James Grace (guitar) and Christopher Duigan (piano) will perform in Kloof this week.
POPULAR Cape Town-based guitarist, James Grace, will be performing at St Agnes Church in Kloof on Thursday, February 23. Continue reading
James Grace will be performing three concerts in KwaZulu-Natal in February. Photo: Supplied
POPULAR Cape Town-based guitarist, James Grace, will be performing in three Music Revival concerts in Kloof and Pietermaritzburg this month.
Grace, who recently performed with the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra in Kirstenbosch to more than 7 000 people, will join forces with pianist, Christopher Duigan, for the recitals at the Tatham Art Gallery at 3 pm on Sunday, February 19, Casa Mexicana at 35 Montgomery Road on Tuesday, February 21 and at St Agnes Church in Kloof on Thursday, February 23. Continue reading
Christopher Duigan will be performing his favourite classical compositions in a special concert at the Tatham Art Gallery on January 29. Photo: Val Adamson
TO celebrate the start of Music Revival’s 20th year presenting classical music concerts, Christopher Duigan will be performing his favourite masterpieces at St Agnes Church in Kloof at 7.30 pm on Thursday, January 26 and at the Tatham Art Gallery in Pietermaritzburg at 3 pm on Sunday, January 29.
These uplifting and boldly positive compositions have formed a major part of the Maritzburg-based pianist’s repertoire over the past two decades. Continue reading
MUSIC Revival is closing off the year in a fitting fashion with concerts featuring the talents of ‘Maritzburg pianist, Christopher Duigan, and soprano, Bongiwe Madlala, on Friday, December 29 and Saturday, December 30.
Both concerts will take place at Casa Mexicana at 35 Montgomery Road, Pietermaritzburg. Continue reading
Lubabalo Dyasi from the Drakensberg Boys Choir takes a break from rehearsing for Music Revival’s ‘Christmas’ concert, featuring the Drakensberg Boys Choir concert, in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall on Tuesday, November 29.
Colin Hele, pictured here with his wife, Rose, has been taking care of the pipe organ in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall since 1976. The couple recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary.
TheLuvvie.com’s Estelle Sinkins chats to Colin Hele, the man who keeps the pipe organ in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall in tune. Continue reading
The Drakensberg Boys Choir. Photo: Jonathan Burton
THE Pietermaritzburg City Hall will come alive with the spirit of Christmas when Music Revival hosts the world-renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir in a special festive season concert at 7pm on Tuesday, November 29.
Simply titled Christmas, the concert is being co-ordinated by Christopher Duigan and Brad Glasspoole. Continue reading
David Orr will be playing the magnificent pipe organ during Music Revival’s Christmas concert in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall. Photo: Supplied
Estelle Sinkins speaks to David Orr, who admits he cannot wait to sit down and play the magnificent pipe organ in the Pietermaritzburg City Hall on Tuesday, November 29.
Epworth Shool’s head of music and culture will be accompanying the world-renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir in Music Revival’s concert, Christmas. Continue reading
Charlotte Botha with members of the Drakensberg Boys Choir School. Photo: Supplied
Estelle Sinkins speaks to CHARLOTTE BOTHA, outgoing conductor of the world-renowned Drakensberg Boys Choir School, and says that, with its emphasis on music excellence and its heavenly setting in the mountains, the school and its pupils have had a special place in her heart since childhood.
Botha, who will be conducting the boys when they take to the stage of the Pietermaritzburg City Hall for Music Revival’s Christmas concert on Tuesday, November 29, says the feeling of ‘shaping the music with the movement of your arms is nothing short of magical. It is probably as close as we earth-dwellers will ever come to experiencing flight.’
The concert will be one of the last that she does with the world-renowned choristers. Continue reading
Ralitza Macheva (violin), who leads the ‘Gypsy Strings’ Quartet with Christopher Duigan (piano), will be performing at Music Revival’s end of year concert at St Agnes Church in Kloof. Photo: Supplied
WHETHER you love the ragtime tunes of the inimitable Scott Joplin, French Café classics, or a tango or two, there will be something to delight the ear when pianist, Christopher Duigan, takes the stage with the Gypsy Strings Quartet at St Agnes Church, Kloof, at 7.30pm of Thursday, November 24. Continue reading
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