LITHUANIAN PERFORMERS AND COMPOSERS AT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL IN WALES
The Vale of Glamorgan Festival is a contemporary music festival based in and around the county of Vale of Glamorgan in Wales. The festival was founded in 1969 by Welsh composer John Metcalf, who is the Artistic Director to this day. This year’s festival runs from Thursday 9 – Saturday 18 May 2013 and presents international line up of artists from Mexico, Lithuania, Estonia, France and the UK. The programme will be a mixture of day and evening concerts plus talks and discussions designed to give audiences the opportunity to hear directly from the composers themselves and discover the stories and inspiration behind the pieces being performed. Events will take place at a blend of formal and informal, ancient and modern venues including concert halls, studios and churches – each chosen to offer an ideal setting to hear the pieces of music performed.
The performances of Lithuanian musicians are as follow:
- Thursday 9 May 7.30pm, St Donats Arts Centre where Lithuanian accordion player Raimondas Sviackevičius will take part. Tickets £10 in advance.
- Friday 10 May 2.30pm, Urdd Hall, Wales Millennium Centre – Composer Workshop with St Christopher Chamber Orchestra. Free admission.
- Saturday 11 May 12.15pm, Urdd Hall, Wales Millennium Centre – concert of St Christopher Chamber Orchestra. Tickets £6 in advance.
- Saturday 11 May 4.30pm, Ffotogallery at Turner House, Penarth – Raimondas Sviackevicius will perform a series of works by fellow Lithuanians before concluding with arrangements of meditative piano works by Graham Fitkin. Tickets £6 in advance.
- Saturday 11 May 6.45pm Pre Concert Talk: Donatas Katkus (conductor), Rita Valiukonyte· (Cultural Attaché – Lithuanian Embassy) and Veronika Janatjeva (Lithuanian Music Information and Publishing Centre) discuss Lithuania’s culture and musical life.
- Saturday 11 May 7.30pm, All Saints Church, Penarth – guests are invited to discuss the changes that have taken place in Lithuania’s musical and cultural life since the country gained independence in 1990. The discussion will be followed by the concert of St Christopher Chamber Orchestra. Tickets £10 in advance.
- Saturday 18 May 7pm, BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre – Garry Walker (conductor) and Raphael Wallfisch (cello) will perform pieces by Graham Fitkin and Juste Janulyte’s Elongation of Nights. Tickets £10 in advance.
Tickets are available by telephone booking: 0844 8700 887 (Mon – Fri 9am – 7pm; Sat 9am – 5pm) or online - valeofglamorganfestival.ticketsource.co.uk. Student tickets are £3 to all events.
