A Gift for the Spirit and the Town

The sharp-eyed spotted the trucks and the rigging and asked on Facebook, 'what's going on at the Cathedral?'  We all know now that New York's Metropolitan Opera were setting up to stream a concert worldwide by renowned Welsh baritone Sir Bryn Terfel on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was a strange experience to watch the broadcast knowing it was occurring just down the road. 

Brecon Story asked the Dean of Brecon, the Very Reverend Dr Paul Shackerley, about the event. He was involved in the organisation and heard some of the rehearsals. The rest of us had to watch online.

Bryn was joined by two rising Welsh singers, soprano Natalya Romaniw and tenor Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, as well as by harpist Hannah Stone, pianist Jeff Howard, and the Welsh folk group Calan. The concert was produced by Cardiff based Boom Cymru on behalf of The Metropolitan Opera.

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