The Red Lady of Paviland
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.
Premiered in Carmarthen, West Wales in April 2010, 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 and artistic director Craig Roberts.
Centred around the fascinating story of the Red Lady of Paviland, the centrepiece of the project was 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.
The premiere performance featured award winning tenor soloist Robyn Lyn, then Royal Harpist Claire Jones, Welsh League Champions Burry Port Town Band, and local community mixed choir & children's chorus.
Following the premiere in 2010, the story of the Red Lady, and work connected with the project, continued with the work of iScience in the 2011 Valleys Discovery Festival event 'In These Bones Horizons Sing'. In December 2011 the 'Hwiangerdd' (central element of 'Y Dyn Unig') was then recorded by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas at Abbey Road Studios, for release in the summer of 2012.
Work is now being undertaken to adapt the Red Lady as the centrepiece of a new education project for schools and voluntary music groups for 2014/15 by Making Music, Ty Cerdd, the University of Glamorgan and Swansea Museum.
Further information on original The Red Lady of Paviland project, including background information on the story of The Red Lady, outlines of the cantata and libretto of the newly commissioned work 'Y Dyn Unig', plus further information on the original project partners and artists, can be found by clicking on the links below. Information on the education project, In These Bones Horizons Sing, can be found here
Premiered in Carmarthen, West Wales in April 2010, 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 and artistic director Craig Roberts.
Centred around the fascinating story of the Red Lady of Paviland, the centrepiece of the project was 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.
The premiere performance featured award winning tenor soloist Robyn Lyn, then Royal Harpist Claire Jones, Welsh League Champions Burry Port Town Band, and local community mixed choir & children's chorus.
Following the premiere in 2010, the story of the Red Lady, and work connected with the project, continued with the work of iScience in the 2011 Valleys Discovery Festival event 'In These Bones Horizons Sing'. In December 2011 the 'Hwiangerdd' (central element of 'Y Dyn Unig') was then recorded by the Philharmonia Orchestra and Welsh soprano Elin Manahan Thomas at Abbey Road Studios, for release in the summer of 2012.
Work is now being undertaken to adapt the Red Lady as the centrepiece of a new education project for schools and voluntary music groups for 2014/15 by Making Music, Ty Cerdd, the University of Glamorgan and Swansea Museum.
Further information on original The Red Lady of Paviland project, including background information on the story of The Red Lady, outlines of the cantata and libretto of the newly commissioned work 'Y Dyn Unig', plus further information on the original project partners and artists, can be found by clicking on the links below. Information on the education project, In These Bones Horizons Sing, can be found here
The Red Lady of Paviland - Dynes Goch Pafiland
Project Background
The Cantata
The Libretto
Partners
Artists
The Red Lady of Paviland project was supported by a Steps to New Music grant from the Arts Council of Wales
Project Background
The Cantata
The Libretto
Partners
Artists
The Red Lady of Paviland project was supported by a Steps to New Music grant from the Arts Council of Wales