Between Wednesday 5th December and Friday 7th December, Ensemble Cymru’s Wind Octet travelled around North Wales performing some fantastic works including Beethoven’s Octet, Mozart’s Serenade in C minor, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess and Krommer’s Octet. Throughout the three days, these fantastic musicians performed to people of all ages, at many venues including places in Pwllheli,… Continue reading A week on the road with Ensemble Cymru
Category: Making Music
Composer’s Corner – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 – Janáček, Leoš
Being unfamiliar with the piano works of Janáček and being a pianist myself, I was eager to experience this piece. I listened to piano sonata 1.X.905, (known as From the Street for ease more than much else) for the first time this morning, and was instantly convinced that I shouldn’t have started the day with… Continue reading Composer’s Corner – Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 – Janáček, Leoš
Harlequin/Living Waters tour countdown….
Here’s a very short update…. Yesterday was a busy one…I travelled to Cardiff to play in a lunchtime concert with Peryn (clarinet) and Harvey(piano) at Beulah URC Church Rhiwbina. It was great to see so many people in the audience – and I really hope to see some of them at the weekend.
Working with Ensemble Cymru, by composer Gareth Glyn
I’ve been chosen as composer on many occasions over the years by Ensemble Cymru, an organisation that does more than any other, I believe, to raise the profile of chamber music in Wales, so I was delighted to be invited to compose a piece for their first National Tour.
Living Waters by Gareth Glyn (About the Piece)
Seventeen different instruments are used in the programme for Ensemble Cymru’s national tour [March 2012]; this work, commissioned specially for the event, uses 16 of them together.
Dancing Clarinets
It’s been a busy few months, and my work with Ensemble Cymru is well under way. So far there have been a great deal of concerts, educational work and of course, lots of new music!
