Name: International Women's Day
Start: 2017-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2017-03-08T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Wales Millennium Centre

Admin

BBC Welsh National Orchestra

Others

Côr Y Cwm

Conductor

Xian Zhang

Orchestra

BBC National Chorus of Wales

Instrumentalist

Baiba Skride

Violin

Lauma Skride

Piano

Côr y Cwm

International Women's Day

Cardiff

United Kingdom

Wales Millennium Centre

BBC Hoddinott Hall

Public

Private

Concert

Speak Out

Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Strings in D minor, MWV O4

The Mermaid

Saurav Kumar

Approved

A stellar line-up of female musicians assembles to celebrate International Women’s Day under the baton of Principal Guest Conductor Xian Zhang.

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales with children’s choir Côr y Cwm, perform the world premiere of Speak Out by Kate Whitley. The piece was commissioned by BBC Radio 3, and is set to the text of the 2013 UN speech by Malala Yousafzai, about the right of every girl to an education.

English

International Women's Day by Whitley, Mendelssohn, Von Zemlinsky, Wed 08 Mar 2017, From (2017/2017), Conductor Xian Zhang, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, United Kingdom

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