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05 February 2012
Straight No Chaser
7:30 PM
If the phrase “male a cappella group” conjures up an image of students in blue blazers, ties, and khakis singing traditional college songs on ivied campuses… think again. Straight No Chaser are neither strait-laced nor straight-faced, but neither are they vaudeville-style kitsch..
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Lunchtime Concert-Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
1:00 PM
A programme full of youthful energy with an array of musical colours. Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama student David Doidge showcases Shostakovich’s sparkling keyboard writing in this Piano Concerto written for the composer’s son. Britten’s didactic Young Person’s Guide leads us through the families of the orchestra..
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10 February 2012
BBC National Orchestra of Wales-Sibelian Landscapes
7:30 PM
Tapiola, god of the Finnish pine forests, inspired Sibelius’s most elemental work, full of the quiet terror of the forest and culminating in one of the most furious storms in all music – it will have you grabbing the arms of your seat..
More InfoBook Now11 February 2012
Pahlawan The Musical
8:00 PM
Pahlawan: The Musical is a part of a glorious night MSSCF knows as Festival of Diversity (FOD). In its 9th year running, FOD is one of three annual flagship events hosted by MSSCF. Crowned as Cardiff University's 'Best Musical Performance' 2011, it aims to showcase Malaysia's diverse and colourful culture and ethnic background to audiences from a plethora of countries across the globe..
More InfoBook Now14 February 2012
Lunchtime Concert-Jeremy Huw Williams
1:00 PM
Welsh baritone Jeremy Huw Williams has performed in operas and recitals worldwide and regularly sings principal roles with Welsh National Opera. He is also a champion for contemporary music and continues to commission new works and premiere music by a range of contemporary composers..
More InfoBook NowThe Rat Pack is Back for Lovers Everywhere
8:00 PM
THE RAT PACK IS BACK. Come and hear Frank, Sammy & Dean take you on a trip to the strip in Las Vegas to the Sands hotel where they performed all the classics: I Got You Under My Skin, Lady Is A Tramp, Volarie, Little Ol Wine Drinker, The Candy Man, The Impossible Dream, What Kind Of Fool am I, and many many more..
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17 February 2012
Russian State Philharmonic Orchestra
7:30 PM
Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony were both completed in 1878. Brahms worked feverishly to realise a long-held ambition to compose a Violin Concerto whilst Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony was a passionate response to one of the greatest personal crisis he ever experienced..
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24 February 2012
Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra-Favourite Classics
7:30 PM
CPO’s season continues a programme of favourite classics opening with one of Rossini’s most sparkling overtures, The Thieving Magpie. Dvorak's Symphony No. 8 must be one of the most life enhancing pieces of music ever written..
More InfoBook Now25 February 2012
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Virtual Tour- Click on the link to take a virtual tour of all levels of St David's Hall
http://www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk/English/Virtual-Tour/
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Situated in the heart of Cardiff, the capital city of Wales, St David's Hall is the National Concert Hall and Conference Centre of Wales. With its wide range of live entertainment, free exhibitions, conferences, participation workshops, two bars and a range of places to eat, helpful staff and relaxing surroundings, St David's Hall is a building to be enjoyed by day and evening throughout the year.
Home to the annual Welsh Proms Cardiff, the world-class Orchestral Concert Series featuring the world's top orchestras, soloists and conductors and the famous bi-annual BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition, St David's Hall presents a multitude of live entertainment, including pop, rock, folk, jazz, rhythm and blues, comedy, children's shows, lunchtime concerts, musicals, light entertainment, dance, world music, films and classical music.
However, St David's Hall is more than just a concert hall, with spacious foyers, lounge bars and a restaurant it is also a place to meet for coffee, lunch or a celebratory meal. Add in regular exhibitions and annual company conferences, and there really is something going on almost every day of the year.
St David’s Hall is owned, managed and funded
by Cardiff County Council with support from the Arts Council of Wales.
A Brief History
For architects Seymour Harris Partnership, designing St David’s Hall was an unusual, if not unique, commission for several reasons. The primary challenge was how to provide a major 2,000-seat concert hall in the cramped space available and to complicate this issue, the building had to be fitted into an existing planned, and partly built, shopping centre.
The result was that, in an incredible five years from conception to completion, an impressive 2,000-seat concert hall, with arguably the best acoustics in Europe was built directly over the St David’s Centre shopping mall. In addition, the building has offices, comprehensive dressing rooms, meeting rooms and conference facilities, two places to eat, exhibitions on three floors, and a spacious reception area.
The autumn of 1982 saw exciting days at the new St David’s Hall. The special ‘open day’ on 30 August 1982 attracted 21,000 people; nine days later came the first public concert, a free open rehearsal by the Polyphonic Choir. By the time the Queen Mother performed the official opening in February 1983, St David’s Hall had already transformed the artistic life of the Capital city. As Her Majesty said, ‘This exciting development will add greatly to the quality of life for the city of Cardiff and the people of the Principality.’
Cardiff, the capital of Wales, provides entertainment, sport, places to eat, leisure facilities, places of interest to visit and major events on a regular basis, attracting thousands of visitors each year. St David’s Hall continues to be a leading venue in the cultural and continuing development of Cardiff into one of the most cosmopolitan cities in Europe.