Aberystwyth Choral Society celebrate their 40th Anniversary this year! They will perform Edward Elgar's Dream of Gerontius on Saturday April 24 at 8 pm in the Great Hall at the Arts Centre

The soloists will be Gaynor Keeble, mezzo-soprano, Adrian Thompson, tenor, and Simon Kirkbride, bass-baritone, and a full professional orchestra, all conducted by David Russell Hulme, who studied Elgar's music with Sir Adrian Boult, one of the composer's greatest interpereters.

The Dream of Gerontius is widely regarded as Elgar's finest choral work, and by some to be his magnum opus. The work's premiere was at the Birmingham Festival in 1900. It was inspired by a poem by Cardinal Newman, which relates the journey of a pious man's soul from his deathbed to his judgment before God. Gerontius retains the affections of musicians and audiences - as it did for Elgar. Once, in the middle of conducting it he leant over to Raymond Jeremy, (later the resident viola player here at Aberystwyth University) who was in the front desk, and remarked "I still rather like this, you know!".

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Related Choral Society Links:

• Eight Finalists In Battle For Young Composer Of Dyfed Competition
• Brahms Requiem By Aberystwyth Choral Society
• Cymdeithas Gorawl Aberystwyth Choral Society

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I found this fascinating article today:

This summer’s Square Festival will see an attempt at breaking the world record, with festival-goers invited to contribute to setting the record for the most people skinny dipping in the same place at the same time.

The event takes place on July 24-26 in Aberystwyth

at Wednesday, June 03, 2009, Welsh festival-goers to attempt to break skinny dipping record, Archives June 2009

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I found this fascinating article today:

The final of this year’s Young Composer of Dyfed Competition will take place at Rhos-y-Gilwen near Rhoshill on Saturday 4 April at 7.30pm.

The eight young finalists come from Aberystwyth, Carmarthen, Ferryside, Llandeilo and Dinas Cross and range in age from 15 to 20 years old. They have been selected from 22 entrants.

at Friday, March 13, 2009, Final Of The Young Composer Of Dyfed Competition, Archives March 2009

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Related Music Links:
Aberystwyth Choral Society Brahms Requiem
Radio Bronglais Needs Volunteers Or It Could Go Off Air
Castell Rock - Castel Rock Live Music Festival
MusicFest International Festival & Summer School

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40 years, almost to the day Aberystwyth will be restaging the Flux concert with an evening of the original Flux scores, culminating in a leaflet concert.

Concert details:
29 November 2008 at 8:00pm
Free admission

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Castell Rock is a one day charity rock festival at the grounds of Aberystwyth castle, to be held on Saturday 31 May 2008. Where a variety of local bands entertain the audiance with live music, festival starts at 1pm and bands play into the early evening. For further information on live bands and event e-mail address see links below.

Free admission
The festival, due to local licensing laws, is an alcohol-free zone.

Radio Luxembourg will open the festival at 1pm and the Mighty Fuod will close the event in the evening. During the afternoon and evening Stone Free, Fenks, Winchester 4, Super Cute Voices, Avash Avash, The Dancing Bullets, Three Minute Warning, Stix, Howl Griff, Christopher Rees and Davy Macmanus of the Crimea will be playing, Castell Rock reports.

Related Castell Rock Links:
Castell Rock Offical Website
Myspace Castell Rock
BBC Castell Rock 2007

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