Tickets - £6.50 

Our lunchtime concerts at the Riverfront, Newport are back! When we programme these concerts, rather than using established groups, the ensembles are put together from scratch, so they don’t come ready rehearsed. The players have to use the intensive rehearsal process to navigate their way through the stylistic and musical decisions as a collective – a valuable skill for young musicians to develop. For the audience, it means the concerts are completely fresh.

Cyngherddau Dros Ginio

Mae ein cyngherddau dros ginio yng Nglan yr Afon, Casnewydd yn ail ddechrau! Wrth raglenni'r cyngherddau, ni fyddwn yn defnyddio grwpiau sydd wedi'i sefydlu eisioes, bydd yr ensemble yn cael ei greu o'r newydd, heb unrhyw ymarfer o flaen llaw. Bydd y cerddorion yn defnyddio'r cyfnod ymarfer dwys, i liwio'r penderfyniadau a'rdehongliad cerddorol ar y cyd - sgil gwethfawr tu hwnt i helpu'r cerddorion ifanc i ddatblygu. I'r gynulleidfa, mae'n golygu cyngerdd newydd sbon.

Thursday 16 June at 7.30pm

Tickets - £20, concessions - £17

WNO Orchestra | Cerddorfa WNO 
Concert master and soloist | Cyngerddfeistr ac unawdydd: David Adams  

Baritone | Bariton: Aaron O’Hare  

Programme| Rhaglen 

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overture

Finzi: Let us Garlands Bring  

Owain Llwyd: Gogarth   

INTERVAL | EGWYL 

Vaughan Williams: The
Lark Ascending   

Mendelssohn: Symphony No 4 ‘Italian’  

WNO Orchestra perform a midsummer themed programme of timeless favourites and a brand-new commission.  

Vaughan Williams’ enduring beauty The Lark Ascending is performed in between two Mendelssohn masterpieces: the beautiful and romantic A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite and his Symphony No 4, which depicts the Italian blue sky and open countryside.   

Completing the programme is one of the most sympathetic settings of Shakespeare’s work, Gerald Finzi’s song cycle, Let us Garlands Bring, which was dedicated to Vaughan Williams on the occasion of his 70th birthday, and a new piece by Welsh composer Owain Llwyd, Gogarth, inspired by Llandudno’s Great Orme and its surrounding wildlife.    

The renowned WNO Orchestra are joined by concertmaster, and soloist for the evening, David Adams and WNO Associate Artist Aaron O’Hare.  

Tickets - £19.50, concessions - £17.50, under 30s - £13.25, children and students - £4

Thursday 17 November at 7.30pm

Still only 23 Lucienne Ranaudin Vary already has an incredible career as a classical and jazz trumpeter. Described, quite rightly, as a 'trumpet sensation' she has won awards for her playing from a very early age. Conductors and other artists marvel at her talents and her exceptional musicality. The programme combines classical repertoire with jazz influenced music from the streets of France and New York. In the first half you will hear the small ensemble version of Wagner's Siegfried Idyll and the sensational Hummel’s Trumpet Concerto. The orchestra opens the second half with Ravel's Le Tombeau de Couperin before we switch moods with pieces taken from her album with the BBC Concert Orchestra, Mademoiselle in New York, arranged by Bill Elliot.

'Don't miss this' is an overused cliché. But really, don't miss this - these performances are going to be very special. 

Programme:

Wagner Siegfried Idyl

Hummel Trumpet Concerto in E flat.

Ravel Le Tombeaude Couperin

Ravel Pavane pourune infante défunte

Milhaud Le Boeufsur le toit

Lowry Shall We Gather at the River

Weill Je net'aime pas

Bechet Si tu voisma mere

Estimated show length 1 hour 45 mins