NWIMF - Gresford: Up From Underground
Thu 12 Sept
|St Asaph Cathedral
Robert and NEW Sinfonia return to the North Wales International Music Festival to perform the world premiere of Jon Guy's new community opera 'Gresford: Up From Underground'.
Time & Location
12 Sept 2024, 17:30 – 21:00
St Asaph Cathedral , 25 High St, St Asaph, LL17 0RD, UK
About the event
Join NEW Sinfonia for what will be their most ambitious project yet – a brand new community opera with music by Jon Guy and libretto by Grahame Davies, based on the story of the Gresford Mining Disaster highlighting Wrexham’s strong sense of community both past and present.
On Sunday 22nd September 2024, 90 years will have passed since the fateful disaster at the Gresford Colliery, one of the worst mining disasters in British history. The disaster holds a resonance and significance to this day, not just for the people of Wrexham, but for former mining communities across Wales and throughout the UK. However, in its 90th anniversary year, living memory of the disaster will soon be committed to history.
The themes of loss, social injustice, and powerlessness, as well as those of triumph over adversity and celebration of cultural identity are all central to the Gresford story. We’re bringing this…