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| December
3rd |
A
Land of Song
Berlioz
Bicentenary Celebration
| 3rd
December |
"I'll Sing You Something New" |
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This
rather prophetic line from Berlioz's "Faust"
introduces the first of two Society presentations marking
Hector Berlioz's bicentenary year.
TIM TAYLOR, Senior Lecturer, Music Department, Cardiff
University, offers a survey of his works involving the
voice from the songs to the 'Grande Messe des Morts'.
Was he really ahead of his time? Was it fair for an early
critic to label the opera "Les Troyens" "a
magnificent failure"? |
| 10th
December |
Berlioz and the Orchestra |
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Berlioz, the symphony orchestra was never the same again.
Both through his works and through his 'Treatise on Instrumentation'
Berlioz influenced his contemporaries and also later composers
through to the twentieth century. COLIN DANCER
presents this, the second programme, in our Berlioz bi-
centenary year celebration. |
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ANN DAVIES is a member of the Cardiff Bach Choir, an occasional
singer with other choirs and a keen observer of the choral scene
in Wales.
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Ann talks about the the Nation's love of singing and plays recordings
of some of the repertoire, with a commentary on degrees of difficulty
and individual performances by choirs.
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| December
11th
| Whilst
at the same time...
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ROWLAND
EDWARDS cites some significant historical events and links
those with critically acclaimed recordings of familiar music related
to those times.
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VIVA
BEL CANTO
Thursday, December
11th, 2.30pm
at St
David's Hall, Level 5
Continuing our
series on the operas of Bellini, Donizetti
and Rossini.
This
month we feature Bel Canto Miniatures.
Admission
free!
Further
details from the Secretary (SAE please) or click the link.
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| December
17th
| Noel!
- the Society's Festive Gathering
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Music,
Mince
pies
......and
much, much more!
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