Romantic Classical Music: Bizet, Saint-Saëns, de Sarasate, and de Falla

We are Camenae de Cymru from South Wales. We perform the finest classical music from the 17th to the 20th centuries. Since 2021 we have delivered over 35 concerts in Wales England and Latvia.

The group was established in 2020 by Kristina Bitina a velvet contralto from Latvia and Nichola Bojczuk a poet and compère from Wales. Since the early 1990s Kristina has performed extensively in Latvia across Europe Scotland Ireland England and Wales.

Yuri Savkin a renowned musician from Riga Latvia is the group’s lead violinist. He serves as the concertmaster of the first violins in the Latvian National Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Yuri has performed in numerous European countries and with Camenae de Cymru in England and Wales.

Giordano Ferla is an accomplished pianist specialising in classical and modern music. He was born in Italy and received his education from the Alfredo Casella Conservatory in L’Aquila as well as the Royal College of Music in London. He now resides in Wales where he is a piano professor at the Royal Welsh College of Music Junior Conservatoire. Additionally he serves as the director of the Serenata Singers Choir in Cardiff.

Program

1st section

1. Manuel de Falla - Fantasia Betica

2. Manuel de Falla -7 Canciones populares españolas

"El Paño Moruno"

"Nana"

"Jota"

3.Pablo de Sarasate - Andalusian Romance (Romanza Andaluza) from the second book "Spanish Dances" ("Danzas españolas") op.22 (1879)

4.Pablo de Sarasate - Basque Capriccio (Caprice Basque) op.24

2nd section.

5.Camille Saint-Saëns - Dance of Death (Danse macabre) op.40

6.Saint-Saëns - from the opera "Samson and Delilah" Dlailah's aria "Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix"

7.Bizet - Fortune-telling from the opera CARMEN

8. Bizet - HABANERA from the opera CARMEN

9. Bizet - Seguidilla from the opera CARMEN

For further details please visit the Camenae de Cymru website: https://camenaedecymru.com/

The public will be admitted at 7:00 pm and last-minute tickets will be sold if they are still available. Drinks and refreshments will be served before the concert and during the intermission.

Will a programme be provided?

Yes a concert programme is included in the ticket price and will be provided at the entrance.

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