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Collection name Swansea Festival (1974-84)
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Description 1st folder of festival programmes and brochures for the Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, founded in 1947. Concerts take place in the Brangwyn Hall, with occasional concerts given at the Arts Hall within Swansea University College.

Artists and ensembles include: BBC Welsh National Orchestra and Chorus; Welsh National Opera; Norman del Mar; The King's Singers; London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn; Vernon Handley; Helen Field; Roger Norrington; Hallé Orchestra; Riccardo Chailly; Nigel Kennedy; Peter Donohoe; Vladimir Ashkenazy; Medici Quartet; plus visiting artists and ensembles from London, Germany and Austria
Date range 1974 - 1984
Associated People and Organisations Ashkenazy, Vladimir - BBC National Chorus of Wales - BBC National Orchestra of Wales - Chailly, Riccardo - del Mar, Norman - Donohoe, Peter - Field, Helen - Hallé Orchestra - Handley, Vernon - Kennedy, Nigel 1956 - King's Singers (The) - London Symphony Orchestra - Medici Quartet - Norrington, Roger - Welsh National Opera -
Associated Places Brangwyn hall, Swansea
Associated Times 20th century - late 1971-1999
Associated Content Brochures
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Welsh Music Information Centre
15 Mount Stuart Square,Ty Cerdd Cardiff CF10 5DP United Kingdom Open Map
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Website http://www.tycerdd.org
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Collections Overview The Welsh Music Information Centre, funded by the Arts Council of Wales, was re-established in 2000 under the auspices of Ty Cerdd. The Centre seeks to fulfil its role in promoting all genres of Welsh music through archiving, publishing and performance; development of international links through IAMIC, the consortium of 40 Music Information Centres worldwide; provision of information on Welsh composers and their music, in association with the Welsh Music Guild and Cyfansoddwyr Cymru/Composers of Wales. The centre holds a collection of scores by Welsh composers and misc. music of Welsh interest.
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