Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama - What's On Spring 2016

SPRING 2016

NEW Writing Festival Musical Revue World Premiere!

Music & Drama for St David’s Day Beethoven: Music in Revolution New Year in Vienna with the WNO Orchestra Holst’s The Planets BBC Young Musician 2016 Llŷr Williams Beethoven odyssey continues Captivating Costume Performance

Tickets 029 2039 1391

www.rwcmd.ac.uk

AmserJazzTime Our relaxed session in the foyer is the must-be place for jazz fans in Cardiff at Friday teatime.

Paula Gardiner presents some of the most exciting young jazz musicians on the scene.

Admission Free Foyer

We also toast the best of Wales with a special St David’s Day concert and the return to Cardiff of Torch Theatre’s highly successful touring production, Grav.

Free Events

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Richard Burton Company

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NEW: 2016

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The Wearable Art Show

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Musical Theatre

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Visiting Theatre Companies

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Special Concerts

21 Steinway International Piano Series

We look forward to welcoming you.

22 Lunchtime Guests

rwcmd.ac.uk

The student performance programme is supported by Connect www.rwcmd.ac.uk/connect

Photo kirsten mcternan

Come and hear performances devised and directed by our Choral Conductors in the beautiful surroundings of the College foyer.

Admission Free Foyer

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recitals

Free and informal recitals given by our talented junior musicians (aged 8-18) in the beautiful surroundings of the foyer.

Admission Free Foyer

Atomic Landscapes is the new exhibition of metal collages by Ralph Koltai CBE. Constructed from found objects on his farm in France between 19972015 they evoke mystery, history and humour. Koltai, a consummate interdisciplinary artist is known as Britain’s senior theatre designer, and this exhibition coincides with his commission by Welsh National Opera to design three new productions for their Figaro Forever season.

20 Llŷr Williams Beethoven Piano Series

28 Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

Choral Thursdays

Sat 6 Feb & Sat 12 March 2pm

Ralph Koltai: Atomic Landscapes

19 BBC Young Musician 2016

26 More Music

Thurs 21 January Thurs 18 February & Thurs 17 March 6.30pm

Sat 13 February – Sun 13 March

18 Opera

24 Lunchtime Lights

Book online: www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Admission Free Foyer

14 Beethoven: Music in Revolution

Finally, we extend our warmest thanks to Brewin Dolphin for its support of the public performance programme this year.

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff 029 2039 1391

Come and hear our Chamber Ensembles presenting their work, every Tuesday.

12 International Artists

16 Orchestral Concerts

Andrew Miller Head of Creative Programming

Chamber Tuesdays

10 Collisions

In theatre, the Richard Burton Company presents another season of NEW, four newly commissioned short plays. It’s worth noting that Alistair McDowall’s Pomona received its world premiere in our first NEW season in 2014 and has gone on to enjoy runs at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and at the National Theatre in London, winning numerous awards along the way. This season is always worth exploring.

Supported by Arts Council Wales and the Colwinston Charitable Trust

Admission Free Linbury Gallery

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Following on from our Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, we return to Beethoven this spring in a major way! Llŷr Williams continues his journey through Beethoven’s piano sonatas with two recitals and we welcome the return of the Gould Piano Trio and Elias String Quartet who, together with our talented chamber musicians, present an extended exploration of Beethoven’s chamber works in February - Music in Revolution.

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Enjoy Tapas from our Café Bar 4pm–7pm

Tues 12 January – Tues 15 March 6pm

Ralph Koltai

We will launch 2016 in some style with a fizzing Viennese Concert from the WNO Orchestra, celebrate Burns Night with our annual ceilidh and welcome the veteran showbiz star Nicholas Parsons who will present Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook. You can also catch a Welsh debut from Edinburgh Festival stars Worbey & Farrell with their highly entertaining House Party.

Contents Spring 2016

COVER Photo by Warren Orchard

Welcome to another performance packed spring season at the Royal Welsh College.

Free Events

Welcome

Fri 8 Jan – Fri 18 March 5.30pm

AmserJazzTime Our relaxed session in the foyer is the must-be place for jazz fans in Cardiff at Friday teatime.

Paula Gardiner presents some of the most exciting young jazz musicians on the scene.

Admission Free Foyer

We also toast the best of Wales with a special St David’s Day concert and the return to Cardiff of Torch Theatre’s highly successful touring production, Grav.

5 NEW: 2016 7 Musical Theatre

Admission Free Foyer

8 Visiting Theatre Companies

Thurs 21 January Thurs 18 February & Thurs 17 March 6.30pm

Choral Thursdays Come and hear performances devised and directed by our Choral Conductors in the beautiful surroundings of the College foyer.

Admission Free Foyer

Sat 6 Feb & Sat 12 March 2pm

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recitals

Free and informal recitals given by our talented junior musicians (aged 8-18) in the beautiful surroundings of the foyer.

Admission Free Foyer

9 Special Concerts Sat 13 February – Sun 13 March

10 Collisions

Ralph Koltai: Atomic Landscapes

12 International Artists 14 Beethoven: Music in Revolution

21 Steinway International Piano Series

We look forward to welcoming you.

22 Lunchtime Guests

Atomic Landscapes is the new exhibition of metal collages by Ralph Koltai CBE. Constructed from found objects on his farm in France between 19972015 they evoke mystery, history and humour. Koltai, a consummate interdisciplinary artist is known as Britain’s senior theatre designer, and this exhibition coincides with his commission by Welsh National Opera to design three new productions for their Figaro Forever season.

18 Opera 19 BBC Young Musician 2016 20 Llŷr Williams Beethoven Piano Series

24 Lunchtime Lights

rwcmd.ac.uk

Come and hear our Chamber Ensembles presenting their work, every Tuesday.

6 The Wearable Art Show

Finally, we extend our warmest thanks to Brewin Dolphin for its support of the public performance programme this year.

26 More Music

Book online: www.rwcmd.ac.uk

Chamber Tuesdays

4 Richard Burton Company

16 Orchestral Concerts

Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff 029 2039 1391

Photo kirsten mcternan

3 Free Events

In theatre, the Richard Burton Company presents another season of NEW, four newly commissioned short plays. It’s worth noting that Alistair McDowall’s Pomona received its world premiere in our first NEW season in 2014 and has gone on to enjoy runs at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester and at the National Theatre in London, winning numerous awards along the way. This season is always worth exploring.

Andrew Miller Head of Creative Programming

Supported by Arts Council Wales and the Colwinston Charitable Trust

28 Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

The student performance programme is supported by Connect www.rwcmd.ac.uk/connect

Admission Free Linbury Gallery

2/3

Following on from our Symphony Orchestra’s acclaimed performance of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, we return to Beethoven this spring in a major way! Llŷr Williams continues his journey through Beethoven’s piano sonatas with two recitals and we welcome the return of the Gould Piano Trio and Elias String Quartet who, together with our talented chamber musicians, present an extended exploration of Beethoven’s chamber works in February - Music in Revolution.

Enjoy Tapas from our Café Bar 4pm–7pm

Tues 12 January – Tues 15 March 6pm

Ralph Koltai

We will launch 2016 in some style with a fizzing Viennese Concert from the WNO Orchestra, celebrate Burns Night with our annual ceilidh and welcome the veteran showbiz star Nicholas Parsons who will present Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook. You can also catch a Welsh debut from Edinburgh Festival stars Worbey & Farrell with their highly entertaining House Party.

Contents Spring 2016

COVER Photo by Warren Orchard

Welcome to another performance packed spring season at the Royal Welsh College.

Free Events

Welcome

Fri 8 Jan – Fri 18 March 5.30pm

NEW: 2016

Mojo

Tues 2 – Sat 6 February 7.30pm

Madness in Valencia

Narrative

by Anthony Neilson Directed by Jamie Garven What are you expecting?

Narrative is poignant, surprising and very funny. It starts with a cave painting and ends with the apocalypse. Come into the everyday landscape of modern living: work, love, social life, anxiety and murder… what else is there?

Former RWCMD actor Anthony Neilson, now a well-known director and writer, follows The Wonderful World of Dissocia and Realism with another epic take on the absurdity of the world we think we live in.

Narrative takes everything we might expect of a piece of theatre and throws it in the air. What comes down will surprise you.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Bute Theatre

Mon 15 February 7.30pm Tues 16 February 1.15pm

Actor’s Showcase

32 actors have two minutes each to show us what they’ve got! An event designed to give our actors the chance to showcase their talents to industry professionals - and you.

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions (Under 25s £6) Richard Burton Theatre

rwcmd.ac.uk

14+

4 New Plays | 4 Writers | 32 Actors The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s New Writing Festival We would like to thank the Garfield Weston Foundation for making NEW: 2016 in London possible.

Drama at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the Richard Carne Trust, the Spielman Charitable Trust, the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust and the Mosawi Foundation.

Please note that an age guidance of 14+ is advised for all Richard Burton Company performances. Please ask the Box Office for advice on individual productions.

In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, Photo kirsten mcternan

Ages

NEW: 2016

COMPANY

by Lope de Vega A new version by David Johnston Directed by Adele Thomas ‘Just act as though you were in love. What greater madness is there?’

Floriano commits himself to Valencia’s famous asylum to escape his pursuers but the only thing he is mad about is his fellow patient Erifila, who may not be all that she seems. Can this most unusual of love stories have a happy ending?

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Caird Studio

Tues 2–Sat 6 February 7.15pm Matinee Fri 5 February 2.30pm

The Richard Burton Company’s weeklong celebration of new writing returns for a third exciting year with another four world premieres at home in Cardiff before transferring once again to London’s Gate Theatre, a venue known to springboard the most exceptional new talent.

We continue our collaboration with The Royal Court Theatre and Paines Plough presenting three new plays by some of the most exciting new writing talent in the UK: Elinor Cook, Ali Taylor and Joe Ward Munrow.

This year we are also delighted to be working with Sherman Cymru to present a new play

by Dafydd James, directed by the Sherman’s Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan.

We are hugely proud of the ongoing success of Alistair McDowall’s Pomona from NEW:2014, and this year we are excited that NEW:2016 will be presented as part of A Nation’s Theatre, a festival shining a light on exciting and diverse theatre being made outside London, across the UK.

A full schedule of NEW performance times will be available on our website www.rwcmd.ac.uk

22—25 March 2016

Richard Burton Theatre & Bute Theatre, Cardiff www.rwcmd.ac.uk

29 March—2 April 2016 The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London www.gatetheatre.co.uk

We would like to thank The Fenton Arts Trust, Spielman Charitable Trust and The Richard Carne Trust for their support of NEW: 2016

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Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Richard Burton Theatre

Photos Warren Orchard

by Jez Butterworth Directed by Sean Linnen Welcome to the Atlantic Club, owned by seedy Soho gangster, Ezra.

At least it was until arch rival Sam Ross brings his reign to a gruesome end. Ross takes over the club leaving the resident mob terrified about what will happen next.

This hilarious black comedy was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995, followed by a revival in the West End in 2013 with recent RWCMD graduate Tom Rhys Harries in the role of rising rock ‘n’ roll star Silver Johnny.

The London Cuckolds, PHOTO CRAIG SUGDEN

Richard Burton Company

Tues 2–Sat 6 February 7pm Matinee Wed 3 February 2.30pm

NEW: 2016

Mojo

Tues 2 – Sat 6 February 7.30pm

Madness in Valencia

Narrative

by Anthony Neilson Directed by Jamie Garven What are you expecting?

Narrative is poignant, surprising and very funny. It starts with a cave painting and ends with the apocalypse. Come into the everyday landscape of modern living: work, love, social life, anxiety and murder… what else is there?

Former RWCMD actor Anthony Neilson, now a well-known director and writer, follows The Wonderful World of Dissocia and Realism with another epic take on the absurdity of the world we think we live in.

Narrative takes everything we might expect of a piece of theatre and throws it in the air. What comes down will surprise you.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Bute Theatre

Mon 15 February 7.30pm Tues 16 February 1.15pm

Actor’s Showcase

32 actors have two minutes each to show us what they’ve got! An event designed to give our actors the chance to showcase their talents to industry professionals - and you.

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions (Under 25s £6) Richard Burton Theatre

rwcmd.ac.uk

14+

4 New Plays | 4 Writers | 32 Actors The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama’s New Writing Festival We would like to thank the Garfield Weston Foundation for making NEW: 2016 in London possible.

Drama at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the Richard Carne Trust, the Spielman Charitable Trust, the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust and the Mosawi Foundation.

Please note that an age guidance of 14+ is advised for all Richard Burton Company performances. Please ask the Box Office for advice on individual productions.

In Arabia We’d All Be Kings, Photo kirsten mcternan

Ages

NEW: 2016

COMPANY

by Lope de Vega A new version by David Johnston Directed by Adele Thomas ‘Just act as though you were in love. What greater madness is there?’

Floriano commits himself to Valencia’s famous asylum to escape his pursuers but the only thing he is mad about is his fellow patient Erifila, who may not be all that she seems. Can this most unusual of love stories have a happy ending?

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Caird Studio

Tues 2–Sat 6 February 7.15pm Matinee Fri 5 February 2.30pm

The Richard Burton Company’s weeklong celebration of new writing returns for a third exciting year with another four world premieres at home in Cardiff before transferring once again to London’s Gate Theatre, a venue known to springboard the most exceptional new talent.

We continue our collaboration with The Royal Court Theatre and Paines Plough presenting three new plays by some of the most exciting new writing talent in the UK: Elinor Cook, Ali Taylor and Joe Ward Munrow.

This year we are also delighted to be working with Sherman Cymru to present a new play

by Dafydd James, directed by the Sherman’s Artistic Director Rachel O’Riordan.

We are hugely proud of the ongoing success of Alistair McDowall’s Pomona from NEW:2014, and this year we are excited that NEW:2016 will be presented as part of A Nation’s Theatre, a festival shining a light on exciting and diverse theatre being made outside London, across the UK.

A full schedule of NEW performance times will be available on our website www.rwcmd.ac.uk

22—25 March 2016

Richard Burton Theatre & Bute Theatre, Cardiff www.rwcmd.ac.uk

29 March—2 April 2016 The Gate Theatre, Notting Hill, London www.gatetheatre.co.uk

We would like to thank The Fenton Arts Trust, Spielman Charitable Trust and The Richard Carne Trust for their support of NEW: 2016

4/5

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s £6) Richard Burton Theatre

Photos Warren Orchard

by Jez Butterworth Directed by Sean Linnen Welcome to the Atlantic Club, owned by seedy Soho gangster, Ezra.

At least it was until arch rival Sam Ross brings his reign to a gruesome end. Ross takes over the club leaving the resident mob terrified about what will happen next.

This hilarious black comedy was premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 1995, followed by a revival in the West End in 2013 with recent RWCMD graduate Tom Rhys Harries in the role of rising rock ‘n’ roll star Silver Johnny.

The London Cuckolds, PHOTO CRAIG SUGDEN

Richard Burton Company

Tues 2–Sat 6 February 7pm Matinee Wed 3 February 2.30pm

Fri 29 January 7.30pm

Musical Theatre

The Wearable Art Show

Hosted by Nicholas Parsons CBE Following his critically acclaimed West End concerts, award-winning Welsh musical director Ross Leadbeater celebrates the phenomenal music of the Great British Songbook. From Ivor Novello to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart to Leslie Bricusse with The Beatles, Queen and even some Gilbert & Sullivan – there is something for everyone in this not-tobe missed opportunity to experience the massive hits and the forgotten gems.

Presented by the legendary Just A Minute host Nicholas Parsons, performed by Ross Leadbeater with Richard Burton Company musical theatre performers.

‘An extremely entertaining evening!’

BBC Radio 2 ‘Gorgeous music, beautifully presented’ BBC Radio London Tickets £20 | £18 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Witty and wild costumes inspired by Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, the mythical story of Orpheus visiting the Underworld. Exploring this early Baroque opera through costume constructed from challenging scrap materials, our free-spirited designers will present a captivating costume performance, with dance, light and sound. Performed with panache.

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions Bute Theatre

Tues 22 - Thurs 24 March 7.30pm Matinee Thurs 24 March 2pm

Stiles & Drewe’s Anything Can Happen!

WORLD PREMIERE

Music by George Stiles Musical Lyrics by Anthony Drewe Theatre Conceived & Directed

by Simon Greiff A brand new musical revue that celebrates the Olivier Award-winning British writing team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Featuring songs that deal with growing up, unrequited love, relationships, parenthood, hopes and dreaming big. Featuring selected songs from their acclaimed musicals including Just So, Honk, Peter Pan, Betty Blue Eyes, and Soho Cinders.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s Half Price) Sherman Theatre (Studio) www.shermancymru.co.uk 029 2064 6900 Supported by the Waterloo Foundation

Design for Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the Ashley Family Foundation

This performance is sponsored by the Connect Fund.

Musical Theatre scholarships are supported by The Richard Carne Trust, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, The Mackintosh Foundation and The Leverhulme Trust.

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Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook

Musical Theatre – Richard Burton Company

Richard Burton Company

Thurs 25 February 4pm & 7.15pm Fri 26 February 1pm, 4pm & 7.15pm

Fri 29 January 7.30pm

Musical Theatre

The Wearable Art Show

Hosted by Nicholas Parsons CBE Following his critically acclaimed West End concerts, award-winning Welsh musical director Ross Leadbeater celebrates the phenomenal music of the Great British Songbook. From Ivor Novello to Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lionel Bart to Leslie Bricusse with The Beatles, Queen and even some Gilbert & Sullivan – there is something for everyone in this not-tobe missed opportunity to experience the massive hits and the forgotten gems.

Presented by the legendary Just A Minute host Nicholas Parsons, performed by Ross Leadbeater with Richard Burton Company musical theatre performers.

‘An extremely entertaining evening!’

BBC Radio 2 ‘Gorgeous music, beautifully presented’ BBC Radio London Tickets £20 | £18 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Witty and wild costumes inspired by Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, the mythical story of Orpheus visiting the Underworld. Exploring this early Baroque opera through costume constructed from challenging scrap materials, our free-spirited designers will present a captivating costume performance, with dance, light and sound. Performed with panache.

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions Bute Theatre

Tues 22 - Thurs 24 March 7.30pm Matinee Thurs 24 March 2pm

Stiles & Drewe’s Anything Can Happen!

WORLD PREMIERE

Music by George Stiles Musical Lyrics by Anthony Drewe Theatre Conceived & Directed

by Simon Greiff A brand new musical revue that celebrates the Olivier Award-winning British writing team of George Stiles and Anthony Drewe.

Featuring songs that deal with growing up, unrequited love, relationships, parenthood, hopes and dreaming big. Featuring selected songs from their acclaimed musicals including Just So, Honk, Peter Pan, Betty Blue Eyes, and Soho Cinders.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions (Under 25s Half Price) Sherman Theatre (Studio) www.shermancymru.co.uk 029 2064 6900 Supported by the Waterloo Foundation

Design for Performance at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the Ashley Family Foundation

This performance is sponsored by the Connect Fund.

Musical Theatre scholarships are supported by The Richard Carne Trust, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation, The Mackintosh Foundation and The Leverhulme Trust.

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Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook

Musical Theatre – Richard Burton Company

Richard Burton Company

Thurs 25 February 4pm & 7.15pm Fri 26 February 1pm, 4pm & 7.15pm

Fri 22 January 7.30pm

Presented by Torch Theatre Company

Concert followed by a supper and ceilidh Our musicians and actors lead a traditional celebration of Burns Night, which includes a concert, Burns Supper (haggis, neeps and tatties or vegetarian alternative and Cranachan dessert), and ceilidh with dance instruction.

This is one of the most popular events in our calendar so get your tickets booked as soon as possible!

Tickets £26 Dora Stoutzker Hall & Foyer

Grav

Written by Owen Thomas Directed By Peter Doran Performed by Gareth Bale In October 2007 Ray Gravell, a man who for many embodied what it is to be Welsh, passed away after succumbing to complications resulting from contracting diabetes. He was 56 years old. Known to millions for his legendary exploits on the rugby field, ‘Grav’ was and is so much more than that.

An actor, a cultural icon, a father, a husband, a man with a life packed full of stories that deserve to be heard once more on this special St David’s Day performance. www.gravcymru.co.uk

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Richard Burton Theatre

Tues 1 March 7.30pm

Burns Night 2016

St David’s Day Celebration Royal Welsh College Brass Band Dr Robert Childs conductor Celebrating all things Welsh with music from some of our greatest living Welsh composers. The majesty and power of Mathias’ Vivat Regina perfectly offsets the adrenaline of Sparke’s Year of the Dragon, set against the intimate and moving music of Karl Jenkins, with energetic and triumphant contributions from the Celtic pen of Gareth Wood. A moving and inspiring programme, garnished with traditional folk song and plenty of Welsh pride.

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Special Concerts

Visiting Theatre Companies

Tues 1 March 7.15pm

Thurs 3 March 7.30pm

Central Band of the Royal Air Force: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue Grant Jameson euphonium Music has always been an integral part of military life and since its formation in 1920, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force has boasted a proud and distinguished heritage. From the concert stage to operational

theatres around the globe, Central Band musicians display, in their conduct and performance, the excellence for which the Royal Air Force has become renowned during its illustrious history.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Sat 5 March 2.30pm & 5.30pm

Rapunzel

Presented by Immersion Theatre UK PREMIERE

Ages

4+

From the Emmy Award-winning team behind the mega-hit television series, Friends, comes Rapunzel, an exciting musical perfect for all the family! Enjoy this witty, tongue-in-cheek retelling of a perennial favourite which gives us a possessive mother who happens to be a witch, a tentative young man who happens to be a prince and a strong-willed but naïve young girl with the longest hair you’re ever likely to come across!

Tickets £9 (Family Ticket £30) Richard Burton Theatre

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Book & Lyrics by David Crane and Marta Kauffman Music by Michael Skloff

Fri 22 January 7.30pm

Presented by Torch Theatre Company

Concert followed by a supper and ceilidh Our musicians and actors lead a traditional celebration of Burns Night, which includes a concert, Burns Supper (haggis, neeps and tatties or vegetarian alternative and Cranachan dessert), and ceilidh with dance instruction.

This is one of the most popular events in our calendar so get your tickets booked as soon as possible!

Tickets £26 Dora Stoutzker Hall & Foyer

Grav

Written by Owen Thomas Directed By Peter Doran Performed by Gareth Bale In October 2007 Ray Gravell, a man who for many embodied what it is to be Welsh, passed away after succumbing to complications resulting from contracting diabetes. He was 56 years old. Known to millions for his legendary exploits on the rugby field, ‘Grav’ was and is so much more than that.

An actor, a cultural icon, a father, a husband, a man with a life packed full of stories that deserve to be heard once more on this special St David’s Day performance. www.gravcymru.co.uk

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Richard Burton Theatre

Tues 1 March 7.30pm

Burns Night 2016

St David’s Day Celebration Royal Welsh College Brass Band Dr Robert Childs conductor Celebrating all things Welsh with music from some of our greatest living Welsh composers. The majesty and power of Mathias’ Vivat Regina perfectly offsets the adrenaline of Sparke’s Year of the Dragon, set against the intimate and moving music of Karl Jenkins, with energetic and triumphant contributions from the Celtic pen of Gareth Wood. A moving and inspiring programme, garnished with traditional folk song and plenty of Welsh pride.

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Special Concerts

Visiting Theatre Companies

Tues 1 March 7.15pm

Thurs 3 March 7.30pm

Central Band of the Royal Air Force: Old, New, Borrowed, Blue Grant Jameson euphonium Music has always been an integral part of military life and since its formation in 1920, the Central Band of the Royal Air Force has boasted a proud and distinguished heritage. From the concert stage to operational

theatres around the globe, Central Band musicians display, in their conduct and performance, the excellence for which the Royal Air Force has become renowned during its illustrious history.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Sat 5 March 2.30pm & 5.30pm

Rapunzel

Presented by Immersion Theatre UK PREMIERE

Ages

4+

From the Emmy Award-winning team behind the mega-hit television series, Friends, comes Rapunzel, an exciting musical perfect for all the family! Enjoy this witty, tongue-in-cheek retelling of a perennial favourite which gives us a possessive mother who happens to be a witch, a tentative young man who happens to be a prince and a strong-willed but naïve young girl with the longest hair you’re ever likely to come across!

Tickets £9 (Family Ticket £30) Richard Burton Theatre

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Book & Lyrics by David Crane and Marta Kauffman Music by Michael Skloff

Anita Wardell & Trio

Worbey and Farrell

Anita Wardell vocals Robin Aspland piano Jeremy Brown bass Steve brown drums

Worbey and Farrell are internationally acclaimed concert pianists with a wicked sense of humour. They have entertained all over the globe to rave reviews with their inimitable re-invention of the traditional piano duet. They’ve achieved over a million hits on YouTube, stormed the Edinburgh Festival with five star reviews and were voted amongst the Top Ten shows of 2015.

Anita Wardell’s singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Singer Norma Winstone praised her ‘unexpected vulnerability, which makes her reading of the ballads both beautiful and touching. Her honesty shines in this well-chosen collection of songs.’

Expect spectacular arrangements, original compositions and sensational piano playing. From Tchaikovsky’s 1812 to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, from Rachmaninov to Lady Gaga, prepare to be moved, delighted and utterly amazed.

Tickets £12 Dora Stoutzker Hall

‘Extremely virtuosic and beyond dazzling!’ Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3

Fri 4 March 7.30pm

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Vivian Stanshall’s Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Fri 5 February 7.45pm

Marius Neset & Daniel Herskedal

Presented by Guilty Dog Productions and UK Touring with Mike Livesley and The Brainwashing House Orchestra

Marius Neset saxes Daniel Herskedal tuba

Tickets £12 Dora Stoutzker Hall

By kind permission of the Stanshall family

SIR HENRY, photo Brian Roberts

This duo have received rave reviews around Europe for their 2012 debut duo album Neck of the Woods and will be showcasing this longstanding musical collaboration.

In April 2011, Norwegian-born/ Copenhagen-based saxophonist Marius Neset released his debut album Golden Xplosion which led to him becoming one of the most talked about newcomers on the European jazz scene.

Daniel Herskedal is a Norwegian instrumentalist and composer who has defied the conventions of the tuba, instead pushing the boundaries both technically and sonically and creating a spellbinding and mesmerising sound.

‘The Norwegian partnership produce sax/tuba duets that swoop and purr’. The Guardian

‘ There were conceits that just had you shrieking with laughter … one of Viv’s better thoughts would probably blow my brains out’ John Peel, 2004

Liverpool’s Mike Livesley & his cobwebbed musicians re-create legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band leader, Viv Stanshall’s manic, classic, surreal but fond masterpiece of quintessential English comedy. Sir Henry’s world is brought to life for our entertainment, enchantment & elucidation some 35 years after the cult 1980 film which many believe to be the missing link between Monty Python & Withnail & I.

Tickets £15 Richard Burton Theatre Age Guidance 16+

‘Mike Livesley embodies to perfection the spirit and brilliance of Vivian Stanshall.’ Stephen Fry ‘One of the richest texts in the English comic language. But to witness it on stage is a joy.’ MOJO ‘Sir Henry is a comic masterpiece.’ NME www.sirhenrylives.com

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Fri 19 Feb 7.30pm

Marius Neset, PHOTO Lisbeth Holten

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Worbey and Farrell’s House Party!

‘ We’re on a mission to cheer up classical concerts’

Collisions Cool, contemporary sounds for Cardiff

Collisions Cool, contemporary sounds for Cardiff

Sat 23 January 7.30pm

Anita Wardell & Trio

Worbey and Farrell

Anita Wardell vocals Robin Aspland piano Jeremy Brown bass Steve brown drums

Worbey and Farrell are internationally acclaimed concert pianists with a wicked sense of humour. They have entertained all over the globe to rave reviews with their inimitable re-invention of the traditional piano duet. They’ve achieved over a million hits on YouTube, stormed the Edinburgh Festival with five star reviews and were voted amongst the Top Ten shows of 2015.

Anita Wardell’s singing is exciting and breathtaking. She is noted for her mesmerizing and captivating vocal improvisations and vocalese lyrics to instrumental solos. Anita is a musician who uses the voice as her instrument, displaying precision and agility, mixed with heartfelt emotion. Singer Norma Winstone praised her ‘unexpected vulnerability, which makes her reading of the ballads both beautiful and touching. Her honesty shines in this well-chosen collection of songs.’

Expect spectacular arrangements, original compositions and sensational piano playing. From Tchaikovsky’s 1812 to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue, from Rachmaninov to Lady Gaga, prepare to be moved, delighted and utterly amazed.

Tickets £12 Dora Stoutzker Hall

‘Extremely virtuosic and beyond dazzling!’ Sean Rafferty BBC Radio 3

Fri 4 March 7.30pm

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Vivian Stanshall’s Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

Fri 5 February 7.45pm

Marius Neset & Daniel Herskedal

Presented by Guilty Dog Productions and UK Touring with Mike Livesley and The Brainwashing House Orchestra

Marius Neset saxes Daniel Herskedal tuba

Tickets £12 Dora Stoutzker Hall

By kind permission of the Stanshall family

SIR HENRY, photo Brian Roberts

This duo have received rave reviews around Europe for their 2012 debut duo album Neck of the Woods and will be showcasing this longstanding musical collaboration.

In April 2011, Norwegian-born/ Copenhagen-based saxophonist Marius Neset released his debut album Golden Xplosion which led to him becoming one of the most talked about newcomers on the European jazz scene.

Daniel Herskedal is a Norwegian instrumentalist and composer who has defied the conventions of the tuba, instead pushing the boundaries both technically and sonically and creating a spellbinding and mesmerising sound.

‘The Norwegian partnership produce sax/tuba duets that swoop and purr’. The Guardian

‘ There were conceits that just had you shrieking with laughter … one of Viv’s better thoughts would probably blow my brains out’ John Peel, 2004

Liverpool’s Mike Livesley & his cobwebbed musicians re-create legendary Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band leader, Viv Stanshall’s manic, classic, surreal but fond masterpiece of quintessential English comedy. Sir Henry’s world is brought to life for our entertainment, enchantment & elucidation some 35 years after the cult 1980 film which many believe to be the missing link between Monty Python & Withnail & I.

Tickets £15 Richard Burton Theatre Age Guidance 16+

‘Mike Livesley embodies to perfection the spirit and brilliance of Vivian Stanshall.’ Stephen Fry ‘One of the richest texts in the English comic language. But to witness it on stage is a joy.’ MOJO ‘Sir Henry is a comic masterpiece.’ NME www.sirhenrylives.com

10/11

Fri 19 Feb 7.30pm

Marius Neset, PHOTO Lisbeth Holten

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Worbey and Farrell’s House Party!

‘ We’re on a mission to cheer up classical concerts’

Collisions Cool, contemporary sounds for Cardiff

Collisions Cool, contemporary sounds for Cardiff

Sat 23 January 7.30pm

Wed 24 February 7.30pm

Francoise-Green duo

Maria Luisa Rayan harp

Mozart Sonata in C, K.451 Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op 9 arr. by composer Andrew Wallace Café Griensteidl Schubert Fantasie in F minor D. 940 When four hands come together on one piano, something special happens. And when those hands belong to the Francoise-Green piano duo, it becomes something more than just a piano recital: it’s chamber music. This award-winning young duo bring a special imagination and flair to everything they play, and tonight’s programme spans three centuries of Viennese classics – plus something completely new created right here in Wales by a Royal Welsh College composer.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Following her sell-out recital here at the Dora Stoutzker Hall in 2013, internationally renowned harpist Maria Luisa makes a highly anticipated return visit to Cardiff.

Argentinian by birth, her musical heritage has inspired her to combine the tango rhythms of Latin America with an internationally acclaimed classical music career. Expect the elegance of Bach and the fireworks of Piazzolla!

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

VOCES8: Sing Joyfully

VOCES8

VOCES8 is delighted to present Sing Joyfully, a programme that celebrates the joy and beauty of voices in harmony. With music from the Renaissance to Jazz and Pop, this concert combines ethereal and angelic voices with VOCES8’s renowned stage presence.

‘The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.’ Gramophone Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

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Elin Manahan Thomas soprano Few composers have ever understood how to move the emotions as well as Handel.

Elin Manahan Thomas performs some of his most heartrendingly beautiful arias and contrasts them with masterpieces of expression from other eras.

Carissimi’s moving Lament of

Mary Stuart contrasts tellingly with Brahms’ Ophelia Lieder.

Judith Weir’s King Harald’s Saga, meanwhile, sees the soprano taking on eight different, unaccompanied roles in one of the shortest operas ever written! A range of styles and periods, all presented in Elin Manahan Thomas’ own inimitable beautifully expressive and clear soprano.

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments: Sound House Inspired by Francis Bacon’s investigations into the magical properties of sound, The Society of Strange and Ancient

Instruments presents musical masterpieces of the 17th century linked to each other by newly composed music. Combining modern sound technology with ancient instruments, the players explore extraordinary aural effects and illusions that so intrigued our 17th century forbears.

‘What the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments have concocted in ‘Sound House’ is a wondrous journey through a realm of unimaginable sonic possibilities; travel with them, and I guarantee that you will never think of sound in the same way again.’

Early Music Today Tickets £12 | £10 concesssions Dora Stoutzker Hall

12/13

Wed 2 March 7.30pm

Thurs 21 January 7.30pm

Tues 2 February 7.45pm

International Artists

International Artists

Thurs 14 January 7.30pm

Wed 24 February 7.30pm

Francoise-Green duo

Maria Luisa Rayan harp

Mozart Sonata in C, K.451 Schoenberg Chamber Symphony No. 1, Op 9 arr. by composer Andrew Wallace Café Griensteidl Schubert Fantasie in F minor D. 940 When four hands come together on one piano, something special happens. And when those hands belong to the Francoise-Green piano duo, it becomes something more than just a piano recital: it’s chamber music. This award-winning young duo bring a special imagination and flair to everything they play, and tonight’s programme spans three centuries of Viennese classics – plus something completely new created right here in Wales by a Royal Welsh College composer.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Following her sell-out recital here at the Dora Stoutzker Hall in 2013, internationally renowned harpist Maria Luisa makes a highly anticipated return visit to Cardiff.

Argentinian by birth, her musical heritage has inspired her to combine the tango rhythms of Latin America with an internationally acclaimed classical music career. Expect the elegance of Bach and the fireworks of Piazzolla!

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

VOCES8: Sing Joyfully

VOCES8

VOCES8 is delighted to present Sing Joyfully, a programme that celebrates the joy and beauty of voices in harmony. With music from the Renaissance to Jazz and Pop, this concert combines ethereal and angelic voices with VOCES8’s renowned stage presence.

‘The singing of VOCES8 is impeccable in its quality of tone and balance. They bring a new dimension to the word ‘ensemble’ with meticulous timing and tuning.’ Gramophone Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

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Elin Manahan Thomas soprano Few composers have ever understood how to move the emotions as well as Handel.

Elin Manahan Thomas performs some of his most heartrendingly beautiful arias and contrasts them with masterpieces of expression from other eras.

Carissimi’s moving Lament of

Mary Stuart contrasts tellingly with Brahms’ Ophelia Lieder.

Judith Weir’s King Harald’s Saga, meanwhile, sees the soprano taking on eight different, unaccompanied roles in one of the shortest operas ever written! A range of styles and periods, all presented in Elin Manahan Thomas’ own inimitable beautifully expressive and clear soprano.

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments: Sound House Inspired by Francis Bacon’s investigations into the magical properties of sound, The Society of Strange and Ancient

Instruments presents musical masterpieces of the 17th century linked to each other by newly composed music. Combining modern sound technology with ancient instruments, the players explore extraordinary aural effects and illusions that so intrigued our 17th century forbears.

‘What the Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments have concocted in ‘Sound House’ is a wondrous journey through a realm of unimaginable sonic possibilities; travel with them, and I guarantee that you will never think of sound in the same way again.’

Early Music Today Tickets £12 | £10 concesssions Dora Stoutzker Hall

12/13

Wed 2 March 7.30pm

Thurs 21 January 7.30pm

Tues 2 February 7.45pm

International Artists

International Artists

Thurs 14 January 7.30pm

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Music in Revolution

Was Beethoven’s uneasy relationship with his teacher, Haydn, prophetic of giant strides to come? Despite even returning to Baroque forms to inspire his later works, Beethoven managed to point to an unimaginable future for Western music.

We welcome listeners to discover for themselves just how this great man, born just prior to social reform and upheaval, was able to embrace the universal, creating a totally new emotional range in which successive composers could communicate.

Works | Ensembles

Venue

Tickets

Wed 10 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Cantata Ah! Perfido, Op 65 Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op 80 Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir & Orchestra Conductor David Jones

*DSH

£6 | £8

Thurs 11 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb, Op 1 No.1 Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 18 No.1 Gould Piano Trio Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£6 | £8

6pm

Guest Lecture Beethoven Music in Revolution

*DSH

Free

7.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No.3 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op 13 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£12 | £10

9.45pm

Beethoven Bagatelles Op 126 nos 1,2 & 4 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 Benjamin Frith: piano Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op 133 Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£8 | £6

Fri 12 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op 1 No.2 Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No.1 ‘Ghost’ Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£6 | £8

3pm

Workshop Side by Side Septet Beethoven Septet in Eb, Op 20

*DSH

Free

7.30pm

Beethoven Clarinet Trio in Bb, Op 11 Beethoven Quintet for Piano & Winds in Eb, Op 16 Beethoven Septet in Eb, Op 20 Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£12 | £10

Sat 13 Feb 11am

Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Lucy Gould: violin, Benjamin Frith: piano Janacek String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ David Adams, Lucy Gould, Rachel Roberts, Alice Neary

*DSH

£10 | £8

1.15pm

Beethoven Song Recital

Foyer

Free

3pm

Royal Welsh College Student Showcase

*DSH

£6 | £8

8pm

Beethoven (arr. Clementi) ‘Grand quartetto pour pianoforte, violon, alto et violoncelle arrangé d’après la Sinfonie héroique’ Gould Piano Trio, David Adams: viola Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Lucy Gould, Andre Swanepoel, Rachel Roberts, David Adams, Alice Neary, Rosie Biss, David Stark

*DSH

£12 | £10

Sun 14 Feb 11am

Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No.2 Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb, Op 70 No.2 Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£10 | £8

1.15pm

Beethoven Folksong Arrangements

Seligman Studio

£6 | £8

2.30pm

Beethoven in the Foyer

Foyer

Free

6pm

Festival Finale Op 95, 96 & 97 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 ‘Serioso’ Beethoven Violin Sonata in G, Op 96 Beethoven Piano Trio in Bb, Op 97 ‘Archduke’ Gould Piano Trio with David Adams & Rachel Roberts

*DSH

£12 | £10

Supported by Philip and Christine Carne and The Radcliffe Trust

Gould Piano Trio Lucy Gould Alice Neary Benjamin Frith Elias String Quartet Sara Bitloch Donald Grant Martin Saving Marie Bitloch

David Adams violin/viola Rachel Roberts viola André Swanepoel violin Rosie Biss cello David Stark double bass Catriona MacKinnon oboe Robert Plane clarinet Meyrick Alexander bassoon Tim Thorpe horn

Schedule and line up is subject to change.

Please check the RWCMD website for the most up to date information.

Book the entire festival for the discounted price of £100 (£85 concessions). Offer subject to availability and room capacity. Tickets will be allocated for all events at the time of booking.

Please contact the Box Office with any specific seating requests.

*Dora Stoutzker Hall

14/15

Beethoven:

10–14 February 2016

Date | Time

Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival

Schedule

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Music in Revolution

Was Beethoven’s uneasy relationship with his teacher, Haydn, prophetic of giant strides to come? Despite even returning to Baroque forms to inspire his later works, Beethoven managed to point to an unimaginable future for Western music.

We welcome listeners to discover for themselves just how this great man, born just prior to social reform and upheaval, was able to embrace the universal, creating a totally new emotional range in which successive composers could communicate.

Works | Ensembles

Venue

Tickets

Wed 10 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Cantata Ah! Perfido, Op 65 Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op 80 Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir & Orchestra Conductor David Jones

*DSH

£6 | £8

Thurs 11 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb, Op 1 No.1 Beethoven String Quartet in F, Op 18 No.1 Gould Piano Trio Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£6 | £8

6pm

Guest Lecture Beethoven Music in Revolution

*DSH

Free

7.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in C minor, Op 1 No.3 Mendelssohn String Quartet in A minor, Op 13 Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£12 | £10

9.45pm

Beethoven Bagatelles Op 126 nos 1,2 & 4 Beethoven Piano Sonata in E, Op 109 Benjamin Frith: piano Beethoven Grosse Fuge, Op 133 Elias String Quartet

*DSH

£8 | £6

Fri 12 Feb 1.15pm

Beethoven Piano Trio in G, Op 1 No.2 Beethoven Piano Trio in D, Op 70 No.1 ‘Ghost’ Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£6 | £8

3pm

Workshop Side by Side Septet Beethoven Septet in Eb, Op 20

*DSH

Free

7.30pm

Beethoven Clarinet Trio in Bb, Op 11 Beethoven Quintet for Piano & Winds in Eb, Op 16 Beethoven Septet in Eb, Op 20 Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£12 | £10

Sat 13 Feb 11am

Beethoven Violin Sonata in A, Op 47 ‘Kreutzer’ Lucy Gould: violin, Benjamin Frith: piano Janacek String Quartet No.1 ‘Kreutzer Sonata’ David Adams, Lucy Gould, Rachel Roberts, Alice Neary

*DSH

£10 | £8

1.15pm

Beethoven Song Recital

Foyer

Free

3pm

Royal Welsh College Student Showcase

*DSH

£6 | £8

8pm

Beethoven (arr. Clementi) ‘Grand quartetto pour pianoforte, violon, alto et violoncelle arrangé d’après la Sinfonie héroique’ Gould Piano Trio, David Adams: viola Richard Strauss Metamorphosen Lucy Gould, Andre Swanepoel, Rachel Roberts, David Adams, Alice Neary, Rosie Biss, David Stark

*DSH

£12 | £10

Sun 14 Feb 11am

Beethoven Cello Sonata in D, Op 102 No.2 Beethoven Piano Trio in Eb, Op 70 No.2 Gould Piano Trio

*DSH

£10 | £8

1.15pm

Beethoven Folksong Arrangements

Seligman Studio

£6 | £8

2.30pm

Beethoven in the Foyer

Foyer

Free

6pm

Festival Finale Op 95, 96 & 97 Beethoven String Quartet in F minor, Op 95 ‘Serioso’ Beethoven Violin Sonata in G, Op 96 Beethoven Piano Trio in Bb, Op 97 ‘Archduke’ Gould Piano Trio with David Adams & Rachel Roberts

*DSH

£12 | £10

Supported by Philip and Christine Carne and The Radcliffe Trust

Gould Piano Trio Lucy Gould Alice Neary Benjamin Frith Elias String Quartet Sara Bitloch Donald Grant Martin Saving Marie Bitloch

David Adams violin/viola Rachel Roberts viola André Swanepoel violin Rosie Biss cello David Stark double bass Catriona MacKinnon oboe Robert Plane clarinet Meyrick Alexander bassoon Tim Thorpe horn

Schedule and line up is subject to change.

Please check the RWCMD website for the most up to date information.

Book the entire festival for the discounted price of £100 (£85 concessions). Offer subject to availability and room capacity. Tickets will be allocated for all events at the time of booking.

Please contact the Box Office with any specific seating requests.

*Dora Stoutzker Hall

14/15

Beethoven:

10–14 February 2016

Date | Time

Chamber Music Festival

Chamber Music Festival

Schedule

Mozart at Llandaff

Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra Elgar Sospiri Op 70 Holst The Planets David Jones conductor Everyone knows Mars from The Planets – and every rugby fan knows Jupiter! But if that’s all you know of Holst’s intergalactic orchestral adventure, you’re in for a thrilling surprise. Today, the full Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra travels to infinity and beyond: music of dazzling beauty and power - plus a sad, sweet window into the soul of Edward Elgar. Expect sounds like you’ve never heard before.

Tickets £5.75 in advance £6.75 on day (Reductions Available) St David’s Hall 029 2087 8444

Orchestral Concerts

Orchestral Concerts

Thurs 10 March 7.30pm

Tues 12 January 1pm

Mozart Notturni Mozart Serenade for Winds in C minor, K.388 Mozart Requiem in D minor, K.626 Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Peter Hanke conductor You’ve seen Amadeus – the masked stranger, the mysterious commission, the deathbed struggle. But the reality of Mozart’s Requiem is even more incredible – it’s one of those pieces that you simply have to hear live. Don’t miss this chance to experience it in the atmospheric surroundings of Llandaff Cathedral, as part of a whole evening devoted to some of Mozart’s most personal masterpieces Tickets £12 in advance £15 on the day Llandaff Cathedral

Supporting BBC Music’s

www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk The development of orchestras at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the John Lewis Partnership

Thurs 17 March 7.30pm

Strauss Overture: Die Fledermaus Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 Simon Phillippo piano The overture to Die Fledermaus is uplifting, vibrant and launches any New Year celebration with a sparkle. In a Viennese themed evening, the WNO Orchestra also performs Mozart with Simon Phillippo making his concert debut as Royal Welsh College Head of Keyboard. Together with a delightful selection of Waltz and Polka classics.

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Photo Kaupo Kikkas

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Welsh National Opera: New Year in Vienna

Sinfonia Cymru Stravinsky Danses Concertantes Beethoven Violin Concerto Mozart Jupiter Symphony Gareth Jones conductor Benjamin Baker violin Sinfonia Cymru presents a lively and exhilarating programme of music. Stravinsky’s Danses Concertantes, originally written for the concert stage but also performed as a one act ballet, is a great example of the composer’s invigorating style.

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, his only violin concerto, is a bright and lyrical piece which has become one of the most popular works for violin.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C ‘Jupiter’ was the composer’s last symphony and it is often viewed as his greatest.

Tickets £13 | £11 concessions FOS: £12 £10 U27s: £4 Dora Stoutzker Hall

16/17

‘ a sleek-sounding young soloist; hugely impressive’ Daily Telegraph

Fri 15 January 7.30pm

Mozart at Llandaff

Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra Elgar Sospiri Op 70 Holst The Planets David Jones conductor Everyone knows Mars from The Planets – and every rugby fan knows Jupiter! But if that’s all you know of Holst’s intergalactic orchestral adventure, you’re in for a thrilling surprise. Today, the full Royal Welsh College Symphony Orchestra travels to infinity and beyond: music of dazzling beauty and power - plus a sad, sweet window into the soul of Edward Elgar. Expect sounds like you’ve never heard before.

Tickets £5.75 in advance £6.75 on day (Reductions Available) St David’s Hall 029 2087 8444

Orchestral Concerts

Orchestral Concerts

Thurs 10 March 7.30pm

Tues 12 January 1pm

Mozart Notturni Mozart Serenade for Winds in C minor, K.388 Mozart Requiem in D minor, K.626 Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Peter Hanke conductor You’ve seen Amadeus – the masked stranger, the mysterious commission, the deathbed struggle. But the reality of Mozart’s Requiem is even more incredible – it’s one of those pieces that you simply have to hear live. Don’t miss this chance to experience it in the atmospheric surroundings of Llandaff Cathedral, as part of a whole evening devoted to some of Mozart’s most personal masterpieces Tickets £12 in advance £15 on the day Llandaff Cathedral

Supporting BBC Music’s

www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk The development of orchestras at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is supported by the John Lewis Partnership

Thurs 17 March 7.30pm

Strauss Overture: Die Fledermaus Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C, K467 Simon Phillippo piano The overture to Die Fledermaus is uplifting, vibrant and launches any New Year celebration with a sparkle. In a Viennese themed evening, the WNO Orchestra also performs Mozart with Simon Phillippo making his concert debut as Royal Welsh College Head of Keyboard. Together with a delightful selection of Waltz and Polka classics.

Tickets £15 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Photo Kaupo Kikkas

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Welsh National Opera: New Year in Vienna

Sinfonia Cymru Stravinsky Danses Concertantes Beethoven Violin Concerto Mozart Jupiter Symphony Gareth Jones conductor Benjamin Baker violin Sinfonia Cymru presents a lively and exhilarating programme of music. Stravinsky’s Danses Concertantes, originally written for the concert stage but also performed as a one act ballet, is a great example of the composer’s invigorating style.

Beethoven’s Violin Concerto in D Major, his only violin concerto, is a bright and lyrical piece which has become one of the most popular works for violin.

Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 in C ‘Jupiter’ was the composer’s last symphony and it is often viewed as his greatest.

Tickets £13 | £11 concessions FOS: £12 £10 U27s: £4 Dora Stoutzker Hall

16/17

‘ a sleek-sounding young soloist; hugely impressive’ Daily Telegraph

Fri 15 January 7.30pm

Opera

Tues 22 & Wed 23 March 7.30pm

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Martin Constantine director It is one problem after another for Figaro and Susanna as they prepare for what should be the happiest day of their lives!

Martin Constantine directs our rising stars of opera in this semi-staged version of Mozart’s best loved comic operas.

Tickets £15 | £13 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall Supported by David Seligman and the Philippa Seligman legacy and the Connect Fund.

Opera Scholarships at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama are supported by Dame Shirley Bassey and the Leverhulme Trust.

Martin Constantine is the Jane Hodge International Chair in Directing at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

CONNECT

Your chance to support student training experiences and performance opportunities

CATEGORY FINALS

Five performers per category give a recital programme in their bid to become a BBC Young Musician Category Winner.

Keyboard Sunday 6 March 2016, 7pm Woodwind Monday 7 March 2016, 7pm Percussion Tuesday 8 March 2016, 7pm Brass Wednesday 9 March 2016, 7pm Strings Thursday 10 March 2016, 7pm

Five young jazz musicians perform with a live band as they compete to become the winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award.

SEMI-FINAL

DORA STOUTZKER HALL

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The five category winners have one more chance to impress as they play for a place in the BBC Young Musician Final.

Sunday 13 March 2016, 7pm

For more information, please call 02920 391420 or visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/connect

JAZZ AWARD FINAL

Saturday 12 March 2016, 7pm

Tickets £8

Student / child concession £5 bbc.co.uk/youngmusician

Opera

Tues 22 & Wed 23 March 7.30pm

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) Martin Constantine director It is one problem after another for Figaro and Susanna as they prepare for what should be the happiest day of their lives!

Martin Constantine directs our rising stars of opera in this semi-staged version of Mozart’s best loved comic operas.

Tickets £15 | £13 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall Supported by David Seligman and the Philippa Seligman legacy and the Connect Fund.

Opera Scholarships at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama are supported by Dame Shirley Bassey and the Leverhulme Trust.

Martin Constantine is the Jane Hodge International Chair in Directing at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

CONNECT

Your chance to support student training experiences and performance opportunities

CATEGORY FINALS

Five performers per category give a recital programme in their bid to become a BBC Young Musician Category Winner.

Keyboard Sunday 6 March 2016, 7pm Woodwind Monday 7 March 2016, 7pm Percussion Tuesday 8 March 2016, 7pm Brass Wednesday 9 March 2016, 7pm Strings Thursday 10 March 2016, 7pm

Five young jazz musicians perform with a live band as they compete to become the winner of the BBC Young Musician Jazz Award.

SEMI-FINAL

DORA STOUTZKER HALL

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The five category winners have one more chance to impress as they play for a place in the BBC Young Musician Final.

Sunday 13 March 2016, 7pm

For more information, please call 02920 391420 or visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/connect

JAZZ AWARD FINAL

Saturday 12 March 2016, 7pm

Tickets £8

Student / child concession £5 bbc.co.uk/youngmusician

Angela Hewitt, Photo Bernd Eberie

Scarlatti Sonatas (selection) Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Beethoven Sonata in Eb, Op 81a ‘Les Adieux’ With some pianists, the name is enough: and the very mention of Angela Hewitt evokes profound musicality, effortless engagement with the audience, and the sincere insight she brings to music from Bach to Beethoven. Few living artists have such a natural connection with the baroque and classical repertoire; and this afternoon, music by Bach and Scarlatti anchors a recital to cherish.

Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 79 Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op 90 Beethoven Bagatelles, Op 126 Beethoven Sonata in Bb, Op 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op 10 Nos 1-3 Beethoven Diabelli Variations

The little Op.79 sonata and sublime Op.90 sonata stand on the threshold of the more rarefied world of Beethoven’s later years. Llŷr Williams’ second year of recitals ends with one of the pinnacles of the piano repertoire, the Hammerklavier sonata: a work of power and elemental force that continues to test every pianist (and piano), nearly 200 years after it was written.

Beethoven Sonata No.15 in D, Op 28, ‘Pastoral’ Beethoven Sonata No.26 in Eb, Op 81a ‘Les Adieux’ Beethoven Sonata No.4 in Eb, Op 7 Beethoven Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op 78 ‘A Thérèse’

Thurs 9 February 2017

Thurs 18 May 2017 Beethoven Sonata No.30 in E, Op 109 Beethoven Sonata No.31 in Ab, Op 110 Beethoven Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op 111

‘Ji Liu remained as cool as a cucumber as his fingers played with fire’ declared one critic – and it’s true: this young Chinese pianist is the sort of artist who leaves listeners grasping for words. His virtuosity is already the stuff of legend, but this recital shows another facet to Ji Liu’s talent, as he dives deep into the dark heart of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre.

Tickets £14 – £18 Dora Stoutzker Hall

20/21

Thurs 24 March 7.30pm

Tickets £16 – £20 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Rzweski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Debussy Suite Bergamasque Chopin Polonaise in A, Op 40 No. 1 ‘Military’ Chopin Polonaise in Ab, Op 53 ‘Héroïque’ Chopin 8 Waltzes Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op 40 (based on the transcription

by Liszt and Horowitz)

Thurs 6 October 2016

Beethoven Sonata No.20 in G, Op 49 No.2 Beethoven Sonata No.12 in Ab, Op 26 ‘Funeral March’ Beethoven Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op 13 ‘Pathétique’ Beethoven Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op 49 No.1 Beethoven Variations and Fugue for Piano, in Eb, Op 35 ‘Eroica Variations’ An evening of youthful works, ranging from the tragic depth of the Pathétique through to the two little Op.49 sonatas: the earliest in the cycle.

Published later in Beethoven’s life, they offer a snapshot of the young man confidently finding his own voice. Llŷr Williams’s second recital explores these two gentle pieces next to the startling originality of the Eroica Variations.

Ji Liu

Announcing the third and final year of the series:

Sat 9 January 7.30pm

Tickets £14 – £18 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Sun 28 February 2pm

Ji Liu, Photo, Kevin McDaid

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series Year Two 2015–16

Dates for the Diary

Llŷr Williams, Photo BY Benjamin Ealovega

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Angela Hewitt

Steinway International Piano Series

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series

Sun 24 January 2pm

Llŷr Williams continues the second phase of his three-year cycle, ranging from Beethoven’s earliest sonatas through to the heaven-storming Hammerklavier sonata.

His performances promise to be as authoritative as those from his critically acclaimed first year.

Angela Hewitt, Photo Bernd Eberie

Scarlatti Sonatas (selection) Bach Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 Beethoven Sonata in Eb, Op 81a ‘Les Adieux’ With some pianists, the name is enough: and the very mention of Angela Hewitt evokes profound musicality, effortless engagement with the audience, and the sincere insight she brings to music from Bach to Beethoven. Few living artists have such a natural connection with the baroque and classical repertoire; and this afternoon, music by Bach and Scarlatti anchors a recital to cherish.

Beethoven Sonata in G, Op 79 Beethoven Sonata in E minor, Op 90 Beethoven Bagatelles, Op 126 Beethoven Sonata in Bb, Op 106 ‘Hammerklavier’

Beethoven Piano Sonatas Op 10 Nos 1-3 Beethoven Diabelli Variations

The little Op.79 sonata and sublime Op.90 sonata stand on the threshold of the more rarefied world of Beethoven’s later years. Llŷr Williams’ second year of recitals ends with one of the pinnacles of the piano repertoire, the Hammerklavier sonata: a work of power and elemental force that continues to test every pianist (and piano), nearly 200 years after it was written.

Beethoven Sonata No.15 in D, Op 28, ‘Pastoral’ Beethoven Sonata No.26 in Eb, Op 81a ‘Les Adieux’ Beethoven Sonata No.4 in Eb, Op 7 Beethoven Sonata No.24 in F sharp, Op 78 ‘A Thérèse’

Thurs 9 February 2017

Thurs 18 May 2017 Beethoven Sonata No.30 in E, Op 109 Beethoven Sonata No.31 in Ab, Op 110 Beethoven Sonata No.32 in C minor, Op 111

‘Ji Liu remained as cool as a cucumber as his fingers played with fire’ declared one critic – and it’s true: this young Chinese pianist is the sort of artist who leaves listeners grasping for words. His virtuosity is already the stuff of legend, but this recital shows another facet to Ji Liu’s talent, as he dives deep into the dark heart of Saint-Saëns’ Danse Macabre.

Tickets £14 – £18 Dora Stoutzker Hall

20/21

Thurs 24 March 7.30pm

Tickets £16 – £20 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Rzweski Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues Debussy Suite Bergamasque Chopin Polonaise in A, Op 40 No. 1 ‘Military’ Chopin Polonaise in Ab, Op 53 ‘Héroïque’ Chopin 8 Waltzes Saint-Saëns Danse Macabre, Op 40 (based on the transcription

by Liszt and Horowitz)

Thurs 6 October 2016

Beethoven Sonata No.20 in G, Op 49 No.2 Beethoven Sonata No.12 in Ab, Op 26 ‘Funeral March’ Beethoven Sonata No.8 in C minor, Op 13 ‘Pathétique’ Beethoven Sonata No.19 in G minor, Op 49 No.1 Beethoven Variations and Fugue for Piano, in Eb, Op 35 ‘Eroica Variations’ An evening of youthful works, ranging from the tragic depth of the Pathétique through to the two little Op.49 sonatas: the earliest in the cycle.

Published later in Beethoven’s life, they offer a snapshot of the young man confidently finding his own voice. Llŷr Williams’s second recital explores these two gentle pieces next to the startling originality of the Eroica Variations.

Ji Liu

Announcing the third and final year of the series:

Sat 9 January 7.30pm

Tickets £14 – £18 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Sun 28 February 2pm

Ji Liu, Photo, Kevin McDaid

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series Year Two 2015–16

Dates for the Diary

Llŷr Williams, Photo BY Benjamin Ealovega

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Angela Hewitt

Steinway International Piano Series

Llŷr Williams Beethoven Sonata Series

Sun 24 January 2pm

Llŷr Williams continues the second phase of his three-year cycle, ranging from Beethoven’s earliest sonatas through to the heaven-storming Hammerklavier sonata.

His performances promise to be as authoritative as those from his critically acclaimed first year.

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano with more understanding or love than by two of the world’s greatest interpreters of Lieder: Roderick Williams and the incomparable Iain Burnside. Unmissable.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Fri 22 January 1.15pm

Fri 15 January 1.15pm

The Prince Consort

David Pyatt french horn Chris Williams piano

Back when people used to make their own entertainment, this is the entertainment they made!

The Prince Consort brings a lively new angle to the drawing-room favourites of the 19th century.

Today this versatile voice & piano collective will be singing miniature

masterpieces by Mendelssohn and Schumann, bursting with poetry and emotion – plus the ravishing Moravian Duets: the music that made Dvorak a household name.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Arno Bornkamp saxophone Catherine Milledge piano

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Thurs 28 January 1.15pm

Eric Sammut, David Hockings and Perc’m

‘Wood magic’ – that was how Elgar described the Violin Sonata that he wrote in the Sussex Downs in the dying days of the First World War. Today, it’s the dark, impassioned climax to a fascinating lunchtime recital by up-and-coming violinist Benjamin Baker – perfectly complemented

by Britten’s feisty Suite Op.6 and a fabulous virtuoso homage to Schubert: naughty but nice!

In the world of percussion, David Hockings and Eric Sammut are synonymous with innovation, adventure and breathtaking virtuoso playing. But you don’t have to be a percussion fan to be swept away by the French flavours, hints of jazz, and ear-tingling sounds of this glittering lunchtime concert – as Sammut and Hockings team up with the Royal College of Music’s acclaimed percussion ensemble.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton piano There’s a reason why the young mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz was chosen as one of the BBC’s New Generation Artists: she has got a ravishing voice and – to quote one critic – ‘oodles of stage presence’. Today she brings all her charisma and poetry to a garland of love songs from, and inspired by, her native Spain – along with her regular collaborator, pianist Joseph Middleton.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

22/23

David Pyatt, PHOTO Nina Large

Benjamin Baker violin & Daniel Lebhardt piano

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Tues 23 February 1.15pm

Tues 1 March 1.15pm

Tues 26 January 1.15pm

Get your concert ticket, cake and a cuppa for £9 in advance

There are percussion ensembles – and then there’s O Duo, the percussion duo who set the Edinburgh Festival on fire with their show Bongo Fury and have been making one heck of a noise ever since.

Today’s lunchtime concert is like a bolt of raw energy: percussion classics by Steve Reich and Philip Glass plus an explosive new collaboration with our own percussionists.

Hold tight!

Forget about all that jazz, and relax. The saxophone doesn’t only swing, and in the hands of the great Dutch sax virtuoso Arno Bornkamp, it’ll sing, dance and dream all the way through this gloriously romantic lunchtime concert. From Schumann’s radiant miniatures through to Jenö Takacs’ spicy Hungarian fantasies, this is just lovely stuff, performed by a supreme master of his instrument.

LONDON WINDS

David Pyatt was recognised as one of the world’s finest horn players while he was still in his teens – and he’s always encouraged younger colleagues. Today, he showcases his glorious sound in two real classics for horn by Mozart & Hindemith, and then teams up with one of our own rising stars, Michael Gibbs, for Richard Bissill’s spectacular Time and Space. A magnificent sound awaits you.

O Duo

Carl Nielsen was a country lad at heart – and there‘s just something wonderfully fresh and life-affirming about his joyous Wind Quintet. It’s a delightful counterpart to Ligeti’s fascinating box of musical puzzles and Barber’s dreamy Summer Music – and when played by one of the world’s finest professional wind ensembles, there’s no better way to brighten a grey February lunchtime!

O DUO

‘You have never seen me sad; let it not happen now, on parting…’ Schubert’s Schwanengesang collects the last thoughts of one of music’s most romantic spirits. Tender, heartfelt and profound, it’s a whole music-drama in miniature. And you’ll never hear selections from it sung

Fri 26 February 1.15pm

London Winds

Lunchtime Guests

Lunchtime Guests

Tues 9 February 1.15pm

Wed 13 January 1.15pm

Roderick Williams baritone Iain Burnside piano with more understanding or love than by two of the world’s greatest interpreters of Lieder: Roderick Williams and the incomparable Iain Burnside. Unmissable.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Fri 22 January 1.15pm

Fri 15 January 1.15pm

The Prince Consort

David Pyatt french horn Chris Williams piano

Back when people used to make their own entertainment, this is the entertainment they made!

The Prince Consort brings a lively new angle to the drawing-room favourites of the 19th century.

Today this versatile voice & piano collective will be singing miniature

masterpieces by Mendelssohn and Schumann, bursting with poetry and emotion – plus the ravishing Moravian Duets: the music that made Dvorak a household name.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Arno Bornkamp saxophone Catherine Milledge piano

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Thurs 28 January 1.15pm

Eric Sammut, David Hockings and Perc’m

‘Wood magic’ – that was how Elgar described the Violin Sonata that he wrote in the Sussex Downs in the dying days of the First World War. Today, it’s the dark, impassioned climax to a fascinating lunchtime recital by up-and-coming violinist Benjamin Baker – perfectly complemented

by Britten’s feisty Suite Op.6 and a fabulous virtuoso homage to Schubert: naughty but nice!

In the world of percussion, David Hockings and Eric Sammut are synonymous with innovation, adventure and breathtaking virtuoso playing. But you don’t have to be a percussion fan to be swept away by the French flavours, hints of jazz, and ear-tingling sounds of this glittering lunchtime concert – as Sammut and Hockings team up with the Royal College of Music’s acclaimed percussion ensemble.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Clara Mouriz mezzo-soprano Joseph Middleton piano There’s a reason why the young mezzo-soprano Clara Mouriz was chosen as one of the BBC’s New Generation Artists: she has got a ravishing voice and – to quote one critic – ‘oodles of stage presence’. Today she brings all her charisma and poetry to a garland of love songs from, and inspired by, her native Spain – along with her regular collaborator, pianist Joseph Middleton.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

22/23

David Pyatt, PHOTO Nina Large

Benjamin Baker violin & Daniel Lebhardt piano

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Tues 23 February 1.15pm

Tues 1 March 1.15pm

Tues 26 January 1.15pm

Get your concert ticket, cake and a cuppa for £9 in advance

There are percussion ensembles – and then there’s O Duo, the percussion duo who set the Edinburgh Festival on fire with their show Bongo Fury and have been making one heck of a noise ever since.

Today’s lunchtime concert is like a bolt of raw energy: percussion classics by Steve Reich and Philip Glass plus an explosive new collaboration with our own percussionists.

Hold tight!

Forget about all that jazz, and relax. The saxophone doesn’t only swing, and in the hands of the great Dutch sax virtuoso Arno Bornkamp, it’ll sing, dance and dream all the way through this gloriously romantic lunchtime concert. From Schumann’s radiant miniatures through to Jenö Takacs’ spicy Hungarian fantasies, this is just lovely stuff, performed by a supreme master of his instrument.

LONDON WINDS

David Pyatt was recognised as one of the world’s finest horn players while he was still in his teens – and he’s always encouraged younger colleagues. Today, he showcases his glorious sound in two real classics for horn by Mozart & Hindemith, and then teams up with one of our own rising stars, Michael Gibbs, for Richard Bissill’s spectacular Time and Space. A magnificent sound awaits you.

O Duo

Carl Nielsen was a country lad at heart – and there‘s just something wonderfully fresh and life-affirming about his joyous Wind Quintet. It’s a delightful counterpart to Ligeti’s fascinating box of musical puzzles and Barber’s dreamy Summer Music – and when played by one of the world’s finest professional wind ensembles, there’s no better way to brighten a grey February lunchtime!

O DUO

‘You have never seen me sad; let it not happen now, on parting…’ Schubert’s Schwanengesang collects the last thoughts of one of music’s most romantic spirits. Tender, heartfelt and profound, it’s a whole music-drama in miniature. And you’ll never hear selections from it sung

Fri 26 February 1.15pm

London Winds

Lunchtime Guests

Lunchtime Guests

Tues 9 February 1.15pm

Wed 13 January 1.15pm

Beethoven: Music in Revolution

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall Thurs 14 January 1.15pm

Burning Bright

Wed 27 January 1.15pm

American Classics

Carter 8 Etudes & a Fantasy Copland Appalachian Spring Appalachian Spring captures the essence of an idealised America, one of open fields and endless possibilities throughout the work, Copland brilliantly weaves melodies that evoke simplicity and the ‘earnest but good-natured piety’ of Shaker culture. Hear this masterpiece of the 20th century in its original scoring which left critics in awe of Copland’s ability to capture a vast emotional landscape within the sound-world of just 13 instruments.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Wed 20 January 1.15pm

Wed 3 February 1.15pm

Jonathan Dove Fairest Isle Fanfare Gustav Holst Moorside Suite Edward Chance The Rover, the Ragman & the Landlord The Royal Welsh College Brass Ensemble presents works inspired by the treasures of British folk music, reflecting some of the eccentricities, humour and nostalgia of our collective national character.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

A celebration of the 75th birthday of harpist/composer Bernard Andrés. From charming harp solos to duos, quartets, sextets, octets and the spectacular Akamaque scored for 10 harps, the ingenuity and expressiveness of this French Master will inspire and entertain.

This Sceptred Isle

Eleven harps, a flute and a violin...

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Beethoven Cantata Ah! Perfido, Op 65 Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op 80 Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir David Jones conductor Camilla Roberts soprano Rachel Starritt piano A spectacular opening programme to the College’s festival celebration of the music of Beethoven.

Following last term’s memorable performance of the Ninth Symphony, hear the Choral Fantasy, featuring an earlier version of the ninth’s most famous theme.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall Wed 24 February 1.15pm

Brahms: Songs and Intermezzi A composer of songs throughout his life, Brahms’ Lieder often provide a backcloth to his instrumental works. Experience some of the composer’s most poignant settings mixed with characteristic miniatures for solo piano.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Get your concert ticket, cake and a cuppa for £9 in advance

Wed 2 March 1.15pm

Wed 16 March 1.15pm

Sean O’Neill & Marcelo Penner Falcao conductors Michael Gibbs french horn Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman Saint-Saëns Morceau de Concert, Op.94 Peter Graham On the Shoulders of Giants ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.’ Peter Graham’s On the Shoulders of Giants is more than just a newly-minted classic for wind ensemble – it’s a blockbuster tour of musical history from Bruckner to Miles Davis. Add Saint-Saëns’ sparkling Morceau de Concert and Wagner’s stormtossed overture, and you’ve got one high-voltage showcase for our superb Wind Orchestra!

Guest Director Henning Kraggerud

Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Royal Welsh College String Soloists Elgar Serenade for Strings Kraggerud Suite from Equinox Grieg Holberg Suite

Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is known for his deep natural musicianship, which, combined with his virtuosity and beauty of tone, has earned him the esteem of his musical colleagues as well as the admiration of audiences worldwide. In this programme, Kraggerud directs the college’s elite string ensemble in a special programme of music from Norway and the UK.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

24/25

A lively programme featuring the guitar as soloist, accompanist and in ensemble. Including music by Berkeley, Britten and Bach.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

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Wed 10 February 1.15pm

Guitar PLUS

New and recent work by Royal Welsh College composers. Come and experience a selection of music by some of the college’s most talented composers. Expect contrasts, colour, fiery outbursts, energy, repose and reflection.

Lunchtime Lights

Lunchtime Lights

Wed 6 January 1.15pm

Beethoven: Music in Revolution

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall Thurs 14 January 1.15pm

Burning Bright

Wed 27 January 1.15pm

American Classics

Carter 8 Etudes & a Fantasy Copland Appalachian Spring Appalachian Spring captures the essence of an idealised America, one of open fields and endless possibilities throughout the work, Copland brilliantly weaves melodies that evoke simplicity and the ‘earnest but good-natured piety’ of Shaker culture. Hear this masterpiece of the 20th century in its original scoring which left critics in awe of Copland’s ability to capture a vast emotional landscape within the sound-world of just 13 instruments.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Wed 20 January 1.15pm

Wed 3 February 1.15pm

Jonathan Dove Fairest Isle Fanfare Gustav Holst Moorside Suite Edward Chance The Rover, the Ragman & the Landlord The Royal Welsh College Brass Ensemble presents works inspired by the treasures of British folk music, reflecting some of the eccentricities, humour and nostalgia of our collective national character.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

A celebration of the 75th birthday of harpist/composer Bernard Andrés. From charming harp solos to duos, quartets, sextets, octets and the spectacular Akamaque scored for 10 harps, the ingenuity and expressiveness of this French Master will inspire and entertain.

This Sceptred Isle

Eleven harps, a flute and a violin...

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Beethoven Cantata Ah! Perfido, Op 65 Beethoven Choral Fantasy, Op 80 Royal Welsh College Chamber Orchestra Royal Welsh College Chamber Choir David Jones conductor Camilla Roberts soprano Rachel Starritt piano A spectacular opening programme to the College’s festival celebration of the music of Beethoven.

Following last term’s memorable performance of the Ninth Symphony, hear the Choral Fantasy, featuring an earlier version of the ninth’s most famous theme.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall Wed 24 February 1.15pm

Brahms: Songs and Intermezzi A composer of songs throughout his life, Brahms’ Lieder often provide a backcloth to his instrumental works. Experience some of the composer’s most poignant settings mixed with characteristic miniatures for solo piano.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Get your concert ticket, cake and a cuppa for £9 in advance

Wed 2 March 1.15pm

Wed 16 March 1.15pm

Sean O’Neill & Marcelo Penner Falcao conductors Michael Gibbs french horn Wagner Overture: The Flying Dutchman Saint-Saëns Morceau de Concert, Op.94 Peter Graham On the Shoulders of Giants ‘We stand on the shoulders of giants, so that we can see more than they.’ Peter Graham’s On the Shoulders of Giants is more than just a newly-minted classic for wind ensemble – it’s a blockbuster tour of musical history from Bruckner to Miles Davis. Add Saint-Saëns’ sparkling Morceau de Concert and Wagner’s stormtossed overture, and you’ve got one high-voltage showcase for our superb Wind Orchestra!

Guest Director Henning Kraggerud

Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

Royal Welsh College String Soloists Elgar Serenade for Strings Kraggerud Suite from Equinox Grieg Holberg Suite

Norwegian violinist Henning Kraggerud is known for his deep natural musicianship, which, combined with his virtuosity and beauty of tone, has earned him the esteem of his musical colleagues as well as the admiration of audiences worldwide. In this programme, Kraggerud directs the college’s elite string ensemble in a special programme of music from Norway and the UK.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

24/25

A lively programme featuring the guitar as soloist, accompanist and in ensemble. Including music by Berkeley, Britten and Bach.

Tickets £6 in advance £8 on the day Dora Stoutzker Hall

rwcmd.ac.uk

Wed 10 February 1.15pm

Guitar PLUS

New and recent work by Royal Welsh College composers. Come and experience a selection of music by some of the college’s most talented composers. Expect contrasts, colour, fiery outbursts, energy, repose and reflection.

Lunchtime Lights

Lunchtime Lights

Wed 6 January 1.15pm

Sat 16 January 7pm

Wynne Evans

Tickets £5 – £34 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Thurs 25 February 7.30pm

Ensemble Cymru: Music for Clarinet, Piano, Viola and Mezzo Soprano Frank Bridge 3 Songs (1906-7) Brahms 2 Songs, Op 91 Mozart Clarinet Trio in Eb, ‘Kegelstatt’ Jean Françaix Clarinet Trio

This programme features the viola at its most lyrical in rarely heard songs for mezzo soprano, viola and piano and its most virtuosic in the quirky music of Jean Francaix.

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Mary Rees Chopin Prize

Tickets £8 | £6 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall Fri 25 March 7pm Pre-concert talk 6.30pm

Welsh Camerata: Bach St Mark Passion

As well as the Passions according St John and St Matthew J S Bach also wrote a Passion according to St Mark. The score is mostly lost, but it is possible to reassemble its profound and moving music. What is unique here is that the many missing choruses and recitatives are written anew by the choir’s director, Andrew Wilson-Dickson.

Wed 9 March 7.30pm

Sean Shibe guitar

Gifted young musician Sean Shibe is the first guitarist to be admitted to the prestigious BBC New Generation Artists Scheme. His impressively diverse programme brings together the familiar and unfamiliar such as Marco Ramelli’s homage to the Japanese sculptor Kengiro Azuma whose works like Sean’s playing, are both meditative and serene.

Tickets £18 | £16 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Wed 16 March 7pm

The Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Semi-Finals The Ian Stoutzker Prize for the most outstanding musician of the Royal Welsh College is our premier music competition and one that is swiftly growing in stature. Join us as we enter the competition’s fourth year, showcasing our finest instrumentalists and singers as they strive to achieve a place in the June final.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Fri 15 April 7.30pm

Tredegar Town Band

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Weston Gallery Mon 15 – Fri 19 February

Tredegar Town Band

Sean Shibe, Photo B Ealovega

REPCo

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Mon 22 February 7.15pm

Soloists Ian Yemm Evangelist Sian Winstanley soprano Catherine King alto

With the support of The Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, The National Lottery & The Patsy Wood Trust.

A week of performances managed by entrepreneurial students of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Watch the website for forthcoming events...

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

The renowned Tredegar Band presents a family orientated fun evening of brass band favourites.

The programme includes music that we all love from film, musical theatre and the classics spiced with virtuoso solo pieces.

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glan Tâf musicians and choir will add their own special Welsh flavour.

Proceeds from the evening will support a new and exciting charity at Velindre Hospital to provide free practical, emotional and social support for people with cancer and their families.

Tickets £10 – £14 Dora Stoutzker Hall

26/27

What if, late one night, you came home to find a ghost hiding in your house?

Wynne Evans joins the Welsh Sinfonia in a musical reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Phantasmagoria and a selection of timeless orchestral classics with plenty of audience participation for the whole family.

Graham Fitkin Spine Gene Koshinski As One Dave Hall Escape Velocity Robert Marino 8 on Three & 9 on Two John Beck St Patrick’s Shenanigan Thierry de Mey Musique des Tables Avner Dorman Udacrep Akubrad Graham Fitkin Hook Experience the collective power of 13 percussionists with a single musical mind. Percussion power, passion and poise will leave you simply stunned.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Concerto Competition: The Final

Ian Yemm

Welsh Sinfonia: Crescendo Family Favourites with Wynne Evans

Sioned Gwen Davies mezzo soprano Peryn Clement-Evans clarinet Oliver Wilson viola Richard Ormrod piano

Thurs 28 January 3pm

Royal Welsh College Rhythm Collective: As One

More Music

More Music

Competitions

Tues 15 March 7.30pm

Sat 16 January 7pm

Wynne Evans

Tickets £5 – £34 Dora Stoutzker Hall

Thurs 25 February 7.30pm

Ensemble Cymru: Music for Clarinet, Piano, Viola and Mezzo Soprano Frank Bridge 3 Songs (1906-7) Brahms 2 Songs, Op 91 Mozart Clarinet Trio in Eb, ‘Kegelstatt’ Jean Françaix Clarinet Trio

This programme features the viola at its most lyrical in rarely heard songs for mezzo soprano, viola and piano and its most virtuosic in the quirky music of Jean Francaix.

Tickets £14 | £12 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Mary Rees Chopin Prize

Tickets £8 | £6 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall Fri 25 March 7pm Pre-concert talk 6.30pm

Welsh Camerata: Bach St Mark Passion

As well as the Passions according St John and St Matthew J S Bach also wrote a Passion according to St Mark. The score is mostly lost, but it is possible to reassemble its profound and moving music. What is unique here is that the many missing choruses and recitatives are written anew by the choir’s director, Andrew Wilson-Dickson.

Wed 9 March 7.30pm

Sean Shibe guitar

Gifted young musician Sean Shibe is the first guitarist to be admitted to the prestigious BBC New Generation Artists Scheme. His impressively diverse programme brings together the familiar and unfamiliar such as Marco Ramelli’s homage to the Japanese sculptor Kengiro Azuma whose works like Sean’s playing, are both meditative and serene.

Tickets £18 | £16 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Wed 16 March 7pm

The Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Semi-Finals The Ian Stoutzker Prize for the most outstanding musician of the Royal Welsh College is our premier music competition and one that is swiftly growing in stature. Join us as we enter the competition’s fourth year, showcasing our finest instrumentalists and singers as they strive to achieve a place in the June final.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Fri 15 April 7.30pm

Tredegar Town Band

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Weston Gallery Mon 15 – Fri 19 February

Tredegar Town Band

Sean Shibe, Photo B Ealovega

REPCo

rwcmd.ac.uk

Mon 22 February 7.15pm

Soloists Ian Yemm Evangelist Sian Winstanley soprano Catherine King alto

With the support of The Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Assembly Government, The National Lottery & The Patsy Wood Trust.

A week of performances managed by entrepreneurial students of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

Watch the website for forthcoming events...

Tickets £10 | £8 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

The renowned Tredegar Band presents a family orientated fun evening of brass band favourites.

The programme includes music that we all love from film, musical theatre and the classics spiced with virtuoso solo pieces.

Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glan Tâf musicians and choir will add their own special Welsh flavour.

Proceeds from the evening will support a new and exciting charity at Velindre Hospital to provide free practical, emotional and social support for people with cancer and their families.

Tickets £10 – £14 Dora Stoutzker Hall

26/27

What if, late one night, you came home to find a ghost hiding in your house?

Wynne Evans joins the Welsh Sinfonia in a musical reimagining of Lewis Carroll’s Phantasmagoria and a selection of timeless orchestral classics with plenty of audience participation for the whole family.

Graham Fitkin Spine Gene Koshinski As One Dave Hall Escape Velocity Robert Marino 8 on Three & 9 on Two John Beck St Patrick’s Shenanigan Thierry de Mey Musique des Tables Avner Dorman Udacrep Akubrad Graham Fitkin Hook Experience the collective power of 13 percussionists with a single musical mind. Percussion power, passion and poise will leave you simply stunned.

Tickets £12 | £10 concessions Dora Stoutzker Hall

Concerto Competition: The Final

Ian Yemm

Welsh Sinfonia: Crescendo Family Favourites with Wynne Evans

Sioned Gwen Davies mezzo soprano Peryn Clement-Evans clarinet Oliver Wilson viola Richard Ormrod piano

Thurs 28 January 3pm

Royal Welsh College Rhythm Collective: As One

More Music

More Music

Competitions

Tues 15 March 7.30pm

Every Saturday during term time, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is home to the Junior Conservatoire, delivering specialist courses to children and young people of exceptional ability from around Wales and the South West, as well as to those taking their first steps in music. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ juniorconservatoire

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Latecomers

Box Office Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm On performance evenings the Box Office will remain open up to 30 minutes after the start of the last performance. If there is a performance on Saturday or Sunday, the Box Office will open 2 hours prior to the start of that performance. The Box Office is situated in the main foyer.

When you purchase tickets from us or join one of our membership schemes, the information you provide is stored in a database managed by a consortium of venues, led by Wales Millennium Centre. Your contact details are visible to all members of the consortium, but they will not use this information unless you also deal with them directly. Information relating to your ticket purchases or other financial transactions is confidential and never shared among consortium members.

We process your details in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

During some performances latecomers will not be admitted. You may be asked to wait for a suitable break in the performance before taking your seats.

This will be at the Duty Manager’s discretion.

How to Find Us

Group benefits include: Discounted tickets on selected RWCMD shows

Booking by Telephone or In Person Tickets can be purchased in person or by calling 029 2039 1391 during box office opening hours. Messages left on the answering machine outside of opening hours and at busy periods will be dealt with as soon as possible.

Payments made by credit or debit card must be over the value of £5, we accept Mastercard, Visa, Maestro and Solo.

Bursaries for Junior Conservatoire Students are supported by the Gareth Jones Awards, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, the Mosawi Foundation and ABRSM

Any orders posted will incur a postage fee of 80p.

Alternatively, tickets can be collected for free from the Box Office during opening hours.

Booking Online

Opportunities for All We are pleased to offer a wide range of opportunities for all ages, including Summer Schools, individual music lessons and Community Choirs. We also run a successful programme of outreach activities including workshops and performances for schools and community groups. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/community Community and Outreach Programmes are supported by First Campus

Sat 16 January 2.30pm

Junior Conservatoire Concerto Competition Weston Gallery Contact Junior Conservatoire for more information on 029 2039 1365 or email juniorconservatoire @rwcmd.ac.uk

Tickets can be purchased online at www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whatson with an optional postage charge of 80p.

Exchanges & Refunds Tickets for RWCMD performances cannot be refunded. However tickets can be exchanged for alternative performances, subject to availability and provided tickets are returned to us 24 hours before the event. Non RWCMD productions are subject to the visiting company returns policy.

For both RWCMD and non RWCMD events, the College will endeavor to re-sell any unwanted tickets for sold out performances if tickets are returned to us 24 hours before the event and provided there is a waiting list to which tickets can be sold.

Concessions

Young Actors Studio

rwcmd.ac.uk

Acting Courses for ages 12-20 The Young Actors Studio delivers high quality acting courses every Sunday in Cardiff, and every Saturday in Pembrokeshire during term time. Young people with a passion for acting and theatre who may be considering applying to specialist drama college or university in the future have the chance to work with RWCMD staff, building confidence and skills in a friendly and supportive environment. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/yas RWCMD Young Actors Studio in West Wales is supported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust and Valero

Concessions apply to over 60s, students, ex-RWCMD students, under 16s, Friends of RWCMD and customers with a disability (may be asked to provide ID upon purchase and/or collection). This may vary depending on performance. For the comfort of all patrons we strongly advise that RWCMD performances are not suitable for children under 2 years (unless otherwise stated)

Brochure Formats Event information is available in large print format, audio format or as a pdf file. Publication printed on paper from responsible sources approved by the Forestry Stewardship Council.

We are situated on North Road in Cardiff, a short walk heading north from Cardiff Castle and opposite Cathays Park civic centre.

Parking Parking spaces at the college are restricted to blue badge holders only.

These spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

These spaces cannot be reserved.

There is pay and display car park immediately next to the college. There is also further parking a short walk away at the civic centre opposite the college. Please note RWCMD has no authority over these car parks.

Food and Drink Café Bar Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday 8.30am – 5pm (no evening performances) 8.30am – the end of the last interval (during evening performances) Sundays 10am – 4pm Wifi access is free of charge upon registering with The Cloud. Food and Drink are not permitted in any of the performance spaces.

Group Bookers Whether you’re arranging a night out with family and friends, planning your work’s social outing or organising a society coach trip we’re here to make it as easy as possible for you to bring a party of 10 or more to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

• 10 persons or more = 10% off • 15 persons or more = 15% off • 20 persons or more = 20% off Flexible payment terms - book now, pay later (subject to terms and conditions).

Free flyers and posters to help you promote the show to your group (when possible).

Gift Vouchers Everyone enjoys a great night out, which makes our Gift Vouchers the perfect present for family and friends.

Available in any denomination, ask the Box Office for further information.

Free Personal Assistant and Carer Tickets RWCMD is a part of a national scheme called Hynt that works with theatres and arts centres across Wales to provide customers with the very best practice in fair ticketing policy and accessibility.

Hynt cardholders are entitled to a ticket free of charge (where possible) for a personal assistant or carer at RWCMD and all the theatres and arts centres participating in the scheme.

Visit www.hynt.co.uk for more information or contact our Box Office.

Accessible Facilities All of our performance spaces are accessible by wheelchair. For RWCMD promotions wheelchair users will be charged the concessionary price and 1 complimentary ticket will be given (if required) to a carer. Other rates may apply to non-RWCMD productions.

Hearing Induction Loops are available from the Box Office, customers will be required to pay a £5 deposit refundable upon return.

Baby changing facilities are available.

Guide dogs are welcome.

Please note: It is advisable that you inform Box Office at time of booking if you or any of your party have any access requirements.

RWCMD Online For up-to-date events listings visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whatson. You can also keep in touch by following us on www.facebook.com/rwcmd and Twitter @RWCMD or tweet the box office directly @RWC_ boxoffice All information is correct at the time of print and is subject to change without prior notice. RWCMD reserves the right to refuse admission or to change the advertised programme of events and/ or casting of any performance without prior notice.

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Specialist Music Courses for ages 4-18

Box Office

Booking Information

Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

Junior Conservatoire

Every Saturday during term time, the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is home to the Junior Conservatoire, delivering specialist courses to children and young people of exceptional ability from around Wales and the South West, as well as to those taking their first steps in music. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ juniorconservatoire

Data Protection

Latecomers

Box Office Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm On performance evenings the Box Office will remain open up to 30 minutes after the start of the last performance. If there is a performance on Saturday or Sunday, the Box Office will open 2 hours prior to the start of that performance. The Box Office is situated in the main foyer.

When you purchase tickets from us or join one of our membership schemes, the information you provide is stored in a database managed by a consortium of venues, led by Wales Millennium Centre. Your contact details are visible to all members of the consortium, but they will not use this information unless you also deal with them directly. Information relating to your ticket purchases or other financial transactions is confidential and never shared among consortium members.

We process your details in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998.

During some performances latecomers will not be admitted. You may be asked to wait for a suitable break in the performance before taking your seats.

This will be at the Duty Manager’s discretion.

How to Find Us

Group benefits include: Discounted tickets on selected RWCMD shows

Booking by Telephone or In Person Tickets can be purchased in person or by calling 029 2039 1391 during box office opening hours. Messages left on the answering machine outside of opening hours and at busy periods will be dealt with as soon as possible.

Payments made by credit or debit card must be over the value of £5, we accept Mastercard, Visa, Maestro and Solo.

Bursaries for Junior Conservatoire Students are supported by the Gareth Jones Awards, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wolfson Foundation, the D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust, the Mosawi Foundation and ABRSM

Any orders posted will incur a postage fee of 80p.

Alternatively, tickets can be collected for free from the Box Office during opening hours.

Booking Online

Opportunities for All We are pleased to offer a wide range of opportunities for all ages, including Summer Schools, individual music lessons and Community Choirs. We also run a successful programme of outreach activities including workshops and performances for schools and community groups. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/community Community and Outreach Programmes are supported by First Campus

Sat 16 January 2.30pm

Junior Conservatoire Concerto Competition Weston Gallery Contact Junior Conservatoire for more information on 029 2039 1365 or email juniorconservatoire @rwcmd.ac.uk

Tickets can be purchased online at www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whatson with an optional postage charge of 80p.

Exchanges & Refunds Tickets for RWCMD performances cannot be refunded. However tickets can be exchanged for alternative performances, subject to availability and provided tickets are returned to us 24 hours before the event. Non RWCMD productions are subject to the visiting company returns policy.

For both RWCMD and non RWCMD events, the College will endeavor to re-sell any unwanted tickets for sold out performances if tickets are returned to us 24 hours before the event and provided there is a waiting list to which tickets can be sold.

Concessions

Young Actors Studio

rwcmd.ac.uk

Acting Courses for ages 12-20 The Young Actors Studio delivers high quality acting courses every Sunday in Cardiff, and every Saturday in Pembrokeshire during term time. Young people with a passion for acting and theatre who may be considering applying to specialist drama college or university in the future have the chance to work with RWCMD staff, building confidence and skills in a friendly and supportive environment. www.rwcmd.ac.uk/yas RWCMD Young Actors Studio in West Wales is supported by the J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust and Valero

Concessions apply to over 60s, students, ex-RWCMD students, under 16s, Friends of RWCMD and customers with a disability (may be asked to provide ID upon purchase and/or collection). This may vary depending on performance. For the comfort of all patrons we strongly advise that RWCMD performances are not suitable for children under 2 years (unless otherwise stated)

Brochure Formats Event information is available in large print format, audio format or as a pdf file. Publication printed on paper from responsible sources approved by the Forestry Stewardship Council.

We are situated on North Road in Cardiff, a short walk heading north from Cardiff Castle and opposite Cathays Park civic centre.

Parking Parking spaces at the college are restricted to blue badge holders only.

These spaces are limited and available on a first come, first served basis.

These spaces cannot be reserved.

There is pay and display car park immediately next to the college. There is also further parking a short walk away at the civic centre opposite the college. Please note RWCMD has no authority over these car parks.

Food and Drink Café Bar Opening Hours: Monday – Saturday 8.30am – 5pm (no evening performances) 8.30am – the end of the last interval (during evening performances) Sundays 10am – 4pm Wifi access is free of charge upon registering with The Cloud. Food and Drink are not permitted in any of the performance spaces.

Group Bookers Whether you’re arranging a night out with family and friends, planning your work’s social outing or organising a society coach trip we’re here to make it as easy as possible for you to bring a party of 10 or more to the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.

• 10 persons or more = 10% off • 15 persons or more = 15% off • 20 persons or more = 20% off Flexible payment terms - book now, pay later (subject to terms and conditions).

Free flyers and posters to help you promote the show to your group (when possible).

Gift Vouchers Everyone enjoys a great night out, which makes our Gift Vouchers the perfect present for family and friends.

Available in any denomination, ask the Box Office for further information.

Free Personal Assistant and Carer Tickets RWCMD is a part of a national scheme called Hynt that works with theatres and arts centres across Wales to provide customers with the very best practice in fair ticketing policy and accessibility.

Hynt cardholders are entitled to a ticket free of charge (where possible) for a personal assistant or carer at RWCMD and all the theatres and arts centres participating in the scheme.

Visit www.hynt.co.uk for more information or contact our Box Office.

Accessible Facilities All of our performance spaces are accessible by wheelchair. For RWCMD promotions wheelchair users will be charged the concessionary price and 1 complimentary ticket will be given (if required) to a carer. Other rates may apply to non-RWCMD productions.

Hearing Induction Loops are available from the Box Office, customers will be required to pay a £5 deposit refundable upon return.

Baby changing facilities are available.

Guide dogs are welcome.

Please note: It is advisable that you inform Box Office at time of booking if you or any of your party have any access requirements.

RWCMD Online For up-to-date events listings visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/whatson. You can also keep in touch by following us on www.facebook.com/rwcmd and Twitter @RWCMD or tweet the box office directly @RWC_ boxoffice All information is correct at the time of print and is subject to change without prior notice. RWCMD reserves the right to refuse admission or to change the advertised programme of events and/ or casting of any performance without prior notice.

28/29

Specialist Music Courses for ages 4-18

Box Office

Booking Information

Junior Conservatoire & Young Actors Studio

Junior Conservatoire

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Sky Arts BBC Radio 3 Proxima Legal & General The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons International Correspondence Chess Federation Ysgol Gynradd Rhydypenau

Llogi lleoliad yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cymru Mae’r lleoliadau a’r ystafelloedd cyfarfod yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yn rhai o’r lleoliadau y mae mwyaf o alw amdanynt yng Nghaerdydd ar gyfer pob math o ddigwyddiadau, yn amrywio o rihyrsals, perfformiadau, cyfarfodydd, cynadleddau a phriodasau.

I drafod eich digwyddiad cysylltwch â Janet Smith, Rheolwr Lleoliadau ar 029 2039 1376 neu e-bostiwch janet.smith@ rwcmd.ac.uk

Llogi ein Cerddorion Gallwn ddarparu perfformwyr dawnus ar gyfer amrywiaeth o ddigwyddiadau, boed eich digwyddiad yma yn y Coleg neu mewn lleoliad o’ch dewis.

Am ragor o wybodaeth e-bostiwch performers@rwcmd. ac.uk, ffoniwch 029 2039 1402 neu ewch i www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ performers

Teithiau Os ydych yn cynrychioli grŵp neu sefydliad ac y byddech yn hoffi trefnu taith o amgylch ein gofodau perfformio newydd cysylltwch ag events@rwcmd.ac.uk

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Eat at RWCMD Bwyta yn CBCDC From a relaxed coffee to a bite to eat before a performance, the café bar at the College offers an exciting menu of food and drink for you to enjoy in the stunning setting of the College foyer, overlooking the Grade 1 listed, Bute Park. For more information on what is available at our café bar, please ask the Box Office when you book your tickets or visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cafebar Coffi i ymlacio neu damaid i’w fwyta cyn perfformiad, mae gan café bar y Coleg fwydlen gyffrous o fwyd a diod i chi ei mwynhau yn lleoliad trawiadol cyntedd y Coleg, sy’n edrych dros ofod gwyrdd rhestredig Gradd 1 Parc Bute. I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am yr hyn sydd ar gael yn ein café bar holwch yn y Swyddfa Docynnau pan fyddwch yn archebu eich tocynnau neu ewch i www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cafebar

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We can supply talented performers for a variety of events, whether your event is here at the College or at the location of your choice.

For more information email performers@ rwcmd.ac.uk, contact 029 2039 1402 or visit: www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ performers

The venues and meeting rooms at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama are some of Cardiff’s most sought after locations for all types of events, from rehearsals, performances, meetings, conferences to weddings.

To discuss your event contact Janet Smith, Venues Manager on 029 2039 1376 or email: janet.smith@rwcmd.ac.uk

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Wheelchair Space | Gofod Cadeiriau Olwy Wheelchair Space | Gofod Cadeiriau Olwy

Rugby World Cup 2015 International Correspondence Chess Federation Clwyd Theatr Cymru Cooke & Arkwright Aberystwyth Arts Centre National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Welsh Government Boom Cymru Cathedral School, Cardiff

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Sky Arts BBC Radio 3 Proxima Legal & General The British Association of Paediatric Surgeons International Correspondence Chess Federation Ysgol Gynradd Rhydypenau

Llogi lleoliad yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cymru Mae’r lleoliadau a’r ystafelloedd cyfarfod yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yn rhai o’r lleoliadau y mae mwyaf o alw amdanynt yng Nghaerdydd ar gyfer pob math o ddigwyddiadau, yn amrywio o rihyrsals, perfformiadau, cyfarfodydd, cynadleddau a phriodasau.

I drafod eich digwyddiad cysylltwch â Janet Smith, Rheolwr Lleoliadau ar 029 2039 1376 neu e-bostiwch janet.smith@ rwcmd.ac.uk

Llogi ein Cerddorion Gallwn ddarparu perfformwyr dawnus ar gyfer amrywiaeth o ddigwyddiadau, boed eich digwyddiad yma yn y Coleg neu mewn lleoliad o’ch dewis.

Am ragor o wybodaeth e-bostiwch performers@rwcmd. ac.uk, ffoniwch 029 2039 1402 neu ewch i www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ performers

Teithiau Os ydych yn cynrychioli grŵp neu sefydliad ac y byddech yn hoffi trefnu taith o amgylch ein gofodau perfformio newydd cysylltwch ag events@rwcmd.ac.uk

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Eat at RWCMD Bwyta yn CBCDC From a relaxed coffee to a bite to eat before a performance, the café bar at the College offers an exciting menu of food and drink for you to enjoy in the stunning setting of the College foyer, overlooking the Grade 1 listed, Bute Park. For more information on what is available at our café bar, please ask the Box Office when you book your tickets or visit www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cafebar Coffi i ymlacio neu damaid i’w fwyta cyn perfformiad, mae gan café bar y Coleg fwydlen gyffrous o fwyd a diod i chi ei mwynhau yn lleoliad trawiadol cyntedd y Coleg, sy’n edrych dros ofod gwyrdd rhestredig Gradd 1 Parc Bute. I gael rhagor o wybodaeth am yr hyn sydd ar gael yn ein café bar holwch yn y Swyddfa Docynnau pan fyddwch yn archebu eich tocynnau neu ewch i www.rwcmd.ac.uk/cafebar

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For more information email performers@ rwcmd.ac.uk, contact 029 2039 1402 or visit: www.rwcmd.ac.uk/ performers

The venues and meeting rooms at the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama are some of Cardiff’s most sought after locations for all types of events, from rehearsals, performances, meetings, conferences to weddings.

To discuss your event contact Janet Smith, Venues Manager on 029 2039 1376 or email: janet.smith@rwcmd.ac.uk

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Wheelchair Space | Gofod Cadeiriau Olwy Wheelchair Space | Gofod Cadeiriau Olwy

Rugby World Cup 2015 International Correspondence Chess Federation Clwyd Theatr Cymru Cooke & Arkwright Aberystwyth Arts Centre National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain Welsh Government Boom Cymru Cathedral School, Cardiff

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8 Jan | Ion - 18 Mar | Maw 9 Jan | Ion | Ion 12 Jan | Ion - 15 Mar | Maw 12 Jan | Ion 13 Jan | Ion 14 Jan | Ion 14 Jan | Ion 15 Jan | Ion 15 Jan | Ion 16 Jan | Ion 20 Jan | Ion 21 Jan | Ion 21 Jan | Ion 22 Jan | Ion 22 Jan | Ion 23 Jan | Ion 24 Jan | Ion 26 Jan | Ion 27 Jan | Ion 28 Jan | Ion 28 Jan | Ion 29 Jan | Ion 2 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 3 Feb | Chwe 5 Feb | Chwe 6 Feb | Chwe 9 Feb | Chwe 10 Feb -14 Feb 13 Feb | Chwe - 13 Mar | Maw 15-19 Feb | Chwe 15 & 16 Feb | Chwe 18 Feb | Chwe

● £15 £12 ● £14-£18 ● £6-£9 ● £6-£9 ● £6-£9 ● £10 £8 ● £20 £18 ● £15 £12 ● £6-£12

Worbey & Farrell’s House Party!

Benjamin Baker & Daniel Lebhardt Eric Sammut, David Hockings, Perc’m Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook Elin Manahan Thomas

● Various ● £6-£10 ● Free

REPCo Week Actor’s Showcase Choral Thursday

7.15pm 1.15pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Various 1.15pm 2pm 1.15pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 5.30pm Various 7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7pm 6.30pm 7.30pm Various 7.30pm (2pm 24 Mar | Maw) 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm

22 Feb | Chwe 23 Feb | Chwe 24 Feb | Chwe 24 Feb | Chwe 25 Feb | Chwe 25 & 26 Feb | Chwe 26 Feb | Chwe 28 Feb | Chwe 1 Mar | Maw 1 Mar | Maw 1 Mar | Maw 2 Mar | Maw 2 Mar | Maw 3 Mar | Maw 4 Mar | Maw 5 Mar | Maw 6-13 Mar | Maw 9 Mar | Maw 10 Mar | Maw 12 Mar | Maw 15 Mar | Maw 16 Mar | Maw 16 Mar | Maw 17 Mar | Maw 17 Mar | Maw 18-22 Mar | Maw 22-24 Mar | Maw 22-23 Mar | Maw 24 Mar | Maw 25 Mar | Maw 15 Apr | Ebrill

● £12 £10 ● £14 £12 ● £6-£10 ● £6-£9 ● £14-£18 ● £6-£9 ● £14 £12 ● £14 £12 ● £6-£9

Maria Luisa Rayan harp The Wearable Art Show Ji Liu Clara Mouriz & Joseph Middleton St David’s Day Concert

3

4

26

3

14-15

8

● £8 £6 ● £6-£12

NEW: 2016

● £10-£14

Tredegar Town Band

Welsh Camerata

Llŷr Williams

● £15 £13 ● £16-£20 ● £18 £16

The Marriage of Figaro

Anything Can Happen!

Sinfonia Cymru

● Free ● £4-£13

Choral Thursday

Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Semi-Finals

Kraggerud at the College

RWCMD Rhythm Collective: As One

● £6-£9 ● £12 £10

● Free ● £12 £10

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital

Mozart Requiem

● £12 £10 ● £12-£15

Sean Shibe guitar

BBC Young Musician 2016

11 ● £9 (£30) £8 £5

Rapunzel

27

27

20

18

7

5

17

3

27

25

27

3

17

26

19

9

13

25

9

8

23

21

23

6

26

13

25

23

27

11

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments ● £12 £10 Central Band of the RAF ● £12 £10 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End ● £15

RWCMD Wind Orchestra

Grav

O Duo

Ensemble Cymru

Brahms: Songs & Intermezzi

● £6-£9 ● £6-£9

● £12 ● £8 £6 Arno Bornkamp & Catherine Milledge

● Lunchtime lights ● Richard Burton Company ● Free Events ● Llŷr Williams Piano Cycle ● Orchestral Concerts ● Lunchtime Guest ● International Artists ● More Music ● Visiting Theatre ● Special Events ● Collisions ● Steinway International Piano Series ● Muscial theatre ● Beethoven: Music in Revolution ● NEW: 2016 ● Opera

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Sherman Theatr

Various

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Llandaff Cathedral

Oriel Weston Gallery

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Bute Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Mary Rees Chopin Prize

Anita Wardell Trio 7.30pm

19 Feb | Chwe

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Event Digwyddiad

Ralph Koltai Exhibition

23

3

Price Pg Pris Tud

● Various ● Free

Beethoven: Music in Revolution

London Winds

● Free ● £6-£9

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital

10

24 Marius Neset / Daniel Herskedal Duo

4 ● £6-£9 ● £12

Eleven harps, a flute and a violin…

4

4

12

7

27

22

24

22

21

10

9

22

12

3

24

26

16

22

12

24

22

16

3

20

3

24

Narrative £6-£12 ● Mojo £6-£12 ●

Madness in Valencia

Concerto Competition: The Final

American Classics

Angela Hewitt

Burns Night 2016

● £6-£9 ● £26

● Free ● £14 £12

● £5-£34 ● £6-£9

● £6-£9 ● £15 £12

● £6-£9 ● £12 £10

● £4.75-£6.75 ● £6-£9

● £16-£20 ● Free

● £6-£9 ● Free

Price Pg Pris Tud

The Prince Consort

Voces8: Sing Joyfully

Choral Thursday

This Sceptred Isle

Welsh Sinfonia

WNO Orchestra: New Year in Vienna

David Pyatt & Chris Williams

Francoise-Green duo

Burning Bright

Roderick Williams & Iain Burnside

RWCMD Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Tuesdays

Llŷr Williams

Date Time Venue Dyddiad Amser Lleoliad

Cyntedd | Foyer

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Various

Linbury Gallery

Various

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Stiwdio Caird Studio

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Foyer & Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dewi Sant | St David’s Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall Amser Jazz Time

Guitar PLUS

1.15pm

6 Jan | Ion | Ion

Event Digwyddiad

Events | Digwyddiadau Spring | Gwanwyn 2016

Date Time Venue Dyddiad Amser Lleoliad

rwcmd.ac.uk

5.30pm 7.30pm 6pm 1pm 1.15pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7pm 1.15pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 1.15pm 1.15pm 1.15pm 3pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.30pm 7.15pm (2.30pm 5 Feb | Chwe) Theatr Bute Theatre 7pm (2.30pm 3 Feb | Chwe) 1.15pm 7.45pm 2pm 1.15pm Various Opening Hours Various 15th: 7.30pm 16th: 1pm 6.30pm

8 Jan | Ion - 18 Mar | Maw 9 Jan | Ion | Ion 12 Jan | Ion - 15 Mar | Maw 12 Jan | Ion 13 Jan | Ion 14 Jan | Ion 14 Jan | Ion 15 Jan | Ion 15 Jan | Ion 16 Jan | Ion 20 Jan | Ion 21 Jan | Ion 21 Jan | Ion 22 Jan | Ion 22 Jan | Ion 23 Jan | Ion 24 Jan | Ion 26 Jan | Ion 27 Jan | Ion 28 Jan | Ion 28 Jan | Ion 29 Jan | Ion 2 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 2-6 Feb | Chwe 3 Feb | Chwe 5 Feb | Chwe 6 Feb | Chwe 9 Feb | Chwe 10 Feb -14 Feb 13 Feb | Chwe - 13 Mar | Maw 15-19 Feb | Chwe 15 & 16 Feb | Chwe 18 Feb | Chwe

● £15 £12 ● £14-£18 ● £6-£9 ● £6-£9 ● £6-£9 ● £10 £8 ● £20 £18 ● £15 £12 ● £6-£12

Worbey & Farrell’s House Party!

Benjamin Baker & Daniel Lebhardt Eric Sammut, David Hockings, Perc’m Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook Elin Manahan Thomas

● Various ● £6-£10 ● Free

REPCo Week Actor’s Showcase Choral Thursday

7.15pm 1.15pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm Various 1.15pm 2pm 1.15pm 7.15pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 2.30pm & 5.30pm Various 7.30pm 7.30pm 2pm 7.30pm 1.15pm 7pm 6.30pm 7.30pm Various 7.30pm (2pm 24 Mar | Maw) 7.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 7.30pm

22 Feb | Chwe 23 Feb | Chwe 24 Feb | Chwe 24 Feb | Chwe 25 Feb | Chwe 25 & 26 Feb | Chwe 26 Feb | Chwe 28 Feb | Chwe 1 Mar | Maw 1 Mar | Maw 1 Mar | Maw 2 Mar | Maw 2 Mar | Maw 3 Mar | Maw 4 Mar | Maw 5 Mar | Maw 6-13 Mar | Maw 9 Mar | Maw 10 Mar | Maw 12 Mar | Maw 15 Mar | Maw 16 Mar | Maw 16 Mar | Maw 17 Mar | Maw 17 Mar | Maw 18-22 Mar | Maw 22-24 Mar | Maw 22-23 Mar | Maw 24 Mar | Maw 25 Mar | Maw 15 Apr | Ebrill

● £12 £10 ● £14 £12 ● £6-£10 ● £6-£9 ● £14-£18 ● £6-£9 ● £14 £12 ● £14 £12 ● £6-£9

Maria Luisa Rayan harp The Wearable Art Show Ji Liu Clara Mouriz & Joseph Middleton St David’s Day Concert

3

4

26

3

14-15

8

● £8 £6 ● £6-£12

NEW: 2016

● £10-£14

Tredegar Town Band

Welsh Camerata

Llŷr Williams

● £15 £13 ● £16-£20 ● £18 £16

The Marriage of Figaro

Anything Can Happen!

Sinfonia Cymru

● Free ● £4-£13

Choral Thursday

Ian Stoutzker Prize: The Semi-Finals

Kraggerud at the College

RWCMD Rhythm Collective: As One

● £6-£9 ● £12 £10

● Free ● £12 £10

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital

Mozart Requiem

● £12 £10 ● £12-£15

Sean Shibe guitar

BBC Young Musician 2016

11 ● £9 (£30) £8 £5

Rapunzel

27

27

20

18

7

5

17

3

27

25

27

3

17

26

19

9

13

25

9

8

23

21

23

6

26

13

25

23

27

11

The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments ● £12 £10 Central Band of the RAF ● £12 £10 Sir Henry at Rawlinson End ● £15

RWCMD Wind Orchestra

Grav

O Duo

Ensemble Cymru

Brahms: Songs & Intermezzi

● £6-£9 ● £6-£9

● £12 ● £8 £6 Arno Bornkamp & Catherine Milledge

● Lunchtime lights ● Richard Burton Company ● Free Events ● Llŷr Williams Piano Cycle ● Orchestral Concerts ● Lunchtime Guest ● International Artists ● More Music ● Visiting Theatre ● Special Events ● Collisions ● Steinway International Piano Series ● Muscial theatre ● Beethoven: Music in Revolution ● NEW: 2016 ● Opera

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Sherman Theatr

Various

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Llandaff Cathedral

Oriel Weston Gallery

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Bute Theatre

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Mary Rees Chopin Prize

Anita Wardell Trio 7.30pm

19 Feb | Chwe

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Event Digwyddiad

Ralph Koltai Exhibition

23

3

Price Pg Pris Tud

● Various ● Free

Beethoven: Music in Revolution

London Winds

● Free ● £6-£9

Junior Conservatoire Foyer Recital

10

24 Marius Neset / Daniel Herskedal Duo

4 ● £6-£9 ● £12

Eleven harps, a flute and a violin…

4

4

12

7

27

22

24

22

21

10

9

22

12

3

24

26

16

22

12

24

22

16

3

20

3

24

Narrative £6-£12 ● Mojo £6-£12 ●

Madness in Valencia

Concerto Competition: The Final

American Classics

Angela Hewitt

Burns Night 2016

● £6-£9 ● £26

● Free ● £14 £12

● £5-£34 ● £6-£9

● £6-£9 ● £15 £12

● £6-£9 ● £12 £10

● £4.75-£6.75 ● £6-£9

● £16-£20 ● Free

● £6-£9 ● Free

Price Pg Pris Tud

The Prince Consort

Voces8: Sing Joyfully

Choral Thursday

This Sceptred Isle

Welsh Sinfonia

WNO Orchestra: New Year in Vienna

David Pyatt & Chris Williams

Francoise-Green duo

Burning Bright

Roderick Williams & Iain Burnside

RWCMD Symphony Orchestra

Chamber Tuesdays

Llŷr Williams

Date Time Venue Dyddiad Amser Lleoliad

Cyntedd | Foyer

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Various

Linbury Gallery

Various

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Theatr Richard Burton Theatre

Stiwdio Caird Studio

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Foyer & Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Neuadd Dewi Sant | St David’s Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall

Cyntedd | Foyer

Neuadd Dora Stoutzker Hall Amser Jazz Time

Guitar PLUS

1.15pm

6 Jan | Ion | Ion

Event Digwyddiad

Events | Digwyddiadau Spring | Gwanwyn 2016

Date Time Venue Dyddiad Amser Lleoliad

rwcmd.ac.uk

HRH The Prince of Wales

President Llywydd The Lord Rowe-Beddoe DL

Vice Presidents Is Lywyddion Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE FRWCMD Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE FRWCMD Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO FRWCMD Menna Richards OBE FRWCMD Rhodri Talfan Davies Bryn Terfel CBE FRWCMD Edward Thomas FRWCMD Lady Anya Sainsbury CBE FRWCMD Michael Sheen OBE FRWCMD

Individuals Unigolion Dame Shirley Bassey FRWCMD Philip Carne MBE FRWCMD and Christine Carne FRWCMD The Friends of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Eira and Don Halley

Business Support Cymorth Busnes

ABRSM Arts and Business Cymru Barclays Brewin Dolphin Cardiff Business Club Catering Academy Da Vinci’s Demons John Lewis Partnership Liberty Living The Penderyn Distillery Steinway & Sons Valero Wales & West Utilities Western Power Distribution

Public Bodies Cyrff Cyhoeddus Arts Council of Wales Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Welsh Government

rwcmd.ac.uk

Thanks to generous sponsorship from Liberty Living, any student residing in their student accommodation in Cardiff is entitled to a £3 ticket for the following productions this season:

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The Ashley Family Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust The Community Foundation in Wales The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust The EMI Music Sound Foundation The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation The Fenton Arts Trust The Foyle Foundation The Garfield Weston Foundation The G C Gibson Charitable Trust The Jane Hodge Foundation The John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation The Joseph Strong Fraser Trust The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Linbury Trust The Mackintosh Foundation The Mosawi Foundation The Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Rachael Mackaness Trust The Radcliffe Trust The Richard Carne Trust The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust The Spielman Charitable Trust The Thistle Trust The Tillett Trust The Walton Trust The Waterloo Foundation The Wolfson Foundation The Worshipful Company of Musicians

Diolch i nawdd hael gan Liberty Living, mae gan unrhyw fyfyriwr sy’n byw yn ei lety myfyrwyr yng Nghaerdydd hawl i docyn am £3 ar gyfer y cynyrchiadau canlynol yn ystod y tymor:

15 Jan | Ion WNO Orchestra: New Year in Vienna

5 Feb | Chwe Marius Neset | Daniel Herskedal Duo

22 Jan | Ion Burns Night 2016

19 Feb | Chwe Anita Wardell

23 Jan | Ion Worbey & Farrell’s House Party!

1 Mar | Maw Grav

29 Jan | Ion Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook

Trusts and Foundations Ymddiriedolaethau a Sefydliadau

5 Mar | Maw Rapunzel 10 Mar | Maw Mozart at Llandaff 17 Mar | Maw Sinfonia Cymru

1 Mar | Maw St David’s Day Celebration

22-24 Mar | Maw Stiles & Drewe’s Anything Can Happen!

4 Mar | Maw Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

22-23 Mar | Maw The Marriage of Figaro

Please note that this offer is subject to availability and that you will need to provide your Kx reference number at the time of booking.

Noder bod y cynnig hwn yn amodol ar argaeledd a bydd angen i chi ddyfynnu eich rhif cyfeirnod Kx wrth archebu tocyn.

Our annual giving scheme, Connect, directly supports the students’ training and particularly their opportunities to perform in Cardiff and London. We are grateful to all members and are pleased to acknowledge them below.

Mae ein cynllun rhoi blynyddol, Cyswllt, yn cefnogi’n uniongyrchol hyfforddiant y myfyrwyr ac yn arbennig eu cyfleoedd i berfformio yng Nghaerdydd a Llundain. Rydym yn ddiolchgar i’r holl aelodau ac yn falch i’w cydnabod isod.

Patron Connect Gold Cyswllt Noddwr Aur Chris Ball Geraint Talfan Davies OBE John Derrick and Preben Oeye Martin and Jo Furber Anita George Hywel and Mary George David Goldstone CBE Frank Kelleher Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO FRWCMD Michael and Cora McGrane Vince McNabb Christopher and Mere Moorsom Chris Nott Sir Idris Pearce Alan and Maggie Peterson Sir Antony and Lady Reardon Smith

Carlo Rizzi FRWCMD and Lucy Stout Betsan Roberts David Seligman OBE FRWCMD Babs Thomas OBE Ted and Val Yates

Patron Connect Cyswllt Noddwr Hilary Boulding Peter Curran Keith and Linda James Robert and Philippa John Allan and Kath Jones Graham and Dorothy Jones Hywel Ceri and Morwenna Jones Rhiannon Jones Christine Lewis OBE Eileen Price Alison Shan Price Menna Richards OBE FRWCMD Sir Paul and Lady Silk Simon Smail CBE Roger and Rhian Thomas Howard Weeks

College Connect Gold Cyswllt Coleg Aur Mr and Mrs R. D Allin Douglas Dalwood Ken Griffin Catherine Leaker and Colin Nalder Hywel Peterson Cynthia Roberts Dr Ronald and Susan Smith David Speller Catherine Walker Muriel Weeks

a LeGacY

FROM yOU thROUGh thEM tO thE wORlD

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GEnnych chI DRwyDDynt hwy

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College Connect Cyswllt Coleg Scott Allin John and Elizabeth Andrews Roger Bonehill Jenny Broughton MBE Ann E. Bryan Professor Paul Cantrill David and Mollie Cryer Helen and Glyn Evans Mrs E J Eyres MBE Andrew Healy Gloria Jenkins Anita Johansson Barbara and Merfyn Jones Clare Kimber Helene Mansfield OBE David and Pippa Marsh Geraldine Martin Clive Maslen Glyn Parry Shirley Parry Margaret Perring Cynthia Pulsford John Richardson Dame Janet Ritterman DBE Ceridwen Roberts Dr Martin Sage Sharron Scott Ceinwen Statter Mathew Talfan Jane and Mike Tooby Linda Vickers Haydn and Alison Warman Sara and Harry West Mark White Marie Wood

Connect | Cyswllt

Patron Noddwr

Valerie Hodges Huw and Jacqui Jenkins The late Leonard and Marian Jones The late Peter Kearney Frank Kelleher The family of the late Sir Charles Mackerras CBE FRWCMD Eluned H McGrenery The late Gwenllian Phillips in memory of her husband The late Ron Redwood The Lord and Lady Rowe Beddoe David Seligman OBE FRWCMD Ian Stoutzker CBE FRWCMD Kate Thomas Elizabeth Walbrol

to find out more about leaving a gift in your will to the Royal welsh college of Music & Drama and supporting future generations of music and theatre talent please write to or telephone lucy stout, Director of Development, RwcMD, castle Grounds, cathays Park, cardiff, cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399 I gael gwybod rhagor am adael rhodd yn eich ewyllys i Goleg Brenhinol cerdd a Drama cymru a chefnogi cenedlaethau’r dyfodol o dalent ym myd cerddoriaeth a’r theatr, ysgrifennwch at neu ffoniwch lucy stout, cyfarwyddwr Datblygu, cBcDc, Maes y castell, Parc cathays, caerdydd cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399

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Thank You | Diolch

The College would like to thank the public bodies, individuals, trusts, foundations and sponsors who support us.

Hoffai’r Coleg ddiolch i’r cyrff cyhoeddus, unigolion, ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a noddwyr sy’n ein cefnogi.

HRH The Prince of Wales

President Llywydd The Lord Rowe-Beddoe DL

Vice Presidents Is Lywyddion Sir Anthony Hopkins CBE FRWCMD Dame Gwyneth Jones DBE FRWCMD Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO FRWCMD Menna Richards OBE FRWCMD Rhodri Talfan Davies Bryn Terfel CBE FRWCMD Edward Thomas FRWCMD Lady Anya Sainsbury CBE FRWCMD Michael Sheen OBE FRWCMD

Individuals Unigolion Dame Shirley Bassey FRWCMD Philip Carne MBE FRWCMD and Christine Carne FRWCMD The Friends of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Eira and Don Halley

Business Support Cymorth Busnes

ABRSM Arts and Business Cymru Barclays Brewin Dolphin Cardiff Business Club Catering Academy Da Vinci’s Demons John Lewis Partnership Liberty Living The Penderyn Distillery Steinway & Sons Valero Wales & West Utilities Western Power Distribution

Public Bodies Cyrff Cyhoeddus Arts Council of Wales Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Welsh Government

rwcmd.ac.uk

Thanks to generous sponsorship from Liberty Living, any student residing in their student accommodation in Cardiff is entitled to a £3 ticket for the following productions this season:

The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation The Ashley Family Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust The Community Foundation in Wales The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust The Else and Leonard Cross Charitable Trust The EMI Music Sound Foundation The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation The Fenton Arts Trust The Foyle Foundation The Garfield Weston Foundation The G C Gibson Charitable Trust The Jane Hodge Foundation The John Barbirolli Memorial Foundation The Joseph Strong Fraser Trust The J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust The Leverhulme Trust The Linbury Trust The Mackintosh Foundation The Mosawi Foundation The Paul Hamlyn Foundation The Rachael Mackaness Trust The Radcliffe Trust The Richard Carne Trust The Simon Gibson Charitable Trust The Spielman Charitable Trust The Thistle Trust The Tillett Trust The Walton Trust The Waterloo Foundation The Wolfson Foundation The Worshipful Company of Musicians

Diolch i nawdd hael gan Liberty Living, mae gan unrhyw fyfyriwr sy’n byw yn ei lety myfyrwyr yng Nghaerdydd hawl i docyn am £3 ar gyfer y cynyrchiadau canlynol yn ystod y tymor:

15 Jan | Ion WNO Orchestra: New Year in Vienna

5 Feb | Chwe Marius Neset | Daniel Herskedal Duo

22 Jan | Ion Burns Night 2016

19 Feb | Chwe Anita Wardell

23 Jan | Ion Worbey & Farrell’s House Party!

1 Mar | Maw Grav

29 Jan | Ion Ross Leadbeater’s Great British Songbook

Trusts and Foundations Ymddiriedolaethau a Sefydliadau

5 Mar | Maw Rapunzel 10 Mar | Maw Mozart at Llandaff 17 Mar | Maw Sinfonia Cymru

1 Mar | Maw St David’s Day Celebration

22-24 Mar | Maw Stiles & Drewe’s Anything Can Happen!

4 Mar | Maw Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

22-23 Mar | Maw The Marriage of Figaro

Please note that this offer is subject to availability and that you will need to provide your Kx reference number at the time of booking.

Noder bod y cynnig hwn yn amodol ar argaeledd a bydd angen i chi ddyfynnu eich rhif cyfeirnod Kx wrth archebu tocyn.

Our annual giving scheme, Connect, directly supports the students’ training and particularly their opportunities to perform in Cardiff and London. We are grateful to all members and are pleased to acknowledge them below.

Mae ein cynllun rhoi blynyddol, Cyswllt, yn cefnogi’n uniongyrchol hyfforddiant y myfyrwyr ac yn arbennig eu cyfleoedd i berfformio yng Nghaerdydd a Llundain. Rydym yn ddiolchgar i’r holl aelodau ac yn falch i’w cydnabod isod.

Patron Connect Gold Cyswllt Noddwr Aur Chris Ball Geraint Talfan Davies OBE John Derrick and Preben Oeye Martin and Jo Furber Anita George Hywel and Mary George David Goldstone CBE Frank Kelleher Captain Sir Norman Lloyd-Edwards KCVO FRWCMD Michael and Cora McGrane Vince McNabb Christopher and Mere Moorsom Chris Nott Sir Idris Pearce Alan and Maggie Peterson Sir Antony and Lady Reardon Smith

Carlo Rizzi FRWCMD and Lucy Stout Betsan Roberts David Seligman OBE FRWCMD Babs Thomas OBE Ted and Val Yates

Patron Connect Cyswllt Noddwr Hilary Boulding Peter Curran Keith and Linda James Robert and Philippa John Allan and Kath Jones Graham and Dorothy Jones Hywel Ceri and Morwenna Jones Rhiannon Jones Christine Lewis OBE Eileen Price Alison Shan Price Menna Richards OBE FRWCMD Sir Paul and Lady Silk Simon Smail CBE Roger and Rhian Thomas Howard Weeks

College Connect Gold Cyswllt Coleg Aur Mr and Mrs R. D Allin Douglas Dalwood Ken Griffin Catherine Leaker and Colin Nalder Hywel Peterson Cynthia Roberts Dr Ronald and Susan Smith David Speller Catherine Walker Muriel Weeks

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College Connect Cyswllt Coleg Scott Allin John and Elizabeth Andrews Roger Bonehill Jenny Broughton MBE Ann E. Bryan Professor Paul Cantrill David and Mollie Cryer Helen and Glyn Evans Mrs E J Eyres MBE Andrew Healy Gloria Jenkins Anita Johansson Barbara and Merfyn Jones Clare Kimber Helene Mansfield OBE David and Pippa Marsh Geraldine Martin Clive Maslen Glyn Parry Shirley Parry Margaret Perring Cynthia Pulsford John Richardson Dame Janet Ritterman DBE Ceridwen Roberts Dr Martin Sage Sharron Scott Ceinwen Statter Mathew Talfan Jane and Mike Tooby Linda Vickers Haydn and Alison Warman Sara and Harry West Mark White Marie Wood

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Valerie Hodges Huw and Jacqui Jenkins The late Leonard and Marian Jones The late Peter Kearney Frank Kelleher The family of the late Sir Charles Mackerras CBE FRWCMD Eluned H McGrenery The late Gwenllian Phillips in memory of her husband The late Ron Redwood The Lord and Lady Rowe Beddoe David Seligman OBE FRWCMD Ian Stoutzker CBE FRWCMD Kate Thomas Elizabeth Walbrol

to find out more about leaving a gift in your will to the Royal welsh college of Music & Drama and supporting future generations of music and theatre talent please write to or telephone lucy stout, Director of Development, RwcMD, castle Grounds, cathays Park, cardiff, cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399 I gael gwybod rhagor am adael rhodd yn eich ewyllys i Goleg Brenhinol cerdd a Drama cymru a chefnogi cenedlaethau’r dyfodol o dalent ym myd cerddoriaeth a’r theatr, ysgrifennwch at neu ffoniwch lucy stout, cyfarwyddwr Datblygu, cBcDc, Maes y castell, Parc cathays, caerdydd cF10 3ER. lucy.stout@rwcmd.ac.uk | 029 2039 1399

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Thank You | Diolch

The College would like to thank the public bodies, individuals, trusts, foundations and sponsors who support us.

Hoffai’r Coleg ddiolch i’r cyrff cyhoeddus, unigolion, ymddiriedolaethau, sefydliadau a noddwyr sy’n ein cefnogi.