Youth & Community Band based in Rhondda Cynon Taf, South Wales. Thursday Rehearsals: Youth, 6:30-7:30; Community, 7:30-9:00. New members always welcome to both!
The broadcast includes a unique piece of original music from the pen of Welsh composer and conductor T. J. Powell
1) Charlie Chester
2) Introduction, Act III: Lohengrin
3) Rusalka's Song to the Moon
4) Hat Trick (Newsome)
5) Desert Caravan from Three Miniatures (T. J. Powell)🏴
Today we bring you another gem from the Lewis Merthyr archives - a BBC broadcast by the band from February 4th, 1981 for BBC Radio 2's "Listen to the Band". The first five tracks are now available, with others following later in the week
https://t.co/xXw9gfChcz
This evening we remember our dear friend, the great Welsh composer Mervyn Burtch who passed away five years ago on May 12th 2015. Here is Mervyn’s setting of Handel Parker’s beautiful hymn tune “Deep Harmony” https://t.co/P7wfrrX17O
So wonderful to see this amazing piece of Lewis Merthyr Band history! Thank you for sharing @MusicwithFran For more on the provenance of the piece, visit our Facebook page. If you have any memorabilia, photos or memories of the band, please contact us https://t.co/hBz7yNTltD
Video of the fantastic visit to #Belgium we enjoyed in October 2019 and our performance @taptoebelgie in the 5000 seat Versluys Dome #Ostend
Our performance can be found at https://t.co/J5Gd4VATnD with additional images & video available at https://t.co/TVnBGqzY8V 🇧🇪🏴
We hope you’ve enjoyed the #VEDay75 coverage & events from ourselves & @RCTCouncil To close the night, it’s #GoodEveningRhondda from @RhonddaBryant brought to you tonight by @LMBPorth Stay safe & healthy everybody, and - for now - stay home. We Will Meet Again 🏴��🇧 #VEDayRCT
Don’t forget to share photos and videos of your amazing VE Day decorations and at home celebrations with us by using the hashtag #VEDayRCT - we can't wait to see them!
“We’ll Meet Again” for #VEDay 🇬🇧
A recording Miss Huxton took part in, along with 30 other musicians from three different countries! 🏴🇳🇿🇳🇴 @LMBPorth
Today the nation commemorate 75 years since VE Day. To mark the two minutes silence held across the nation, Tal from @TreorchyComp taught himself the last post and then performed it to everyone in his street. Well done Tal - a very thoughtful thing to do. #VEDay75
- Rhondda author @colinrparsons reading of his new short story “A Stray Soldier” at 3:00pm
- @RhonddaPride’s Virtual Street Party event at 4:00pm
- @RCTCouncil’s “We’ll Meet Again” with West End Star @SophieEvans at 9:00pm
(2/3) #VEDayRCT#VEDayAtHome 🏴🇬🇧
There’s SO much amazing creativity being displayed in and around #Rhondda and #RhonddaCynonTaf today to commemorate #VEDay75, with more to follow online throughout the day, including... (1/3) #VEDayRCT#VEDayAtHome 🏴🇬🇧