Ensemble Cymru, Bangor University and Venue Cymru’s resident ensemble, performs for the first time at Ebenezer Chapel, Newport, with a dream of a programme featuring the famous Schubert Octet; a major accomplishment in chamber music that continues to captivate music-lovers across the world, alongside a contemporary Welsh tribute to this great historic figure from the pen of composer, John Metcalf.
“Beethoven composes like an architect. Schubert like a sleepwalker.” Alfred Brendel
Programme
Octet in F major, D. 803 (1824) – Schubert
Octet (2018) – John Metcalf
Tickets
| Standard Price
Club Member |
£10
£ 5 |
| Children with parents and/or Full-time education | Free |
Box Office: At the door
“There’s an innate lyrical quality to the music of Welsh composer John Metcalf…” – Gramophone
“…a splendidly varied concert” – Wales Arts Review
“…heroic and extremely sensitive” – Critics Circle
Date 16/11/2019 Time 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
