(Beverley Chiat. Pic by Val Adamson)
South Africa’s
Mr Music, Richard Cock, will be sharing the stage with Cape Town soprano,
Beverley Chiat and pianist, Christopher Duigan, at two special Christmas
concerts.
Music-lovers
can look forward to an evening of readings, carols and seasonal music at the
Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg on December 20 and at St Agnes Church in
Kloof on December 21.
Cock will
entertain the audience with his humorous selections of seasonal stories,
readings and anecdotes and Chiat will sing Ave
Maria, Panis Angelicus and O Holy Night. Together they will lead the audiences in the
singing of carols with Duigan at the piano.
Chiat is a
coloratura soprano, who has sung the roles of the Queen of the Night (Mozart),
Serpetta (Mozart), Oscar (Verdi), Gilda (Verdi), Adele (J Strauss), Susanna
(Mozart), Valencienne (Lehar), Lucy (Menotti), Frasquita and Micaela (Bizet)
among others. Her oratoria repertoire includes: Mozart’s Requiem, his Masses in C
Major and D Minor, Handel's Messiah, Mendelssohn's Elijah and Beethoven’s 9th Symphony, Choral Fantasy and Pastoral
Mass.
Cock has
made a significant contribution to music in South Africa since returning in
1980 from an eight-year sojourn in the United Kingdom. During those years he
studied at the Royal School of Church Music and then gained experience in church
music and education ending his days abroad as assistant organist and director
of music at the Cathedral Choir School in Chichester.
Since
returning to SA he has been an SABC producer, director of music at St Mary’s
Cathedral, director of the Chanticleer Singers and Symphony Choir of
Johannesburg, and a conductor of note. He is equally at home making music with
children in a classroom and with leading soloists in the concert hall; and has
worked with, amongst others, Julian Lloyd-Webber, Joshua Bell, Lesley Garrett
and Patricio Buanne. He also worked closely with Luciano Pavarotti and the 3
Tenors on their South African tour.
Duigan is
widely regarded as one of SA’s leading concert pianists and has performed
extensively with the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic, Cape Philharmonic and
Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestras. He is also the founder of the Music
Revival concert series, and is the mastermind behind the classic music at the
Hilton Arts Festival, the Franschhoek Classic Music Festival and a series of
performances by the KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic.
Tickets
for both concerts are R150, which includes refreshments.
The concert
at the Tatham Art Gallery in Chief Albert Luthuli Street, Pietermaritzburg,
takes place at 19h30 on December 20, To book email booking@musicrevival.co.za
or SMS 083 417 4473.
The Kloof
concert takes place at St Agnes Church in Kloof at 19h30 on December 21.Bookings
through the church at 031 764 2037 or via email at booking@musicrevival.co.za
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