Joshua Ballance and Mad Song: Peter Maxwell Davies, Eight Songs for a Mad King

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Peter Maxwell Davies’s Eight Songs for a Mad King
An afternoon of talks and evening concert
Cardiff University Concert Hall, School of Music, Cardiff University, CF10 3EB   

Join us at Cardiff University School of Music for an afternoon of talks focusing on Sir Peter Maxwell Davies’s iconic music-theatre masterpiece, Eight Songs for a Mad King, followed by an evening concert featuring this work and other pieces by Judith Weir and Anna Semple.

Pre-concert talks, 3.30–5.30pm: speakers to include Nicholas Jones and David Beard (Cardiff University), Michael McCarthy (Artistic Director of Music Theatre Wales) and Kelvin Thomas (baritone soloist, who has played the role of King George III on numerous occasions).

Evening concert, 7.00pm:

Anna Semple - After Torcello
Judith Weir - Blue-Green Hill
Peter Maxwell Davies - Eight Songs for a Mad King

Mad Song Ensemble, Joshua Ballance (director), Benedict Nelson (soloist)

In collaboration with CUBRIT – Cardiff University British Music Research Centre

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