The latest 'On Song' column from the Llanelli Star

The latest 'On Song' column (about the choral scene in and around Llanelli) from the Llanelli Star -

The Hywel Girls’ Choir and Hywel Boy Singers are busy preparing for forthcoming performances.
The Hywel Choir will be headline the closing night of the Milford Haven Music Festival on 5 September, supported by MOCSA winner soprano Rhiannon Llewellyn with artistic director baritone Gary Griffiths.
With their Christmas performances already a sell-out as of early August, there has been mounting public pressure from fans and followers for additional opportunities to hear the choir.
As a result, the Hywel Choir have announced an additional concert date for local audiences.
On 24 October, the Hywel Choir will present The Magical Journey of Music at St Elli Parish Church. The candle lit experience will see the Hywel Choir and friends take audiences on a magical journey of song, theatre and narration.
Highlights will include a fun adaptation of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, a bucket banging rendition of Annie, the passion and emotion of West Side Story and Les Miserables as well as cherished classics, favourites from the world of opera and heart-warming sacred sentiments.
An emergency waiting-list for tickets has been put into place for the choir’s sell-out Great Christmas Fantasia on 19 December at Y Ffwrnes which will see the Hywel Choir present their landmark Christmas musical extravaganza.
This year sees the Hywel Choir unite with their resident orchestra the symphonic sounds of the British Sinfonietta Orchestra, soprano Gwawr Edwards, the Llanelli Choral Society and a historic performance by the Grand Reunion Chorus of the Hywel Choir.
Eurovision Song Contest Winners Brotherhood of Man will also be returning to Wales to join fellow past-Hywel Choir choristers for this magical night.
Completing a busy weekend, the Hywel Choir will be performing at the Brangwyn Hall Swansea on Sunday 20 December.
The Grand Reunion Chorus of the Hywel Girls’ Choir and Hywel Boy Singers will enjoy their first engagement with a civic reception at Stradey Castle on 5 September to celebrate their formation and will see 100-plus choristers reunite from the 1950s to present day and from across the country and beyond.
The Reunion Choir will also enjoy a glittering post-performance Supper Ball at Machynys Golf Club on 19 December after their inaugural performance at the Great Christmas Fantasia.
The Llanelli Choral Society are preparing for their musical re-enactment of the Nativity at the heart of the town with massed choirs, orchestra, narration and theatre.
The Miracle of Christmas, the first of its kind for the town, will see the Llanelli Choral Society unite with the British Sinfonietta, Hywel Girls’ Choir & Hywel Boy Singers, The Angelicus Chorus of the Hywel Choir, soprano Rhiannon Llewellyn and other artists in the candle lit surroundings of St Elli Parish Church, Llanelli on 28 November.
The immersive retelling of the Nativity will enjoy a musical backdrop of music from Handel’s Messiah, Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Albinoni’s Adagio for Organ and Strings, O Holy Night and international carols blended with narratives of the Nativity and full costume biblical characters re-enacting the spiritual event.
2016 Llanelli concert dates have been announced for the Hywel Choir and Llanelli Choral Society which include: 16 April Stars and Song - celebrity concert (Y Ffwrnes), 7 May - a Night of the Classics (St Elli Parish Church), 4 June - The Last Night of the Proms (Y Ffwrnes), 9 July - A Night of World Opera (St. Elli Parish Church), 15 October - An Evening with the Hywel Choir (St Elli Parish Church), 3 December - The Great Christmas Fantasia (Y Ffwrnes), 17 December - The Miracle of Christmas (St. Elli Parish Church).
For information, tickets or membership details for the Hywel Choir, The Reunion Chorus or the Llanelli Choral Society, please contact Jeremy Hywel on 07545 26 88 41.
Meanwhile, concert promoter Cerith Owens has a musical treat in store later this year when he stages the Loud Applause Annual Concert – ‘Night With the Stars’ - at Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli, on November 7.
The concert will feature the dazzling trio of violinists The Singhs and the Morriston Orpheus Choir.
The Loud Applause Night With the Stars will also feature all the Loud Applause Rising Stars -soloists: Samuel Morris, Jordan Williams, Johnny Mansel-Lewis, Nia Rees, Angharad Elise-Thomas, Keely Morgan, Daniella Difede, Sophie Maliphant and instrumentalists Cai Charles (guitar), Rhodri Thomas (trombone), Ffion Elin Thomas (harp).
Fans of Verdi are in for a treat on Saturday, October 10.
Côr Baroc Llanelli will be presenting Nabucco at Tabernacle Chapel, Llanelli, under the direction of Eifion Thomas.
The choir will be joined by Côr Dyffryn Conwy and Côr Meibion Llanelli Male Voice Choir for what promises to be a spectacular evening.
The choirs will be joined by the City of Swansea Orchestra and soloists Gary Griffiths (baritone), Adele O’Neill (soprano), Anita Appleton (soprano), Richard Allen (tenor) and Trystan Lewis (bass).
It starts at 7pm on October 10 and tickets are £10 from 01554 756438.

Robert Lloyd works as a media consultant – www.rlloydpr.co.uk
If you have any news about the choral scene in Llanelli, the please contact him on 07777 683637 or email rlloydpr@btinternet.com

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