Wales North

Haydn Quartet no. 65 in E flat major, op. 76, no. 6, Hob.III:80
Tchaikovsky Quartet no. 3 in E flat minor, op. 30
Beethoven Quartet no. 13 in B flat major, op. 130

From the extinction of species to the planet’s abundance of nature, from the concentration of micro plastics in oceans to the connection between personal memories and belongings with time and climate, this concert features four intriguing and contrasting reflections on the festival theme ‘the environment’ that is very much relevant to us today.

John Metcalf Towards Silence - A Winter Journey (preview)
Guto Pryderi Puw String Quartet #1 – your paths overflow with plenty
Thomas Whitcombe Micro
Jasmin Kent Rodgman 28 #Lunar_man5i0ns

From the extinction of species to the planet’s abundance of nature, from the concentration of micro plastics in oceans to the connection between personal memories and belongings with time and climate, this concert features four intriguing and contrasting reflections on the festival theme ‘the environment’ that is very much relevant to us today.

John Metcalf Towards Silence – A Winter Journey (preview)
Guto Pryderi Puw String Quartet #1 – your paths overflow with plenty
Thomas Whitcombe Micro
Jasmin Kent Rodgman 28 #Lunar_man5i0ns

Beethoven Bartók Now: Night Music.
Featuring a new work by Aaron Parker: tuóretu

This specially commissioned digital event will be available online, to view from the comfort of your own home, or you can join us at Aberystwyth Arts Centre for a special, one-off screening.

This imaginatively constructed concert takes the form of an hour-long tapestry of music, interspersing Aaron Parker’s own reflections with movements from Beethoven’s Quartet, op. 130 and Bartók’s Quartet no. 5.

Lonely melodies supported by eerie dissonances punctuated with sounds of nature characterise Bartók’s ‘night music' style. Beethoven's op. 130, the second of the late Quartets, contains an extraordinary palette of darkness and light in six remarkable movements. The young British composer Aaron Parker has written a spell-binding new work, tuóretu, featuring references to Bartok’s ‘night music’, with a depth of harmonic expression found so richly in Beethoven's Quartet no. 13.

Beethoven Bartók Now: Night Music.
Featuring a new work by Aaron Parker: tuóretu

This specially commissioned digital event will be available online, to view from the comfort of your own home, or you can join us at Aberystwyth Arts Centre for a special, one-off screening.

This imaginatively constructed concert takes the form of an hour-long tapestry of music, interspersing Aaron Parker’s own reflections with movements from Beethoven’s Quartet, op. 130 and Bartók’s Quartet no. 5.

Lonely melodies supported by eerie dissonances punctuated with sounds of nature characterise Bartók’s ‘night music’ style. Beethoven’s op. 130, the second of the late Quartets, contains an extraordinary palette of darkness and light in six remarkable movements. The young British composer Aaron Parker has written a spell-binding new work, tuóretu, featuring references to Bartok’s ‘night music’, with a depth of harmonic expression found so richly in Beethoven’s Quartet no. 13.

BBN: 'Experiments' - featuring Ayanna Witter-Johnson (composer/cello/vocals)

Beethoven Quartet in B flat major, op. 133, Grosse Fugue
Bartok Quartet No. 3, BB 93
Witter-Johnson Island Suite (Welsh Premiere)

In Memory of Peter Kingswood 1934-2021

To include Mendelssohn Octet in Eb, Op. 20, played by the Sacconi Quartet and Solem Quartet

Maria Hegele (mezzo-soprano)
Solem Quartet
Anthony Friend (clarinet)
Simon Lane (piano)

Metcalf String Quartet, Towards Silence
Brahms, arr. Reimann 5 Ophelia-Lieder for voice and string quartet
Chausson Chanson Perpétuelle, op. 37
Barber Dover Beach
Blackford Clarinet Quintet, Full Moon

John Metcalf: String Quartet, Towards Silence

BBN 5: ‘Life Episodes’