Welsh Choir comes to Southbank
The Melbourne Welsh Male Choir will mark the winter solstice on Saturday, June 22 by teaming up with Silvie Paladino and Roy Best in a concert at the Melbourne Recital Centre.
The choir’s musical director David Ashton-Smith OAM said that winter solstice was traditionally associated with ceremonies celebrating regeneration, renewal and the rebirth of the sun.
“But you don’t have to go to Stonehenge to mark this natural phenomenon. Just join us at the Recital Centre for an afternoon of uplifting music that offers hope and joy. Songs such as You Raise Me Up do raise us up. Music keeps the choir young; it keeps us all young,” he said.
Mr Ashton-Smith said that the choir was delighted to be returning to the Recital Centre.
“The Recital Centre is one of...
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