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Blackwood Miners' Institute 7.30 pm Friday 29th November 2019 St. David's Hall 7.30pm Friday 6th December 2019 |
CPO: 25 Years of...A Night at the Movies
A long time ago…in a concert hall far, far away (well, in 1994) Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra performed what was to be a one-off programme of film music. CPO’s conductor Michael Bell has always been a great enthusiast for film music and wanted CPO and audiences to share his passion for movie scores.
In December 2019, CPO celebrates 25 years of A Night at the Movies with some of the most popular and often requested from the many, many titles presented over the years. We hope some of your favourites are here, including:
Star Wars
(A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and The Force
Awakens)
Harry
Potter
Pirates
of the Caribbean
The
Jungle Book
Ben-Hur
Casablanca
Star
Trek
633
Squadron
Miss
Marple
Chicago
Breakfast
at Tiffany’s
Plus Gershwin in Hollywood and Tribute to the Film Composer.
Countdown to Christmas with this great celebration of fantastic music.
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St. David's Hall 7.30pm Friday 20th March 2020 |
CPO: Opera Spectacular!
| Orchestral sections include: | |
| 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 |
| Arias include: | |
| 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.
