27 AUGUST 1 SEPTEMBER 27 AWST 1 MEDI festival brochure llyfryn yr ŵyl

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1 27 AUGUST 1 SEPTEMBER 27 AWST 1 MEDI festival brochure llyfryn yr ŵyl

2 sponsorship Estates and Agency Group John Good Powys County Council Presteigne and Norton Town Council Major donations The Britten Pears Foundation Arts Council of Wales The John S Cohen Foundation The Elmley Foundation The Fidelio Charitable Trust PRS for Music Foundation RVW Trust The Williams Church Music Trust other donations The Presteigne Festival is also supported by Corporate Patrons, a group of loyal Festival Patrons, Festival Friends and many volunteers. If you would like details of any of these or other schemes, please the Festival Producer: alisongiles@presteignefestival.com The Presteigne Festival is a full member of the British Arts Festivals Association In unavoidable circumstances Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited reserves the right to alter artists or programme content. 2 cover photograph: Gareth Rees-Roberts brochure design: Andrew Giles discoyd@aegidius.org.uk

3 YR ŴYL AR GIPOLWG Thursday 27 August Event am MEDIEVAL RADNORSHIRE Archaeology EVENJOBB Village Hall 6 Event pm ESPANSIVA Film PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK I Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 6 Event pm CHAMBER OPERA DOUBLE BILL Opera PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 7 Friday 28 August Event am WHY SHAKESPEARE? Poetry DISCOED St Michael s Church 8 Event pm SIBELIUS AND NIELSEN IN PERSPECTIVE Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 8 Event pm A GOOD HONEST TRADE Talk PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms pm FESTIVAL EVENSONG BLEDDFA Church of St Mary Magdalene pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK II Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 10 Event pm NORTHERN LIGHTS AND VARIATIONS Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 10 Saturday 29 August Event am BACH TO THE FUTURE I Concert KINNERTON St Mary s Church 11 Event pm UPON ENTERING A PAINTING Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 11 Event pm CHOIR OF ROYAL HOLLOWAY A CAPPELLA Concert PEMBRIDGE St Mary s Parish Church pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK III Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 12 Event pm NAVARRA IN PRESTEIGNE Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 13 Sunday 30 August 11.00am FESTIVAL EUCHARIST PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 13 Event pm AROUND THE BUILDINGS OF PRESTEIGNE History PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Hall 14 Event pm NAVARRA AT OLD RADNOR Concert OLD RADNOR St Stephen s Church 14 Event pm BURTON One Man Show PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK IV Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 15 Event pm COUNTLESS AND WONDERFUL ARE the WAYS to PRAISE GOD Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 16 Monday 31 August Event am BARRIE GAVIN AT 80 Conversation PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 16 Event pm FLIGHTS OF ANGELS Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 17 Event pm MUSIC AND LIFE Conversation PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK V Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 18 Event pm TOM POSTER IN RECITAL Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 18 Event pm BACH TO THE FUTURE II BY CANDLELIGHT Concert DISCOED St Michael s Church 19 Tuesday 1 September Event am THE SOUNDS OF LIFE Talk TITLEY Village Hall 19 Event pm NAVARRA IN THE AFTERNOON Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 20 Event pm WHY OUTREACH? Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK VI Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 21 Event pm IN HONOUR OF JOHN McCABE Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew s Church 21 3 festival at a glance online booking: telephone booking:

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5 Welcome Now in its thirty-third year, the Presteigne Festival celebrates music, musicians and very much more with a wide variety of vibrant arts events. This year we feature Nordic music, marking the 150th anniversaries of Sibelius and Nielsen whilst also embracing the contemporary voices of Einojuhani Rautavaara and Pēteris Vasks. The Festival has an enviable reputation for the commissioning of new music and 2015 is especially exciting with important pieces from Charlotte Bray, David Knotts, David Matthews, Cecilia McDowall, Joseph Phibbs, Michael Small and composer-in-residence, Matthew Taylor. In addition, our complementary programme of exhibitions and talks on a wide range of subjects with local and broader interest includes Welsh painters, medieval archaeology and architecture, and an award-winning one-man show. The artist roster brims over with extraordinary talent; Presteigne favourites return (including Tom Poster, Gillian Keith and the Navarra Quartet), whilst other musicians make their first pilgrimage to the Welsh Marches among them outstanding British violinist Fenella Humphreys and piano-duettists Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa. With such remarkable ingredients tremendous music, superb artists and speakers, some of the most beautiful scenery in the country who could fail to enjoy this wonderful Festival? We look forward to welcoming you. George Vass, artistic director Rhagair A hithau bellach yn ei thrydedd flwyddyn ar ddeg ar hugain, mae Gŵyl Llanandras yn dathlu cerddoriaeth, cerddorion a llawer iawn mwy, gydag amrywiaeth eang o ddigwyddiadau celf bywiog. Eleni rydym yn cynnig cerddoriaeth Lychlynnaidd, i nodi canrif a hanner ers genedigaeth Sibelius a Nielsen a hefyd i gynnwys cerddoriaeth gyfoes Einojuhani Rautavaara a Pēteris Vasks. Mae gan yr Ŵyl hanes heb ei ail o gomisiynu cerddoriaeth newydd, ac mae 2015 yn gyffrous dros ben gyda darnau pwysig gan Charlotte Bray, David Knotts, David Matthews, Cecilia McDowall, Joseph Phibbs, Michael Small a r cyfansoddwr preswyl, Matthew Taylor. Yn ogystal â hyn, mae ein rhaglen o arddangosfeydd ac anerchiadau ar amrywiaeth o bynciau o ddiddordeb lleol neu ehangach yn cynnwys arlunwyr Cymreig, archeoleg a phensaernïaeth yr oesoedd canol, a sioe un-dyn arobryn. Mae r rhestr artistiaid yn gyforiog o ddoniau nodedig: mae rhai o ffefrynnau Llanandras yn ymweld â r Ŵyl unwaith eto (gan gynnwys Tom Poster, Gillian Keith a Phedwarawd Navarra), wrth i gerddorion eraill fentro ar eu pererindod gyntaf i Gymru a r Gororau yn eu plith, y feiolinydd Prydeinig amlwg Fenella Humphreys a r deuawdwyr piano Joseph Tong a Waka Hasegawa. Gyda chynhwysion mor hynod â hyn cerddoriaeth ragorol, artistiaid a siaradwyr gwych, golygfeydd sydd gyda r harddaf yn y wlad pwy allai fethu â mwynhau r Ŵyl ryfeddol hon? Edrychwn ymlaen at eich croesawu chi yma. George Vass, cyfarwyddwr artistig 5

6 online booking: telephone booking: Event 1 Thursday Dydd Lau 27 Medieval Radnorshire Nigel Jones of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust breaks new ground for the Festival this year. After his hugely popular prehistoric Radnorshire event last year, Nigel now explores the rich medieval heritage of the area, seen and unseen. Our event begins with an introductory talk at Evenjobb Village Hall followed by a coach trip around the area, with Nigel s expert commentary. Please be sure to book in plenty of time. Refreshments available Lluniaeth ar gael August at 11.00am Awst am 11.00am Village Hall, Evenjobb LD8 2SB Neuadd y Pentref, Einsiob LD8 2SB Tickets 10 unreserved Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 10 heb eu cadw Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 10.15am (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 10.15am (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 1.00pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 1.00pm Event 2 Thursday Dydd Lau 27 Espansiva A film by Barrie Gavin August at 2.30pm Awst am 2.30pm Film-maker Barrie Gavin introduces his 1970 television documentary Espansiva, a fascinating study of the Danish composer Carl Nielsen whose music features throughout the Festival this year. The film includes important contributions from conductor Jascha Horenstein, Nielsen specialist Robert Simpson and Nielsen s daughters with musical excerpts performed by the New Philharmonia Orchestra. Tickets free Advance booking advisable Tocynnau am ddim Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 3.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.30pm Pre-Performance Talk I Thursday Dydd Lau 27 August at 7.15pm Awst am 7.15pm Richard Williams, Nova Music Opera s director, discusses the two chamber operas to be performed this evening: Entanglement with composer Charlotte Bray and librettist Amy Rosenthal and That Man Stephen Ward with composer Thomas Hyde. 6 Free admission to ticket holders for Event 3 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 3 This event ends at approximately 7.45pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 7.45pm

7 Event 3 Thursday Dydd Lau 27 Chamber Opera Double Bill August at 8.00pm Awst am 8.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Nova Music Opera brings together a pair of contemporary chamber operas by Charlotte Bray and Thomas Hyde about misunderstood characters from modern British history. In the sixtieth anniversary year of her controversial execution, the end of Ruth Ellis life is examined in Charlotte Bray s work Entanglement. Thomas Hyde s That Man Stephen Ward, premiered to wonderful reviews in 2008, charts the demise of one of the more tragic characters involved in the Profumo scandal of the early 1960s. Tickets 30 and reserved 16 unreserved (restricted view) 10 student Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 30 a wedi u cadw 16 heb eu cadw (golweg gyfyngedig) 10 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 10.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 10.15pm Entanglement Charlotte Bray composer Amy Rosenthal librettist Welsh premiere of a joint Nova Music/Presteigne Festival commission in association with the Cheltenham Music Festival In the summer of 1953, nightclub manageress Ruth Ellis meets two men with whose lives her own will be fatally intertwined. As lonely businessman Desmond Cussen loses his heart to her, so Ruth loses hers to troubled racing-car driver David Blakely, with whom she spirals into a violent and obsessive co-dependence. Set amidst the grubby glamour of London in the 1950s, Entanglement charts two years in the lives of the trio as they are driven towards their tragic destiny and the act that will see Ruth Ellis defined forever as the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Ruth Kirsty Hopkins Desmond Howard Quilla Croft David Greg Tassell Richard Williams director George Vass conductor Nova Music Ensemble That Man Stephen Ward Thomas Hyde composer David Norris librettist Welsh premiere Dr Stephen Ward, society osteopath, man-about-town and (in his own mind at least) Cold War peace negotiator, is arrested for living off immoral earnings. Will his many friends and famous clients stand by him in his hour of need? With its mixture of cabaret songs, recitatives and arias, this operatic entertainment charts the fall of the key figure in the famous Profumo scandal with a suitably British mixture of tragedy, irony and comedy. Ward Damian Thantrey Richard Williams director George Vass conductor Nova Music Ensemble 7 online booking: telephone booking:

8 online booking: telephone booking: Event 4 Friday Dydd Gwener Why Shakespeare? Poetry at Discoed Paul Edmondson is Head of Research for The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Stratford-upon-Avon, and author of an energetic new book called Shakespeare (Profile, 2015). In this talk, Paul pays particular attention to the Sonnets and considers ways in which we can keep our approach to Shakespeare fresh and life-giving. Refreshments available Lluniaeth ar gael Tickets 7.50 unreserved Tocynnau 7.50 heb eu cadw Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 10.30am (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 10.30am (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately noon Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua hanner dydd This is a fundraising event presented in association with The Friends of St Michael s, Discoed The Friends o f St Michaels DISCOED 28 August at 11.00am Awst am 11.00am St Michael s Church, Discoed LD8 2NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, Disgoed LD8 2NW Event 5 28 Friday August at 2.00pm Dydd Gwener Awst am 2.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Sibelius and Nielsen in perspective Fenella Humphreys violin Timothy End piano Johannes Brahms Sonatensatz in C minor Jean Sibelius Five Pieces, Op 81 Cheryl Frances-Hoad, David Knotts, Alasdair Nicolson, Anthony Powers and Matthew Taylor Five Pieces after Sibelius Carl Nielsen Violin Sonata No 2 in G minor, FS 64 Tickets reserved 10 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau wedi u cadw 10 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 3.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.15pm 8

9 Event 6 Friday Dydd Gwener 28 August at 4.00pm Awst am 4.00pm A Good Honest Trade An illustrated talk by Peter Lord Peter Lord discusses Welsh portrait painters over three centuries in an illustrated talk. Lord is an art historian who specialises in the study of the visual culture of Wales with particular interests in the artisan painters of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and in the imaging of industrial Wales in the first half of the twentieth century. He has also published The Visual Culture of Wales, a threevolume history of Welsh art for University of Wales Press and The Meaning of Pictures: Personal, Social and National Identity (UWP, 2009), which was on the 2010 Wales Book of the Year Long List. Tickets 6 unreserved Tocynnau 6 heb eu cadw This event ends at approximately 5.00pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 5.00pm Festival Evensong Friday Dydd Gwener Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough conductor Introit: Responses: Canticles: Anthem: 28 August at 4.30pm Awst am 4.30pm Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa LD7 1PA Eglwys y Santes Fair Fadlen, Bleddfa LD7 1PA David Bednall Aspire to God my soul Barry Ferguson William Mathias Jesus College Service Bo Hansson Lighten mine eyes Transport The Festival Bus will depart from Presteigne at 3.45pm (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 3.45pm (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) online booking: telephone booking: Edward Owen of Penrhos, Self-portrait,

10 online booking: telephone booking: Pre-Performance Talk II Friday Dydd Gwener 28 August at 7.00pm Awst am 7.00pm Festival favourite Joseph Phibbs chairs a discussion about the wide-ranging Festival Orchestra programme to be performed this evening with composer-in-residence Matthew Taylor and Christopher Gunning, known to many for the music he wrote for the ITV series Poirot. Among his concert works, four-time BAFTA award winner Christopher has also written eight symphonies and several concertos. Free admission to ticket holders for Event 7 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 7 This event ends at approximately 7.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 7.30pm Event 7 Friday Dydd Gwener 28 Northern Lights and Variations Kathryn Thomas flute Presteigne Festival Orchestra George Vass conductor August at 7.45pm Awst am 7.45pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Einojuhani Rautavaara Suite for string orchestra Christopher Gunning Flute Concertino Carl Nielsen Serenata in vano, FS 68 Jean Sibelius Romance in C, Op 42 Matthew Taylor Variations on a Theme of Max Reger, Op Tickets 22 reserved 17 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau 22 wedi u cadw 17 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 9.25pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 9.25pm

11 Event 8 Saturday Dydd Sadwrn 29 Bach to the Future I Fenella Humphreys violin August at 11.30am Awst am 11.30am St Mary s Church, Kinnerton LD8 2PF Eglwys y Santes Fair, Cinrtwn LD8 2PF Cheryl Frances-Hoad Suite No 1 for solo violin Gordon Crosse Orkney Dreaming Piers Hellawell Balcony Scenes Michael Small White Space World premiere of the 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society/ Presteigne Festival commission Johann Sebastian Bach Partita in E, BWV1006 Tickets unreserved 6 student Tocynnau heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 10.15am (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 10.15am (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) Event 9 Saturday Dydd Sadwrn 29 August at 2.00pm Awst am 2.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Upon Entering a Painting Joseph Tong and Waka Hasegawa piano duet Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in F, K497 Matthew Taylor Wassail, Op 15 John McCabe Upon entering a painting Rob Keeley Bondi Breaks Claude Debussy Petite Suite Tickets reserved 10 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau wedi u cadw 10 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr 11 online booking: telephone booking: This event ends at approximately 12.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 12.30pm This event ends at approximately 3.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.15pm 11

12 online booking: telephone booking: Event 10 Saturday Dydd Sadwrn 29 Choir of Royal Holloway a capella Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough conductor August at 4.30pm Awst am 4.30pm St Mary s Parish Church, Pembridge HR6 9EA Eglwys Blwyf y Santes Fair, Pembridge HR6 9EA Einojuhani Rautavaara Vespers from Vigilia Jonathan Dove My love is mine Gabriel Jackson La musique James MacMillan Dominus dabit benignitatem Ēriks Ešenvalds Long Road Tickets unreserved 6 student Tocynnau heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Transport The Festival Bus will depart from Presteigne at 3.45pm (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 3.45pm (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 5.35pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 5.35pm Pre-Performance Talk III Saturday Dydd Sadwrn 29 August at 7.00pm Awst am 7.00pm Thomas Hyde discusses this evening s concert programme with fellow composer Joseph Phibbs, whose second string quartet is premiered by the Navarra Quartet Free admission to ticket holders for Event 11 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 11 This event ends at approximately 7.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 7.30pm

13 Event 11 Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Navarra in Presteigne Navarra Quartet Tom Poster piano 29 August at 7.45pm Awst am 7.45pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Carl Nielsen String Quartet No 4 in F, FS 36 Joseph Phibbs String Quartet No 2 World premiere of a joint Presteigne Festival and Little Missenden Festival commission Antonín Dvořák Piano Quintet in A, Op 81 Tickets 19 reserved 15 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau 19 wedi u cadw 15 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 9.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 9.30pm Festival Eucharist Sunday Dydd Sul 30 Preacher: Rev Debbie Venables Assistant Curate Celebrant: Rev Prebendary Stephen Hollinghurst Rector Choir of Royal Holloway Rupert Gough conductor Introit: Einojuhani Rautavaara I Katisma August at 11.00am Awst am 11.00am St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Mass: Gabriel Jackson Missa Sanctae Margaretae Communion motets: James MacMillan Dominus dabit benignitatem Joby Talbot Ave verum corpus online booking: telephone booking:

14 online booking: telephone booking: Event 12 Sunday Dydd Sul 30 August at 12.30pm Awst am 12.30pm Meet at St Andrew s Hall, Presteigne Beddwn yn cyfarfod yn Neuadd Sant Andreas, Llanandras Around the Buildings of Presteigne An historical walk with Duncan James This event focuses on the historic buildings of Presteigne. We begin with a brief introduction at the Church Hall, followed by a guided tour of the town to view the many fascinating houses that range in date from the latemedieval period. Also to be considered are the development and layout of this border town and its history. Duncan James is a local buildings historian specialising in the study of vernacular architecture. Tickets 6 unreserved. Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 6 heb eu cadw. Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 1.45pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 1.45pm Event 13 Sunday Dydd Sul 30 August at 3.00pm Awst am 3.00pm St Stephen s Church, Old Radnor LD8 2RH Eglwys Sant Steffan, Pencraig LD8 2RH Navarra at Old Radnor Navarra Quartet Matthew Taylor String Quartet No 6, Op 36 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132 Refreshments available Lluniaeth ar gael Tickets unreserved 6 student Tocynnau heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 2pm (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 2.00pm (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 4.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 4.15pm 14

15 Event 14 Sunday Dydd Sul 30 August at 5.00pm Awst am 5.00pm Burton A one-man show with Rhodri Miles Rhodri Miles (Game of Thrones, The Hollow Crown) excels in this oneman show exploring Richard Burton s often hilarious, melancholic, selfdeprecating take on life from his humble beginnings in Pontrhydyfen to Hollywood stardom. Rhodri s performance of Gwynne Edwards play was winner of the Best International Show Award at the Hollywood Fringe. Tickets 15 unreserved 6 student Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 15 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 6.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 6.15pm Photograph: Damien Wootten Pre-Performance Talk IV Sunday Dydd Sul 30 August at 7.00pm Awst am 7.00pm Respected conductor, pianist and publisher David Wordsworth discusses tonight s eclectic programme with composers Gabriel Jackson, whose choral/orchestral work opens the concert; David Matthews, whose Three Housman Songs receive their premiere in a new version for soprano and string orchestra and Toby Young, whose setting of William Blake s Love and Harmony is also heard. Free admission to ticket holders for Event 15 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 15 This event ends at approximately 7.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 7.30pm online booking: telephone booking:

16 online booking: telephone booking: Event 15 Sunday Dydd Sul 30 Countless and Wonderful are the Ways to Praise God Gillian Keith soprano Choir of Royal Holloway Presteigne Festival Orchestra George Vass conductor August at 7.45pm Awst am 7.45pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Gabriel Jackson Countless and wonderful are the ways to praise God Pēteris Vasks Epifania David Matthews Three Housman Songs, Op 69 World premiere of version with string orchestra accompaniment Toby Young Love and Harmony Einojuhani Rautavaara Canto III: A Portrait of the Artist at a Certain Moment Tarik O Regan Triptych Tickets 22 reserved 17 unreserved 6 student Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 22 wedi u cadw 17 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 9.25pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 9.25pm Event 16 Monday Dydd Llun 31 August at 11.00am Awst am 11.00am Barrie Gavin at 80 Conversation with Barrie Gavin and David Matthews The renowned arts film-maker and director Barrie Gavin, doyen of BBC music films, documenter of rare folk music traditions, collaborator with Pierre Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle, Gerard McBurney and many others, discusses his wide-ranging work with many of today s leading musicians. He is joined in conversation by composer and Presteigne Festival vice-president David Matthews. Tickets 6 unreserved Tocynnau 6 heb eu cadw This event ends at approximately noon Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua hanner dydd Photograph: Manfred Lowak

17 Event 17 Monday Dydd Llun 31 Gillian Keith soprano Timothy End piano August at 2.00pm Awst am 2.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Flights of Angels Jean Sibelius Five Songs, Op 37 Judith Weir A Spanish Liederbooklet Samuel Barber Four Songs, Op 13 Cecilia McDowall Flights of Angels World premiere of a Presteigne Festival commission Francis Poulenc Fiançailles pour rire Event 18 Monday Dydd Llun 31 August at 4.30pm Awst am 4.30pm Music and Life Matthew Taylor in conversation with Thomas Hyde A regular and popular visitor to the Presteigne Festival for many years, composer-in-residence Matthew Taylor celebrated his fiftieth birthday last year. Here he discusses his life, passions and favourite music with fellow composer Thomas Hyde the conversation will also include excerpts from some of Taylor s favourite recordings. Tickets 6 unreserved Tocynnau 6 heb eu cadw This event ends at approximately 5.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 5.30pm online booking: telephone booking: Tickets reserved 10 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau wedi u cadw 10 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 3.00pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.00pm 17

18 online booking: telephone booking: Pre-Performance Talk V Monday Dydd Llun 31 August at 6.15pm Awst am 6.15pm Festival stalwart Thomas Hyde introduces this evening s wideranging piano recital in discussion with composer-in-residence Matthew Taylor, himself something of an expert on the music of Nielsen and Sibelius. Free admission to ticket holders for Event 19 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 19 This event ends at approximately 6.45pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 6.45pm Event 19 Monday Dydd Llun 31 August at 7.00pm Awst am 7.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Tom Poster in Recital Tom Poster piano Maurice Ravel Sonatine John McCabe Tunstall Chimes (Hommage à Ravel) Matthew Taylor Fantasy on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold, Op 40 Carl Nielsen Chaconne, FS 79 Jean Sibelius Kyllikki three lyric pieces, Op 41 Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in D, Op 28 Pastorale Tickets 19 reserved 15 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau 19 wedi u cadw 15 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 8.45pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 8.45pm 18

19 Event 20 Monday Dydd Llun 31 August at 9.45pm Awst am 9.45pm St Michael s Church, Discoed LD8 2NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, Disgoed LD8 2NW Bach to the Future II by candlelight Fenella Humphreys violin Peter Maxwell Davies Sonatina for violin alone Sally Beamish Intrada e Fuga Adrian Sutton Arpeggiare Variations David Matthews Three Studies, Op 39 Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata in C, BWV1005 Wine and soft drinks available on arrival at Discoed Bydd gwin a diodydd ysgafn ar gael ar ôl cyrraedd Disgoed Tickets unreserved 6 student. Advance booking advisable Tocynnau heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 9.15pm (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 9.15pm (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 10.45pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 10.45pm Event 21 Tuesday Dydd Mawrth 1 September at 11.00am Medi am 11.00am Village Hall, Titley HR5 3RN Neuadd y Pentref, Titley HR5 3RN The Sounds of Life Musical discovery with Stephen Johnson The two great Nordic symphonists Jean Sibelius and Carl Nielsen both discovered important musical truths in nature. Each found inspiration in folksong, but where Sibelius also drew on close observation of the elements, Nielsen s ideas often came from watching, and listening to people. In this illustrated talk, Stephen Johnson traces these two composers seemingly similar, yet in reality very different courses of development: Nielsen ever expanding, Sibelius concentrating his focus ever more narrowly. As with Mozart and Haydn, or Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky, these two Titans complement each other fascinatingly, and a truly balanced, sane viewpoint requires that we heed them both. Refreshments available Lluniaeth ar gael Tickets 7.50 unreserved Tocynnau 7.50 heb eu cadw Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 10.30am (please see page 22 for more information) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael Llanandras am 10.30am (gweler tudalen 22 am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 12.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 12.15pm online booking: telephone booking:

20 online booking: telephone booking: Event 22 Tuesday Dydd Mawrth Navarra in the Afternoon Navarra Quartet 1 Frank Bridge Three Idylls Edward Gregson String Quartet Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F September at 2.00pm Medi am 2.00pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF Tickets reserved 10 unreserved 6 student Tocynnau wedi u cadw 10 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr This event ends at approximately 3.15pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.15pm Event 23 Tuesday Dydd Mawrth 1 September at 4.00pm Medi am 4.00pm Why Outreach Discussion Sophie Lewis, general manager of Cardiff-based chamber orchestra Sinfonia Cymru, leads a discussion with Rhian Hutchings, director of Operasonic a company wholeheartedly committed to making opera with young people, and composers Liz Lane and Matthew Taylor. The discussion will focus on the important part today s arts outreach plays in engaging with young people and also with the community at large. Rhian Hutchings will direct a cast of school children from five local primary schools in the first production of Liz Lane s specially commissioned community opera later this year. Tickets 6 unreserved Tocynnau 6 heb eu cadw This event ends at approximately 5.00pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 5.00pm 20 Presteigne Festival Outreach Project 2014 Writing with Dylan Children from Leintwardine School show their artwork before reading their poems about their imagined Mad Town

21 Pre-Performance Talk VI Tuesday Dydd Mawrth 1 September at 7.00pm Medi am 7.00pm Eminent musicologist Stephen Johnson chairs a preconcert discussion prior to this evening s orchestral concert with help from composers Matthew Taylor and David Knotts who introduce their new concertante works to be premiered by the Festival Orchestra. Free admission to ticket holders for Event 24 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 24 This event ends at approximately 7.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 7.30pm Event 24 Tuesday Dydd Mawrth 1 September at 7.45pm Medi am 7.45pm St Andrew s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF In Honour of John McCabe ( ) Fenella Humphreys violin Tom Poster piano Presteigne Festival Orchestra George Vass conductor John McCabe Red Leaves Carl Nielsen Little Suite in A minor, FS 6 Matthew Taylor Pastorals for violin and string orchestra, Op 32a World premiere of a Presteigne Festival commission David Knotts Laments and Lullabies for piano and chamber orchestra World premiere of a Presteigne Festival commission Joseph Haydn Symphony No 43 in E flat Mercury online booking: telephone booking: Tickets 22 reserved 17 unreserved 6 student Advance booking advisable Tocynnau 22 wedi u cadw 17 heb eu cadw 6 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 9.40pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 9.40pm 21

22 Booking information The Presteigne Festival uses a system of three ticket types reserved, unreserved and student. Reserved tickets are available only for concerts at St Andrew s Church, Presteigne, and afford a good view of the stage; the unreserved area has less good sight lines. Student tickets are available to all young people in full-time education (including university) over the age of 10. Student concessions are available for both reserved and unreserved tickets for concerts at St Andrew s Church, Presteigne. For most events, tickets can be bought at the door (subject to availability), though advance booking is strongly recommended. Booking dates Patrons and Friends booking opens on Tuesday 21 April 2015 Online booking opens on Tuesday 5 May 2015 Via our website: Postal booking opens on Tuesday 5 May 2015 Please use the ticket order form provided and enclose payment and 2 booking fee Phone/In person booking opens on Monday 20 July 2015 Bookings may be made by telephone (credit and debit card bookings only) on and in person at the Festival Box Office, Assembly Rooms, Broad Street, Presteigne. Box Office opening times 20 July 22 August 2015 Monday to Saturday 11.00am 2.00pm 24 August 1 September 2015 Daily 10.00am 5.00pm Festival Box Office Presteigne Festival P O Box 30 PRESTEIGNE Powys LD8 2WF Telephone Website and Online Booking 22 Payment Credit and debit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Maestro) are accepted. Cheques should be made payable to Presteigne Festival Limited. We regret that refunds cannot be made. Access All our venues have wheelchair access. Please notify the Festival Box Office if you require a wheelchair space or if you have any specific access or seating needs. If you require a large print version of this brochure, we will be happy to assist. We offer free companion tickets to customers confined to wheelchairs. Festival Bus A Festival Bus is available to transport patrons from central Presteigne (outside Presteigne Police Station, Hereford Street) to concerts and events taking place outside the town. Departure times are given as part of event information, the return departure time will be 10 minutes after the end of each event. The fare charged for each single journey is 2 and passengers are carried on a first come first served basis it is not possible to book in advance. Please use this service and help us to become a more sustainable organisation. St Michael s Church, Discoed Published by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited Registered Charity No