One of the highlights of our tour in the autumn was our visit to the Blind Veterans Centre in north Wales. The centre in Llandudno is where blind veterans or veterans with sight impairment are given respite, training and rehabilitation and where they can be asessed and given support. The building on the outskirts of… Continue reading Touch Tour for the Blind Veterans of Llandudno
Author: Llinos Angharad
Cefn Ydfa and Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn
Back in the summer, one of the distinctive experiences we had whilst preparing for our “Octet” tour was a visit to the home of Ann Thomas, Cefn Ydfa; the subject of the Welsh folk song, Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (Shepherding the White Wheat).
Schubert and Metcalf Octet Reviews
We received outstanding reviews from everyone who came to hear us perform the octet by Schubert and a new octet by John Metcalf across Wales. If you had a chance to come to hear us, we hope you too enjoyed it!
Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro… just round the corner
Ensemble Cymru will join Mid Wales Opera in the spring in a new production of Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro. Using Amanda Holden’s English translation which tells the story of the Figaro and his prospective wife Susanna’s troubles in striving to deceive their masters, the audience are sure to be in stitches! The production has been… Continue reading Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro… just round the corner
An extract from the tour’s programme
Coming to know Schubert’s Octet
Celebration of Melodies
With the Austrian National Day taking place last Saturday, (October 26), Ensemble Cymru is delighted to announce that a Welsh tribute to Austrian composer Franz Schubert will be heard at some of Wales’ main concert halls during November. Wales’s finest chamber music group, Ensemble Cymru will be performing works by one of the world’s greatest… Continue reading Celebration of Melodies
Thank You (Gloddaeth, Llandudno)
We wish to thank everybody who came to the Thank You concert at Gloddaeth Church, Llandudno. It was lovely to see so many people there, and it became obvious during chats over a cup of tea/coffee and bara brith, that a great number of you were keen for Ensemble Cymru to return! So watch this… Continue reading Thank You (Gloddaeth, Llandudno)
NOTES OF THANKS!
Ensemble Cymru will be playing notes of thanks to the people of wales and beyond, in a special concert at Llandudno’s Gloddaeth Church at 10.30 on May 23rd.
