Date – 08/10/2016
Time – 7:30 pm
Location: Brangwyn
Part of Swansea International Festival, find out all the events taking place here!
Louis Lortie: Piano
Fflur Wyn: Soprano
Neal Davies: Baritone
Siân Edwards: Conductor
Joseph Davies: The Shortest Day
Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2
Geraint Lewis: The Souls of the Righteous
Fauré: Requiem
At the heart of the 2016 Swansea International Festival is a concert to remember the tragedy of Aberfan, which occurred 50 years ago. The brilliant Canadian pianist Louis Lortie performs the second Piano Concerto by Camille Saint-Saëns, a composer who lost his two sons in infancy; and then a new workThe Shortest Day, commissioned by Swansea International Festival, the Friends of Swansea Festival, and BBC Radio 3, in which new texts by Dr Rowan Williams are set by brilliant young Welsh composer Joseph Davies. And to conclude: Gabriel Fauré’s radiantly beautiful Requiem.
Tickets:
Rows D – R £20
Rows S – CC £15
Rows DD – LL £10
Rows A – C unavailable
Made possible with support from the Friends of Swansea International Festival, Tŷ Cerdd and BBC Radio 3.
