Friends of Cwmdu Music–September update
OUR NEXT CONCERT–GWENT CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, SATURDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER, 7.30pm AT ST. MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS CHURCH, CWMDU, NP8 1RW (doors open 7pm).
Tickets are selling well for this concert, less than three weeks away (also available at the door). For concert information see https://info.cwmdumusic.org/tags/next.html and book advance tickets at https://info.cwmdumusic.org/Tickets.html (also see venue and parking information including accessibility https://info.cwmdumusic.org/Contact.html).
Don’t forget we have some great concessionary tickets!
Hay Music Festival is on this coming weekend 12th – 14th September at various venues in Hay.
Concerts, jazz, film screenings, discussions, an art installation. This year’s theme is ‘Exiles and Émigrés’, showcasing composers across the centuries who have experienced life in exile or as émigrés and the impact it has had on their music.
Programme and tickets at https://www.haymusic.org/festival-events.
On 28th September, 4pm (School Hall, Llangenny, NP8 1HD) Flautist and ASMF Member Sarah Newbold launches her Llangenny Chamber Music Series, bringing world-class chamber music to Llangenny, joining Catherine Morgan, Clare Hayes, Fiona Bonds & Will Schofield. (Flute & Strings.)
Tickets online and at the door. In November there’s a further concert featuring The Alvor Trio; details in a future newsletter.
Finally, for listening on the wireless (or fibre), there’s plenty of BBC Proms programmes available, for example:
The National Youth Orchestra conducted by Dalia Stasevska perform Holst's Planets
The Ulster Orchestra celebrate 100 Years of the Shipping Forecast
Jonathon Heyward conducts Chineke! Orchestra in Coleridge-Taylor, Coleman & Shostakovich.