| February
4th |
Twenty Years of Cardiff Singer |
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JULIAN
SMITH, Music Advisor to the BBC Singer of the World Competition, talks
about the twenty - year history of what Valery Gergiev described as
"the most important singing competition in the world", and
recalls, with recorded illustrations, some of the distinguished competitors. |
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| February
11th
| Travels With
My Tuba
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Principal
Tuba with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, NIGEL SEAMAN
has, in his 27 years with the orchestra, played in dozens of venues
and worked alongside many musicians. This evening he uses recorded
musical illustrations while describing some of these events and
personalities.
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| February
18th
| Aspects
of Love
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| Love,
the most powerful and essential of all emotions, has been the source
of inspiration for both lyricist and composer from the beginning of
music.
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| ROWLAND
EDWARDS takes a look at love as expressed in its many musical
manifestations from the sixteenth century to Stephen Sondheim.
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| February
25th |
Janacek's
Desert Island Discs |
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JOHN
TYRRELL, Professor at Cardiff University Music Department,
and author of many books on Janacek and Czech music, introduces
a selection of Janacek's works with particular biographical significance.
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