| Franschhoek, Cape Winelands: Celebrating Chopin 200 years |
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Saturday, 27 February 2010, 19:30 - 21:00
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 Celebrating Chopin: 1810 to 2010 : A Classical Piano Recital with Christopher Duigan
Chopin Piano Recital: Marking the 200th anniversary of Fredrick Chopin’s birth in Żelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, Poland in 1810, Christopher Duigan marks this special occasion with a selection on music focusing on this composer's highly engaging musical output.
With a local parish document listing the birth of Fredrick Chopin on 22 February 1810, the official date of 1 March was the date the composer usually used. Now 200 years later Christopher Duigan presents a selection of his music devoting the entire performance to Chopin's magnificent piano writing. Chopin wrote almost exclusively for the piano and his name is synonymous with the world's most popular piano music. While previously admired for his poetic, even nostalgic overtones, in recent years, and under closer technical scrutiny, Chopin's music has revealed a highly complex and classical construction. It is in fact this balance of poetry and intellect, personal freedom and classical principal in the design of the music, that makes the music so profound and also so appealing.
This celebratory programme includes Waltz in C-sharp minor, ‘Minute’ Waltz, Nocturne in E-flat, Ballade No 1, Scherzo No 2 in B-flat minor, Mazurkas, ‘Raindrop’ Prelude, Fantasie-Impromptu and other works.
For advance booking, if preferred, email: booking[at]musicrevival.co.za
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Location: NG Church Franschhoek, Cape Winelands, Western Cape
Contact: 083 417 4473
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| Tickets - R80 at the door |
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