Bruno Walter Auditorium

The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

111 Amsterdam Avenue at the Lincoln Center, New York City

Saturday, 6 March 2010, 3.00pm It’s Alec Templeton Time! Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano Rhian Davies, narration & projections Born in Cardiff, Wales, on 4 July 1909, the blind composer-pianist Alec Templeton was brought to America by the bandleader Jack Hylton in the mid 1930s. Templeton soon had his own weekly radio show It’s Alec Templeton Time!, sponsored by Alka-Seltzer and relayed coast to coast on the NBC Red Network. Templeton toured widely in America and later crossed over to television and film, earning a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Devised by Dr Rhian Davies, Artistic Director of the Gregynog Festival, this show combines archive film footage, broadcasts and recordings of Templeton himself with live performances of his classical, jazz and blues compositions by pianist Simon Crawford-Phillips. Free entry - no reservations required. Seating will be on a first-come-first-served basis, so please arrive early to avoid disappointment. This event forms part of the Welsh Assembly Government’s Wales Week USA in New York City, 2-7 March 2010. http://www.wales.com/en/content/cms/English/USA/Wales_Week_USA/Wales_Week_USA.aspxshapeimage_1_link_0

Gwyl Gregynog Festival 2010

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