**** 2008 ****
FORTHCOMING CONCERTS
 
12/11/2008 Welsh Sinfonia & Artist Bill Taylor-Beales
  Rhymney High School
6.30pm Performance One: involving Upper Rhymney, Phillipstown, White Rose
7.45pm Performance Two, involving   Fochriw,  Pontlottyn,  Abertysswg  & Bryn Awel
  PROGRAMME: Draig'  Multi-media Schools project
  CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
01/12/2008 The Welsh Sinfonia
10.30am
  1.30pm
  7.30pm 		Blackwood Miners' Institute
PROGRAMME: The Snowman
NARRATOR: Beverley Humphreys
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
06/12/2008 Bro Ogwr
7.30pm Bridgend Leisure Centre
PROGRAMME: Creation by Haydn
CONDUCTOR: Carl Grainger
LEADER: Robin Stowell
07/12/2008 The Welsh Sinfonia & Chorus
4.30pm St Donats Castle
PROGRAMME: Messiah by Candlelight
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Robin Stowell
31/01/2009 The Welsh Sinfonia Annual Charity Concert
7.30pm University Hall, Corbett Road, Cardiff
All proceeds to: The Wallich
PROGRAMME: TBA
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Robin Stowell
16/05/2009
 CROSSKEYS COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY
7.00pm Risca Leisure Centre 
PROGRAMME: Rossini: Stabat Mater
CONDUCTOR: Martin Hodson
LEADER: Robin Stowell
Futher forthcoming concerts to be added soon:
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11/10/2008 Newport Philharmonic Choir
7.30pm St Julians School, Newport
PROGRAMME: Haydn: The Creation
CONDUCTOR: Guy Harbottle
LEADER: Robin Stowell
02/10/2008
7.30pm		 The Welsh Sinfonia
Baroque by Candlelight
The Pavilion, Porthcawl
PROGRAMME:

Marcello Oboe Concert, Soloist Gillian Taylor,
Baroque favourites to include Brandenburg No. 3
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Robin Stowell
29/06/2008
4.00pm		 The Strings of The Welsh Sinfonia
With special guest Claire Jones, Royal Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales in aid of
The British Red Cross Myanmar (Burma) Cyclone & China Earthquake Appeals
  The Gate, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff, CF24 3JW
Click to enlarge PROGRAMME:

To include:
Canon - Pachelbel
Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart
Pavane - Ravel
Danse sacrée et danse profane - Debussy
Oboe Concerto - Marcello Soloist Gillian Taylor
Gabriel's Oboe - Morricone
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Barry Haskey
SOLOISTS: Claire Jones (harp), Gillian Taylor (oboe)
TICKETS: £10, Concessions £8
BOX OFFICE: BUY ON LINE NOW from The Gate or phone 029 2048 3344
17/05/2008 CROSSKEYS COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm Risca Leisure Centre 
  PROGRAMME: Faure:  Requiem, Cantiques de Jean Racine, Pavane
Carmen:  extracts
Saint Saens: Samson et Delilah  extracts 
Gounod: Faust  extracts
CONDUCTOR: Martin Hodson
LEADER: Barry Haskey
26/04/2008 CWMBRAN BAROQUE SINGERS
7.30pm St. Gabriel's Church, Old Cwmbran
  PROGRAMME:

Gounod Messe Solonelle, Bizet Te Dum

CONDUCTOR: Alan Moore
LEADER: Robin Stowell
14/02/2008 The Welsh Sinfonia - Romance at the Opera
7.30pm Cowbridge Leisure Centre  click here for preview
Click to enlarge PROGRAMME: To include:
Magic Flute Duet - Mozart
Pearl Fishers Duet - Bizet
Merry Widow Waltz - Lehar
Your Tiny Hand is Frozen - Puccini
Nessun Dorma - Puccini
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Robin Stowell
SOLOISTS: Shân Cothi (soprano), Wynne Evans (tenor) and Mark Evans (baritone).
TICKETS: £15, Concessions £12
BOX OFFICE: BUY ON LINE NOW from Creighton's Collection
Tickets also available from Cowbridge Leisure Centre
25/01/2008 The Welsh Sinfonia - Annual Charity Concert
7.30pm Llandaff Cathedral  
  All proceeds to George Thomas Hospice
Click to enlarge PROGRAMME: To include
BIZET: Carmen Suite
KARL JENKINS: Excerpts from 'This Land of Ours'
ROSAURO: Serenade for Marimba / Vibraphone European Premiere
DVORAK: Symphony No. 8 in G major
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Barry Haskey
PRESENTER: Beverley Humphreys
GUESTS: Gail Pearson - soprano
Claire Jones - Offical Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales
Dave Danford - percussion
Serendipity, Cantorian
TICKETS: £10 / £8
Further Info: sharon.owen@george-thomas-hospice.org.uk
Tel: 029 2052 4150
**** 2007 ****
09/12/2007 WELSH SINFONIA
3.00pm St. Donat's Art Centre
  PROGRAMME: 'The Snowman' Howard Blake
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: Sian Cothi
  TICKETS: £12 £10 concessions £6 children
(Family ticket - 2 adults, 2 children £34 concessions £30)
  BOX OFFICE: 01446 799100
www.stdonats.com
03/12/2007 Caerphilly Christmas Concert
10.30am
1.30pm
7.00pm		 Blackwood Miners' Institute
PROGRAMME: 'Sing a Song of Sixpence'
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
  BOX OFFICE: Caerphilly Music & Arts Service 01495 228948
25/11/2007 St John Cymru Wales in association with Wales Millennium Centre
4.00pm Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
  PROGRAMME:

Presented by St John Cymru Wales in association with Wales Millennium Centre, this tribute evening to the life and career of opera great Dennis O’Neill will feature performances by, amongst others, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Wynne Evans and Paul Charles Clarke, as well as a special performance by Dennis O’Neill himself. 

PRESENTER: Sara Edwards
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Greenwood
Robin Stapleton
Gareth Jones
LEADER: Barry Haskey
INCLUDING:

Soprano
  Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
  Susan Bullock
  Nuccia Focile
  Shan Cothi
  Gail Pearson

Mezzo
  Della Jones 

Tenors
  Dennis O’Neill
  Paul Charles Clarke
  Wynne Evans 

Baritones
  Jason Howard
  Donald Maxwell
  Eric Roberts
  Mark Evans

  TICKETS Tickets £10, £25, £35, £45
  BOX OFFICE WMC: 08700 40 2000
www.wmc.org.uk
24/11/2007 CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny
  PROGRAMME:
Britten St Nicolas, Haydn Nicolaimesse
CONDUCTOR:
Stephen Marshall
LEADER:
Robin Stowell
13/10/2007 NEWPORT PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
7.30pm St Julian's High School, Newport
  PROGRAMME:

Pergolesi - Magnificat
Marcello - Concerto in D minor for Oboe & Strings
Soloist Gillian Taylor
Vivaldi - Credo
Vivaldi - Gloria
CONDUCTOR: Jeff Davies
LEADER: Robin Stowell
19/06/2007
20/06/2007
 Caerphilly Kids Opera Group
& Members of the Welsh Sinfonia
7.30pm Blackwood Miners' Institute, Blackwood
  PROGRAMME:

Twm Sion Catti
A new opera for children by Mervyn Burtch and Simon Rees, commissioned by Caerphilly Music and Arts Service and performed by pupils from Ty Sign Primary School, Ysgol Gymraeg Trelyn, and Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni, based on the exploits of Twm Sion Catti, a medieval Welsh Robin Hood who stole from the rich but did not give to the poor.

CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
BOX OFFICE : Blackwood Miners' Institute: Tel: 01495 227206
05/06/2007 BERWYN CENTRE - Nantymoel
Children's matinee 'PLAY'
1.30pm Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: Mark Evans
05/06/2007 THE SENEDD
5.30pm Welsh Assembly Cardiff Bay
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: Mark Evans
22/05/2007 BLACKWOOD MINERS' INSTITUTE
Children's matinee 'PLAY'
10.30am Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: Mark Evans
19/05/2007
 DOROTHY ADAMS SINGERS
7.30pm St John's Church, Risca Road, Newport
  PROGRAMME: Haydn - Maria Theresa Mass
Pergolesi - Magnificat
Arwel Hughes - Gweddi
Warlock - Capriol Suite
CONDUCTOR: David Owen
LEADER: Barry Haskey
19/05/2007
 CROSSKEYS COLLEGE CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm Risca Leisure Centre
  PROGRAMME: Puccini's Messa di
Puccini arias to include Intermezzi from Manon Lescaut and Cavalleria Rusticana
CONDUCTOR: Martin Hodson
LEADER: Robin Stowell
24/03/2007
 CWMBRAN BAROQUE SINGERS
7.30pm St. Gabriel's Church, Old Cwmbran
  PROGRAMME:

Lauridson, Lux Aeterna
Dvorak, Te deum
CONDUCTOR: Alan Moore
LEADER: Robin Stowell
27/01/2007 The Welsh Sinfonia Annual Charity Concert with the Llandaff Cathedral Choir
7.00pm Llandaff Cathedral
View poster All proceeds to Wallich Clifford Community
     
PROGRAMME: Mozart - Overture to the Marriage of Figaro
Mozart - Spatzenmesse (Sparrow Mass)
Mozart - Ave Verum
Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 3
Soloist Angus West
Brahms - Double Concerto
Soloists Barry Haskey, Sara Lovell
Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Borodin - From 'Prince Igor' to the Polovsian Dances
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Barry Haskey
ORGANIST/
CHOIR MASTER:

 Richard Moorhouse
TICKETS: Adults £10.00, Children (16 & under) £5.00
from Town & Country Gift Shop
at 6 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff Tel: 029 2056 2731
**** 2006 ****
05/12/2006
 WELSH SINFONIA
Times TBA Blackwood Miners' Institute
  PROGRAMME: 'The Snowman' Howard Blake
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: TBA
  SOPRANO: TBA
  Tickets : Caerphilly Music & Arts Service 01495 228948
14/10/2006 NEWPORT PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
7.30pm St Julian's High School, Newport
  PROGRAMME: Cherubini - Requiem in C minor, Beethoven Mass in C
CONDUCTOR: Jeff Davies
LEADER: Robin Stowell
21/09/2006 Welsh Sinfonia Concert 
7.30pm Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
  PROGRAMME: Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Vivaldi - Autumn from the seasons
Karl Jenkins - Palladio
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for strings
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
  BOX OFFICE: Theatr Brycheiniog - 01874 611622 or click here
  TICKETS: £12.50 Concessions £10.50, Students £5.00
Funded by Arts Council of Wales
21/09/2006 THEATR BRYCHEINIOG, BRECON
Childrens matinee 'PLAY'
1.00pm Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
20/09/2006 Welsh Sinfonia Concert 
7.30pm Aberystwyth Arts Centre
  PROGRAMME: Elgar - Serenade for Strings
Vivaldi - Autumn from the seasons
Karl Jenkins - Palladio
Tchaikovsky - Serenade for strings
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
  BOX OFFICE: Aberystwyth Arts Centre - 01970 623232 or click here
  TICKETS: £8.50 (£7.50); Cardi Card £8.00 (£7.00) Children £2.50
Funded by Arts Council of Wales
20/09/2006 ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
Childrens matinee 'PLAY'
1.00pm Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
01/07/2006 LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY, TEXAS CONSORT
7.30pm Llandaff Cathedral
  PROGRAMME: Requiem, Mozart
CONDUCTOR: Barry Williamson
LEADER: Robin Stowell
30/06/2006 DINAS POWYS FESTIVAL
7.30pm Dinas Powys Parish Hall
  PROGRAMME: Haydn- Symphony no.45 , in F-sharp minor (FAREWELL)
Mozart - Piano Concerto No.14, KV 449, Soloist Christopher Williams
Mozart - Divertimento 12 in Eb K252
Mozart - Symphony No.29, KV 201
  CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
28/06/2006 BLACK WOOD MINERS' INSTITUTE
Childrens matinee 'PLAY'
1.30pm Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
27/06/2006 PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE
Childrens matinee 'PLAY'
11.00am Orchestral Milestones : Development of the Orchestra from 1720 to modern day click for further details
1.00pm Live Music & The Young click for further details
  PROGRAMME: Carnival of the Animals
  CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellrington
  LEADER: Robin Stowell
20/05/2006 CROSSKEYS CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm Risca Leisure Centre
  PROGRAMME: TBA
CONDUCTOR: Martin Hodson
LEADER: Robin Stowell
08/04/2006 LLANDAFF CATHEDRAL CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm Llandaff Cathedral
  PROGRAMME: St. Matthew Passion, Bach
CONDUCTOR: Avril Harding
LEADERS: Barry Haskey, Ann Jones
CONTINUO:  Gillian Stevens, John Cheer 
01/04/2006
 CWMBRAN BAROQUE SINGERS
7.30pm St. Gabriel's Church, Old Cwmbran
  PROGRAMME: Pauken Mass, Hayden
CONDUCTOR: Alan Moore
LEADER: Barry Haskey
25/03/2006
 CARDIFF ARDWYN SINGERS
7.30pm Llandaff Cathedral
  PROGRAMME: Mozart Mass in C Minor, Solemn Vespers,K108, Regina Coeli
CONDUCTOR: David Leggett
LEADER: Robin Stowell
28/01/2006 The Welsh Sinfonia presents Mozart meets Jenkins
7.00pm Llandaff Cathedral
View poster CONCERT: A Cathedral Gala to celebrate Mozart's 250 birthday in the presence of Karl Jenkins
with
Jemima Phillips - Harpist to HRH The Prince of Wales
Wynne Evans - Tenor
Llandaff Cathedral Choir - Organist and Master of the Choristers Richard Moorhouse
Bobath Wales Logo All proceeds to Bobath Children's Therapy Centre Wales
PROGRAMME: Overture to the Magic Flute, MOZART
'Dies Bild Nies' MOZART
Coronation Mass, MOZART
Pie Jesu, Passacaglia, Palladio, KARL JENKINS
'Happily Ever After' DAMIAN REES World Premier
'Nessum Dorma' PUCCINI
'Zadoc the Priest' HANDEL
CONDUCTOR: Mark Eager
LEADER: Robin Stowell
TICKETS: Adults £10.00, Children (16 & under) £5.00
from Town & Country Gift Shop
at 6 High Street, Llandaff, Cardiff Tel: 029 2056 2731
 
**** 2005 ****
07/12/2005
 WELSH SINFONIA
11.15am
& 1.30pm		 Blackwood Miners' Institute
  PROGRAMME: 'The Snowman' Howard Blake
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
  NARRATOR: Wyn Calvyn
  SOPRANO: Alex Eager
  Tickets : Caerphilly Music & Arts Service 01495 228948
06/12/2005
 Caerphilly Kid’s Opera Group
1.30pm & 7.00pm Blackwood Miners' Institute
  PROGRAMME: ‘On Christmas Eve’ Mervyn Burtch
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
  Tickets : Caerphilly Music & Arts Service 01495 228948
26/11/2005
CRICKHOWELL CHORAL SOCIETY
7.30pm St Mary's Priory Church, Abergavenny
  PROGRAMME:
Requiem - Verdi
CONDUCTOR: Stephen Marshall
LEADER: Robin Stowell
15/10/2005
NEWPORT PHILHARMONIC CHOIR
7.30pm St. Julian's Comprehensive School, Newport
  PROGRAMME:
‘Song of Destiny’, Brahms
‘ Harmonie Mass’ Haydn
‘ Gweddi’, Arwel Hughes
CONDUCTOR: Jeff Davies
LEADER: Robin Stowell
29/07/2005
WELSH SINFONIA - Summer Serenade
8.00pm THE BIG CHEESE, Caerphilly Outdoor Firework Concert
  PROGRAMME:   Radetsky March
FIREWORK DISPLAY
March from Carmen
Sabre Dance
Waltz from Masquerade Suite
Thunder & Lightning Polka
29/06/2005
WELSH SINFONIA - Summer Serenade
7.30pm Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon
View poster
Concert Diary 		PROGRAMME:
To include: 		Italian girl in Algiers - Rossini
Fantasia on Greensleeves- Vaughan Williams
Soirees Musicales - Britten-Rossini
Bolero - Ravel
Nocturne from Midsummer Night's Dream - Mendelssohn
Peter & The Wolf - Prokofiev
Sabre Dance - Khachaturian
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
BOX OFFICE: Theatr Brycheiniog - 01874 611622 or click here
TICKETS: £10.50 Concessions £8.50
 
Funded by Welsh Assembly Government
29/06/2005 WELSH SINFONIA - Schools Programme
1.00pm Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon - Matinee performance for schools
PROGRAMME: Peter & The Wolf by Prokofiev
  The First Dragon by Mervyn Burtch
NARRATOR: Francesca Kay
CONDUCTOR: Keith Ellerington
LEADER: Robin Stowell
BOX OFFICE: Theatr Brycheiniog - 01874 611622 or click here