SATURDAY 2 MAY IN CONCERT

Sign up to the exciting new Patreon platform, be a patron of Christopher Duigan by pledging the monthly R200 ($11) and receive access to the behind the scenes info, detailed introductions and much more! AS A PATRON YOU will ensure the continuation of our twice weekly livestream concerts, free to the public. Patrons also receive access to additional in-depth information and behind the scenes info!

29 April 2020

THANK YOU
Many 'thank you's to everyone who has donated to Music Revival! We have received support from a large number of regular supporters who have donated the equivalent of concert tickets after watching our online livestreams.  This has helped enormously. Others donated after having experiencied our concerts for the first time.  Several individuals have also been very generous with substantial donations.  For all these contributions we are extremely grateful. Your contributions have sustained us comfortably through the first month!  We ideally do like to thank and acknowledge all donors individually so please do check that your full name is included in any EFT  payment reference.

VISITS
Our website, a major source of our community contribution, has been visited by  2672 visitors in the last 30 days, peaking at 415 visits on 29 March, the first day of lockdown. 

LIVE-STREAMS
We invite you to join the 'crowd' and view the current and most recent performances on our website.  Using headphones will increase the enjoyment!

Our livestreams are offered on various platforms on Thursday and Saturday at 6:00 pm.  Gather your popcorn and snacks, and a glass of something!

• For best sound and audio use Vimeo or here at our website

• YouTube is easily accessible

• Facebook pages offer the possibility to comment, say 'Hi',  respond and see who else you know is online watching. 

You an also watch these after the event on our website.

NEW - PATREON
Please visit and subscribe to our new Patreon page.  Although little content is loaded (we are running behind!) we start two major  projects this week.  The first is a weekly article covering various subjects relating to the personas experiences and observations of presenting online concerts, entrepreneurial approaches to concertising, aspects of a pianist's life and even recipes served at our home concerts!

Patreon is a very useful platform in that the pledge of a monthly support creates a regular and predictable income stream. This not only supports the online concerts  (which we aim to keep free to the public) but is in exchange for exclusive content only patrons will have access to.

SUGGEST?
I am also asking for input on what your our audiences would like to see in addition to our online services - more concerts, more discussion, organised music-appreciation courses?  Please let us know at chris@musicrevival.co.za 

Best wishes,
Chris

Please make all donations to: 
MUSIC REVIVAL - NEDBANK, Hayfields  134025  Acc: 1340436582
Or visit our page DONATE for links to Quicket and PayPal. 

27 April
We had a major technical hitch and IN CONCERT on Saturday 25 April at 6:00 pm did not take place.
But see below for the IN CONCERT stream which did take place at 6:00 pm Sunday 26 April for music by Beethoven, Handel, Liszt and Chopin !

Our most recent live streamS 23 & 26 april 2020

21 April 2020

A huge thank you to all those who have donated and supported Music Revival financially in recent weeks. Your support has been generous and swift! 

With all public gatherings and performances prohibited (and certainly this will continue into the near future) we are grateful for your support and that you, as our audience, have sustained us through this period so far. We will continue to do our best to provide opportunities to enjoy our music online! Please see below for the results.

Please continue to support us and our move to online platforms. We invite you to view the six live performances on our website that were live-stream sessions of the past three weeks.  Using headphones will help with the 'not so perfect' sound! 

We do envisage that these online sessions will constitute a large part of our outreach in years to come. Also please continue to enjoy listening to the hours of our recordings available for free at our LISTEN pages.  

Best wishes,
Chris

Please make all donations to: 
MUSIC REVIVAL - NEDBANK, Hayfields  134025  Acc: 1340436582
Or visit our page DONATE.

The live sessions take place at 18h00 every Thursday and Saturday. We have invested in a new system ensuring distribution across multiple platforms and websites.  This means that all live-stream sessions can be viewed below! In addition you can view them live at VIMEO (now our primary host) as well as YouTube, and on our various Facebook pages.  If for some reason one is not working (as did happen last week), please try one of the other links! All live sessions are retained for viewing at your leisure at our website!

14 April 2020

Dear Friends of Music Revival,
Thank you to all those who made made donations in support of our online activities. Your support is very much appreciated!
As our performances have all been postponed you will find hours of music to stream as well as all our broadcasts of performances in the last two weeks here. This is all available to you, for free. Please support us by 

• donating funds - for example the equivalent of the tickets you would purchase monthly,

• make a donation if you enjoyed the video and audio content on our website 

Please make all donations to: MUSIC REVIVAL - NEDBANK, Hayfields  134025  Acc: 1340436582
We are now also able to take donations via Credit Card in Rands at our website page DONATE.
Stay well.  
Best wishes,
Christopher
#dontstopthemusic

Tuesday 7 April 2020

Music Revival presents
Christopher Duigan at HOME

A-Z : Q & A  (via Zoom) Wednesday 8 April at 15h00
Christopher will be hosting a meeting on Zoom attempting to take all your queries (and points of discussion) on pianos, classical music performance, concert performing, career development, entrepreneurial approaches and strategies, music practicing and anything else you think he may be able to advise on : problems, prospects and possibilities ! WhatsApp 083 417 4473 or chris@musicrevival.co.za  for further info and an invite.

LIVE on Facebook and Youtube
Thursday 9 April  18h00 PIANO HOUR
and
Saturday 11 April 18h00 IN CONCERT
On FACEBOOK here  or YOUTUBE here

Saturday 4 April

As requested we now have the facilities to accept donations via Credit Card and Snapscan in Rands via Quicket.co.za. This is linked as a voluntary donation to the series of live ‘Christopher Duigan at Home’ sessions.

Monday 16 March 2020

Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic all our concerts are postponed. We offer you the possibility to enjoy our performances in the series of videos below. Also please enjoy the playlists of over 100 tracks from our back catalogues, private recordings and unreleased material on LISTEN, LISTEN 2 and LISTEN 3.

In addition I am creating and recording a daily short piano piece ‘Days of Solitude’.

A Facebook ‘live’ performance took place on WORLD PIANO DAY Saturday 28 March 2020. Click here to watch.

More live performances and sessions please follow on Facebook and Youtube Please do subscribe to my channel on Youtube !

PLEASE DONATE
Please support and sustain Music Revival through this financially crippling situation. Click here for more on how you can donate. We now accept donations via EFT, Credit Card or PayPal. As requested we now also have the facilities to accept donations via Credit Card and Snapscan in Rands for all donations and events in the future via Quicket.co.za

Please enjoy these video and audio presentations.

Please follow us on on FACEBOOK, Youtube and Instagram for more daily updates, points of interest and projects.

Starting lockdown 27 March 2020

Days of Solitude - a new piece for each new day

23 March 2020

Music and images as seen by my phone. 
The day that was 23 March 2020. This popped up as a memory on my phone yesterday. It seems like the right mood for now after the Presidential declaration of the state of disaster in South Africa.

(Recorded driving through Loskop, KZN 2 May 2014 with David Salleras filming while a home recording of 'Soledad'  was playing.)

19 March 2020, 10h29.

Of all the industries currently effected by the COVID-19 pandemic, perhaps the most immediate effects are being felt by performing artists. The reasons for this, I'm sure at this stage, are well-known by all, as this is a situation effecting every profession. 
However, as many a performer has been told, 'the show must go on'. I therefore intend to continue performing and bringing the gift of music to all my fans, through whichever device or platform you choose. 
So without further ado, I present my first online performance of Frédéric Chopin's 'Grande valse brilliante', enjoy! 

#dontstopthemusic

Video by: Stoke House Video

This video was commissioned a week before the Presidential declaration of disaster in South Africa. The video was directed and produces by Brad Malherbe and shot at my home Casa Mexicana where I practice daily and hold monthly concerts. The audio track used is from the CD ‘Christopher Duigan plays Chopin’ ( recorded at M1 Studo SABC Durban in 2016) which allowed for multiple camera angles to blend seamlessly. The video offers wonderful up-close details of the workings of the piano (and pianist) and also a rewarding glimpse of the venue.

An original and spontaneous ‘live’ improvisation on ‘The Annunciation Carol’ Recorded 20 June 2016.

I was asked by Epworth School Music Director David Orr to perform one of my own pieces with orchestra in this concerts and also to ‘improvise’ on this carol which he sleeted was part fo the theme. Improvising in public is not something I usually did ( i attempt to do this more regularly) as it is a daunting experience. To sit down and play, breaking the silvery silence, with little or no clear idea of where the music will take you, trusting only that you fingers will carry you through, is thrilling and exasperating at the same time. The recorded outcome is actually quite pleasing ( better than what I recall) and has encouraged me to do more of these kind of improvisations ‘off the cuff’.