Hi everybody!
My name is Collette Astley-Jones and I am currently a Masters student in Music at Bangor University. I’m also working alongside Ensemble Cymru as part of my ATM funding. I am a French Horn player and Chairperson of the Bangor University Music Society and I love every aspect of musical life at Bangor! 🙂
On Wednesday 3rd October, Ensemble Cymru’s Reed Riot Concert went to Pwllheli and Nefyn where it was a great hit! Everyone who attended seemed to leave the concert beaming, after having been introduced to three fantastic instruments; the oboe, the clarinet and the bassoon. The audience seemed to particularly appreciate the brief explanations before each piece giving them an insight into the way the piece was composed and is played. For example, the last movement of Walthew’s Triolet in Eb conjures up the image of pixies running around the forest, whilst Lutoslawski’s work incorporated many elements of tricky contrapuntal studies into his Trio. My particular favourite works were the wistful second movement of the Walthew , and the first movement of Françaix’s Divertimento which had many difficult passages for the players incorporated into it.
good luck Collette : ) hope doing well