Chasing Sunlight with Sinfonia Cymru

Chasing Sunlight is an ‘audio-visual concerto’ – in simpler terms, it means the orchestra is performing on stage in front of video projections. Either way, it will captivate your senses with a beautiful combination of music and imagery.

Both the music and the visuals are inspired by the 40,000-mile migration from pole to pole of the Arctic tern. The visuals were captured by refugee groups who have fled conflict, and people seeking asylum in Bradford and Cardiff, in a poignant reflection on displacement and endurance.

Celebrated violinist Fenella Humphreys, a specialist at performing new music, performs the concerto at this event. The piece has been written for Sinfonia Cymru by Mark David Boden, an award-winning composer, music producer and lecturer in composition at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Part of New Music Biennial, this event includes two performances of the same work and a short interview with the creative team in between the two, enabling audiences to experience the second performance with greater insight into the creative process.

Credits
Mark David Boden composer
Fenella Humphreys violin
Sinfonia Cymru orchestra
Emily Darlington, Ratio Studios visual editor
David Steel ornithology advisor
Visuals captured by BRAVE (Refugee Action) in Bradford and Oasis One World Choir in Cardiff