Look forward and celebrate St David’s Day with this special concert by leading Welsh harpist Elinor Bennett.
Elinor Bennett plays some of John Thomas’ ” 24 Welsh Melodies” and tells a few stories about the rich and aristocratic English ladies who were his friends and patrons.
- Elinor plays popular Welsh Melodies and sings folk songs which were arranged by John Thomas one of Wales’ greatest harpists
- Elinor tells the story behind every song, and reads a few stories about John Thomas from the autobiography of one of his pupils – Mrs Lucy of Charlecote Park, Stratford-upon-Avon
- John Thomas was born in Bridgend on March 1st, 1826 and became the Official Harpist to Queen Victoria and made friends with very rich families in England
- How did a poor tailor’s son from Bridgend succeed in getting to the top?
- Elinor plays a harp made in 1904, which is very similar to John Thomas’ harp
Join Elinor as she returns to Acapela following her hugely successful concert in 2017.
“One of the world’s most influential harpists” – Cerys Matthews, Radio 6 Music.
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Acapela Studio provides pre-concert dining between 6.00pm and 7.30pm from our pizza oven. To view the current menu visit here.
Please purchase your concert tickets first before booking a table. We will not accept any table bookings that do not have a corresponding ticket purchase.
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PLEASE NOTE THE VENUE RELIES ON THE INCOME FROM DINING TO ENSURE WE CAN BOOK ALL THE GREAT ACTS PERFORMING.
Income from the provision of pizzas is very important to the venue and if you have booked a table it is a requirement that all people sat at tables order food - a salad alternative is available to pizzas. Please do ensure that all individuals will be ordering on your table - if this is not the case please cancel your table so others who are looking to dine can do so. Our apologies to raise this but recently we have had many tables (some very large) where less than 50% of those sat at tables have ordered food. Financially this is a real problem to the sustainability of the venue.
- All seating at tables must purchase a pizza - so please do not book a table if everyone is not eating.
- Please ensure that you arrive 10 minutes before the time slot allocated to order your pizzas prior to your booking time.
- Tables not seated within 15 minutes of the allocated time may be lost and allocated to other audience members wishing to order pizzas.
- If you wish to book a table for 6 or more please email info@acapela.co.uk
Please note that all of our pizzas are made fresh to order and cooked in an authentic wood-fired oven. It may take up to 45 minutes to be served during busy periods.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO BOOK A TABLE YOU CAN STILL ORDER PIZZAS ON THE NIGHT (USUALLY ON BUSY NIGHTS NO LATER THAN 7.15PM) AND WE WILL SERVE THEM TO YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE SAT IN THE VENUE - IN A PIZZA BOX.