zaragoza besides renowned concert halls in Paris, London and Strasbourg.

In 2014, he made his third tour in China playing Spanish, European and Chinese music, and a tour in several countries from South America.

In 2015, he performed during the closing concert of a series of concerts in homage to the renowned Spanish pianist Pilar Bayona.

CLASSICAL MASTERPIECES

CHRISTOPHER Duigan (piano)

For a classical piano recital  in Music Revival's 20th year, Steinway pianist, Christopher Duigan, plays an engaging programme of his classical masterpieces. These iconic compositions have formed a major part of his repertoire over the past 20 years under the banner of Music Revival. Music Revival, established in October 1997, has grown from a series of small intimate concerts to an illustrious and highly regarded series of more than 100 concerts annually presented across SA, from home soirees to major festivals and symphony concerts. Principal works in Duigan’s performance include JS Bach.s 'Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring' and 'Sheep May Sagely Graze" together with  Robert Schumann's 'Kreisleriana' , one of composer's  most enigmatic and fleeting compositions. The second part of the programme features music by Maurice Ravel, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Alexander Scriabin, his Nocturne Op 9. The last work is said to be one of the composer’s most beguiling  compositions, written for the left-hand alone.

Sunday, September 3, 2017
3:00pm – 4:15 pm
Tatham Art Gallery

The return of the popular American violinist Joanna Frankel. 

Joanna Frankel, previously Concert Master of the KZN Philharmonic and recently appointed as Concert Master of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Ohio - USA plays  a short tour of concerts with Christopher Duigan. Their programme includes the passionate sonata for Violin and Piano by Cesar Franck.  A superb musical experience awaits!  Concerts 298August to 3 September.