17 May 2012
Voice in a Million-CANCELLED
7:30 PM
500 members of The Voice in a Million Choir, in an evening of awe inspiring entertainment..
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25 May 2012
BBC NOW-Debussy & Shostakovich
7:30 PM
DUE TO THE ARRIVAL OF THE OLYMPIC TORCH OUTSIDE THE HALL PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME WHEN TRAVELLING TO THIS CONCERT. The vibrant orchestral colours of Debussy’s Images conjure the heat, dancing crowds, and intoxicating fragrance of Spain, including the atmospheric sun-drenched Iberia. Shostakovich’s troubled and searingly urgent First Violin Concerto is one of his greatest works..
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Ramin-In Concert
7:30 PM
Ramin received global acclaim starring in The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert; performed at the Royal Albert Hall and broadcast around the world; and is one of Sony’s most exciting new signings, with a much anticipated new album released in March 2012..
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Roots Unearthed-Alasdair Fraser and Natalie Haas
8:00 PM
The musical partnership between Alasdair Fraser, long regarded as Scotland’s premier fiddle ambassador, and the sizzlingly talented young California cellist Natalie Haas may not seem an obvious one. Fraser, acclaimed by the San Francisco Examiner as “the Michael Jordan of Scottish fiddling,” has a concert and recording career spanning 30 years..
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1:00 PM
To mark the Mavron Quartet’s Tenth anniversary, the Hall’s Ensemble in Residence have commissioned a work from Welsh composer Rhian Samuel with a Women Make Music award from the PRS for Music Foundation. The work will premier at this Lunchtime concert, a real treat for all..
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Gentlemen of the Road presents Mumford & Sons SOLD OUT
7:30 PM
Sold Out Winners of Brit Award for Best Album in 2010 come to Cardiff as part of limited UK tour with a vibe falling somewhere between 'travelling Victorian circus' and 'Victorian travelling circus'.
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Heidi Talbot
Nominated Singer of The Year & Best Traditional Track 'Willie Taylor' BBC Folk Awards 2010
Ireland has long been a fount of great female singers, but Heidi Talbot's breakthrough solo release, 2008's In Love + Light, swiftly assured her promotion to the premier league. Its artfully chosen mix of traditional and contemporary material, reinvented classics and little-known gems, and above all Heidi's achingly bittersweet, spun-gold voice, won glowing reviews across three continents, a US Indie Acoustic Award and a Best Female Vocalist nomination in the Irish Music Awards. With critics mooting comparisons as diverse as Björk, Enya, Linda Ronstadt, Norah Jones and Kirsty MacColl, the album received widespread radio airplay and was followed by two years' solid gigging, both as headline act and sought-after special guest.
Having moved to New York at age 18, Heidi settled amidst the city's vibrant Irish musical community and eventually crossed paths with Joanie Madden, flute/whistle champion and founder/ frontwoman of celebrated Irish-American group Cherish the Ladies - who just happened to be looking for a new lead singer soon afterwards. Heidi spent five happy years with the band, touring coast-to-coast and beyond, acquiring a veteran's road-skills along with seasoned savoir-faire in performing to crowds of thousands. At the end of 2007, though, after a warmly received solo release, Distant Future, three years previously, and with In Love + Light due out early the following year it was time to go it alone. As outlined above, her feet have barely touched the ground since.
In between fronting her own trio line-up, with her multi-instrumentalist partner John McCusker and Boo Hewerdine on guitar, Heidi has also featured frequently as opening act and backing vocalist with folk/rock supergroup Drever, McCusker Woomble, meanwhile lending her radiant tones to a string of albums by other leading artists, including Michael McGoldrick, Idlewild, Kris Drever, Eddi Reader and Sandy Wright.
Most of the above - including her partner, renowned multi-instrumentalist John McCusker - plus such fellow folk luminaries as Karine Polwart, Ian Carr, Alan Kelly and Andy Cutting, have now lent their talents in turn to In Love + Light's follow-up, The Last Star. Marking Heidi's debut foray into songwriting, it also sees her engaging afresh with her traditional roots, while seeking out rarely- or never-recorded contemporary material. It simultaneously reaffirms all the expressive and interpretative magic of its predecessor, and extends it in arresting new directions - the sound of an artist who's constantly seeking alternative ways to inhabit a song.
For this gig Heidi will be appearing with multi instrumentalist John McCusker and guitarist Ian Carr.
"A voice that's both awestruck and tender" The New York Times
"A voice that's both awestruck and tender" The New York Times
£12.00 in advance
£13.00 on the day of the performance