PRESS: Cambrian News - Llanuwchllyn harp Elinor Bennett returns for historic harp performances
Cambrian News - 24th April
Internationally acclaimed harpist Elinor Bennett is coming out of self-imposed retirement to give a series of performances featuring two historical harps.
Elinor, who was brought up in Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, will give music lovers an opportunity to listen to music from the 18th and early 19th centuries played on two harps, made in the same period.
The first performance is at Theatr Twm o'r Nant, Denbigh at 7.30pm on 18 June. Llais Hen Delynau/Voice of Old Harps, will feature music by Handel, blind harpist John Parry, Edward Jones (The King's Bard), Rosetti, Spohr and contemporaries, thanks to the generosity of the main sponsor, Pendine Park care organisation through the Pendine Arts and Community Trust (PACT), set up to supports arts and community events by Pendine Park proprietors, Mario Kreft MBE and his wife, Gill.