| Johannesburg: Celebrating Chopin - 200 years |
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Sunday, 28 February 2010, 16:00 - 18:30
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 CELEBRATING CHOPIN with Christopher Duigan (piano)
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 parish document detailing 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. While previously admired for
his poetic sometimes 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 magic so profound and also so powerful.
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.
Christopher Duigan is widely regarded as one of the
country's leading concert artists, and has been recently
hailed as a South African piano icon and a 'national
music treasure' (Classic Feel Magazine). He appears
regularly as soloist on South Africa's premier concert
stages and has received regular invitations to play
with major orchestras including the KwaZulu-Natal
Philharmonic, Cape Philharmonic and Johannesburg
Philharmonic Orchestras.
Time: 15h30 for 16h00
BOOKING ESSENTIAL : saulb[at]polka.co.za or call number below.
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Location: Olde 'n New Antiques, Corner Empire And Cedar Rds - Auckland Park
Contact: 083 414 0041
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R100 pp all refreshments included |
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