Brangwyn Hall Events - June to September

Events / Digwyddiadau

June–September 2009 / Mehefin–Medi 2009

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We’ve been busy designing a new and improved brochure for events at our historic venue.

This edition contains information for all the events that can be enjoyed from June right through until the end of September.

Highlights include well-loved music from the world of opera and operetta in June when Swansea Philharmonic Choir and the Chamber Orchestra of Wales perform in an Opera Gala.

Madeiran sunshine comes to us in July with music and Neapolitan song as the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra returns to the UK for the first time since 2002.

Have a look through our new brochure and plan your trips to the Brangwyn Hall. Remember that tickets to all performances are available in advance and most are available from the Grand Theatre Box Office on 01792 475715.

Buy online for certain events at www.swansea.gov.uk/brangwynhall

Rydym wedi bod wrthi’n brysur yn dylunio llyfryn newydd a gwell ar gyfer digwyddiadau yn ein lleoliad hanesyddol.

Mae’r rhifyn hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth am yr holl ddigwyddiadau i’w mwynhau o fis Mehefin tan ddiwedd mis Medi.

Ymhlith yr uchafbwyntiau mae cerddoriaeth boblogaidd o fyd yr opera ac opereta ym mis Mehefin gyda Chôr Philharmonig Abertawe a Cherddorfa Siambr Cymru yn perfformio mewn Gala Opera.

Ym mis Gorffennaf, daw haul Madeira i’n cyfarch gyda cherddoriaeth a chaneuon Napoli wrth i Gerddorfa Mandolin Madeira ddychwelyd i’r DU am y tro cyntaf er 2002.

Chwiliwch drwy’r llyfryn newydd a chynllunio’ch ymweliadau â Neuadd Brangwyn. Cofiwch fod tocynnau i bob perfformiad ar gael ymlaen llaw, ac mae’r rhan fwyaf ar gael o Swyddfa Docynnau Theatr y Grand ar 01792 475715. Prynwch docynnau ar-lein ar gyfer rhai digwyddiadau yn www. abertawe.gov.uk/brangwynhall.

Tracy Ellicott Rheolwr Brangwyn

5 June BBC National Orchestra of Wales

31 July International Brass Band Summer School Concert 23 August “Enslavement? Let’s Make It History” Concert 27 – 29 August Swansea Bay Beer Festival 25 September Dunvant Male Voice Choir Annual Patrons Concert

5 Mehefin Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC 13 Mehefin Cyngerdd Gala Opera 14 Mehefin Gwˆyl Gerdd Ysgolion Cynradd 29 Mehefin Cerddorfa Gymunedol Abertawe 22 Gorffennaf Cyngerdd Cerddorfa Mandolinau Madeira 31 Gorffennaf Cyngerdd Ysgol Haf Ryngwladol Bandiau Pres 23 Awst Cyngerdd “Enslavement?

Let’s Make It History” 27 – 29 Awst Gŵwˆyl Gwrw Bae Abertawe 25 Medi Cyngerdd Noddwyr Blynyddol Côr Meibion Dyfnant

If you’d like to keep up to date on events happening in Swansea via e-mail or text, why not subscribe to the My Swansea free mailing list?

Simply go to www.myswansea.com and register.

Os hoffech wybod y diweddaraf am ddigwyddiadau yn Abertawe ar e-bost neu negeseuon testun, beth am danysgrifio i restr bostio Fy Abertawe am ddim? Ewch i www. fyabertawe.com a chofrestru.

Tracy Ellicott Brangwyn Hall Manager

We look forward to seeing you soon!

Edrychwn ymlaen at eich gweld yn fuan!

13 June Opera Gala Concert 14 June Primary Schools Music Festival 29 June Swansea Community Orchestra 22 July Madeira Mandolin Orchestra Concert

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BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Friday 5 June, 7.30pm Tickets £11.00–£14.00 Box Office 01792 475 715 or 0800 052 1812 Conducted by Walter Weller Violin - Alina Ibragimova Dvorak The Noonday Witch Szymanowski Violin Concerto No.1 Beethoven Symphony No.7

You will find few symphonies more demonic in their energy and power than Beethoven’s Seventh, which rarely fails to intoxicate listeners with its life-enhancing force. Walter Weller comes straight from the heart of the Viennese tradition and brings a special authority to this music.

You will hear it here next to the intense romantic fervour of Szymanowski’s ardent First Violin Concerto and the eerie sound-world of Dvorak’s The Noonday Witch.

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Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BCC

Nos Wener 5 Mehefin, 7.30pm Tocynnau £11.00– £14.00 Swyddfa Docynnau 01792 475 715 neu 0800 052 1812 Arweinydd Walter Weller Feiolin Alina Ibragimova Dvorak Gwrach Ganol Dydd Szymanowski Concerto i’r Feiolin Rhif 1 Beethoven Symffoni Rhif 7

Prin yw’r symffonïau sydd mor wyllt eu hegni a’u pŵwˆer â Seithfed Symffoni Beethoven, sy’n cyfareddu’r gwrandawyr â’i grym eneidiol bron yn ddieithriad. Daw Walter Weller o galon traddodiad Fienna gydag awdurdod arbennig i’r gerddoriaeth hon. Fe’i clywir yma yn yr un rhaglen â chyffro rhamantaidd Concerto Cyntaf angerddol Szymanowski i’r Feiolin, a byd sain iasol Gwrach Ganol Dydd Dvorak.

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June / Mehefin 6

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Opera Gala Concert

Saturday 13 June, 7.30pm Tickets £10.00 unreserved Box Office 01792 475 715 Conducted by Clive John Soprano Naomi Harvey Baritone Charles Johnston Mascagni Easter Hymn Borodin Polovtsian Dances Purcell Dido and Aeneas Mozart Duet and Finale Magic Flute Verdi Choruses from I Lombardi, Macbeth Bernstein Candide J Strauss Die Fledermaus

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Cyngerdd Gala Opera

The Swansea Philharmonic Choir and the Chamber Orchestra of Wales present a programme of wellloved music from the world of opera and operetta.

The Swansea Philharmonic Choir is a mixed Choir with around 100 members. It was founded in 1959 with the aim of raising the standard of choral singing in Wales and performing less familiar music as well as choral classics. The Choir’s wide repertoire covers music from the baroque to the present day.

Nos Sadwrn 13 Mehefin, 7.30pm Tocynnau £10.00 heb eu cadw Swyddfa Docynnau 01792 475 715 Arweinydd Clive John Soprano Naomi Harvey Bariton Charles Johnston Mascagni Emyn y Pasg Borodin Dawnsiau’r Polovtsy Purcell Dido ac Aeneas Mozart Deuawd a Diweddglo’r Ffliwt Hudol Verdi Cytganau o I Lombardi, Macbeth Bernstein Candide a Die J Strauss Fledermaus Prynwch ar-lein yn... www.abertawe.gov.uk/brangwynhall

Rhaglen o gerddoriaeth boblogaidd o fyd yr opera ac opereta gyda Chôr Philharmonig Abertawe a Cherddorfa Siambr Cymru.

Côr cymysg yw Côr Philharmonig Abertawe sy’n cynnwys tua 100 aelod. Fe’i sefydlwyd ym 1959 gyda’r bwriad o godi safonau canu corawl yng Nghymru a pherfformio cerddoriaeth lai adnabyddus yn ogystal â’r clasuron corawl. Mae rhaglen eang y côr yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth o’r cyfnod baròc i’r presennol.

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June / Mehefin

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Primary Schools Music Festival

Gwˆyl Gerdd Ysgolion Cynradd

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Swansea Community Orchestra 10th Anniversary Concert Cerddorfa Gymunedol Abertawe Cyngerdd Dengmlwyddiant

Left/chwith: Rob Marshall

Sunday 14 June, 1.00pm Tickets £5.00, £4.00 Concessions Box Office: County Music Office 01792 846 338

Dydd Sul 14 Mehefin, 1.00pm Tocynnau £5.00, Consesiynau £4.00 Swyddfa Docynnau Swyddfa Cerddoriaeth y Sir 01792 846 338

West Glamorgan Music Service is running its ‘Primary Schools Music Festival’ for the third time, now expanded to include Neath and Port Talbot as well as City and County of Swansea Primary Schools.

In the final of the festival you will see the 12 selected Primary Schools competing for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place prizes. The performances will be varied, ranging from small instrumental groups to full orchestras, choirs and musical theatre groups.

Mae Gwasanaeth Cerdd Gorllewin Morgannwg yn cynnal ‘Gŵwˆyl Gerdd Ysgolion Cynradd’ am y trydydd tro ac yn ei hymestyn i gynnwys Ysgolion Cynradd Castell-nedd Port Talbot a Dinas a Sir Abertawe.

Yn rownd derfynol yr w ŵ ˆ yl, cewch glywed 12 o ysgolion cynradd a ddetholwyd yn cystadlu ar gyfer y wobr 1af, yr 2il wobr a’r 3edd wobr. Bydd y perfformiadau’n amrywio o grwpiau bach offerynnol i gerddorfeydd llawn, corau a grwpiau theatr gerdd.

Monday 29 June, 7.30pm Tickets £7.00, £5.00 Concessions Box Office 01792 475 715

Nos Lun 29 Mehefin, 7.30pm Tocynnau £7.00, Consesiynau £5.00 Swyddfa Docynnau 01792 475 715

Conducted by Andrew George and Paul Lewis Soloist Robert Marshall

Arweinyddion - Andrew George a Paul Lewis Unawdydd - Robert Marshall

Sibelius Finlandia Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1 in D flat Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 in F minor

Sibelius Finlandia Prokofiev Concerto i’r Piano Rhif 1 yn D fflat Rimsky-Korsakov Capriccio Espagnol Tchaikovsky Symffoni Rhif 4 yn F leiaf

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July / Gorffennaf 10

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Madeira Mandolin Orchestra Concert

Cyngerdd Cerddorfa Mandolinau Madeira

Wednesday 22 July, 7.30pm Tickets £13.00, £10.00 Concessions Box Office 01792 475 715

Nos Fercher 22 Gorffennaf, 7.30pm Tocynnau: £13.00, £10.00 consesiynau Swyddfa Docynnau: 01792 475 715

Madeiran sunshine, Mandolin music and Neapolitan songs are coming to the Brangwyn Hall as the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra return to the UK for the first time since 2002.

It’s in response to the many requests from British visitors to the island who have attended their weekly concerts.

During their last visit they gave a concert at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor as part of Queen Elizabeth’s Golden Jubilee celebrations.

This year marks the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Madeira Mandolin Orchestra.

It is one of the oldest established Mandolin Orchestras in Europe.

The concert will feature their unique arrangements of ‘Light Classics’ plus a selection of Neapolitan songs featuring Portuguese Tenor Carlos Guilheme. You will probably hear such favourites as “O Sole Mio”, “Santa Lucia” and “Funiculi Funicula”.

So come along, relax, close your eyes and be transported to faraway places without leaving your seat.

Daw heulwen Madeira, cerddoriaeth y mandolin a chaneuon Napoli i Neuadd Brangwyn wrth i Gerddorfa Mandolinau Madeira ddychwelyd i’r DU am y tro cyntaf er 2002.

Mae hyn mewn ymateb i geisiadau niferus ymwelwyr Prydeinig â’r ynys sydd wedi bod yn eu cyngherddau wythnosol. Yn ystod eu hymweliad diwethaf, rhoddwyd cyngerdd yng Nghapel San Siôr, Windsor fel rhan o ddathliadau Jiwbilî Aur y Frenhines Elisabeth.

Eleni, dethlir pen-blwydd Cerddorfa Mandolinau Madeira yn 96 oed.

Mae’n un o gerddorfeydd mandolinau hynaf Ewrop.

Bydd y gyngerdd yn cynnwys eu trefniant unigryw o ‘Glasuron Ysgafn’ a detholiad o ganeuon Napoli gyda’r tenor Carlos Guilheme o Bortiwgal.

Mae’n siŵr y cewch glywed ffefrynnau fel “O Sole Mio”, “Santa Lucia” a “Funiculi Funicula”.

Felly dewch, ymlaciwch, caewch eich llygaid a chewch eich cludo i fannau pellennig heb adael eich sedd.

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July / Gorffennaf 12

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International Brass Band Summer School Concert Cyngerdd Ysgol Haf Ryngwladol Bandiau Pres

Friday 31 July, 7.00pm Tickets £3.00 donation (on the door) Contact Allison Childs 07802 771 735 The International Brass Band Summer School brings together people from 10 different countries to enjoy a week of music making.

You can then witness their work with an end of term concert at the Brangwyn Hall.

Nos Wener 31 Gorffennaf, 7.00pm Tocynnau: £3.00 cyfraniad (wrth y drws) Cysylltwch ag: Allison Childs 07802 771 735 Daw Ysgol Haf Ryngwladol y Bandiau Pres â deg gwlad wahanol ynghyd i fwynhau wythnos o greu cerddoriaeth. Cewch weld canlyniad eu gwaith mewn cyngerdd ddiwedd yr wythnos yn Neuadd Brangwyn.

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August / Awst 14

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“Enslavement? Let’s Make It History” Concert

Cyngerdd “Enslavement?

Let’s Make It History”

Sunday 23 August, 6.00pm (workshops from 2.00pm) Tickets £5.00 in advance, £7.00 on the door. Patrons £15.00, Asylum Seekers free of charge Box Office 01792 470 298

Nos Sul 23 Awst, 6.00pm (gweithdai o 2.00pm) Tocynnau £5.00 ymlaen llaw £7.00 wrth y drws. Noddwyr £15.00, Ceisiwyr Lloches am ddim.

Swyddfa Docynnau 01792 470 298

Commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade by considering the part that Wales played in its history and, also where slavery still exists in the world today.

You will be able to catch renowned speakers and performers from across the UK offering a rare chance to witness some fantastic African and Afro-Caribbean flavours.

There will be afternoon workshops with topics to discuss such as ‘Sugar and Spice’ and Welsh links

to the slave trade, the enslavement of women around the World, and child trafficking today. Also featured will be the renowned ‘Everywhere in Chains’ exhibition and fun educational workshops for children and young people.

All welcome, all ages, and all communities.

Brought to you by Swansea African Community Partnership.

Dyma ddigwyddiad sy’n coffáu diddymu’r fasnach gaethwasiaeth ar draws yr Iwerydd drwy ystyried rhan Cymru yn yr hanes a hefyd, y mannau lle mae caethwasiaeth yn parhau i fodoli yn y byd heddiw.

Bydd siaradwyr a pherfformwyr enwog o bob cwr o’r DU yn dod i Abertawe gan roi cyfle prin i ni weld a chlywed lliwiau a seiniau anhygoel Affrica a Charibïaidd.

i’w trafod megis ‘Siwgr a Sbeis’ a chysylltiadau Cymru â’r fasnach gaethwasiaeth, a chaethiwo menywod a masnachu plant ar draws y byd heddiw. Bydd hefyd yn cynnwys yr arddangosfa enwog ‘Mewn Cadwynau ym Mhobman’ a gweithdai addysgol llawn hwyl i blant a phobl ifanc.

Bydd rhaglen o weithdai yn y prynhawn sy’n cyflwyno pynciau

Cyflwynir gan Bartneriaeth Gymunedol Affricanaidd Abertawe.

Croeso i bawb o bob oed, a holl gymunedau Abertawe.

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August / Awst

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September / Medi

Swansea Bay Beer Festival

Gwˆyl Gwrw Bae Abertawe

Dunvant Male Voice Choir Annual Patrons Concert Cyngerdd Noddwyr Blynyddol Côr Meibion Dyfnant

Thursday 27 August, 5.00pm – 11.00pm, Friday 28 and Saturday 29 August 12.00noon – 11.00pm Tickets £5.00, CAMRA £3.00 Contact 07970 680 616

Dydd Iau 27 Awst, 5.00pm – 11.00pm, dydd Gwener 28 a dydd Sadwrn 29 Awst 12.00 – 11.00pm Tocynnau £5.00, CAMRA £3.00 Ffoniwch 07970 680 616

You can taste 100 different real ales on offer at the Brangwyn Hall from the 27 – 29 August, together with a huge selection of real ciders and perries. There will be good food, live entertainment and CAMRA stalls making this the ideal event to enjoy on August Bank Holiday Weekend.

Cewch flasu mwy na 100 o wahanol fathau o gwrw go iawn yn Neuadd Brangwyn o’r 27 i’r 29 Awst, ynghyd â dewis enfawr o seidrau a diodydd gellyg go iawn. Bydd bwyd da, adloniant byw a stondinau CAMRA yn gwneud y lleoliad hwn yn lle perffaith i fod ar yŴ l y Banc mis Awst.

Sponsored by S.A. Brain

Noddedig gan S.A. Brain

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Alfie Boe

Friday 25 September, 7.15pm Tickets £10.00 – £16.00 Box Office 01792 429 709

Nos Wener 25 Medi, 7.15pm Tocynnau £10.00 - £16.00 Swyddfa Docynnau 01792 429 709

Alfie Boe is undoubtedly one of the finest tenors that audiences have enjoyed for some time. His stage presence and a charismatic approach to his music will leave you longing to hear more. This year, we are pleased to present him as our special guest for this concert.

Performing with Alfie, is Natalia Rominiw, a soprano who has excelled throughout her career. As Natalia is local we are proud to have her at this special concert.

This promises to be a night to remember.

Yn ddiamau, Alfie Boe yw un o’r tenoriaid gorau y mae cynulleidfaoedd wedi ei fwynhau am beth amser. Mae ei ymddangosiad ar y llwyfan ac arddull garismataidd ei gyflwyno yn eich swyno ac yn peri i chi ddyheu am glywed mwy.

Eleni, mae’n bleser gennym ei gyflwyno fel gwestai arbennig yn y gyngerdd hon. Yn gwmni i Alfie, mae Natalia Romaniw, soprano sydd wedi rhagori ym mhob rhan o’i gyrfa.

Gan ei bod yn lleol, rydym yn gallu ymfalchïo o’i chael yn y gyngerdd arbennig hon. Bydd hon yn noson i’w chofio.

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Conferences, Weddings and Functions Cynadleddau, Priodasau a Digwyddiadau

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Location

Lleoliad

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To J47 M4

Train Station

ST. THOMAS

MOUNT PLEASANT

To J42 M4 Parc Tawe

UPLANDS

A great venue for any function, conference, seminar, exhibition, party or wedding.

With seating available for up to 1070 theatre style, and 500 at tables, the room can be transformed into a spectacular venue for that special occasion.

There is a fully licensed bar adjacent to the main hall which is licensed until 1am.

Contact Tracy Ellicott on 01792 635 432 for a venue with a difference.

Lleoliad gwych ar gyfer unrhyw ddigwyddiad, cynhadledd, seminar, arddangosfa, parti neu briodas.

Gyda lle i 1070 o seddi yn null theatr, a 500 o gwmpas byrddau, gellir addasu’r neuadd yn lleoliad ysblennydd ar gyfer achlysuron arbennig.

Mae bar gyda thrwydded lawn ger y prif neuadd sy’n drwyddedig hyd at 1am.

Ffoniwch Tracy Ellicott ar 01792 635 432 i lleoliad gwahanol iawn.

Neuadd Brangwyn Hall Victoria Park

Tesco HM Prison

Sainsburys Swansea Museum

National Waterfront Museum

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BRYNMILL

Bus Station & Quadrant Centre

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Grand Theatre

Civic Centre

Brangwyn Hall Guildhall, Swansea SA1 4PE Box Office 01792 475 715 For further information regarding forthcoming events, please ring 01792 635 432.

E-mail brangwyn.hall@swansea.gov.uk

Neuadd Brangwyn Neuadd y Ddinas, Abertawe SA1 4PE Swyddfa Docynnau: 01792 475 715 Am fwy o wybodaeth ynglŷn â digwyddiadau i ddod, ffoniwch 01792 635 432.

E-bost brangwyn.hall@swansea.gov.uk

There is full disabled access to the Brangwyn Hall. For your convenience, please inform the venue if you are attending a function.

• Parking Available • Coffee/Tea available at the bar • Fully licensed bar.

Mae mynediad llwyr i’r anabl i Neuadd Brangwyn. Er hwylustod i chi, rhowch wybod i’r swyddfa os ydych yn bwriadu dod i ddigwyddiad.

• Parcio ar gael • Coffi/Te ar gael yn y bar.

• Bar trwyddedig.

All information correct at time of going to print.

If you require this brochure in a different format please contact Marketing Services on 01792 635 478.

Mae’r holl fanylion yn gywir wrth fynd i’r wasg.

Os hoffech gael y daflen hon mewn fformat arall, ffoniwch y Gwasanaethau Marchnata ar 01792 635 478.