London Welsh Male Voice Choir
Côr Meibion Cymry Llundain
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LONDON WELSH FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON
LONDON WELSH FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON
The London Welsh Male Voice Choir is the organiser of the grand biennial London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs held at the Royal Albert Hall in London. It was the first Choir to organise such a Male Voice Festival, originally known as the “1000 Voices”.
This Festival was first held in 1969 and repeated in 1970. Since then a Festival has been held every two years. Though fundamentally a Welsh Festival and attracting choirs from all over Wales, we are pleased that choirs from England, Ireland, and Scotland as well as from Australia, Canada, Germany, Hong Kong, Slovenia, South Africa and the USA, have participated in this wonderful gala of song. One by-product has been that songs from the Festival have filtered into the repertoires of male choirs from afar and the Welsh language is being heard and appreciated in many corners of the world.
The London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs, 2008 This will be held on Saturday, 18th October, 2008. The Festival starts at 7 pm with doors opening at 6.15 pm. It will be the 21st Royal Albert Hall Festival organised by the London Welsh Male Voice Choir.
The Festival Conductor is Haydn James, Musical Director of the LWMVC, and accompaniment will be provided by the Cory Band (from the Rhondda), with Annabel Thwaite (Piano) and Jeffrey Howard (Organ). The soloists are Gwyn Hughes Jones (Tenor) and Gwawr Edwards (Soprano). The compère is Frank Lincoln.
Apart from the LWMVC, there are fourteen other participating Choirs : Aberhonddu and District Male Choir, Alcester Male Voice Choir, Builth Wells Male Voice Choir, Cardiff Arms Park Male Voice Choir, Cheddar Male Voice Choir, Dunvant Male Choir, Hampshire Police Male Voice Choir, Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir, Melbourne Welsh Male Choir, National Male Choir of New Zealand, Prvo Slovensko Pevsko Drstvo Lira, Côr Meibion Onllwyn, Rushmoor Oddfellows Male Voice Choir, Saengerfest Men’s Chorus, Treorchy Male Choir.
To Apply for tickets PLEASE NOTE : DUE TO AN EXCEPTIONAL EARLY DEMAND FOR TICKETS THERE ARE NOW REMAINING FOR SALE ONLY A LIMITED NUMBER OF TICKETS
You can download the ticket application form (for members of the general public)by clicking on the link below and then printing out the form. Please carefully follow the guidance on its completion including sending an appropriately stamped addressed envelope with your cheque and completed form.
London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs 2008
Alternatively, you can obtain a public ticket application form by sending a stamped addressed envelope to :- C.Jones, Ticket Secretary, London Welsh Festival Tickets, P.O. Box 101, London SW1V 3XX.
Should you have any general queries about Festival Tickets you can send an E-mail to :
Future London Welsh Festivals of Male Choirs at the Royal Albert Hall : Future Festivals at the Royal Albert Hall are already scheduled for 2010 and 2012. The 2010 Festival. will be held on Saturday, 23rd October, 2010 and the 2012 Festival on Saturday, 13th October, 2012
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