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French Heatwave

Posted on Saturday September 17, 2011 by admin

Carl Grainger on the opening concert of the new Cardiff Season for the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. more →

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Support ClassicalWales.com

Posted on Saturday July 9, 2011 by admin

Classical Wales is run on a voluntary basis.  Why not consider helping out?

Translators – if you speak welsh you could help us by making this site fully bi-lingual.  We have just introduced an automated translation system based on Google Translate.  It’s better than nothing but the results need reviewing and amending to turn them into [...]

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Free Lunchtime Organ Concert

Posted on Sunday July 31, 2011 by admin

Keith Dale in unable to play this concert as it clashes with his forthcoming move from Geneva to Bangkok. At short notice, Philip Thomas, Organist of St John’s will play instead. more →

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Test of new form

Posted on Tuesday July 19, 2011 by admin

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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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Bryn and Wynne join forces for World Première

Posted on Sunday June 19, 2011 by admin

Eilir Owen Griffiths’ Requiem has been composed especially for a celebratory concert at Aberglasney Gardens with world-renowned baritone Bryn Terfel and tenor Wynne Evans, famous for his role in the Go Compare adverts. The concert is being held on Saturday 25th June 2011 as part of the Gwyl! Festival at University of Wales Trinity Saint [...]

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Kissy Sell Out vs Stephen Fry

Posted on Wednesday May 11, 2011 by admin

Is classical music relevant to young people today? Debate streamed live from the Cambridge |Union. more →

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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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