Sunday April 10th at 4.30
The Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff

The final concert in the ‘Time and Place’ series includes The Welsh Sinfonia’s second commission of a new work from a Welsh composer.  Rhian Samuel’s music springs indisputably from her Welsh heritage and from the Welsh landscape. This piece for Treble Recorder and Chamber Orchestra, which includes an optional section for a children’s recorder group, will be given a sparkling performance by world-class recorder soloist Pamela Thorby, who has done much to gain popular recognition for the recorder as being a ‘proper’ classical instrument.  And where better to finish the series but with Haydn’s witty, but pointed, message to his employer at the end of a long season?

W.A.Mozart:                  Symphony No 36 in C, K425, “Linz”
Aaron Copland:             Quiet City
Rhian Samuel:               The Path through the Woods – World Premiere
Joseph Haydn:              Symphony No 45 in F Sharp Minor “Farewell”

Recorder:                      Pamela Thorby
Cor Anglais:                  Gillian Taylor
Trumpet:                       Dean Wright
Conductor:                    Mark Eager

Thursday March 31st 2011
Cowbridge Comprehensive School

a combined concert by The Welsh Sinfonia and the school’s talented musicians.

Palladio  – Karl Jenkins
Excerpts from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, Piazzolla’s Seasons of Buenos Aries and Mozart’s Piano Concerto No.18 in Bb, K 456
Carnival of the Animals – Saint-Saens
Pirates of the Carribean

Saturday March 26th at 7.30pm
City United Reformed Church, Cardiff

Gareth Huw John – evangelist
Gareth Blake – Jesus
Emily Griffiths – soprano
Sarah Maxted – mezzo soprano
Iestyn Morris – tenor
Tim Nelson – bass

The Welsh Sinfonia with the Welsh Sinfonia Chorus

Conducted by Carl Grainger

Sunday January 30th 2011
The Temple of Peace, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff

4.30pm

The third concert in the ‘Time and Place’ series circles the globe, exploring the ways in which composers from very different eras and musical environments express their relationships with the places which inspire them. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos are among the finest compositions of the baroque era, while Mendelssohn was unbelievably only 14 when he composed his brilliant 9th String Symphony, inspired by a much-enjoyed family visit to Lucerne and the Bernese Oberland. Wales’ own John Metcalf and the Japanese Toru Takemitsu offer contrasting, but equally personal, expressions of ‘Place’ in a programme which will appeal to anyone who loves the infinite variety of music.

J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D Major BWV 1050.
John Metcalf: Mapping Wales.
Toru Takemitsu: Toward the Sea.
Felix Mendelssohn: String Symphony No 9 in C Major “Swiss”

Flute: Catherine Handley
Violin: Robin Stowell
Harpsichord: Carl Grainger
Harp: Claire Jones (Harpist to HRH the Prince of Wales)
Conductor: Mark Eager

December 4th at 7.30

St Gabriels Church, Cwmbran
Bach – Christmas Oratorio
Cwmbran – Baroque Singers
The Welsh Sinfonia

Friday December 3rd
Llandaff Cathedral
7.30pm

In aid of the Llandaff Cathedral Organ Appeal and The Welsh Sinfonia’s work with emerging Welsh musicians. All performers are donating their services.

Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without ‘Messiah’. It is a work which speaks from the heart and soul to the heart and soul. The Welsh Sinfonia presents the version performed at its première, in Dublin in 1742. Using strings, two trumpets, timpani, and around twenty singers, including the soloists, the concert guarantees freshness and some new insights, even to those who have known the work all their lives. From the very beginning Handel associated Messiah with good causes, donating the proceeds of the first performance for poor children in Dublin, and shortly afterwards donating one of his own scores to the Foundling Hospital in London. This is an evening not to be missed, in support of two causes important to Wales’ future musical inheritance. Come and enjoy!

Handel: Messiah (Dublin Version 1742)
The Welsh Sinfonia, the Welsh Sinfonia Chorus and guest soloists
Conductor: Mark Eager

November 13th at  7.30

St John The Baptist Church, Oakfield Road, Newport

Robert Pearsall – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – Mass in E minor

The Priory Singers
The Welsh Sinfonia

conducted by Stephen Benavente

October 16th at 7.30 pm

St Julian’s School, Newport

Brahms – German Requiem
Brahms – St Anthony Variations

Newport Philharmonic Choral Society
The Welsh Sinfonia

Sunday October 10th 2010 at 4.30 pm
Cardiff University Concert Hall

The opening concert in the ‘Time and Place’ series contrasts the best known musical representation of the four seasons, composed in 18th century Venice by the red-haired ‘ Red Priest’ Antonio Vivaldi, with one from an entirely different music heritage, Astor Piazzolla’s ‘nuevo tango’ from 20th century Buenos Aires.  But how much do they share? Violinist Robin Stowell and The Welsh Sinfonia will take you from the bone-chilling freezing fogs of Venice to the sensual, visceral Argentinian sunshine in a series of brilliant evocations.

Antonio Vivaldi – Four Seasons.
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Conductor  – Mark Eager
Violin – Robin Stowell

28th August 2010 at 7 o’clock

The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl

‘Can You Sing’ International Opera Course presents.-

Popular Opera scenes and arias performed with orchestra and piano
Director: Keith Cheetham (London)
Conductors: Emmanuel Siffert (Switzerland) and Carl Penlington-Williams (UK)

The Welsh Sinfonia