Tuesday 12 November 2019, 1pm

St David’s Hall

Our preview for next year’s Festival is an exclusive opportunity to hear one of Britain’s foremost contemporary composers, Huw Watkins, perform his own work.

Fresh from the world premiere of his new piece The Moon at the BBC Proms, he joins us for this intimate lunchtime concert at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

You’ll hear two works, Dream and Speak Seven Seas, Watkins wrote for clarinet, violin and piano. He’ll also perform music by Michael Zev Gordon and John Luther Adams’ solo piano piece, Nunataks – Solitary Peaks.

Watkins is joined by two more performers of outstanding quality.

David Adams, formerly Leader of the Ulster Orchestra is now Leader of the Welsh National Opera Orchestra, is equally at home on the violin and viola.

Matthew Hunt is one of Britain’s leading clarinettists; a distinctive musician, renowned for the vocal quality of his playing. He holds the position of solo clarinettist with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, and is a member of the Sheffield based chamber group Ensemble 360.

Today’s programme includes works by Huw Watkins, Michael Zev Gordon and John Luther Adams.

Pre-Concert Talk: By John Metcalf about the programme.
12pm | St Asaph Room

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