[{"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "hyrwyddo a dathlu cerddoriaeth Cymru"}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "promoting and celebrating the music of Wales"}, {"text_idx": "#000015", "text": "The title of this piece is taken from a poem by RS Thomas. While the off-stage horn solo at the outset might conjure thoughts of what \u201cShelley dreamed...\u201d, the music makes no attempt to follow or even depict the course of the poem, even if the music ends \u201cin flame\u201d like \u201cthe new grass\u201d."}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Essentially, the piece is a series of loose variations on that initial horn melody. The variations are not of equal length with a lilting Andante variation being more extended. The latter half of the piece, Fast, sees melodic variations run headlong into a brass chorale before the orchestra fizzes into the final notes."}, {"text_idx": "#000017", "text": "These musings explore various instruments and sections of the orchestra with notable solos including an extended one for cor anglais. There are also prominent passages for woodwind, pizzicato strings, brass and percussion."}, {"text_idx": "#000018", "text": "The composition of Song at the Year\u2019s Turning was made possible with funding from Ty\u0302 Cerdd\u2019s 2018/19 CoDi Buddies scheme which partnered Welsh composers with non-professional music makers to create new works and forge links between creators and local communities."}, {"text_idx": "#000019", "text": "Song at the Year\u2019s Turning is a substantially different piece from the one that was to have been originally performed in April 2020 \u2013 how could it not be given both the intervening time and the world events! In gratitude for patience and support, the score is for Michael Bell and dedicated to members of Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra, past present and future."}, {"text_idx": "#000024", "text": "Telerau ac Amodau / T&Cs"}]