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Age Guidance: 6+ years
Running Time: TBC
Pan ddaw’r nos: An evening of song
Operatic legend Sir Bryn Terfel and Archdruid of Wales, Mererid Hopwood, will join advanced young singers from the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, accompanied by pianist Zoe Smith, in a celebration concert to mark the 150th anniversary of the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies at Aberystwyth University. In collaboration with the RWCMD, the concert will feature music by Wales's foremost composer of art song, Meirion Williams, and words by some of Wales’s best-known poets together with music and poetry that trace Williams’ legacy and celebrate the influence he had on the next generations of Welsh songwriters.
‘Welsh song, or Caneuon Cymraeg, has been part of my life since I was a child. Throughout my career, as well as being a proud exponent of the great German Lieder, French Chansons and English Song, I have always championed the folksongs and art songs of this musical nation.
But Welsh song is still something of an unknown outside Wales so I’m excited to share these wonderful gems with emerging singers and to use Cronfa Syr Bryn Terfel, my new Foundation and partnership with the Royal Welsh College, to support them in their development of artists. - Bryn Terfel
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