John Metcalf - Discography iwan llewelynjones. Sain, SCD 2308. Buy the Welsh Portraits CD at Sain s web site.Endless Song. Also William Mathias, Ceiri Torjussen, Pwyll ap Siôn, http://www.metcalf.demon.co.uk/john/disc.html
Presteigne Festival Of Music And The Arts 2004 At ChesterNovello.com Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts 2004 St Andrew s Church, Presteigne AlisonBalsom, trumpet / Jonathan Scott, organ / iwan llewelynjones, piano. http://www.chester-novello.com/calendar/Presteigne_Festival_of_Music_and_the_Art
Aber News Online / Newyddion Aber Ar-lein iwan llewelynjones (piano) Bach-Busoni, Ravel TACHWEDD 20 NOVEMBER 2000 iwan llewelyn-jones (piano) Mozart, Fauré Looking Ahead Edrych Ymlaen http://www.aber.ac.uk/aberonline/Abernewsbackup/uwa6800.html
Croma April 23. Chopin. pianist iwan Llewelyn Jones discusses a new biography of the composer. Shaun of the Dead . A new comedy film about Zombies by Simon Pegg. http://www.celfcymru.com/croma/archive.php?cat=8&lang=2
Croma On Croma this week, pianist iwan Llewelyn Jones will be discussing thelife and works of Chopin, and reviewing the new biography. http://www.celfcymru.com/croma/index.php?page=83e22962&cat=8&lang=2
Owainllwyd.com - Lluniau / Photos iwan Llewelyn Jones, internationally acclaimed pianist, along with JohnJones were the judges for this year s Musician s Medal. http://www.owainllwyd.com/sections/index.php?article=252&m=1
Collaborations iwan Llewelyn Jones Schumman Piano Quintet, recital. John Metcalf Celticanahas performed Metcalfs Mapping Wales with pianist iwan Llewelyn Jones. http://www.celticana.com/collaborations.htm
Extractions: Collaborations Acutely aware of the need to keep their style fresh and ahead of the pack, Celticana have collaborated with a stimulating range of artists. As their reputation spreads, they are approached on a regular basis to tackle new commissions or provide high quality session work Bryn Terfel each member regularly appears with Sinfonia Cymru who recently returned from a National Tour with Bryn and will be seen on Christmas Day performing Handels Messiah. Henry Kelly Celticana worked with both Henry and Nicholas Cleobury during the New Sounds Festival, Canterbury. Gwyn Hughes Jones performed alongside Gwyn on the programme Nia and during the Criccieth Festival performing Geraint Lewis FireWorks with Folksong Iwan Llewelyn Jones Schumman Piano Quintet, recital. Only Men Aloud in concert performed Tom Jones medle Elinor Bennet worked with Elinor on the programme Nia, S4C Composers and Arrangers: Geraint Lewis Geraint has written the work Fireworks and Folksongs for Celticana which is also dedicated to Bryn Terfel and his family John Metcalf Celticana has performed Metcalfs Mapping Wales with pianist Iwan Llewelyn Jones.
Datganiad I'r Wasg Vocal and musical master classes held by the local tenor from Llanbedrgoch, GwynHughes Jones and the pianist from Amlwch, iwan Llewelyn Jones will also be http://www.urdd.org/eisteddfodau/mon2004/datganiadau/iau030604-gweddnewidS.html
Extractions: Ar y We:www.urdd.org EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL URDD GOBAITH CYMRU Press Release Wednesday, 2 June, 2004 'CATALYST' FOR CHANGE AS URDD INTRODUCES NEW VENTURES Organisers of the Urdd Eisteddfod have introduced new initiatives with the aim of enhancing the 'Eisteddfod experience' for regular goers or people visiting for the first time. One experiment will be the 80-screen Video Wall that will provide the backdrop to the main stage in the pavilion. This Video Wall, called the 'Catalyst' will project images to coincide with themes of different competitions, enriching the visual experience for the audience in the pavilion and those watching at home on S4C. It will also be used during the production of the primary schools' Musical Show, Joseff , to show images of pyramids and Egyptian landscapes.
Datganiad I'r Wasg Local tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones also starred in a spectacular opening concert on Sundayalongside local artist such as pianist iwan Llewelyn Jones, Elin Fflur http://www.urdd.org/eisteddfodau/mon2004/datganiadau/mawrth010604-coditoS.html
Extractions: Ar y We:www.urdd.org EISTEDDFOD GENEDLAETHOL URDD GOBAITH CYMRU YNYS MÔN, 2004 Press Release PUTTING ON A SHOW Even though the competing finishes at 6.00pm from the main pavilion, this years line-up of evening entertainment at the Anglesey Urdd Eisteddfod secures that the show must go on well into the night. This years Primary Schools Musical production at the Urdd National Eisteddfod is Joseff, Aled Lloyd-Daviess Welsh adaptation of the fantastically popular Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat Over 140 pupils from Angleseys primary schools will take part, under the direction of Iola Ynyr of Cwmnir Frân Wen with the opening performance tonight (Tuesday, 1 June) at 7.30pm in the main pavilion and a second performance tomorrow evening. Originally written in 1968 as a 15-minute piece for a London school, the show became a fully-fledged West End musical at the beginning of the 70s.
Extractions: In 1918-1919, at Brinkwells cottage in Sussex, Elgar wrote his final completed major works. The Violin Sonata, op. 82 was followed by the String Quartet in E Minor, the Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Minor and the Cello Concerto, op.85 A very accomplished musician and singer - for more information about Ms Blake and Lowri Records see my review of The Song of the Black Swan , or visit the web site at http://www.lowrirecords.com Violin Sonata in A , the work transposes well to the new instrument. It is a work of darkly colour romantic intensity, retaining all it's Elgarian character in transcription, yet inevitably now becoming something of a more intimate companion to the Cello Concerto . The deeper tones of the cello express perhaps a more mature, more profound sense of resignation to loss than the violin, an instrument in the upper registers more inclined more youthfully overwrought passion.
Extractions: Real audio samples and purchase from http://www.lowrirecords.com Lowri Blake The economical, slender packaging is attractively designed and printed on a single folded sheet of card; the only snag is that it might disappear on your shelves! Reviewer Peter Grahame Woolf See also Song of the Black Swan (Lowri Blake with Hugh Webb, harp) LOWRI 2001 Elgar/Bridge (Lowri Blake with Iwan Llewelyn-Jones) LOWRI 2000 Lowri Blake's website is: www.lowrirecords.com
Ucheldre - What's On The third in the series of piano recitals by iwan llewelynjones, exploring someof the classics of the piano repertoire, alongside a few hidden gems. http://www.holyhead.com/ucheldre/page4.html
ARWEINIAD I FYFYRWYR I TGAU CERDDORIAETH Astudiodd iwan llewelynjones ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen ac yn y Coleg Cerdd Wrth ddatblygu gyrfa fel pianydd cyngerdd teithiodd iwan o amgylch y byd, http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/guides/msg/wjec/msg-wjec-gcse-author-w.cfm
Extractions: Bu Alun Guy yn gyfarwyddwr cerdd Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Glantaf am gyfnod o 20 mlynedd. Buân arholwr perfformio ar gyfer Cyd-bwyllgor Addysg Cymru er 1989 ac yn brif arholwr er 1999. Ef yw golygydd cerdd yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a chyhoeddodd drefniadau o ganeuon Cymraeg poblogaidd ar gyfer ysgolion uwchradd. Mae Alun wedi ysgrifennuân helaeth ar agweddau ar addysg gerdd ar gyfer cylchgronau a chyfnodolion; mae hefyd yn awdur llyfrau am gyfansoddwyr a pherfformwyr enwog. Eleni maeân ysgrifennu cyfres o lyfrau ar berfformwyr cyfoes o Gymru. Bydd yn teithioâr byd yn gyson, fel beirniad ac arweinydd, gan ymweld ¢ gwledydd yn cynnwys De Affrica, Awstralia, Barbados ac UDA. Astudiodd Iwan Llewelyn-Jones ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen ac yn y Coleg Cerdd Brenhinol. Wrth ddatblygu gyrfa fel pianydd cyngerdd teithiodd Iwan o amgylch y byd, gan berfformio yn Nh¾ Opera Sydney, yn y Gewandhaus yn Leipzig ac yn Neuadd Wigmore yn Llundain. Buân ymwneud ag addysg gerdd er 1999 pan ddyfarnwyd iddo gymhorthdal Celfyddydau i Bawb gan Gomisiwn y Lotri mewn cydweithrediad ¢ Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru. Galluogodd y cymhorthdal hwn Iwan i gynnal nifer o gyngherddau yn archwilio repertoire unawdau piano Chopin ac i ymweld ¢ nifer o ysgolion i gynnal gweithdai ar y berthynas rhwng cerdd a mathau celf eraill. Ar hyn o bryd mae Iawn yn cynnal cyfres o weithdai ar gyfer myfyrwyr TGAU ac UG/U mewn ysgolion ledled Llundain a Chymru, a bydd yn derbyn gwahoddiadau cyson i annerch a darlithio mewn ysgolion cynradd ac uwchradd.
Malcolm Miller Louise Jones iwan llewelynjones (Wigmore Hall). Jorge Osorio (Wigmore Hall).Marie Noell Kendall (Wigmore Hall). Russian Connexion (Queen Elisabeth http://www.concertnotes.fsnet.co.uk/miller.htm
Extractions: About the author Recent notes Why programme notes? Order form About the author The musicologist and critic Malcolm Miller is a regular contributor to the musical press and leading academic publications. His reviews and articles appear in journals including Musical Opinion Tempo Classical Music Classical Piano Opera Now Music and Vision The Times Supplements, Musical Times and The Strad . He is editor of Arietta Journal of the Beethoven Piano Society of Europe , Assistant Editor of EPTA's Piano Journal and guest editor of the issue of 'Musical Performance' on the accordion. Malcolm received his PhD at King's College London and is currently Research Associate and Associate Lecturer with the Open University . He has contributed articles on 19th and 20th century music to The New Grove II MGG , and , with forthcoming books on Wagner and Berthold Goldschmidt. He is also active as an accompanist and has recorded CDs for the Sain and Meridian labels. Malcolm has written programme notes for concerts in major venues and music societies across Britain, as well as sleeve liner notes for various leading international record labels. Beethoven Lieder, Louis Berkman (baritone), Graham Johnson (piano)
IcNorthWales - Musical Evening Of Piano Classics iwan llewelynjones will be performing a series of four recitals exploring someof the classics of the piano repertoire, alongside a few hidden gems. http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/music/tm_objectid=14883073&met
Extractions: Holyhead Mail THE Ucheldre Centre in Holyhead will be hosting a special evening of music next Saturday (November 27). Iwan Llewelyn-Jones will be performing a series of four recitals exploring some of the classics of the piano repertoire, alongside a few hidden gems. In order to recreate the atmosphere of the "musical soiree", the concert will focus on a collection of short piano pieces conjuring up a variety of moods and colours. The works of Bach, Mozart and Chopin will provide the backdrop. Iwan will then be returning to the centre on February 26 in a concert which will feature works by Rameau, Ravel, Schumann and Gershwin. Top Back E-mail to a friend Printable version
IcNorthWales - Evening Of Classic Piano NIMBLEFINGERED iwan llewelyn-jones will be performing his last concert in theSoirées Musicales series at the Ucheldre Centre in Holyhead later this month. http://icnorthwales.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/events/tm_objectid=15373482&me
Extractions: Holyhead Mail NIMBLE-FINGERED Iwan Llewelyn-Jones will be performing his last concert in the Soirées Musicales series at the Ucheldre Centre in Holyhead later this month. The concert will explore some of the classics of the piano repertoire, alongside a few hidden gems, including works by Handel, Poulenc, Schumann and Rachmaninov. Iwan has immense experience as a chamber musician and in November 1996, he made his debut at Sydney Opera House to a capacity audience in a concert of Maurice Ravel's chamber music. In order to recreate the atmosphere of the musical soiree, the concert will focus on a collection of short piano pieces conjuring up a variety of moods and colours. The preludes of Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninov and Gershwin provide the backdrop. Iwan is a regular contributor to the television arts programmes Sioe Gelf and Croma, broadcasts regularly on Radio 3 and Classic FM and has appeared on S4C performing works by Brahms, Liszt, Debussy and Messiaen. * The concert is on Saturday, April 23, starting at 7.30pm. For more information, contact the Ucheldre Centre on (01407) 763361.
N. Myaskovsky » Works 1997; CD REGIS, Moscow New Opera Orchestra, 1990; Lowri Records Lowri 2002 Lowri Blake (cello) iwan llewelynjones (piano); CD Chandos http://myaskovsky.ru/?id=4&id1=0&id2=92&sf=0&so=0
Performance Review - The Organ iwan llewelynjones etched well Pickard s telling piano gestures. A more engagingaspect of Pickard was revealed in Monday evening s world premiere of his http://www.theorganmag.com/liverevs/presteigne.html
Extractions: Web www.theorganmag.com Presteigne 2004 Once again the Presteigne Festival is here with its vibrant mix of old and new music, including four world premières and nearly thirty other works by living composers. As artistic director George Vass said at the official reception, people in the Welsh Marches trust and support his programming. Theres no need for open-air 1812s in this festival. If every modern piece is as accessible as Joe Duddells Mnemonic , premièred in the opening concert, it should be plain sailing. Scored for flute, harp and strings, Duddells note-patterns and asymmetrical rhythms attractively complex in a John Adams-ish sort of way have a translucent, shifting quality that fall easily on the ear. The effect is a bit like a river, teeming with life and movement. Vass and his super little Festival Orchestra managed the changing currents very well; so too did the soloists Katherine Baker and Suzanne Willison, although their parts were concertante in nature, rather than truly soloistic. Jennifer Bate was a more obviously dominating presence in Poulencs Organ Concerto , which she played on an imported Allen organ, a digital beast of an instrument sounding in this modest country church like a bull in a china shop. Purists no doubt had much to discuss afterwards. No reservations, however, about Batess gutsy performance, or that of Vass and his fine young players. They really came into their own in Elgars
UWB * School Of Music - Research Set of Piano Etudes for iwan llewelynjones (first complete performance at Waltz, on Welsh Portraits iwan llewelyn-jones (Piano), Sain SCD 2308 Lliwiau http://www.bangor.ac.uk/music/research/home.html
'Music At Bangor' Concert Series Yn dilyn galw cenedlaethol am sgorau, bydd iwan llewelynjones yn chwarae niferddethol o gyfansoddiadau mewn gweithdy, dan gyfarwyddyd Pwyll ap Siôn, http://www.bangor.ac.uk/music/CerddoriaethYmMangor2005spri.html
