(David
Scheel)
Friends of Music will host Australian classical
concert pianist, comedian, composer and raconteur David Scheel on July 16.
His programme is titled Don't Shoot Me I'm Only A Pianist and promises
a delightful evening. It reads as follows:
1. An introduction of sorts - how I got to
be introduced as Beethoven
2. Scotland
the not so brave - A popular folk tune played in styles of
Mozart/Rachmaninoff/Albeniz and an I-pod
3. Webber meets J.S. Bach - a tune by
Webber, Another by Bach, played simultaneously, one with the right hand and one
with the left
4. Bad
Pianos I have Known - True stories of horror pianos
5. Etude
on a theme by Granados - straight music
6. The
Dance of the Birds - own composition, straight music
7. Brecht
is Weill - Send-up of Kurt Weill
8. Waltzing
without Matilda - A “translation “of the lyrics of Australia’s unofficial
national anthem, something of a comedy classic
INTERVAL
1. Danza
Graciosa - own composition; straight music
2. Tribute to gimmick pianists - Liberace,
de Pachmann, Borge
3. Instant Composition - in which the
audience gives a series of notes and I compose a piece on the spot
4. Funeral
Eulogy for a Traffic Cone - comedy
5. In
the fall - Own composition-straight music
6. Why
I hate Supermarkets - Comedy
7. Tribute
to Gershwin
8. Finale -- a medley of the 20 worst tunes
ever written.
The Prelude Performer for the evening,
funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund, is flautist Nokwanda
Mthembu.
The concert will take place on July 16 at
19h45 at the Durban Jewish Centre, 44 Old Fort (K.E. Masinga) Road, Durban. Tickets
R70 (R60 FOM members and R20 Orchestral / Students). There is safe parking. More
information on Friends of Music at http://www.friendsofmusic.co.za
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