Announcements
CPO's first performance of........ Mahler's Symphony No 2 'Resurrection' Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra will be performing Mahler's epic Resurrection Symphony at St David's Hall, Cardiff on Friday 20 June 2008. You could be a part of this performance as we are looking for singers to form a 300 strong chorus. If you are interested, go to the Contacts page of this website and e mail Membership Enquiries for further details. We look forward to hearing from you A Christmas Night at the Movies 2007 The following review of CPO's 'Christmas Night at the Movies' which celebated the 75th birthday of leading film composer John Williams with a concert devoted to many of his most celebrated film scores, appeared on a John Williams website..... ** CPO Review on the 'John Williams Fan Club' site** CPO's Russian Romantics In February 2008 Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra performed three concerts of Russian Romantics with works including Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture; Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Dawn Hardwick - soloist); the Adagio from Khachaturian's ballet Spartacus (also known as the theme music from TV's the Onedin Line) and Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. The concerts were performed at the Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl; St David's Hall, Cardiff (on St Valentine's Day) and Follies Theatre, Folly Farm, Pembrokeshire. The concert at Follies Theatre was a sell-out (and raised in excess of £6,000 for local charities) while the other concerts were performed to 80% capacity audiences. The concert at Porthcawl marked the orchestra's first concert at the Grand Pavilion since October 2006 when CPO performed Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf with one of Britain's best-loved actors, and larger than life personalities, Brian Blessed. CPO hopes to arrange a return visit to the Grand Pavilion in 2009. Click HERE to read an article which appeared in the Western Mail on Friday 22 February 2008. Thank you Elaine!
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