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Welcome to The Rhondda Symphony Orchestra |
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The Rhondda Symphony Orchestra is one of the oldest amateur orchestras in Wales. It was formed in Tonypandy in 1968, and gave its first concert in 1970. Today it draws musicians from across South Wales and performs between 4 and 6 concerts annually in venues across Rhondda Cynon Taf, Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan.
We
have a playing strength of over 60, and our players include a whole range of
enthusiastic amateurs, school children and students, many music teachers, and
some of the original orchestra members.
The
great symphonies of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are at the core of
our repertoire. Over the last few years, we have performed symphonies
by Beethoven, Bruckner and Brahms, Dvorak and Mahler, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
and Tchaikovsky, and Vaughan Williams. Concertos recently performed
include Mozart’s Flute Concerto and Arutunian’s Trumpet
Concerto. We like to perform with local young soloists whenever possible.
We celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2008, with a exciting concert tour to the Netherlands and a Gala Concert at the Parc and Dare Theatre where, amongst other pieces, we premiered Damian Rees’ Symphony no.2 for solo percussion and orchestra, with soloist Sarah Cresswell.