Date 12/11/2017 Time 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
The Concert
Wales’s leading chamber music ensemble, Ensemble Cymru, will mark its 15 year anniversary with a very special and extended concert at Pontio this autumn. Bringing together world-class musicians with a passion for sharing rare chamber music from Wales and the world.
Ensemble Cymru will put Welsh composers in the spotlight with a performance of John Metcalf’s Not the Stillness and the work of an emerging young Welsh composer, Claire Roberts. It’s also a rare opportunity to hear a live performance of Martinů’s Chamber Music No. 1 which has the unusual combination of harp and piano.
Duration: approx 90 minutes (including 15 min interval)
The Programme
Music for harp, piano, flute, clarinet, viola, violin and cello
Chamber Music no. 1 – Bohuslav Martinů
Piano Quartet in A minor – Gustav Mahler
Concert a Cinq – Joseph Jongen
Not the Stillness – John Metcalf
Block – Claire Roberts
Tickets: £12/ £10 / £5
Early Bird: £10 / £8 / £4 (book by 13 October 2017)
Box Office: 01248 38 28 28 / www.pontio.co.uk
2:15pm Prelude concert: Tudur Owen’s Chamber Music Challenge
As part of a special programme for Radio Cymru, comedian and presenter, Tudur Owen, will give his first ever chamber music performance alongside Ensemble Cymru percussionist, Dewi Ellis Jones.