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St. David's Hall 7.30pm Friday 20th March 2020 |
CPO: Opera Spectacular!
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| Wagner | Tannhauser Overture |
| Bizet | Carmen Suite |
| Saint-Saëns | Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah |
| Mascagni | Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana |
| Meyerbeyer | Coronation March from Le prophete |
| Offenbach | Orpheus in the Underworld Overture |
| Verdi | Grand March from Aida |
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| Puccini | Nessun Dorma (Turandot) |
| Verdi | La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) |
| Dvořák | Song to the Moon (Rusalka) |
| Strauss | Czardas (Die Fledermaus) |
| Puccini | Final Scene Act 1 (La boheme) |
If you want to enter the world of opera, without having to sit through a whole production, then this concert is for you. Essentially it’s the highlights from some of the greatest operas ever written….., the moments in an opera that bring the house down in operas such as Carmen, Aida, Samson and Delilah, Turandot, Cavalleria rusticana, La boheme and more besides.
And who can forget Nessun Dorma as the theme of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, or the Intermezzo from Cavalleria rusticana on the soundtrack of Martin Scorses’s Raging Bull starring Robert de Niro.
Experience the passion of Puccini, the grandeur of Verdi, the wit of Offenbach, the fervour of Saint-Saens and lots, lots more.
Our young soprano and tenor soloists will be announced but will be from Dennis O’Neill’s acclaimed Wales International Academy of Voice.
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Llandaff Cathedral 7.30pm Friday 12th June 2020 |
CPO: Cathedral Classics
Charlie Lovell-Jones: Violin
| Bach / Stokowski | Fugue in G minor |
| Tchaikovsky | Violin Concerto in D Op. 35 |
| Elgar | Symphony No. 1 in A Flat Op. 55 |
CPO returns to Llandaff Cathedral after a ten year absence to perform a programme of great classics.
The legendary conductor Leopold Stokowski’s transcription from organ to orchestra of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor was famously the opening piece of Walt Disney’s landmark animation, Fantasia. We begin this concert with another of Stokowski’s Bach transcriptions, the profoundly beautiful Fugue in G minor that will fill Llandaff Cathedral with monumental sounds.
We welcome brilliant young violinist Charlie Lovell-Jones to perform one of the best loved of all concertos, Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto, a truly virtuoso work.
Completing the programme is Sir Edward Elgar’s Symphony No. 1. Premiered in Manchester in 1908, it was then performed an unprecedented one hundred times in its first year alone, and is one of the glories of British music and a wonderful way to complete this season of concerts.
Charlie Lovell-Jones, a 20-year-old violinist from Cardiff, has been described as one of the most promising young violinists in the UK. Since his Royal Festival Hall debut at 15, Charlie's solo engagements have included appearances with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin and the English Chamber Orchestra. His live recordings of The Lark Ascending and the Karl Jenkins Violin Concerto with BBC NOW have been broadcast on Radio 3.
