Name: BBC NOW 2022-23 Season North Wales International Music Festival
Start: 2022-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
Location: St Asaph Cathedral

Admin

BBC Welsh National Orchestra

Conductor

Andrew Gourlay

Orchestra

Instrumentalist

Hannah Stone

Harp

Donal Bannister

Trombone

Singer

Ffion Edwards

soprano (or tenor)

BBC NOW 2022-23 Season North Wales International Music Festival

St Asaph

United Kingdom

St Asaph Cathedral

Public

Concert

Celtic Dances For Orchestra Op. 60

Oberon

Amaterasu

A Pastoral Symphony

Saurav Kumar

Approved

Accordionist

Archlutenist

Baroque Flutist

Baroque Oboist

Baroque Trumpetist

Bassist

Bassoonist

Cellist

Clarinetist

Contrabassist

Cornettist

Flutist

Guitarist

Harper

Harpsichordist

Hornist

Lutenist

Mandoline Player

Musette de cour Player

Oboist

Organist

Percussionist

Pianist

Recorder Player

Saxophonist

Tenor Violinist

Theorbist

Timpani

Trombonist

Trumpeter

Tuba Player

Vibraphonist

Viola Pomposa Player

Viola da gamba

Viola d’amore Player

Violinist

Violino Piccolo Player

Violist

Actor

Broadcasting

Choir

Choreographer

Chorus Director

Chorus master

Composer

Costume designer

Dancer

Dramaturge

Executive producer

Extra

Hairstylist

Illustrator

Librettist

Lighting designer

Makeup artist

Orchestra Operations

Other

Photographer

Poet

Repetiteur

Set designer

Sound designer

Stage Manager

Stage director

Teacher

Translator

Video designer

Vocal coach

Wig & Makeup Designer

Writer

Writing and performance

Countertenor

Soprano

Baritone

Mezzo-soprano

Contralto

Tenor

Bass-baritone

Bass

Alto

Child vocalist

Continuo

Silent

Spoken

Exuberant instrumental conversations lead the way in Weber’s masterful overture to Oberon. Opening with a mystical horn call, a nod towards the magic horn central to the operas plot, effervescent fairy laughter portrayed by the woodwind lead to virtuosic flourishes and chordal grandeur.

The spirit and movement of dance imbue Mathias’ Celtic Dances. Intended to evoke the mythological past, vivid colours, playfulness, wist, warmth and rhythmic vitality conjure mood and atmosphere across four dances. Fellow Welsh composer Gareth Glyn’s musical depiction of the story of Amaterasu continues this concerts literary narrative. Using the solo harp to represent Amaterasu, the Shinto religion’s divinity of light, the piece guides the listener through the story, from her creation and carefree youth, tumultuous relationship with her brother and feelings of sadness, and the journey from darkness to dazzling light.

Fusing a four-movement symphony and memorial Requiem, Vaughan Williams’ uniquely daring Third Symphony oozes serenity and idyll. Composed while on active service during World War I, the symphony melds persistent and exquisite dissonance to create otherworldliness, while remarkable solo sections for trumpet, imitating a military bugle, and wordless soprano add more than a hint of humanity.

English

BBC NOW 2022-23 Season North Wales International Music Festival by Mathias, W., Von Weber, Glyn, Vaughan Williams, From (2022/2022), Conductor Andrew Gourlay, St Asaph Cathedral, St Asaph, United Kingdom

Performance credits (Cast & Crew )

Ensemble

Programme, About & Synopsis

Photos

Further reading

Performance Dates & Venues

Venues