(Aristide
Du Plessis & Christopher Duigan)
Pianist Christopher Duigan performs an
outstanding selection of the music of the supreme Romantic piano poet, Frederic
Chopin (1810 - 1849) at Hilton College in the Memorial Hall on June 9. This is
the first of a series of concerts Duigan will present at Hilton College on
Sundays, every second month.
In Magnificent
Chopin Duigan plays music that highlights the bold, virtuosic and majestic
elements of the composer’s music over the more readily expected effusive,
elegant and atmospheric elements, often seen as typical of the composer’s
music. The programme includes the Ballade No 3, and a selection of Etudes,
Mazurkas, and Nocturnes and Chopin’s monumental Sonata No 3.
A Steinway Artist, Duigan has devoted much
time to the study and performance of Chopin’s music in his professional career
over the last 25 years and was invited to give two recital programmes of the
composer’s music at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in 2010 on the
200th anniversary of the composer's birth.
Since 2016 he has given over 40 performances detailing the insight he
gained into Chopin's life and his music while on a trip to Warsaw, Poland and
the Chopin Museum.
In this unique double bill he is joined by
Aristide Du Plessis (cello) to repeat part of their highly acclaimed programme Cello Song. They include Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, the virtuoso Hungarian Fantasia by David Popper and
other selections that serve to highlight the lyrical aspects of the
instrument.
After a recent concert in Johannesburg with
the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra, critic Paul Boekkooi exclaimed of du
Plessis: “He is a remarkable musician and a born cellist. It is obvious that
for him virtuosity and technical display are never virtues on their own, but at
all times they are applied with diligence and placed in the service of the
composer and his music. This [Saint-Saëns] concerto has seldom sounded so
wholesome and gripping as in the hands of this already illustrious
instrumentalist, still in his late twenties.”
Don't miss this opportunity to hear these outstanding
South African musicians in concert.
Magnificent
Chopin and Cello
Song take place in Hilton College’s Memorial Hall on June 9, starting at 15h00.
Tickets R150 include refreshments at interval. There is secure parking. Seating
is unreserved. Book at Webtickets.co.za or e-mail booking@musicrevival.co.za or
083 417 4473 (sms or WhatsApp only) for more info.
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