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O Gymru i Kyiv (a nôl) – From Cymru to Kyiv (and back)

Violinist Jack M. Campbell and pianist Pwyll ap Siôn perform as Duologue, a contemporary music duo formed in 2025. Their debut performance took place in war-torn Kyiv, Ukraine, inspiring a programme that reflects on place, resilience and connection through music.

The concert features works by Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt alongside Campbell's acclaimed Birdsong and ap Siôn's The Bird Has Flown, a moving homage to Ukraine. The duo is currently recording its debut album of Philip Glass arrangements, celebrating the composer's 90th birthday in 2027.

Welsh musicians, Richard Ormrod and Mary Hofman are joined by the fantastic viola player, Emma Sheppard (principal with English National Ballet) and inspirational Rebecca Knight on cello (guest principal with City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, principal player with City of London Sinfonia).

They will be performing Czech composer, Martinu's extraordinary, virtuosic piano quartet; its three movements move through intense emotion, lyricism and playful, folk music-inspired fantasy.

This will be followed by one of Brahms's masterworks: the C minor piano quartet, often known as the Werther Quartet due to its allusions to Goethe's novella 'The Sorrows of Young Werther'. It is a work of passionate intensity and lyrical beauty.