Harp Festival: Celebrity lecture-recital with Sioned Williams
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About this event:
- Category:
- Classical Music | Harp Festival
- Event type:
- Free | In-person
- Admission:
- Free No tickets required
- Date, time and location:
- , 6.30pm in Lecture Recital Room
Event information
Celebrity lecture-recital with Sioned Williams: ‘A Soirée with Mr Thomas’, celebrating the 200th birthday of John Thomas (1826-1913), harpist to Queen Victoria
Sponsored by Salvi Harps London
The illuminating, lively story of ‘Pencerdd Gwalia’ in words and harp solos, with original works by Thomas and Blind John Parry, and arrangements by Thomas of Mendelssohn, Rossini and Schubert.
Accompanied by a select, rare exhibition of original signed music, books, documents, letters, and photos, the story of this most celebrated Royal Harpist is informative, poignant, curious, unexpected and funny. Sioned’s historically researched presentation brings John Thomas to life as a composer, arranger, solo harpist travelling across Europe, duo player and accompanist, orchestral harpist, teacher, leader of massed harp concerts with voices; important collector of Welsh music, author, family man and truly dedicated Welshman.
Free, but please email harp@gsmd.ac.uk to book your place as they are limited.
Performers
The renowned creative Welsh harpist Sioned Williams performs wide-ranging programmes as soloist, narrator and script-writer, sharing her passion as a researcher. She has commissioned and performed a vast array of new music, and has many commercial recordings to her name, in partnership with outstanding instrumentalists, singers, and choirs. As former Principal Harpist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra for 28 years, Sioned has worked with many respected conductors and composers in premieres and broadcasts; she pioneered integrated harp courses in Britain at Trinity College of Music; was President of the UKHA for 14 years; and first Welsh board member of the World Harp Congress. Sioned is an Honorary Research Fellow at the RAM, and Patron of the NYCO.
Venue information
Silk Street Theatre, Music Hall and Lecture Recital Room are located in the main Guildhall School building on Silk Street and for Barbican produced events the venue can also be accessed from the Barbican if you exit via the doors next to Barbican Kitchen on Level G.
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Silk Street
Barbican
EC2Y 8DT
