Fortas Chamber Music: Sir Bryn Terfel

• Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone
• Hannah Stone, harp
• Annabel Thwaite, piano

Gerald Finzi — Let Us Garlands Bring, Op. 18
John Thomas — Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn ("Watching the White Wheat")
Ivor Novello — Selected works (arrangements of traditional Welsh songs TBA)
Franz Schubert — Schwanengesang ("Swan song"), D. 957, No. 1: Liebesbotschaft
Franz Schubert — Am Tage Aller Seelen (Litanei auf das fest Aller Seelen), D. 343
Franz Schubert — Auf dem Wasser zu singen ("To Be Sung on the Water"), D. 774
Franz Schubert — Gruppe aus dem Tartarus, D. 583
Jesús Guridi — Viejo Zortzico
Claude Debussy — Nuit d'étoiles ("Starry Night")
Robert Schumann — Minnespiel, Op. 101
Richard Wagner — "O du mein holder Abendstern" from Tannhäuser, WWV 70
Traditional — Ar Hyd y nos ("All Through the Night")
Claude-Michel Schönberg — "Stars" from Les Misérables

Superstar bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel brings unique charm to an eclectic mix of styles, from classical pieces and Welsh folk songs to opera arias and musical theater numbers.

Knighted for his services to music during Queen Elizabeth's 2017 New Year's Honours, he has established an illustrious career, sharing show-stopping performances across concert stages and opera houses around the world in recitals and notable roles including Falstaff, Dulcamara, and Sweeney Todd.

Sir Bryn also performed Paul Mealor's Kyrie eleison at the coronation of King Charles III earlier this year. It marked a historic moment as it was the first Welsh language piece sung at a coronation.

Alongside harpist Hannah Stone and pianist Annabel Thwaite, Sir Bryn performs a song cycle, traditional Welsh folk music, and songs by notable composers.

About Fortas Chamber Music Concerts

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About Bryn Terfel, bass-baritone

Welsh bass-baritone Sir Bryn Terfel has established an extraordinary career, performing regularly on the prestigious concert stages and opera houses of the World, including the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the Metropolitan Opera, New York; Opéra National de Paris; Teatro Alla Scala and Zürich Opera. Roles for which he is most noted include Falstaff, Dulcamara, Wotan and Holländer. Recent additions to his repertoire include Reb Tevye, Boris Godunov, Sweeney Todd and Don Pasquale.

A Grammy, Classical Brit and Gramophone Award winner, Sir Bryn was made a Commander of the British Empire (CBE) for his services to Opera in 2003, was awarded the Queen’s Medal for Music in 2006 and received a knighthood for his service to music in 2017. He was the last recipient of the Shakespeare Prize by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation and in 2015; he was given The Freedom of the City of London.

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About Hannah Stone, harp

Welsh harpist Hannah Stone is former-harpist to H.R.H. The Prince of Wales. A national and international Eisteddfod winner, Hannah was a major prize winner in the Franz Joseph Reinl Competition in Vienna, the Camac Harp Competition in London and the International Harp Competition. Hannah has performed at many notable venues including the opening gala performance for the Singapore Sun Festival at the Esplanade Theatre with Dame Kiri te Kanawa, the Barbican Centre, LSO St. Luke's, St. John's Smith Square, the Museum of London, St. David's Hall and the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff and a recital at the British Embassy in Tokyo.

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About Annabel Thwaite, piano

Recognised as one of the most versatile and charismatic pianists, Annabel has won all the major accompanying prizes, including the prestigious Kathleen Ferrier, Gold Medal, and Richard Tauber Piano Prizes. She has collaborated with renowned artists such as Roberto Alagna, Bryn Terfel, David Kempster, Only Men Aloud!, the Michael Clark Company and Ensemble Midtvest.

As a Soloist, Chamber musician and regularly collaborating with Sir Bryn Terfel, she has toured and performed in many countries, including the USA at Carnegie Hall and Queens College, Walter Hall and Koerner Hall in Canada, France, Italy, Sweden and Slovenia, and in England, concertos at the Birmingham Symphony Hall and Imperial College, London. As a duo, both with instrumentalists and singers, she has performed at the Royal Albert Hall, Barbican Hall, Cadogan Hall, Wigmore Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, St. David's Hall, Cardiff, and the Machnylleth, Oxford, and Leeds Lieder Festivals.

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