Performances of Mark Lewis Jones at BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Sat 24 Oct 2026
- 17:00Aberfan Community Centre
Marking 60 years since the Aberfan disaster, this special event centres on Paul Mealor’s newly commissioned From Darkness into Light: a concert requiem for hope with words by Grahame Davies.
Marking 60 years since the Aberfan disaster, this special event centres on Paul Mealor’s newly commissioned From Darkness into Light: a concert requiem for hope with words by Grahame Davies.
Programme
- From Darkness to LightWorld Premiere
Performers
- Tim Redmondconductor
- Mark Lewis Jonesnarrator
- Ynysowen Primary School & Ysgol Gymraeg Rhyd Y Grug Combined Choirs
- Ynysowen Male Voice Choir
- Grahame DaviesLibrettist/Writer
Composers
Sun 25 Oct 2026
- 15:00BBC Hoddinott Hall, Cardiff
Marking 60 years since Aberfan, this concert centres on Paul Mealor’s new requiem From Darkness into Light, joining massed Welsh forces in remembrance, framed by music moving from urgency to hope by Clyne, Haydn, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.
Marking 60 years since Aberfan, this concert centres on Paul Mealor’s new requiem From Darkness into Light, joining massed Welsh forces in remembrance, framed by music moving from urgency to hope by Clyne, Haydn, Mozart and Vaughan Williams.
Programme
- This Moment
- Movement 1 Symphony No.44 ‘Mourning’
- Movement 2 “Andante Cantabile” from Symphony No.41 ‘Jupiter’
- Toward the Unknown Region
- interval
- Aberfan: From Darkness to Light
Performers
- Tim Redmondconductor
- Mark Lewis Jonesnarrator
- Ynysowen Primary School & Ysgol Gymraeg Rhyd Y Grug Combined Choirs
- Ynysowen Male Voice Choir
- Grahame DaviesLibrettist/Writer
