As part of our International Cultural Exchange Ensemble Cymru has been invited to perform on the final day of the 11th Welsh Alpine Championships in Champéry in the Canton of Valais (Wallis) in Switzerland. We will be performing at the closing event of the competition in the presence of the British Deputy Head of Mission… Continue reading Ensemble Cymru in Switzerland
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Music, Welsh and Rumantsch in Switzerland
Performance for Broadcast on Rumantsch Radio and Television. The joint performance with Corcanti Chur and Cor Rumantsch in front of school pupils, teachers, families and the public was a very memorable occasion. The whole event was recorded for Rumantsch Television and Radio. The highpoint was a performance of Gareth Glyn’s arrangement of the Welsh national… Continue reading Music, Welsh and Rumantsch in Switzerland
Switzerland at last
After swapping planes and almost losing our baggage in Gatwick this is Jonathan Rimmer, Oliver Wilson, Sara Lian Owen and Anne Denholme just arrived in Zurich’s main Station on the way to Chur, Graubünden. This is an exciting project with a community that speaks Romansch one of Switzerland’s 4 official languages.
