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20 Sep 2024, St Asaph Cathedral

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

North Wales International Music Festival

19:00 Fri 20 Sep 2024 St Asaph Cathedral

us in St Asaph Cathedral this September for the North Wales International Music Festival where we’ll be ed by dynamically charismatic conductor Nil Venditti.

us in St Asaph Cathedral this September for the North Wales International Music Festival where we’ll be ed by dynamically charismatic conductor Nil Venditti.

Programme

- - William Mathias
  - Piano Concerto No. 1
- - Edward Elgar
  - ‘Enigma’ Variations

Performers

Composers

DEPICTIVE | WARMING | SENSUOUS

us in St Asaph Cathedral this September for the North Wales International Music Festival where we’ll be ed by dynamically charismatic conductor Nil Venditti.

Cameron Biles-Liddell’s Yr Afon Yn Yr Awyr, inspired by the Pontcysyllte aqueduct, explores the movement of water, from the flowing to the dancelike, the wild and energetic to the playful; before Welsh pianist Ellis Thomas s BBC NOW to perform William Mathias’ First Piano Concerto in what would have been his 90th birthday year.

Striking a balance between the light-hearted and the noble, Elgar’s Enigma Variations round off this concert in style – an ingenious collection of musical sketches of his friends and an astute self-portrait; an enigma hidden within the score as each variation is tagged with the initials of the friends’ nicknames.

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