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celebrate wales week in NYC
If you love music:
come to Karl Jenkins Carnegie Hall concert
Music Masters of Wales at Carnegie Hall with a premiere ofthe Euphonium Concerto by renown composer Karl Jenkins, and a premiereof Dewi Sant by ArwelHughes. (March 6)
Karl Jenkins: Euphonium Concerto (US Premiere) & SacredSongs (Selections)
Karl Jenkins, Guest Conductor/Composer
David Childs, Euphonium
Arwel Hughes: Dewi Sant (New York Premiere)
Jonathan Griffith, DCINY Artistic Director & Principal ConductorPennsbury High School Concert Choir & The Pennsbury Community Chorus
James Moyer, Director
Susan Holsonbake, Tenor
Mark Womack, Baritone
Location: 881 7th Ave at 57 th St.
Time: 8pm
Price: $20-$100
or come to this tribute:Its Alec Templeton Time! with Rhian Davies and pianist SimonCrawford-Phillips showcasing and performing the work of the famous blindcomposer-pianist at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Bornin Cardiff, Wales, on July 4, 1909, the blind composer-pianist Alec Templeton wasbrought to America by the bandleader Jack Hylton in the mid 1930s. Templetonsoon had his own weekly radio show Alec Templeton Time sponsored byAlka-Seltzer and relayed coast to coast on the NBC Red Network. Templetontoured widely in America and crossed over to television and film, earning apersonal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. This show combines archive filmfootage, broadcasts and recordings with live performances from SimonCrawford-Phillips of Templetons classical, jazz and blues compositions. (March6)
Location: Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Ave., between 64 th St. and 65 th St.
Time: 3pm
Price: Free
or hear David Enlow's Organ concert
The Organ Works of Cesar Francks Southfield Organ performed byWelsh-Canadian organist David Enlow at Rutgers Presbyterian Church (March 7)
- Grand Piece Symphonique
- Fantaisie in A Major
- Pastorale
- Choral No 1 in E Major
Location: Rutgers Presbyterian Church, 236 West 73 rd Street at Broadway
Time: 4pm
Price: Free
,and if you like poetry:
join Peter Stead on a walking tour of Dylan Thomas Greenwich Village
Meet outside the Church of St. Lukes in the FieldEpiscopalean Church, 487 Hudson Street at the corner of Grove Street
Time: 9.30 11.30 am
Price: $25 (limited space, contact catrin.brace@wales-uk.comor come see rare photos, letters and poems at the Morgan Library and Museum 2 - 7th March free
Madison Avenue at36th Street, New York, NY 10016
www.walesweekusa.com
Win FREE tickets for Karl Jemkins 'Music Masters of Wales' here:- Second Chance to WIN 2 Tickets to Karl Jenkins Concert 'Music Masters of Wales' in New York City on March 6th Read our interview with Karl Jenkins here:- An Interview With Karl Jenkins