Cardiff Rachmaninov

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Working together to present music by Sergei Rachmaninov across Cardiff Gweithio gyda’n gilydd i gyflwyno cerddoriaeth gan Sergei Rachmaninov ledled Caerdydd

It’s sometimes hard to fully realise what’s on our doorstep. But with three exceptional concert halls, two great orchestras, and an international concert series attracting the world’s finest orchestras, and much more – Cardiff really is a world-class centre for classical music.

To celebrate this and to encourage as many people as possible to enjoy what’s on offer, Cardiff’s orchestras and concert halls are coming together to stage a city-wide festival. Cardiff Rachmaninov spans three months this autumn and offers an opportunity to lose yourself in the Romantic, beautiful and haunting music of this much-loved Russian composer. You will have the opportunity to experience his most popular works or you can seize the opportunity to sample some of his lesser known gems. It’s entirely up to you what you choose to see.

Whatever you choose, we hope you’ll agree Cardiff is a very special place for classical music.

Weithiau mae’n anodd gweld yr hyn sydd ar garreg ein drws.

Mae Caerdydd yn ganolfan o safon fyd-eang i gerddoriaeth glasurol – gyda thair neuadd gyngerdd ragorol, dwy gerddorfa wych a chyfres o gyngherddau rhyngwladol sy’n denu cerddorfeydd gorau’r byd, a llawer mwy.

I ddathlu hyn ac i annog cymaint o bobl â phosib i fwynhau’r hyn sydd ar gael, mae cerddorfeydd a neuaddau cyngerdd Caerdydd yn dod ynghyd i lwyfannu gwˆ yl ar draws y ddinas.

Mae gwˆ yl Rachmaninov Caerdydd yn cael ei chynnal dros gyfnod o dri mis ac yn rhoi cyfle i chi ymgolli yng ngherddoriaeth Ramantaidd, hyfryd a swynol y cyfansoddwr poblogaidd hwn o Rwsia. Cewch gyfle i glywed ei weithiau mwyaf poblogaidd neu gallwch fachu ar y cyfle i brofi rhai o’i gampweithiau llai adnabyddus. Eich penderfyniad chi yw’r hyn y dewiswch ei wylio.

Beth bynnag fyddwch chi’n ei ddewis, gobeithiwn y byddwch chi’n cytuno bod Caerdydd yn lle arbennig iawn i glywed cerddoriaeth glasurol.

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Sunday Sul, 2pm

Saturday Sadwrn, 7.30pm

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

Peter Jablonski Steinway International Piano Series Cyfres Piano Rhyngwladol Steinway

BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales Cerddorfa a Chorws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC 2015-16 Season Tymor 2015-16

Peter Jablonski Piano

Liszt Ballade No. 2 in B minor Ballade Rhif 2 yn B leddf

Grieg Lyric Pieces (selection detholiad)

Grieg Ballade in G minor Ballade yn G leddf

Scriabin Nocturne for the left hand

Rachmaninov Prelude Preliwd

Rachmaninov Études-Tableaux (2 & 5)

Prokofiev Piano Sonata No.7 Sonata Piano Rhif 7 A virtuoso of imposing power, Peter Jablonski has delicacy and insight to spare, and this programme – which places beautiful rarities by Grieg alongside Prokofiev’s electrifying Seventh Sonata – finds him playing the music that’s at the very heart of his artistic life.

Mae’n berfformiwr meistrolgar a grymus a phwerus, ac mae ganddo hefyd ddigonedd o gynildeb a mewnwelediad, ac yn y rhaglen hon – sy’n gosod darnau hyfryd prin gan Grieg ochr yn ochr â Seithfed Sonata drydannol Prokofiev – bydd yn chwarae’r gerddoriaeth sydd wrth galon ei fywyd artistig.

Thomas Søndergård Conductor Arweinydd Anastasia Kalagina Soprano Mikhail Petrenko Bass Baswr Misha Didyk Tenor Hannah Stone Harp Y Delyn Malin Broman Violin Ffidil Rachel Gough Bassoon Baswn

Stravinsky Fireworks

Huw Watkins London Concerto

Borodin Polovtsian Dances

Elgar Overture Agorawd ‘Cockaigne’

Rachmaninov The Bells Using translated poems by Edgar Allan Poe as its libretto, Rachmaninov’s choral symphony The Bells takes the listener on a journey from innocence to experience in a work full of colour, texture and emotion.

Gan ddefnyddio cyfieithiad o gerddi Edgar Allan Poe fel ei libreto, mae symffoni gorawl Rachmaninov Y Clychau yn mynd â’r gwrandäwr ar daith o ddiniweidrwydd i brofiad gyda gwaith sy’n llawn lliw, gwead ac emosiwn.

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Wednesday Mercher, 7.30pm

Wednesday Mercher, 1.15pm

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

Dresden Philharmonic International Concert Series Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

Anthony Cheng, Sioned Evans, George Fradley & Joseph Tong Lunchtime Lights: Rachmaninov at the Piano Diddanion Awr Ginio: Rachmaninov wrth y Piano

Michael Sanderling Conductor Arweinydd Andrei Korobeinikov Piano Wagner Prelude Preliwd Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.1 Concerto Piano Rhif 1 Brahms Symphony No.4 Symffoni Rhif 4 Hear the grandeur of Wagner’s prelude alongside the eighteen year-old Rachmaninov’s first masterpiece: his Piano Concerto No.1, played by Andrei Korobeinikov, one of the most dynamic young Russian pianists.

Dewch i glywed preliwd Wagner a champwaith cyntaf Rachmaninov, a gyfansoddwyd pan oedd yn 18 oed: y Concerto Piano cyntaf, a berfformir gan Andrei Korobeinikov, un o bianyddion ifanc gorau Rwsia.

Rachmaninov Études-Tableaux (7 & 8) Rachmaninov Prelude in D major Preliwd yn D fwyaf Rachmaninov Suite No.2 Cyfres Rhif 2 Music for one and two pianos by the great Russian pianist composer, performed by Royal Welsh College pianists.

Cerddoriaeth ar gyfer un a dau biano gan y cyfansoddwr mawr o Rwsia ar gyfer pianyddion, wedi ei pherfformio gan bianyddion Coleg Brenhinol Cymru.

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Wednesday Mercher, 7.30pm

Thursday Iau, 7.30pm

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

Philharmonia Orchestra International Concert Series Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

Welsh National Opera Orchestra Cerddorfa Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru International Concert Series Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

Vladimir Ashkenazy Conductor Arweinydd Ingolf Wunder Piano Berlioz Overture Agorawd, Roman Carnival Chopin Piano Concerto No.1 Concerto Piano Rhif 1 Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 Symffoni Rhif 2 Master musician Vladimir Ashkenazy brings a concert from his London Rachmaninov series to Cardiff. Rachmaninov’s maxim that music should above all ‘exalt’ goes into overdrive in the ecstatic melodic euphoria of his Second Symphony.

Daw’r cerddor meistrolgar Vladimir Ashkenazy â chyngerdd o’i gyfres Rachmaninov yn Llundain i Gaerdydd. Bydd gwireb Rachmaninov, sef y dylai cerddoriaeth ‘ddyrchafu’ yn anad dim, yn cael ei gweithredu i eithafion yn ewfforia felodaidd ecstatig ei Ail Symffoni.

Xian Zhang Conductor Arweinydd

Peter Donohoe Piano Rachmaninov Vocalise Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 Concerto Piano Rhif 3 Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 Symffoni Rhif 4 Peter Donohoe returns with the fantastical and fiery Third Piano Concerto, the bravado designed to show off the composer’s virtuosity during his first American tour.

Bydd Peter Donohoe yn dychwelyd i berfformio’r Trydydd Concerto Piano anhygoel a thanbaid, a gyfansoddwyd gyda’r nod o ddangos meistrolaeth Rachmaninov ar ei daith gyntaf i America.

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Friday Gwener, 1.15pm

Friday Gwener, 7.30pm

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

Ian Bousfield Lunchtime Guests Gwesteion Awr Ginio

BBC National Orchestra of Wales Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC 2015-16 Season Tymor 2015-16

Ian Bousfield Trombon Trombôn Rachmaninov Oh never sing to me again, Lilacs, The soldier’s wife, How Fair This Spot, Spring Waters Giacinto Scelsi Three Pieces for solo trombone Tri darn ar gyfer unawd trombôn René Staar Panic and Irony (solo trombone unawd trombôn) Erich Korngold Pierrot’s Lied and Marietta’s Lied from “Die Tote Stadt” Lied Pierrot a Lied Marietta o “Die Tote Stadt” Richard Peaslee Arrows of Time This extraordinary recital by one of the world’s greatest living brass players shows that even in the twilit world of Rachmaninov songs, the trombone has something special to say.

Dengys y datganiad rhyfeddol hwn gan un o chwaraewyr pres gorau’r byd bod gan y trombôn, hyd yn oed ym myd tywyll caneuon Rachmaninov, rywbeth arbennig i’w ddweud.

Tadaaki Otaka Conductor Arweinydd Nelson Goerner Piano Grieg Holberg Suite Cyfres Holberg Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor Concerto Piano Concerto yn A leiaf Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances With luscious shifting harmonies and the rhythmic vitality characteristic of his later style, Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances creates a stirring mix of nostalgia versus the big city bustle and driving energy of ‘Modern America’.

Gyda harmonïau newidiol melys a nodwedd bywiogrwydd rhythmig ei arddull ddiweddarach, mae Dawnsiau Symffonig Rachmaninov yn creu cymysgedd teimladwy o hiraeth yn erbyn prysurdeb dinas fawr a’r egni sy’n gyrru’r ‘America Fodern’.

Booking Information Sut i Godi Tocynnau

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Box Office Swyddfa Docynnau Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru 029 2039 1391 | rwcmd.ac.uk Tickets Tocynnau £14-18 (27/9/15) £6 in advance o flaen llaw £8 on the day ar y drws (21/10/15 & 20/11/15) Any orders posted will incur a postage fee of 80p. Codir ffi postio o 80c ar unrhyw archebion a anfonir drwy’r post.

BBC National Orchestra of Wales Audience Line Llinell Cynulleidfaoedd Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC 0800 052 1812 | bbc.co.uk/now Tickets Tocynnau £15-35 (03/10/15 & 20/11/15)

St David’s Hall Box Office Swyddfa Docynnau Neuadd Dewi Sant 02920 878 444 | stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk Tickets Tocynnau £15-35 (03/10/15 & 20/11/15), £7.50-39.50* (07/10/15, 04/11/15 & 12/11/15) * Platinum Tickets (including prime seat in Tier 1, a glass of champagne and a programme) £48 Tocyn Platinwm (yn cynnwys sedd orau yn Lefel 1, gwydr o champagne a rhaglen) Ticket Service Charge of £2.95 per transaction. Any orders posted will incur a postage fee of 90p. Tâl Gwasanaeth Tocynnau o £2.95 y pryniant. Codir ffi postio o 90c ar unrhyw archebion a anfonir drwy’r post.

No fees apply when you book directly with the Orchestra. Does dim ffi pan fyddwch chi’n archebu’n uniongyrchol gyda’r Gerddorfa.

PRIZE DRAW Book two or more concerts in the Cardiff Rachmaninov season for your chance to win a £50 John Lewis voucher.

Just come along to the Rachmaninov stand at each concert and claim your stamp card to enter!

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Cardiff Rachmaninov at a Glance Cipolwg ar Rachmaninov Caerdydd DATE / TIME DYDDIAD / AMSER

SERIES CYFRES

TICKET INFORMATION KEY ALLWEDD TOCYNNAU

27 09 15 2pm

Steinway International Piano Series Cyfres Piano Rhyngwladol Steinway

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

03 10 15 7.30pm

BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales Cerddorfa a Chorws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

07 10 15 7.30pm

Dresden Philharmonic: International Concert Series Cerddorfa Ffilharmonig Dresden: Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

21 10 15 1.15pm

Lunchtime Lights: Rachmaninov at the Piano Diddanion Awr Ginio: Rachmaninov wrth y Piano

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

04 11 15 7.30pm

Philharmonia Orchestra: International Concert Series Philharmonia Orchestra: Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

12 11 15 7.30pm

Welsh National Opera Orchestra: International Concert Series Cerddorfa Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru: Cyfres Cyngherddau Rhyngwladol

St David’s Hall Neuadd Dewi Sant

20 11 15 1.15pm

Lunchtime Guests Gwesteion Awr Ginio

Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru

20 11 15 7.30pm

BBC National Orchestra of Wales St David’s Hall Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC Neuadd Dewi Sant

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