John Metcalf (composer), the Glossary
John Metcalf MBE (born 1946) is a Welsh-Canadian composer.[1]
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25 relations: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Alberta, Alun Hoddinott, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Cardiff, Cardiff University, Cheltenham, Dean Close School, Dylan Thomas, Gower Peninsula, Inuit, Lampeter, Michael Wilcox, MusicFest Aberystwyth, Order of the British Empire, Polyrhythm, Queensland Ballet, Swansea, Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts, Taliesin Arts Centre, Tonality, Tornrak, Under Milk Wood: An Opera, Vale of Glamorgan Festival.
- Musicians from Swansea
- People educated at Bishop Gore School
- People educated at Dean Close School
- Welsh male composers
A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play written by William Shakespeare in about 1595 or 1596.
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Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
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Alun Hoddinott
Alun Hoddinott CBE (11 August 1929 – 12 March 2008) was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition.
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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Formerly The Banff Centre) is an arts and culture educational institution in Banff, Alberta.
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BBC National Orchestra of Wales
The BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) (Cerddorfa Genedlaethol Gymreig y BBC) is a Welsh symphony orchestra and one of the BBC's five professional radio orchestras.
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Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
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Cardiff University
Cardiff University (Prifysgol Caerdydd) is a public research university in Cardiff, Wales.
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Cheltenham
Cheltenham is a spa town and borough on the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire, England.
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Dean Close School
Dean Close School is a co-educational private boarding and day school for pupils aged 3–18) in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, South West England, UK. The school is divided into pre-prep, preparatory and senior schools located on separate but adjacent sites outside Cheltenham town centre, occupying the largest single private area of land within the town, at some 50 acres. John Metcalf (composer) and Dean Close School are people educated at Dean Close School.
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Dylan Thomas
Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 – 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet and writer whose works include the poems "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "And death shall have no dominion", as well as the "play for voices" Under Milk Wood. John Metcalf (composer) and Dylan Thomas are people educated at Bishop Gore School.
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Gower Peninsula
Gower (Gŵyr) or the Gower Peninsula (Penrhyn Gŵyr) is in South West Wales and is the most westerly part of the historic county of Glamorgan, Wales.
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Inuit
Inuit (ᐃᓄᐃᑦ 'the people', singular: Inuk, ᐃᓄᒃ, dual: Inuuk, ᐃᓅᒃ; Iñupiaq: Iñuit 'the people'; Greenlandic: Inuit) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and subarctic regions of North America, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, Yukon (traditionally), Alaska, and Chukotsky District of Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia.
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Lampeter
Lampeter (Llanbedr Pont Steffan (formal); Llambed (colloquial)) is a town, community and electoral ward in Ceredigion, Wales, at the confluence of the Afon Dulas with the River Teifi.
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Michael Wilcox
Michael Wilcox is a British playwright.
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MusicFest Aberystwyth
MusicFest Aberystwyth is a fusion of international music festival and summer school held in Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Wales.
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Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organizations, and public service outside the civil service.
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Polyrhythm
Polyrhythm is the simultaneous use of two or more rhythms that are not readily perceived as deriving from one another, or as simple manifestations of the same meter.
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Queensland Ballet
Queensland Ballet, founded in 1960 by Charles Lisner, is the premier ballet company of Queensland, Australia, and is based in Brisbane.
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Swansea
Swansea (Abertawe) is a coastal city and the second-largest city of Wales.
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Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts
The Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts is an annual arts festival that takes place in Swansea, Wales.
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Taliesin Arts Centre
Taliesin Arts Centre (Canolfan y Celfyddydau Taliesin) is owned and managed by Swansea University and is located on the university's Singleton campus in Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom.
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Tonality
Tonality is the arrangement of pitches and/or chords of a musical work in a hierarchy of perceived relations, stabilities, attractions, and directionality.
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Tornrak
Tornrak is the third opera by Welsh composer John Metcalf.
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Under Milk Wood: An Opera
Under Milk Wood: An Opera is a chamber opera in one act by the Welsh composer John Metcalf.
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Vale of Glamorgan Festival
The Vale of Glamorgan Festival is a contemporary music festival based in and around the county of Vale of Glamorgan, Wales and held annually during May (formerly September).
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See also
Musicians from Swansea
- Andy Vine
- Ceri Rhys Matthews
- Damian Keyes
- Daniel Jones (composer)
- Dennis O'Neill (tenor)
- Elin Manahan Thomas
- Elio (Welsh-Canadian singer)
- Fred Godfrey
- Gareth Walters
- Geraint Watkins
- Gwyneth George
- Gwynne Howell
- Hannah Stone
- Howell Glynne
- Huw Edwards (conductor)
- Idris Lewis
- John Hughes (1872–1914)
- John Metcalf (composer)
- John Weathers
- Jones Hewson
- Kid Chaos
- Laurence Cottle
- Lisa Lee Dark
- Mal Pope
- Man (band)
- Mark Thomas (composer)
- Mary Thomas (soprano)
- Maureen Guy
- Mike Gibbins
- Patricia Kern
- Pete Ham
- Phil Tanner
- Rachel K Collier
- Richard Barrett (composer)
- Roger Williams (organist)
- Rosie Ribbons
- Shaheen Jafargholi
- Spencer Davis
- Terry Williams (drummer)
- Viva Machine
- Walter Glynne
- Wyn Davies (conductor)
People educated at Bishop Gore School
- Albert Montefiore Hyamson
- Alex Gordon (architect)
- Alfred Janes
- Alun Wyn Jones
- Andy Booth (rugby union)
- Aneurin Hughes
- Archie Lamb
- Bill Price (physicist)
- Brian Flowers, Baron Flowers
- Bryn Lewis
- Charles Fisher (poet)
- Charles Granville Bruce
- Colin Phipps
- Daniel Jones (composer)
- David Miles
- Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
- Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea
- Douglas Marsden-Jones
- Dylan Thomas
- Ernest Jones
- Gareth Armstrong
- Graham Chadwick
- Haydn Mainwaring
- Henry Bruce, 1st Baron Aberdare
- Howel Gwyn
- Hywel Davies (doctor)
- Idwal Rees
- Jehannine Austin
- John Cadogan
- John Griffith (priest)
- John Gwyn Jeffreys
- John Metcalf (composer)
- Llewellyn Gwynne
- Martin Amis
- Norman Matthews
- Patrick McGorry
- Paul Ferris (Welsh writer)
- Peter Jones (broadcaster)
- Roger Blyth
- Sam Edwards (physicist)
- William Robert Grove
- William Wogan (religious writer)
- Wynford Vaughan-Thomas
People educated at Dean Close School
- Andrew Goudie (geographer)
- Basil Dale
- Ben Marsden
- Bernard Ribeiro, Baron Ribeiro
- Brian Jones
- Charlotte Ivers
- Dean Close School
- Denis Parsons Burkitt
- Ernest Cossart
- Francis Bacon (artist)
- Francis Berry
- G. Wilson Knight
- Geoffrey Page
- George Adamson
- Godfrey Worsley
- Gordon Luce
- Gordon Phillips (priest)
- Hugh Quarshie
- James Elroy Flecker
- Jeremy Wade
- Jim Thompson (bishop)
- John Cigarini
- John Leonard (judge)
- John Metcalf (composer)
- John Simpson (lexicographer)
- Jonty Strachan
- Justin Richards
- Lloyd Evans (rugby union, born 1995)
- Neville Welch
- Oliver Allison
- Peter Browne (rugby union)
- Pommie Mbangwa
- R. J. W. Evans
- Richard St. Barbe Baker
- Robert Moreland
- Samer Majali
- Spencer Davis (governor)
- Stanley Hoare
- Stephen Neill
- Talbot Dilworth-Harrison
- Timothy Bliss
- Tom Johnson (rugby union, born 1982)
- Verrier Elwin
- Wilfrid St Clair Tisdall
- Will Merrick
- William Dimoline
Welsh male composers
- Aaron Williams (composer)
- Albert J. Pitman
- Alec Templeton
- Christopher Wood (composer)
- Colin Ross (composer)
- Daniel Curtis (composer)
- Daniel Jones (composer)
- Daniel Protheroe
- David Evans (composer)
- David Jenkins (composer)
- David John de Lloyd
- David Owen (harpist)
- David Thomas (composer)
- Edward Edwards (musician)
- Edward Jones (harpist)
- Edward Stephen
- Gareth Walters
- Gerard Cousins
- Griffith Anthony
- Gwilym Gwent
- Harry Evans (composer)
- Henry Brinley Richards
- Idris Lewis
- Jeffrey Lewis (composer)
- John Ashton (composer)
- John Greaves (musician)
- John Hardy (composer)
- John Metcalf (composer)
- John Rees (musician)
- Jordan Andrews
- Joseph David Jones
- Mal Pope
- Matthew W. Davies
- Michael J. Lewis (composer)
- Nicholas Childs
- Pwyll ap Siôn
- Ray Jessel
- Richard Barrett (composer)
- Robat Arwyn
- Robert Bryan (poet)
- Rowland Prichard
- Thomas Thomas (harpist)
- Tim Wright (Welsh musician)
- W. S. Gwynn Williams
- William John Evans
- William Penfro Rowlands