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Cardiff law firm pledges support for new music

Posted on Friday July 8, 2011 by admin

The Cardiff office of commercial law firm Geldards has become a Commissioning Partner of the Welsh Sinfonia.  A three-year programme of support will underpin the orchestra’s commissioning of a new chamber orchestral work every twelve months.
The Welsh Sinfonia’s Chairman, Carl Grainger, said, “We are thrilled that one of Cardiff’s most prestigious [...]

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Jonathan Harvey on the future of classical music

Posted on Wednesday September 8, 2010 by admin

‘Young people don’t like concert halls… and wouldn’t normally go to one except for amplified music. There is a big divide between amplified and non-amplified music… The future must bring things which are considered blasphemous like amplifying classical music in an atmosphere where people can come and go and even talk perhaps.. and certainly leave in the middle of a movement if they feel like it. Nobody should be deprived of classical music, least of all by silly conventions.’
This is composer Jonathan Harvey, interviewed for the classical music blog “On An Overgrown Path” more →

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101 uses for a dead piano

Posted on Wednesday March 9, 2011 by admin

An old piano becomes a one-woman band
BEAM is looking for sculptors, engineers, artists, musicians, architects and designers to get involved with a one day “SCRAP PIANO CHALLENGE” in the Royal Festival Hall Clore Ballroom.  You will be placed in a team (or you can apply as a team of four people) and will be asked [...]

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A Time and a Place

Posted on Monday September 6, 2010 by admin

Mark Eager, artistic director of the Welsh Sinfonia, talks about the orchestra’s 2010-2011 season.
Mark Eager
Our first concert season was very much about setting out our stall and, judging by our concert reviews and audience feedback, we have made a great start in our mission to be the professional champions of chamber orchestral music in Wales.
This [...]

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