Open Gardens at Casa Mexicana!
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 October
We are having our own private ‘Open Garden’ on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 October.
This is not publicly advertised but open to all those on our mail lists and their friends! The garden at Casa Mexicana - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone will be open from 09h00 to sunset. I encourage you not just to look to see the recent developments and seasonal changes, but to stay, read a book, engage in meaningful conversation with a friend, bring a picnic, or watch the clouds float by.
Light lunches on sale and tea/coffee will be available.
A selling exhibition of top local artists including Ginny Heath, Terry King, Louise Jennings and Heather Gourlay-Conyngham, will be on view in the music studio.
Classic Icons - Christopher Duigan at Hilton College
For the second concert this year at the new Chamberlain Music Centre at Hilton College, Christopher Duigan plays a programme of concert favourites that has been received with popular acclaim in recent performances. His programme ‘Classic Icons’ features a number of the most regularly programmed and directly appealing works of the standard concert piano repertoire.
This includes Beethoven - Sonata op. 57 ‘Appassionata’, music by Mozart and Chopin, and Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.
Chamberlain Music Centre
Hilton College
Sunday 22 OCTOBER 15h00
This will be our first concert at the venue!
Tickets: R150 include tea and refreshments at interval.
Booking preferred via Webtickets
Our Concert for OCTOBER …
ROMANCE!
Christopher Duigan plays romantic favourites from the vast piano repertoire. Includes Liszt-Liebestraum No. 3, Chopin-Nocturnes, Debussy-Rêverie and Sinding’s Rustle of Spring! Please note the revised Sunday afternoon time for 29 October.
CASA MEXICANA
35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Friday 27 October 19h00 Supper Soirée (add R150 for a light meal)
Sunday 29 October 15h00
Tickets: R100
Secure parking.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
This programme will also be presented at
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 26 October 15h30
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
AMBER VALLEY - Howick
Thursday 26 October 19h00
Book at Amber office - Open to residents and their guests only.
Previously
Our Concert for September …
An Evening with KUTLWANO MASOTE
Popular radio personality and presenter Kutlwano Masote, of SAfm’s ‘Weekend Sundowner Classics’ broadcast every Saturday and Sunday afternoons, will be in conversation with Christopher Duigan. He will also introduce a selection of his favourite music (which Christopher will play), and play the cello in a short selection of favourites.
Kutlwano Masote was raised in a rich classical music environment, excelling on the cello, and has been a professional classical music practitioner for nearly thirty years. He made his professional conducting debut in 2006 in a concert of the music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo with accompanied by full orchestra. In 2007 he conducted the Todd Matshikiza Retrospective Concert at the State Theatre. During the MIAGI Festival of 2008, Masote conducted the world-premier Coming Home, a jazz gospel cantata by Isak Roux. Some of the mainstream artists he has conducted include Sibongile Khumalo, Jamali, Elvis Blue, Lira and Yvonne Chaka Chaka. His appetite for bridging the gap between different performance traditions has seen him undertake projects to orchestrate music from multiple genres for Khuli Chana, Kwesta, Maleh, Brenda Mntambo and others.
CASA MEXICANA
35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Friday 29 September 19h00 Supper Soirée
Tickets: R150 plus add on R150 for a light meal after.
Secure parking.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
This programme will also be presented at
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 28 September 15h30
Tickest : R100
Open to all
Booking is essential via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
AMBER VALLEY - Howick
Thursday 28 September 19h00
Tickets R80
Book at Amber office - Open to residents and their guests only
New Developments!
Great news for our Ballito audiences! We have secured a new venue at the All Souls Anglican Church in Salt Rock. Our monthly concerts will start there on Sunday 24 September at 15h00.
We also have exciting possibilities with concerts and ‘once-off’ events at a number of venues in early October. Details to follow!
Classic Icons
For the opening concert of our new series at the All Souls Anglican Church in Umhlali, Christopher Duigan plays a programme of concert favourites that has been received with popular acclaim in previous performances. His programme ‘Classic Icons’ features a number of the most regularly programmed and directly appealing works of the standard concert piano repertoire.
This includes Beethoven - Sonata op. 57 ‘Appassionata’, music by Mozart and Chopin, and Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12.
All Souls Anglican Church
Sheffield Beach Rd, Umhlali / Salt Rock
Sunday 24 September 15h00
This will be our first concert at the venue!
Tickets: R150 include tea and refreshments at interval.
Booking preferred via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
PREVIOUSLY
Cancelled due to insufficient bookings.
Music for Spring
Enjoy a light and airy selection of music specifically designed to compliment the arrival of Spring! On a sparkling Sunday morning enjoy effervescent music by Mozart, Grieg’s ‘Wedding Day’, Sinding’s ‘Rustle of Spring’, popular melodies by Liszt and Gershwin, plus Debussy’s flowing ‘Arabesque’. Christopher Duigan plays a light and evocative selection of music with delicious cream scones plus tea and coffee and other refreshments available before, from 11h15.
Sunday 3 September 12h00
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R100
Venue opens 11h15 for tea /coffee and cream scones
Secure parking.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
Book via WhatsApp 083 417 4473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
‘POP-UP’ RESTAURANT EVENING
with Gregg of Sagewood Cafe
Friday 15 September 7:00 pm
Tickets: R350
Gregg of Sagewood Cafe presents and imaginative and creative five-course vegetarian tasting menu.
Starting at 7:00 pm - we open at 6:30 pm.
Please bring your own wine/drinks.
Vegetarian meal included. Please advise of allergies on booking.
Reserve a table for four or more.
Street parking is patrolled.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
This month the addition of numerous flowering orchids, the lit garden at night, the artworks on display in the venue, and also a small gallery space of selling artworks from top local artists, provide additional attraction for the evening.
Our Monthly Concert for August …
FRENCH PIANO DREAMS
Christopher Duigan plays music from the French Baroque and a selection of favourites from the popular French repertoire by Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Poulenc and Chaminade. Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za (except for Amber Valley)
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Friday 25 August 19h00 Supper Soirée
Sunday 27 August 12h00 Lunch Matinée
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for supper/ lunch after)
Venue opens 30 mins before the start time.
Secure parking. Bring your own wine for dinner or lunch.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
Booking deadline for catering purposes : Thursday 24 August 17h00.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
This programme will also be presented at
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 31 August 15h00
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
AMBER VALLEY - Howick
Thursday 31 August 19h00
Book at Amber Valley Office
Important Developments!
We have attempted to update our mail lists. If you are receiving emails you no longer wish to receive please select the ‘unsubscribe’ option at the bottom/footer of any email from my mail list. This may apply in particular to supporters in Franschhoek and Cape Town and others outside of KZN. We do not see any of our performances resuming in Franschhoek and Cape Town for the foreseeable future. Of course you will need to stay on the list if you wish to be informed of our LIVESTREAM programme and dates!
Great news for our Ballito audiences ! We have secured a new venue at the All Souls Church in Salt Rock. Monthly concerts will start there in September.
For Kloof and St Agnes supporters we are sad to inform that the concert on Sunday 6 August will be the last at the venue. Support has dropped dramatically and costs have increased. Most importantly, the new piano which I invested in, has now been sold as it was no longer viable to sustain that investment. We are looking at the possibilities to see how we can reinvent and restart the series in the area. Thank you to all those who have supported us over the last years at St Agnes!
Of interest to Pietermaritzburg supporters are the POP-UP RESTAURANT evenings currently being presented at my home. After a few months of experimentation we are pleased to open these to a broader audience. These evenings differ from the existing concert/dinner in that the focus is on a three-course served meal (often with featured guest chefs) and a small component of music at the end. Our next event is on Friday 11 August with a classic French menu. The meal is supplied by Andrew Giles of La Popote. This month the addition of numerous flowering orchids, the lit garden at night, the artworks on display in the venue, and also a small gallery space of selling artworks from top local artists, provide additional attraction for the evening. See below for details.
Our Sunday midday performances at my home Casa Mexicana are also gaining in popularity, as are the appealing options to stay on for lunch after. Enjoy a relaxed Sunday concert and lunch with us at the end of the month, on the verandah, or in the sunny music room. Please note: booking deadline for Sunday lunch (and Friday evening meal) is the Thursday before at 17h00. [Last week we turned away more than 25 bookings attempted on Friday after having cancelled with very low bookings.]
Lastly, our supporters in Durban should diarise my guest performance at the Friends of Music at the Durban Jewish Club on Sunday 13 August at 3:00 pm. I will be playing my current ‘Classical Icons’ programme including Beethoven’s stupendous ‘Appasssionata’!
Classical Icons
including Beethoven Sonata op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
ST AGNES CHURCH - Kloof
Sunday 6 August 15h00
This will be our last concert at St Agnes Church.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
Classical Icons
including Beethoven Sonata op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
FRIENDS OF MUSIC , Durban Jewish Centre - Durban
Sunday 13 August 15h00
Tickets at the door. Booking: millark.millar@gmail.com or 0715051021
‘POP-UP’ RESTAURANT EVENING
with Andrew Giles of La Popote
Friday 11 August 7:00 pm
Tickets: R300 pp
Our next POP-UP Restaurant event on Friday 11 August is a superb menu of French classic dishes including one of Chopin's favourite’s Créme Dubarry (Cream of cauliflower soup).
The menu is supplied by Andrew Giles of La Popote.
Expect an elegant evening including a served three-course meal and a short musical interlude.
Tickets are R300pp.
Venue is Casa Mexicana - 35 Montgomery Drive
Starting at 7:00 pm - we open at 6:30 pm.
Please bring your own wine/drinks.
Vegetarian preference to be requested on booking.
Reserve a table for four or more.
Street parking is patrolled.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
This month the addition of numerous flowering orchids, the lit garden at night, the artworks on display in the venue, and also a small gallery space of selling artworks from top local artists, provide additional attraction for the evening.
Live-streams in AUGUST
Saturday 5 & Wednesday 9 August
Then Saturday 19 and Wednesday 23 August .
At 7:00 pm on YouTube
Monthly KZN Concerts
JULY 2023
CONCERT CLASSICS
Christopher Duigan will perform a selection of music by Liszt including the dazzling Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 and Mephisto Waltz and the mighty Sonata ‘Appasionata’ by Ludwig van Beethoven. Once described by the great pianist Sviatoslav Richter as the one of the greatest monuments of the piano repertoire, the ‘Appasionata” was a work he feared, and designated as "full of titanic might".
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za (except for Amber Valley)
ST AGNES CHURCH - Kloof
Sunday 6 August 15h00
Tickets: R130 includes tea and Wedgwood ‘Angel’ biscuits at interval
Classical Icons - incl. Beethoven Sonata op. 57 ‘Appassionata’
FRIENDS OF MUSIC , Durban Jewsih Centre - Durban
Sunday 13 August 15h00
Tickets at the door. Booking: millark.millar@gmail.com or 0715051021
Previously …
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 27 July 15h00
Tickets: R100
AMBER VALLEY - Howick
Thursday 27 July 19h00
Tickets: R80 from Amber Valley Office
CANCELLED
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Friday 28 July 19h00 Supper Soirée
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for supper after)
Doors open 18h30.
Secure parking. Bring your own wine for dinner.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Sunday 30 July 12h00
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for lunch after)
Doors open 11h30.
Secure parking. Bring your own wine for lunch.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za (except for Amber Valley)
MUSIC in the GARDEN
Sunday 16 July 2:30 pm
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R100 Bring a picnic basket!
Booking MUSIC REVIVAL via WhatsApp 083 417 4473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
CANCELLED
Please note : there are uneven surfaces and stairs with no balustrades. Please consider carefully if you are not sure of your footing!
The first of what we hope will be a regular event, weather permitting, with music in the lower garden at Casa Mexicana. Christopher plays a selection from the recent programme of lesser-known music that could be better-known! Includes evocative music by Chopin, Beethoven and Schubert along with new fresh contemporary sounds, tango and a Joplin waltz, played on an acoustic piano. Bring a picnic basket, rug, chairs (if needed) and enjoy evocative live music waft mellifluously across the garden on a clear winter’s afternoon.
CANCELLED
POSTPONED
This performance has been postponed due to technical reasons beyond our control. We apologise for the inconveniance.
This performance has been postponed due to technical reasons beyond our control. We apologise for the inconvenience.
Christopher Duigan ‘In Concert'
Chamberlain Music Centre at Hilton College
Sunday 23 July 15h00
Tickets : R150 including refreshments at interval are available from Quicket.co.za
Regarded as of South Africas leading pianists, Christopher Duigan, hailed as a ‘ South African piano icon' and 'national musical treasure' (Classic Feel June 2009), brings a thrilling programme to the new Chamberlain Music Centre at Hilton this July!
He will perform a selection of music by Liszt including the dazzling Hungarian Rhapsody No 12 and Mephisto Waltz, WA Mozart’s Sonata in F K. 332, and the mighty Sonata ‘Appasionata’ by Ludwig van Beethoven. Once described by the great pianist Sviatoslav Richter as the one of the greatest monuments of the piano repertoire, the ‘Appasionata” was a work he feared, and designated as "full of titanic might".
Duigan's formidable technique, and a fearless desire to penetrate to the core of the music he performs, allows him to enter and explore the depths of Beethoven’s inner world. Described as an intellectual performer, his performance style is neither cold nor academic, but serves to elucidate the music from within, traversing the structural heights, organically.
Following his illustrious career on all major stages in South Africa as well as on national radio braodacset, his audiences are invited to join him in concert, and in person, for the unforgettable journey. For this performance Christopher Duigan once again elevates his keyboard prowess by engaging his audiences with his signature brand of enlightening commentary.
Christopher Duigan ‘In Concert' at the Chamberlain Music Centre at Hilton College takes place on Sunday 23 July at 15h00. Tickets at R150 including refreshments at interval are available from Quicket.co.za
‘POP-UP’ RESTAURANT
Friday 21 July 7:00 pm in collaboration with Pépère Café
CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R350pp
Booking MUSIC REVIVAL via WhatsApp 083 417 4473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
We are delighted to invite you to our POP-UP RESTAURANT EVENTS s at Casa Mexicana on Friday 21 July. Guest chef Cayleigh Hepburn of the very popular Pépère Café in Hilton will be presenting a three-course menu with her trade-mark design flair and flavour. Expect a superb presentation from this dedicated and creative team that have very quickly made a name for themselves since opening two years ago. Tickets for this event in the detailed and engaging surrounds, along with a brief music interlude as usual, are R350pp. Venue is Casa Mexicana - 35 Montgomery Dr starting at 7:00 pm - we open at 6:30 pm. Please bring your own wine/drinks. Vegetarian options available to be requested in advance. Reserve a table for four or more. Street parking is patrolled. Booking MUSIC REVIVAL via WhatsApp 083 417 4473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za
Please note for those who have not attended before: this is a three-course, served dinner event with short informal music contribution. For a one hour concert, with casual self-serve two course meal after, please see below on 28 and 30 July.
Monthly Concerts
June 2023
20 LESSER-KNOWN PIANO SOLOS
Christopher Duigan (piano) plays a programme of lesser-known music that could be better-known! An opportunity to discover a range of fresh new sounds from a variety of genres in Christopher’s vast repertoire!
Programme
Frederic Chopin - Nocturne Op.37 No.1 in G Minor
Jacques Duphly - La Pothoüin
Antoine Forqueray - La Sylva from Pièces de viole, Suite No. 5: VI.
Francois Couperin - Les barricades mystérieuses
Cécile Chaminade - 6 Études de concert, Op.35 No. 2 “Automne"
Franz Schubert - Hungarian Melody in B minor, D 817
Ludwig van Beethoven - Allegro con brio form Sonata in B flat, Op. 22
Yann Tiersen - Pern from ‘Eusa'
Ludovico Einaudi - Una Mattina
Joep Beving - Etude from Solipsism
Scott Joplin - Bethena
Ottorini Respighi - Notturno
Ernesto Nazareth - Ouro Sobre Azul
Julian Plaza - Payadora
( One-hour performances will omit certain items)
ST AGNES CHURCH - Kloof
Sunday 25 June 15h00
Tickets: R130 includes tea and Wedgwood ‘Angel’ biscuits at interval
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 29 June 15h00
Tickets: R100
AMBER VALLEY - Howick
Thursday 29 June 19h00
Tickets: R80 from Amber Valley Office
CASA MEXICANA - Pietermaritzburg
Friday 30 June 19h00 Supper Soirée
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for supper after)
Doors open 18h30. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Secure parking. Bring your own wine/drinks for dinner.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
CASA MEXICANA - Pietermaritzburg
Sunday 2 July 12h00
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for lunch after)
Doors open 11h30. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Secure parking. Bring your own wine/drinks for lunch.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za (except for Amber Valley)
BALLITO - Please note : Sunday 4 June was our last concert at Ashton and we are looking for a new venue. Please contact me if you have any great suggestions or email me requesting our requirements!
Live-streams this month
Wednesday 14 and Saturday 17 June.
Then Wednesday 28 June and Saturday 1 July
At 7:00 pm on YouTube
Chamberlain Music Centre - Hilton College
Sunday 28 May 2023
15h00
Tickets: R150, available through Quicket
I am honoured to be invited to present a series of concerts at the new Chamberlain Music Centre at Hilton College. A wonderful new auditorium and new possibility for the long-standing tradition of Music Revival’s Sunday concerts. And all in a superb setting!
Pics by Rob Inglis
Live-streams this May
Wednesday 10 and 24, plus Saturday 13 and 27 May at 7:00 pm on YouTube
Monthly Concert Series for May
BRILLIANT CLASSICS
Christopher Duigan (piano) plays a recital of buoyant, sparkling and dynamic music by Mozart, Handel, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and Debussy. includes Mozart - Sonata in F K. 332, Chopin - Waltzes, Rachmaninoff - Preludes, Debussy - from Images and Handel’s glorious Chaconne.
Sunday 21 May 15h00 KLOOF - St Agnes Church
R130 includes tea and Wedgwood ‘Angel’ biscuits at interval
Thursday 25 May 19h00 Howick - AMBER VALLEY
Tickets: R80 from Amber Valley Office
Friday 26 May 19h00 - Pietermaritzburg - CASA MEXICANA, - Supper Soirée
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for supper after)
Doors open 18h30. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Secure parking. Bring your own wine/drinks for dinner.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
Thursday 1 June 15h30 WOODGROVE - Community Centre R100
Sunday 4 June 15h00 BALLITO - Ashton International College
R150 includes tea and cake at interval
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za (except for Amber Valley)
The Royal Symphony Concert
The Royal Symphony Concert at the Royal Show takes place on Sunday, May 28 2023, from 10h30 at the Royal Showgrounds in Pietermaritzburg. The KZN Youth Orchestra takes to the stage at 10h30. Hilton-based Grace Botha joins the orchestra as vocal soloist, and leading KZN-born soprano Nozuko Teto is featured in a brief performance with Christopher Duigan at the piano. Click here for more
In April
CLASSIC NOCTURNES
A selection of Chopin Nocturnes and other beguiling examples of ‘night music’ from Scriabin, Schumann, Liszt and Debussy.
Howick - AMBER VALLEY, Amber Auditorium
Thursday 27 April 19h00
Tickets: R80 from Amber Valley Office
Pietermaritzburg - CASA MEXICANA, 35 Montgomery Drive
Friday 28 April 19h00 - Supper Soirée
Tickets: R100 (add R150 for supper after)
Doors open 18h30. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Secure parking. Bring your own wine/drinks for dinner.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
Pietermaritzburg - CASA MEXICANA - 35 Montgomery Drive
Sunday 30 April 12h00
Tickets: R100 includes coffee/ tea from 11h30.
Secure parking.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
KLOOF - St Agnes Church
Sunday 30 April 15h00
R130 includes tea and Wedgwood ‘Angel’ biscuits at interval
WOODGROVE - Community Centre
Thursday 4 May 15h30 R100
BALLITO - Ashton International College
Sunday 7 May 15h00
R150 includes tea and cake at interval
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za(except for Amber Valley)
Live-streams this week
Wednesday 26 and Saturday 29 April at 7:00 pm
Our livestream failed last Saturday due to a poor connection A recorded, talking and error-free version is available on YouTube - click here!
THREE IMPORTANT POINTS
Which venues are you most likely to attend - please respond.
Please support our Live-stream Programme - our annual streaming platform fees are due mid-April.
Concerts for April - includes a new Sunday midday event
IMPORTANT
We are updating our mail lists to suit you!
Which of the following venues and services do you wish to receive info on? Please indicate by email …
Livestreams / Online Presentations
Ballito
Durban
Kloof
Pietermaritzburg
Howick/ Ambers /Midlands
Cape Town and Cape Winelands
(Please delete which are not relevant and return, an email by clicking here - chris@musicrevival.co.za
We need your support now for our LiveStream Programmes
Our annul subscription of $900 (R16 000) with Vimeo is due mid-April. Vimeo offers a reliable and professional quality streaming platform that we have subscribed to for the last three years. Included is an ability to share easily to YouTube, Facebook and other platforms, but most importantly includes the fantastic Livestream Studio software that enables our more than 250 stream sessions to continue running smoothly. If you have been watching our live -streams and have been thinking about supporting us, and haven’t, please do so now!
Banking for donations :
MUSIC REVIVAL
NEDBANK Acc- 1340436582 Branch- Hayfields 134025
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Our dates for April
Live-streams in April
Wednesday 12
Saturday 15
Wednesday 26
Saturday 29 April
at 7:00 pm
MARCH 2023
IN MARCH - ‘The Most Beautiful Piano Classics’
Christopher Duigan plays ‘The Most Beautiful Piano Classics’
A popular and classical selection of memorable music, of some of the the most beautiful piano classic you know. And also what makes it so memorable! Includes ‘On Golden Pond’, music from ‘The Piano’ and classics by Chopin, Liszt and Debussy.
The concert promoted for this Sunday at St Agnes in KLOOF on Sunday 26 March at 15h00 is not taking place due to a mix-up in my scheduling! Apologies for the error.
St Agnes, KLOOF ~ Sunday 26 March 15h00 R130
Community Centre, WOODGROVE - Thursday 30 March 15h30 (1hr) R100
Amber Auditorium, HOWICK ~ Thursday 30 March 19h00 R80
Casa Mexicana PIETERMARITZBURG ~ Friday 31 March 19h00, R150 ( 1hr add R100 for supper after)
Ashton College, BALLITO ~ 2 April 15h00 This concert will NOT be taking place due to complications with the venue.
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za ( except for Amber Valley - residents and their guests only)
In February
IN FEBRUARY - CONCERT CLASSICS
Christopher Duigan plays and introduces the concepts of suite, sonata and etude in Part 1 of ‘ What are We Listening To?” . Includes Bach - Partita No. 1, Beethoven - ‘Tempest’ Sonata Op. 31 No. 2, Etudes by Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninoff.
Amber Auditorium, HOWICK ~ Thursday 23 February 19h00 R80
Casa Mexicana PIETERMARITZBURG ~ Friday 24 February 19h00, R150 ( 1hr aadd R100 for supper after)
Tatham Art Gallery, PIETERMARITZBURG ~ Sun 26 February 12h00 (1hr) R100
St Agnes, KLOOF ~ Sunday 26 February 15h00 R130
Community Centre, WOODGROVE - Thursday 2 March 15h30 R100 (1hr)
Ashton College, BALLITO ~ 5 March 15h00 R150
Book via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za ( except for Amber Valley)
JANUARY 2023
Christopher Duigan ~ Live-streams at 7:00 pm
Wednesday 11 & 25 January Saturday 14 & 28 January
This month at YOUTUBE Free to view
The livestream programme will continue, freely available, but certain sessions will now be available only to donors. If you are donating please ensure I have your email, you are subscribed to my YouTube channel and your donation reference, if paid by EFT, includes your name.
https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherDuigan
Watch the most resent session here Saturday 14 January.
Wishing all our supporters a Happy New Year!
Christopher Duigan ~ Live-streams at 7:00 pm
Wednesday 11 & 25 January Saturday 14 & 28 January
This month at YOUTUBE Free to view
The livestream programme will continue, freely available, but certain sessions will now be available only to donors. If you are donating please ensure I have your email, you are subscribed to my YouTube channel and your donation reference, if paid by EFT, includes your name.
https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherDuigan
Watch the most resent session here Saturday 14 January.
Please note this Sunday's concert with CHRISTOPHER DUIGAN (29 January) at the TATHAM ART GALLERY will not be taking place. Please keep track of www.musicevival.co.za to see when, and if, the monthly concerts resume.
THE SOUTH AMERICAN SOUND with pianist Christopher Duigan
Pianist Christopher Duigan’s start to the new year is with renewed zeal, plus a moment of introspection, and with a delicious programme of classic and popular piano music. Duigan plays a summer choice, ‘The South American Sound', at various venues this month.
In an appealing and wide-ranging selection of South American piano music, from both the popular and classical repertoire local audiences can expect to be entertained with classics by Brazilian Heitor Villa-lobos and Argentina's Alberto Ginastera. Sultry, melancholic songs from Mexico, along with tangos from Argentina (including a selection by Astor Piazzolla ) balance a popular choice; personal favourite Ernesto Nazareth, sometimes known as the Chopin of South America, whose Brazilian maxixe and choro complete a popular choice for a summer programme.
PIC Christopher Duigan by Val Adamson
The Sound of South America
Amber Auditorium, HOWICK ~ Thursday 26 January 19h00 R80 - Book at Amber Office
Casa Mexicana PIETERMARITZBURG ~ Friday 27 January 18h30 for 19h00, R150 ( Supper Soiree - add R100 for supper after)
Casa Mexicana - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R150
Doors open 6:30 pm. PLEASE NOTE NEW START TIME
Secure parking Bring your own wine/drinks.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
booking@musicrevival.co.za or MUSIC REVIVAL 083 417 4473 (WhatsApp or SMS only )
Performance time approx 70 mins.Tatham Art Gallery, PMB ~ Sun 29 Jan 12h00 (1hr) R100 TBC
Please note this Sunday's concert with CHRISTOPHER DUIGAN (29 January) at the TATHAM ART GALLERY will not be taking place. Please keep track of www.musicevival.co.za to see when, and if, the monthly concerts resume.
St Agnes, KLOOF ~ Sunday 29 January 15h00 R130 includes tea and coffee plus Wedgewood Angel biscuits
Ashton College, BALLITO ~ 12 Feb 15h00 R150 includes tea and coffee plus Wedgewood Angel biscuits
Further details at www.musicrevival.co.zaBook via WhatsApp 0834174473 or booking@musicrevival.co.za ( except for Amber Valley)
Further details to be confirmed shortly
DECEMBER Live-Streams at 19h00
Saturday 3 December
Wednesday 7 December
Saturday 17 December
Wednesday 21 December
Livestreams for this month, a time of sharing, are once again freely viewable on YouTube.
https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherDuigan
The livestream programme will end in its current format at the end of the month.
There are two Christmas Concerts lined-up with soprano Bongiwe Madlala in
'An Evening of Opera and Seasonal Song'.
THE END OF YEAR CONCERT - END 2022 ON A SOUND NOTE!
For a concert with something special Christopher Duigan presents the popular "End-Of-Year' Concert at his home studio. After a hiatus of several years these popular evenings, at a time when the holiday spirit is in full flow and many have time to spare, will receive only two outings.
Christopher plays an entertaining selection of music from ‘Ragtime King’ Scott Joplin, sultry South American tango, both Brazilian and Argentine, and highlights from the classical repertoire including Mozart's 'Turkish Rondo'.
Wednesday 28 December 7:30 pm
Friday 30 December 7:30 pm
Casa Mexicana - 35 Montgomery Drive, Pietermaritzburg
Tickets: R150
Doors open 7:00 pm.
Secure parking
Bring your own wine/drinks.
BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL
Please include your contact numbers in all email and telephone bookings.
booking@musicrevival.co.za or MUSIC REVIVAL 083 417 4473 (WhatsApp or SMS only )
Performance time approx 70 mins.
Open to Amber Residents and their guests only.
BALLITO CONCERT CANCELLED
Please note the 'Music of Chopin' at Ashton Int. College, BALLITO on Sunday 4 December had been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and conflicting concert dates.
Our live streams for NOVEMBER, if you missed them, can be viewed here.
THE MUSIC OF CHOPIN
This month, as we head toward the end of the year, we feature an appealing and engaging selection when I will be playing 'The Music of Chopin' ; a popular choice of beguiling nocturnes, lilting waltzes, plus the dramatic Polonaise Op. 53 and Ballade No. 1 in G minor.
The Music of Chopin - Amber Auditorium, HOWICK ~ Wed 23 Nov 19h00
The Music of Chopin - Supper Soiree - Casa Mexicana ~ Fri 25 Nov 18h30
The Music of Chopin - Tatham Art Gallery, PMB ~ Sun 27 Nov 12h00
The Music of Chopin - St Agnes Church, KLOOF ~ Sun 27 Nov 15h00
BALLITO CONCERT CANCELLED
Please note the 'Music of Chopin' at Ashton Int. College, BALLITO on Sunday 4 December had been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and conflicting concert dates.
BALLITO CONCERT CANCELLED
PIETERMARITZBURG ‘Casa Mexicana'
Christopher Duigan plays THE MUSIC OF CHOPIN
FRIDAY 25 NOVEMBER from 18h30
‘Casa Mexicana' - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone
Venue opens at 18h30 with the concert at 19h00.
Includes: R250 with supper after the concert. Guests should bring their own wine.
For concert only: R100
Booking is essential: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (SMS or WhatsApp only)
Patrolled street parking
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings
Guests may bring their own wine.
For Dinner: bookings of 4 or more are offered a reserved table. Bookings of 2/3 will be seated at the ‘long table’ or enjoy a verandah sofa or garden table (weather permitting).
PIETERMARITZBURG Tatham Art Gallery
Christopher Duigan plays THE MUSIC OF CHOPIN
Sunday 27 NOVEMBER 12h00
Tatham Art Gallery
Tickets: R100
Secure Parking in the Parliamentary and Tatham precinct
Booking is preferred: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only)
Enjoy coffee before or a lunch after at Cafe Tatham - open from 10h00. Booking for lunch is essential - Call Cafe Tatham 033 342 8327.
KLOOF St Agnes Church
Christopher Duigan plays THE MUSIC OF CHOPIN
Sunday 27 NOVEMBER 15h00
Tickets: R130 includes refreshments at interval.
Booking for the concerts can be made by email, booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only). Tickets are R130 which includes refreshments at interval. There is secure parking and seating is unreserved.
BALLITO CONCERT CANCELLED
Please note the 'Music of Chopin' at Ashton Int. College, BALLITO on Sunday 4 December had been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances and conflicting concert dates.
PREVIOUSLY
LIVE EVENTS IN NOVEMBER
OPEN GARDENS at Casa Mexicana 12 & 13 November 09h00 to 17h00
20 POPULAR CLASSICS Jewish Centre, DURBAN ~ Sun 20 Nov 15h00
Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens 2022 – Pietermaritzburg
We are delighted to invite you to a new season of Harcourts Open Midlands Gardens – this year entitled Town and Country as the gardens can be found in Pietermaritzburg, Hilton, Howick and as far as Balgowan, Kamberg, Karkloof and Curry’s Post, Lidgetton and three lovely gardens in the Richmond area.
Times: 09:00 – 17:00
Entrance: Charities will benefit from R10 per garden
Enquiries: Jackie on 082 924 5892, jackie@otterley.com
Casa Mexicana
Saturday 12 – Sunday 13 November
Barry Lovegrove & Christopher Duigan
Designed and built over 28 years ago by the late Barry Lovegrove, this garden features a unique combination of extensive hardscaped elements with an entirely indigenous plant collection. Featuring many strong architectural features inspired by Spanish style of the house, the garden has derived an Afro-Mexican concept. Included are water features, hand-painted tiles, an orchid house and art studio, a secret forest walk, along with a collection of aloes, plectanthrus, mature trees and numerous potted succulents. In recent months the garden has been re-imagined by Mike Hammersley.
This garden is not suitable for people who might struggle with steps. There are no balustrades and many uneven paved surfaces.
Address: 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal.
Directions: From N3 West – Take Armitage/Sanctuary Rd turn off, keep left to Armitage Rd, right at the circle to Chatterton/ Town Bush rd, left at the traffic light into Montgomery Drive. From N3 E – take Peter Brown turn off, right at the stop then left at the traffic circle (Athlone Circle Centre ) into Montgomery Drive.
Contact: Christopher Duigan – 083 417 4473 or duigan@mweb.co.za
29 September 2022
Livestreams are now viewable only after registering at www.musicrevival.co.za
Sign up and register to see it.
And for now it is free!
Our focus continues this month with KZN concerts in Kloof and PMB,
and also some new ideas we offer with concert lunch and dinner combination at Casa Mexicana. Give it a try!
20 POPULAR CLASSICS & LUNCH Casa Mexicana ~ Sun 16 October 12h00
20 POPULAR CLASSICS St Agnes Church, Kloof ~Sun 23 October 15h00
THE POPULAR PIANO Amber Auditorium ~ Thurs 27 October 19h00
THE POPULAR PIANO & DINNER Casa Mexicana ~ Fri 28 Oct 18h30
THE POPULAR PIANO Tatham Art Gallery, PMB ~ Sunday 30 October 12h00
More details below ...
PIETERMARITZBURG ‘Casa Mexicana'
Christopher Duigan plays THE POPULAR PIANO
NEW IDEA! We have changed this to include a meal after the concert.
FRIDAY 28 OCTOBER from 18h30
‘Casa Mexicana' - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone
For this performance for the summer season Christopher Duigan will play a new selection 'The Popular Piano’, an extremely appealing programme that includes many of the most familiar piano melodies of all time. Duigan will include Scott Joplin - The Entertainer, Moskowski - Etincelles, Liszt - La campanella, Jeremiah Clarke - Prince of Denmark’s March, WA Mozart - Sonata ‘facile’ K 545, Matos Rodriquez - La cumparsita plus a selection of popular contemporary classics and film music.
Concert tickets : R100
Venue opens at 18h30 with the concert at 19h00.
Optional Dinner: Add R150 to stay on for a light dinner after the concert. Guests should bring their own wine.
Booking is essential: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (SMS or WhatsApp only)
Patrolled street parking
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings
Guests may bring their own wine.
For Dinner: bookings of 4 or more are offered a reserved table. Bookings of 2/3 will be seated at the ‘long table’ or enjoy a verandah sofa or garden table (weather permitting).
PIETERMARITZBURG Tatham Art Gallery
Christopher Duigan plays THE POPULAR PIANO
Sunday 30 OCTOBER 12h00
Tatham Art Gallery
Tickets: R100
Secure Parking in the Parliamentary and Tatham precinct
This concert is suitable for young and aspiring musicians and ‘free' tickets are available to those of school-going age.
For this performance starting the summer season Duigan will play 'The Popular Piano’, an extremely appealing programme that includes many of the most recognised and celebrated piano melodies of all time. Duigan will include Scott Joplin - The Entertainer, Moskowski - Etincelle, Liszt - La campanella, Jeremiah Clarke - Prince of Denmark’s March, WA Mozart - Sonata ‘facile’ K 545, Matos Rodriquez - La cumparsita plus a selection of popular contemporary classics and film music.
Booking is preferred: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only)
Please note new start time of 12h00 ( Concert is 60 mins)
Enjoy coffee before or a lunch after at Cafe Tatham - open from 10h00. Booking for lunch is essential - Call Cafe Tatham 033 342 8327.
Visit www.musicrevival.co.za
Live-streams at 7:00 pm
Saturday 15 October
Wednesday 19 October
Saturday 5 November
Now only viewable at www.musicrevival.co.za
IMPORTANT NOTICE
After two and a half years our 'free to view' livestream service comes to an close at the end of September. Thank you to all the generous donors who have voluntarily contributed to support this programme through these challenging times. From 1 October the sessions will be viewable only at www.musicrevival.co.za You will need to sign up and register to see it. And for now it is free!
Sign up here
PIETERMARITZBURG ‘Casa Mexicana'
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 12h00
NEW IDEAS! We are trying a new format for a Sunday outing by including an optional lunch after the concert!Christopher Duigan plays MOST POPULAR CLASSICS
A new concept for a concert and lunch at Casa Mexicana. A programme of popular choice, from the recent '20 Most Popular Classics', followed by a light meal of hearty minestrone soup and dessert.
For the performance Duigan will play 'Most Popular Classics’, an extremely appealing programme that includes many of the most celebrated classical piano melodies from the repertoire; Mozart - Rondo all turca, de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance, the dazzling Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Debussy - Clair de lune and Chopin - Polonaise Op. 53 ‘Heroic’.
SUNDAY 16 OCTOBER 12h00
‘Casa Mexicana' - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone
Concert tickets : R100 including tea and coffee, and other refreshments before.
Venue opens at 11h30 with the concert at 12h00.
Optional Lunch: Add R150 to stay on for a light lunch after the concert.
Booking is essential: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (SMS or WhatsApp only)
Patrolled street parking.
Please include your contact numbers in all e-mail bookings.
Soup and dessert is suitable for vegetarians.
For lunch: bookings of 4 or more are offered a reserved table where possible. Bookings of 2/3 seated at the ‘long table’, a verandah sofa or garden table (weather permitting).
KLOOF
Sunday 23 October 15h00
St Agnes Church, Kloof
Tickets: R130 includes refreshments at interval
Making welcome return to KLOOF is pianist Christopher Duigan For this performance Duigan will play 'Most Popular Classics’, an extremely appealing programme that includes many of the most recognised and celebrated classical piano melodies from the repertoire. Duigan will include Mozart - Rondo all turca, de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance, the dazzling Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Debussy - Clair de lune and Chopin - Polonaise Op. 53 ‘Heroic’.
Booking for the concerts can be made by email, booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only). Tickets are R130 which includes refreshments at interval. There is secure parking and seating is unreserved.
Previously ….
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September 2022
Live-streams
Saturday 3 September
Wednesday 7 September
Saturday 17 September
Wednesday 21 September
at 7:00 pm
Concerts
CONCERT CLASSICS Ashton Int College, Ballito ~ Sun 4 Sept 15h00
POPULAR HIGHLIGHTS Casa Mexicana, PMB ~ Sun 11 Sept 15h30
CONCERT CLASSICS St Agnes Church, Kloof ~Sun 18 Sept 15h00
TALES OF INTRIGUE Amber Auditorium ~ Thurs 22 Sept 19h00
HILTON ARTS FESTIVAL Chapel ~ Sunday 25 September 11h00
CONCERT CLASSICS Casa Mexicana, PMB ~ Friday 30 September 18h30
CONCERT CLASSICS Tatham Art Gallery, PMB ~ Sunday 2 October 12h00
LIVE CONCERTS in SEPTEMBER
PIETERMARITZBURG ‘Casa Mexicana'
Christopher Duigan plays Concert Classics
Please note we have changed this format to a POP-UP DINNER : three-course meal with only 15 mins of music excerpt from the programme.
FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER from 18h30
‘Casa Mexicana' - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone
Tickets: R300 including a three-course light meal from 6:30 pm
Booking is essential: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (SMS or WhatsApp only)
Patrolled street parking
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
Dinner guests should please bring their own wine. Tea and coffee included.
Bookings of 4 are guaranteed a reserved table. Bookings of 2/3 seated at the ‘long table’ or enjoy a verandah sofa or garden table (weather permitting).
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings
PIETERMARITZBURG Tatham Art Gallery
Christopher Duigan plays Concert Classics
Sunday 2 OCTOBER 12h00
Tatham Art Gallery
Tickets: R100
Secure Parking in the Parliamentary and Tatham precinct
For this performance Duigan will play 'Most Popular Classics’, an extremely appealing programme that includes many of the most recognised and celebrated classical piano melodies from the repertoire. Duigan will include Mozart - Rondo all turca, de Falla - Ritual Fire Dance, the dazzling Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, Debussy - Clair de lune and Chopin - Polonaise Op. 53 ‘Heroic’.
Booking is preferred: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only)
Please note new start time of 12h00 ( Concert is 70 mins)
Enjoy coffee before or a lunch after at Cafe Tatham - open from 10h00. Booking for lunch is essential - Call Cafe Tatham 033 342 8327.
Visit www.tatham.org.za
Christopher Duigan at THE HILTON ARTS FESTIVAL
Sunday 25 September 11h00 Hilton College Chapel - Music by Beethoven and Liszt. Booking here.
International acclaimed concert pianist, and a popular favourite at the Hilton Festival, Christopher Duigan plays a superb programme of turbulent and dramatic classical piano music in the Hilton College Chapel. Included are Ludwig van Beethoven’s popular 'Pathétique’ Sonata Op. 13 and Liszt's ‘Dante’ Sonata. A composition with the most dramatic music, the 'Dante' Sonata, inspired by Dante's 'Divine Comedy’, together with 'Sposalizio', and 'Sonetto 104 del Petrarca’ which Duigan includes, form part of the composer's most sublime and compelling music from ‘The Years of Pilgrimage: Italy’.
Pre-lockdown, Christopher Duigan was one of South Africa's busiest concert artists. His performances ranged from those of the core classical repertoire, both as soloist with orchestra and in recital to music well beyond the classical repertoire. His strong sense of community was shown in his active promotion of his regular 'Music Revival' concerts across KZN and other parts of the country. During lockdown, he reached an unprecedented number of new audiences with a series of free to view, hour-long live streams from his home studio, logging up over 75 000 viewing hours on YouTube alone.
TIMES: SUN 11h00
DURATION: 70 MINS
VENUE: CHAPEL
COST: R 150
Don't forget to validate your parking ticket (R100 per vehicle; valid for all three days) at the Box Office or Info Tent before you leave.
PREVIOUSLY …
BALLITO
Sunday 4 September 3:00 pm Grace Hall, Ashton International College
Tickets: R150 includes refreshments at interval.
PIETERMARITZBURG ‘Casa Mexicana'
Open Garden / House / Studio Christopher Duigan plays Light Classics
A programme of popular choice from recent programmes for an open garden and house event. Enjoy a visit to the famous garden at Casa Mexicana (currently under renovation), enjoy a selection sublime light classics by Chopin and Debussy, original compositions and easy going music in the studio played by Christopher on an outstanding concert piano, and indulge in the exotic splendour of Christopher’s home and studio, artworks and orchids over a cup of tea and coffee. An exotic and intoxicating trip into a world of the magical.
SUNDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 15h30
‘Casa Mexicana' - 35 Montgomery Drive, Athlone
Tickets: R100 including tea and coffee from 15h00
Booking is essential: booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (SMS or WhatsApp only)
Patrolled street parking
Please include your contact numbers in all email bookings.
KLOOF
Sunday 18 September 3:00 pm St Agnes Church, Kloof
Tickets: R130 includes refreshments at interval
Making welcome return to KLOOF is pianist Christopher Duigan who revives his monthly performances at the St Agnes Church this Sunday. Following the total cessation of live performances and public gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic, Duigan returns to delight local audiences once again.
For this performance Duigan will play 'Concert Classics’, a programme that includes popular Bach transcriptions and melodies ‘Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring’ ’ and 'Sheep May Safely Graze', nocturnes and waltzes by Chopin, and music by Debussy. He will also be including a number of favourites form his recent live-streams series. This project of more than 225 hour-long productions, presented online at his YouTube channel and Facebook pages, offered local and international audiences an uplifting and enlightening 'free to view’ experience during lockdown.
Booking for the concerts can be made by email, booking@musicrevival.co.za or Music Revival 083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only). Tickets are R130 which includes refreshments at interval. There is secure parking and seating is unreserved.
HOWICK -TALES OF INTRIGUE at the AMBERS
Amber Auditorium
THURSDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 7:00 pm
Tickets: R80 Book at Amber Valley Office. (This concert is limited to Amber residents and their guests only.)