The Red Lady of Paviland
World Premiere Performance: Thursday April 1 2010
Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Drawn from a cave on the Gower Peninsula, the 20 000 year old ochre-stained bones of the Red Lady of Paviland provide the inspiration for this unique and imaginative bi-lingual presentation of Welsh music, history, mythology and scientific fact.
The Red Lady of Paviland is the result of the combined skills of platinum album selling composer Andrew Powell, leading Welsh poet / librettist Menna Elfyn, musical director Craig Roberts and freelance science academic and author Mark Brake.
Centred around the fascinating story of the Red Lady of Paviland, the premiere performance featured award winning tenor soloist Robyn Lyn, Royal Harpist Claire Jones, 2009 Welsh League Champions Burry Port Town Band, mixed choir & children's chorus.
The centrepiece of the project is the work ‘Y Dyn Unig’, an evocative cantata by Andrew Powell and Menna Elfyn, commissioned by Craig and the Burry Port Town Band, supported by a Steps to New Music award from the Arts Council of Wales.
Further information on the project, including background information on the story of The Red Lady of Paviland, outlines of the cantata and libretto of the newly commissioned work 'Y Dyn Unig', plus further information on the project partners and artists, can be found by clicking on the links below:
Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Drawn from a cave on the Gower Peninsula, the 20 000 year old ochre-stained bones of the Red Lady of Paviland provide the inspiration for this unique and imaginative bi-lingual presentation of Welsh music, history, mythology and scientific fact.
The Red Lady of Paviland is the result of the combined skills of platinum album selling composer Andrew Powell, leading Welsh poet / librettist Menna Elfyn, musical director Craig Roberts and freelance science academic and author Mark Brake.
Centred around the fascinating story of the Red Lady of Paviland, the premiere performance featured award winning tenor soloist Robyn Lyn, Royal Harpist Claire Jones, 2009 Welsh League Champions Burry Port Town Band, mixed choir & children's chorus.
The centrepiece of the project is the work ‘Y Dyn Unig’, an evocative cantata by Andrew Powell and Menna Elfyn, commissioned by Craig and the Burry Port Town Band, supported by a Steps to New Music award from the Arts Council of Wales.
Further information on the project, including background information on the story of The Red Lady of Paviland, outlines of the cantata and libretto of the newly commissioned work 'Y Dyn Unig', plus further information on the project partners and artists, can be found by clicking on the links below:
Project Background
The Cantata
The Libretto
Partners
Artists
The Red Lady of Paviland project is supported by a Steps to New Music grant from the Arts Council of Wales
