Music from the Land of Daffodils

2018/2019 Chamber Hall the 6th Season

3 March * Sunday * 6.00 pm

Concert

On 3 March, the Music from the Land of Daffodils concert will take place in the Astana Opera Chamber Hall.

Wales is one of the four main administrative and political units of Great Britain, situated in the south-west of the country. The population of Wales is not large – about three million people. However, the people of Wales - the Welsh - are very musical, they love choral singing, and pupils of the British School Haileybury Astana have been keeping these traditions.

The national symbol of Wales is the daffodil that blooms there in late February – early March, so you will see all the concert participants wearing this flower on their chests.

On the concert programme: compositions by classical composers, Welsh folk songs, spiritual chants, as well as works by Welsh composers.

The guest of the concert is Ffinian Jones, a British pianist. He graduated from the Trinity College of Music (London). He was also chosen to study for a term at the Conservatoire National et Superior de Music et Dance de Lyon (France). He participated in many master classes given by the distinguished European musicians.

He has won international competitions, including the John Ireland Piano Competition, Scarlatti Competition and Il Circolo Competition, and was awarded the Messiaen Prize.

Ffinian Jones has given solo concerts at St Martin-In-The-Fields, the Cambridge Philharmonic, the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and the Manet Club in Beijing. He has also toured in China, Ukraine, Saudi Arabia and India.

He currently lives in the UK and works as a soloist, chamber musician and teacher.

THE CONCERT WILL FEATURE:

Ffinian JONES (piano)

Astana Opera Male Voice Choir

Haileybury Astana Children’s Choir

Haileybury International Community Choir (Astana)

Conducted by Ross CLARKE