Concert Season 2018 – 2019

Since his debut in his home town of Wrexham age ten, Luke has already made his mark in concert halls and competitions in the UK and abroad. Two of his recent major competition successes were in Barcelona where he was placed second and then first in Bromsgrove. He is completing his studies at RNCM and […]

Mary Hofman - violin and Richard Ormrod  - piano, play Beethoven Sonatas Op. 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 24. This is the first in the three-concert cycle of all Beethoven violin and piano sonatas to be played by the North Wales based duo during the 2018-19 season. From Rhyl, the cycle is being repeated in venues the length and breadth […]

Antonia Kesel - violin, Cecilia Bignall - cello, Joseph Havlat - piano. These musicians visited Rhyl recently (in the guise of the Jørgensen Trio) and they have been rebooked by popular demand. They are a vibrant, London-based piano trio. Founded in 2012, Antonia and Cecilia have recently welcomed Joseph Havlat into the group. All three […]

The combination of flute and harp is one of music’s natural duo ensembles. Dr Rhiannon Mathias is a flute player of distinction and also an author with a great interest in modern music. She studied music at Surrey University, St. John’s College, Cambridge, and continued her research on Schoenberg and Stravinsky at Reading University.  She […]

John visited the club in the 1990s and his performances and recordings since then have been acclaimed throughout the world. He is not only a masterful soloist and an outstanding chamber musician but also a talented composer and arranger. In this concert he takes us back to the days when the pianist was key to […]

Jeremy Huw-Williams - baritone, Ynyr Pritchard  - viola, Musical Director - Anthony Hose. The WCO has been a regular visitor to Rhyl in recent years and Anthony Hose is a major supporter of our club. Anthony is appearing, at the time of writing, in the Beaumaris Festival and as speaker at a WNO friends dinner […]

Mary Hofman - violin, Richard Ormrod - piano, play Beethoven Sonatas Op. 30.1, 30.2, 30.3. In the second of the 3 performances of Beethoven's sonatas, Mary and Richard will also premiere a newly commissioned work by Sarah Lianne Lewis, inspired by the period in which he wrote the 7th sonata, which has been sponsored by club member Gwyneth […]

Ellis came to prominence at our club several years ago as a participant in the Young Musicians Concert and in 2017 we asked him to be our official accompanist in that event. Now he returns for his first full recital. Ellis has been attending junior RNCM and this has enabled him to progress rapidly; In […]

A warm welcome to the Wrexham based international class mixed choir with Musical Director Jean Stanley Jones, to sing their latest mostly a cappella repertoire following successful 2018 performances in Rome, the Vatican and Anglesey. http://www.sireniansingers.org/#

The Piatti Quartet are one of the most distinguished quartets of their generation. Prizewinners at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition (formerly London), they have performed in all the major venues and festivals around the country as well as concerts throughout the world, with national broadcasts on BBC Radio, ABC (Australia), RTÉ (Ireland) […]

Programme: POULENC: Sonata for cello and piano, Op.143 BACH: Cello Suite No.1 in G major CESAR FRANCK: Sonata in A Bulgarian born  Michael Petrov was nominated by the Barbican as ECHO Rising Star in 2015 and has performed widely in Europe appearing at major concert halls including the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Cité de la Musique Paris, […]

Mary Hofman - violin, Richard Ormrod  - piano, play Beethoven Sonatas Op. 23, Op.47, Op.96 and Hilary Tann's "First Light": A Meditation on Beethoven Op.96:I Mary and Richard bring both the Beethoven in Wales series and our season to a close with sonatas 4, 9 (Kreutzer) and 10, together with the premiere of the work we have commissioned […]