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We are pleased to announce the judges’ decision that Michael Betteridge (of Manchester) and Nathan Jones (of Cardiff) deserved jointly to win the Chorale's competition for young composers to set Thomas’s poem “The Hand That Signed the Paper” to music. The judges were impressed with Michael’s insight into the warlike aspects of the poem and its representation in music resolving into a haunting final passage. Nathan Jones’ setting impressed with its innovation and ability to create an immediate atmosphere whilst complementing the meaning of the text. Both composers were invited to work on their pieces with the Chorale and the judges’ decision to award a joint first prize was a popular one. The Chorale has now had the opportunity to perform each of these works at premières in London and Swansea.
More information can be found on the competition page of the website, here.  On Saturday 4 October 2014, at 7.00pm, the London Welsh Literature Festival will end with a Gala Concert at the City Temple, Holborn Viaduct, featuring the London Welsh Chorale, the London Welsh Male Voice Choir, the Gwalia Male Choir, the Sydney Welsh Choir and the London Welsh Brass Ensemble. The concert is also the last concert on the Sydney Welsh Choir’s tour of the UK and Ireland. It will celebrate Welsh music and poetry and feature the work of Dylan Thomas in this centenary year of his birth. All four choirs will perform individually and together and there will be opportunities for audience participation!
The singing will be interspersed with the poetry of Thomas and others and the Chorale will première both Edward-Rhys Harry’s setting of Thomas’s poem “The Force That Through the Green Fuse”, commissioned by Thomas’s son-in-law, Trefor Ellis, and his family, and the winning works from the Chorale’s competition for young composers to set the poem “The Hand that Signed the Paper”. It promises to be a fantastic evening of words and music. Please save the date. Tickets, priced at £15, will be available shortly from the London Welsh Centre and directly from the choirs. Profits will go to support the London Welsh Centre Refurbishment Fund.  Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man Salieri - Requiem in C Minor St Sepulchre Without Newgate Church (map) Holborn Viaduct LONDON EC1A 2DQ www.st-sepulchre.org.uk Doors at 7 o'clock for 7.30 start Conductor - Edward-Rhys Harry Tickets - £15 (concessions available) on the door and from tickets@londonwelshchorale.org.uk  A joint concert with Cor Bro Ogwr performing:
Haydn - Mass In TIme Of War John Rutter - Mass For The Children Harry - In The Shadow of Mamayev St Sepulchre Without Newgate Church (map) Holborn Viaduct LONDON EC1A 2DQ www.st-sepulchre.org.uk Doors at 7 o'clock for 7.30 start Conductor - Edward-Rhys Harry Tickets - £15 (concessions available) on the door and from tickets@londonwelshchorale.org.uk  St Sepulchre Without Newgate Church (map)
Holborn Viaduct LONDON EC1A 2DQ www.st-sepulchre.org.uk Saturday, 14 December 2013 Doors at 7 o'clock for 7.30 start Handel - Messiah Conductor - Edward-Rhys Harry With the British Sinfonietta Tickets - £15 (concessions available) from tickets@londonwelshchorale.org.uk  2014 will see the 100th anniversary of the birth of poet Dylan Thomas and the London Welsh Chorale will take part in the celebrations.
To mark this anniversary, the Chorale is launching a competition for young composers to set Thomas’ poem The Hand That Signed The Paper for SATB choir and keyboard accompaniment. The winning entry will attract a prize of £200 and be premiered at the Chorale’s concert on 12 July 2014. For rules and text please go to the competition page here. September is a great time to join the Chorale as it begins rehearsals for the Autumn term.
The Chorale will be rehearsing Handel's Messiah for a performance in December, as well as material for a tour to Barcelona in November to sing with local choir Cor Signum. Rehearsals commence on Tuesday, 3 September. For more details please see the 'Join the Chorale' page or contact Secretary@LondonWelshChorale.org.uk. |
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