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Schedule of Events for Red Violin
Brochure
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Venues
St David's Hall www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk tel. box office: 02920 878444
Norwegian Church Arts Centre Cardiff Bay 02920 454899 www.norwegianchurchcardiff.com
Chapter Arts (Theatre, Cinema, Cafe, Bar), Market Road, Canton CF5 1CE www.chapter.org 02920 454899
Cardiff University Concert Hall 31 Corbett Road, CF10 3EB www.cardiff.ac.uk 02920 875939
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Castle Grounds, Cathays CF10 3ER www.rwcmd.ac.uk 02920 391391
Wales Millennium Centre Cardiff Bay www.wmc.org.uk tel. 08700 402000
Y Tabernacl The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1AJ UK 02920 344391 but for tickets tel. 01656 880220
Monday 1 October | Llun 1 Hydref |
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| 5.30pm | Opening Event, Unveiling of Big Ffidil by Lord Elis-Thomas | WMC Foyer |
| 6-7.30pm | Festival Reception & violin music | Welsh Assembly Senedd |
Tuesday 2 October | Mawrth 2 Hydref |
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| 1-2pm | The Philharmonia 4 Violins & Bass - arrangements of opera and jazz | WMC Foyer |
| 6-7pm | Indian Carnatic violin - Jyotsna Srikanth & percussion | WMC Foyer |
| 6.30-7pm | Pre-concert talk - composers Anne Dudley, Stuart Jones with Anthony Powers | Cardiff University Concert Hall |
| 7.30pm | Madeleine Mitchell violin & Ensemble Bash percussion - FiddleSticks | Cardiff University |
| 8pm | Billy Thompson, jazz violinist | St David’s Hall Jazz on Level 3 |
Wednesday 3 October | Mercher 3 Hydref |
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| 1-2pm | RWCMD - Students: Violin sonatas by Franck and Walton | WMC Foyer |
| 6-6.45pm | Madeleine Mitchell violin, Jeremy Huw Williams baritone, Andrew Ball piano | WMC Foyer |
| 6pm & 8.30pm | Red Violin film (130’) | Chapter Arts Cinema |
Thursday 4 October | Iau 4 Hydref |
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| 1-2pm | Live Music Now Virtuoso Violin! duo - Corigliano Red Violin Caprices etc | WMC Foyer |
| 7.30pm | Arcata Ensemble - Bach, Elgar, Nyman, Welsh music | Y Tabernacl |
Friday 5 October | Gwener 5 Hydref |
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| 1.05pm | Rachel Podger - Solo Bach & Telemann | RWCMD |
| 1-2pm | RSAMD violinists - classical & celtic fiddle | WMC Foyer |
| 2.30-5.30pm | Rachel Podger Master Class | RWCMD |
| 6-6.45pm | RCM Violin Quartet - Telemann, Bartok, Leclair, Wieniawksi, Lutoslawski | WMC Foyer |
| 6.45-7.05pm | Pre-concert talk by Stephen Walsh - Stravinsky and Dushkin | St David’s Hall auditorium |
| 7.30pm | BBCNOW Prokofiev Romeo & Juliet, Stravinsky Violin Concerto, Strauss Till Eulenspiegel | St David’s Hall |
Saturday 6 October | Sadwrn 6 Hydref |
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| 6-6.45pm | MacMillan and More: Madeleine Mitchell violin & Richard Shaw piano | WMC Foyer |
| 8pm | Chris Stout Shetland folk fiddle & Catriona McKay clarsach | Norwegian Church |
Sunday 7 October | Sul 7 Hydref |
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| 1pm | Davies Sisters’ Exhibition - RWCMD students play C20 British music | National Museum of Wales |
| 8-10pm | The Devil’s Violin | Chapter Arts Theatre |
Monday 8 October | Llun 8 Hydref |
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| 11.30am | Research Seminar Dr Simon Jones - Nicola Matteis, C17 virtuoso | RWCMD |
| 1-2pm | Menuhin School Violinists | WMC Foyer |
| 4pm | ‘Fit as a Fiddle’ Symposium | RWCMD |
| 6-6.45pm | Beethoven & Stravinsky: Lesley Hatfield, Ian Brown, David Campbell | WMC Foyer |
| 7-8pm | RSA Lecture-Recital chaired by Dame Janet Ritterman | WMC Seligman Room |
Tuesday 9 October | Mawrth 9 Hydref |
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| 12.30-12.50pm | Pre-concert talk by Prof Robin Stowell - Elgar, Bridge and the Violin | St David’s Hall |
| 1-2pm | Madeleine Mitchell violin & Nigel Clayton piano - Elgar, Bridge, Massenet | St David’s Hall |
| 8pm | Eliza Carthy - vocalist/folk fiddle + trio | St David’s Hall Level 3 |
EXHIBITIONS
WMC foyer - exhibition of children's art: new Red Violin paintings/drawings by Cardiff school children and Big Ffidil
SDH foyers - level 3: exhibitions of violins (from perspex to pocket) & violin-making Level 1: archive photos of violinists from the Royal College of Music.
EDUCATION - supported by ACW
The Violin Sings /Canu'r Ffidil - A project with Cardiff schools prior to the festival with Madeleine Mitchell violin, Jeremy Huw Williams baritone and Rosie Edwards, Visual Artist
Big Ffidil - a large specially built model violin programmed to sound by Stuart Jones (of RPS award-winning Virtual Orchestra for South Bank). This will be on display for the duration of the festival in the main foyer of WMC. Children can climb in and play.
Associated Events
1 October 11.30 RWCMD Corus Recital Room Research Seminar with Margaret Faultless (Leader OAE) and Adrian Partington (piano) on performance practice in Beethoven Kreutzer & Spring Sonatas. Free
3 October Riverfront: Live Music Now violin duo
7 October 10.30 WMC Foyer Concert - Music for Children and their parents by RWCMD String Department
Contact the Red Violin
Please contact the Red Violin office: info@redviolin.co.uk
Administrator - Rosie Edwards tel 02920 303314
PR General - Jo Carpenter jo@jocarpenter.com tel 020-7737 5994 / 07771 538868
PR Cardiff - sam@sherbetmarketing.co.uk tel 07917 367879