12th March 2021 – Schedule:
10.45: Welcome and Introduction
11.00: Orchestral works – Rhian Evans
12.00: Metcalf and the harp – Elinor Bennett
13.00 – 13.40: Lunch-time concert: Scrapbook; Mared Emlyn (harp) John Metcalf: Harp Scrapbook ; Mared Emlyn: Glasu (commissioned by BMF and world premiere)
14.00: Operas – Wyn Davies (Music Director), Keith Turnbull (Opera Director)
15.00: Choral works – Guto Pryderi Puw
16.00 – 17.00: Chamber works – Steph Power
18.45 – 19.15: Pre-concert talk with featured composer John Metcalf and BMF chairperson Rhiannon Mathias 19.30: Tribute Concert to John Metcalf.; Solem Quartet; John Metcalf: Towards Silence – Winter Journey (commissioned by Carol Nixon and preview performance); Guto Pryderi Puw: new work (commissioned by BMF and world premiere); Thomas Whitcombe: ‘Micro’ (commissioned by BMF and world premiere); Jasmin Kent Rodgman: new work (co-commissioned by the Solem Quartet and BMF and world premiere)