Tickets Tocynnau. Awst August The best in Classical, Jazz & Welsh Music Exhibitions, Lectures & Talks

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1 Tickets Tocynnau Awst August 2019 The best in Classical, Jazz & Welsh Music Exhibitions, Lectures & Talks All events take place at the Tabernacle Box Office: Buy online: machynllethfestival.co.uk Friends of the Tabernacle 1 reduction Children s tickets (all events) 4 Reserved seat season ticket 200 Friends season ticket 170 All other tickets are unreserved. Cynhelir yr holl ddigwyddiadau yn y Tabernacl Swyddfa Tocynnau: Tocynnau: machynllethfestival.co.uk Cyfellion y Tabernacl gostyngiad o 1 Plant i bob digwyddiad 4 Tocyn tymor gyda sedd cadw 200 Tocyn tymor gyfeillion 170 Gŵyl Machynlleth Festival Mae r holl seddau eraill heb eu cadw. Y Tabernacl Heol Penrallt Machynlleth Powys SY20 8AJ info@moma.machynlleth.org.uk Designed in Corris: formationcreative.co.uk machynllethfestival.co.uk machynllethfestival.co.uk

2 Programme Rhaglen Sunday 18 Dydd Sul pm Cymanfa Ganu FREE pg4 Monday 19 Dydd Llun pm Eirian Owen s Pupils 10 pg5 7.30pm Soloists Rhys Meirion, Aled Wyn Davies, Meinir Wyn Roberts, Dilwyn Morgan, Menna Griffiths 15 pg6 Tuesday 20 Dydd Mawrth pm Children s Concert Ben Dant a Cadi FREE pg7 7.30pm Côr Godre r Aran, male voice choir 15 pg8 Wednesday 21 Dydd Mercher am Market Day Open Air Concert FREE pg9 1.00pm Hallstatt Lecture Prof. Miranda Aldhouse-Green 10 pg pm House Concert for Festival supporters Camille Thomas plays Bach 7.30pm Klezmer Concert She Koyokh 20 pg11 Thursday 22 Dydd Iau pm Jess Gillam and Zeynep Özsuca 15 pg pm Cook s Tours Teithiau Cook FREE 7.30pm Camille Thomas / Julius Drake 20 pg13 Friday 23 Dydd Gwener am Masterclass with Dame Anne Evans 10 pg pm (morning and afternoon sessions) 1.00pm Glyndŵr Award Clive Hicks-Jenkins 10 pg pm Masterclass Concert 5 pg pm Cook s Tours Teithiau Cook FREE 7.30pm Marc-André Hamelin, piano 20 pg pm The Welsh/Argentine Guitar Duo 15 pg17 Saturday 24 Dydd Sadwrn pm Elin Manahan Thomas / Steven Devine 15 pg pm Cook s Tours Teithiau Cook FREE 7.30pm The Piatti Quartet 20 pg pm Bach s Goldberg Variations BWV pg20 Sunday 25 Dydd Sul pm Pavel Kolesnikov, piano 15 pg pm Cook s Tours Teithiau Cook FREE 7.30pm The Theatre of the Ayre A Shakespeare Miscellany 20 pg22 Music is part of the fabric of our society; it sits at the heart of human experience and enriches so many lives. Jess Gillam Saxophonist Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau:

3 Croeso i Ŵyl Machynlleth 2019 Welcome to the 2019 Machynlleth Festival Pleser o r mwyaf i mi, yn dilyn y diwrnodau cyntaf o ddanteithion cerddorol Cymreig, yw gwahodd rhai o r cerddorion clasurol gorau o ledled y byd i ddod i chwarae a chanu i ni yma ym Machynlleth. Rydym yn cynnig iddynt y Tabernacl bendigedig, gyda i acwsteg ragorol, harddwch diguro cefn gwlad y rhan yma o r byd ac wrth gwrs y lletygarwch Cymreig enwog. Dydy hi byth yn hawdd dewis yr uchafbwyntiau o n cyngherddau nos ac amser cinio gan fod cymaint i w fwynhau. Ceir cerddoriaeth klezmer gan un o r prif grwpiau yn y byd, She Koyokh; cyngherddau gan y sacsoffonydd ifanc disglair Jess Gillam (a welsoch chi y llynedd efallai yn chwarae yn Noson Olaf y Proms) a r soddgrythores anhygoel o Wlad Belg Camille Thomas; datganiadau piano gan y meistr o Ganada, Marc-André Hamelin, yr ystyrir bod ei dechneg chwedlonol ar y piano heb ei hail a r rhyfeddod ifanc hwnnw ar y piano, Pavel Kolsnikov; rhaglen wedi i hysbrydoli gan Shakespeare gan y prif liwtydd ac ysgolhaig, Elizabeth Kenny; pedwarawd enwog Piatti yn chwarae Mendelssohn a Beethoven, a datganiad gan y gantores wych o Gymru, Elin Manahan Thomas. Yn ein dau gyngerdd hwyrnos yng ngolau cannwyll, mae r Deuawd Gitâr o Gymru/Yr Ariannin yn mynd â ni ar daith drwy Batagonia a thri chwaraewr llinynnau disglair fydd yn perfformio r trefniant clasurol o un o orchestweithiau mwyaf Bach i ni Amrywiadau Goldberg. Mae Christopher Cook yn y tŷ i gyflwyno sgyrsiau a chyfweliadau cyn y cyngherddau â r artistiaid i ni; ceir arddangosfeydd yn yr oriel a dosbarth meistr opera drwy r dydd a roddir gan un o sopranos Wagneraidd mwyaf y degawdau diwethaf, y Fonesig Anne Evans. Mae cerddoriaeth yn rhan o wead ein cymdeithas; mae wrth graidd y profiad dynol gan gyfoethogi cynifer o fywydau. Dyma eiriau ysbrydoledig un o r cerddorion ifancaf sy n ymweld â Machynlleth eleni, y sacsoffonydd 20 oed Jess Gillam. Ni allwn gytuno n fwy. Mae gwledd o gerddoriaeth wych yn yr arfaeth yng Ngŵyl Machynlleth felly dewch i ymuno â ni wrth y bwrdd! Photo: Above Marco Borggreve. Facing Tal y Llyn Lake Robert Price It is a great pleasure for me, following on from the first days of Welsh musical delights, to invite some of the finest classical musicians from around the globe to come and play and sing for us here in Machynlleth. We offer them the wonderful Tabernacle, with its superb acoustics, the unrivalled countryside of this beautiful part of the world, and of course, famous Welsh hospitality. To choose highlights from our evening and lunchtime concerts is never an easy task, because there is so much to enjoy. There is klezmer music from one of the leading groups in the world, She Koyokh; concerts by the brilliant young saxophonist Jess Gillam (who you may have seen last year playing at the Last Night of the Proms) and the Belgian cellist star Camille Thomas; piano recitals by the Canadian virtuoso Marc André Hamelin, whose legendary piano technique is considered unsurpassed, and the young Russian piano prodigy Pavel Kolesnikov; a Shakespeare inspired programme from the leading lutenist and scholar, Elizabeth Kenny; the celebrated Piatti Quartet playing Mendelssohn and Beethoven, and a recital by the superb home grown Elin Manahan Thomas. In our two candlelit late night concerts the Welsh/Argentinian Guitar Duo take us on a tour of Patagonia, and three brilliant string players bring us the classic arrangement of one of Bach s greatest masterpieces, The Goldberg Variations. Christopher Cook is in residence to give us pre concert talks and interviews with the artists, there are exhibitions in the gallery and there is an all-day opera Masterclass, given by one of the greatest Wagnerian sopranos of recent decades, Dame Anne Evans. Music is part of the fabric of our society; it sits at the heart of human experience and enriches so many lives. These are the inspiring words of one of the youngest musicians visiting Machynlleth this year, 20 year old saxophonist Jess Gillam. I couldn t agree more. A feast of great music is in store at the Machynlleth Festival, so come and join us at the table! Julius Drake Artistic Director / Cyfarwyddwr Artistig 1

4 A showcase of Welsh music at Machynlleth Festival 2 Arddangosfa o gerddoriaeth Gymreig yn Ŵyl Machynlleth Croeso i Ŵyl Machynlleth Unwaith eto mae n anrhydedd trefnu r dydd Llun a r dydd Mawrth ynghyd â chyngerdd awyr agored ychwanegol ar y dydd Mercher ar Stryd Maengwyn. Fel arfer mae r Ŵyl yn dechrau gyda r Gymanfa Ganu draddodiadol a drefnir gan Alwyn Evans, yr arweinydd a Tudur Jones, yr organydd. Mae amser cinio r dydd Llun yn gweld pedwar o ddisgyblion Eirian Owen yn dod at ei gilydd i n diddanu ac wedyn ar y nos Lun mae gynnon ni dri unawdydd adnabyddus yn dod ynghyd i roi noson i w chofio i ni. Byddant yn ein difyrru gyda chanu unawdau, deuawdau a thriawdau. Amser cinio ar y dydd Mawrth bydd Ben Dant a Cadi yn eu holau i ddifyrru r plantos ac wedyn ar y nos Fawrth byddwn yn croesawu n ôl Gôr Godre r Aran, un o r corau meibion gorau yng Nghymru. Unawdydd y noson fydd y tenor Trystan Llŷr Griffiths. Bydd y cyngerdd yn yr awyr agored ar y bore dydd Mercher yn gyfuniad o artistiaid Cymreig traddodiadol a rhai rhyngwladol. Bydd y tocynnau n gwerthu fel slecs felly dw i n gofyn i bawb brynu ei docynnau n gynnar a chefnogi r holl ddigwyddiadau yn yr Ŵyl wych yma. Photos: Robert Price Welcome to the 2019 Machynlleth Festival. Once again it is an honour to arrange the Monday and Tuesday plus an extra open air concert on Wednesday on Maengwyn Street. As usual the Festival starts off with the traditional Cymanfa Ganu organised by Alwyn Evans, conductor, and Tudur Jones, organist. Lunch time Monday sees four of Eirian Owen s pupils coming together to entertain us, then Monday night we have three well known soloists coming together to give us a night to remember. They will entertain us with solos, duets and trios singing. Tuesday lunch time we welcome back Ben Dant and Cadi who will entertain the children, and then Tuesday night we welcome back Côr Godre r Aran, one of the best male voice choirs in Wales. Soloist for the evening will be Trystan Llŷr Griffiths, tenor. The open air concert on Wednesday morning will be a combination of traditional Welsh and international artists. Tickets will sell very quickly, therefore I ask everybody to buy your tickets early and support all events during this fantastic Festival. Dennis Jones Organiser / Trefnydd

5 Sunday 18th Nos Sul 18fed Monday 19th Dydd Llun 19eg 7.30pm FREE 1.00pm 10 Cymanfa Ganu Alwyn Evans (conductor) Tudur Jones (organist) Erin Aled (piano) Aneira Evans (soprano) Lewys Meredydd Siencyn (baritone) Osian Lewis Smith (piano) A unique feature of Welsh culture, the Cymanfa Ganu (Congregational Singing) is a festival of sacred hymns, sung with four-part harmony by the audience, under the direction of a choral conductor. The Machynlleth Festival continues the tradition by opening with its own Cymanfa Ganu. Yn nodwedd unigryw o ddiwylliant Cymru, gŵyl emynau sanctaidd yw cymanfa ganu a genir mewn harmoni pedwar llais gan y gynulleidfa o dan gyfarwyddyd arweinydd corawl. Mae Gŵyl Machynlleth yn parhau r traddodiad drwy agor gyda i chymanfa ei hun. Photos: Robert Price Eirian Owen s Pupils Eirian Owen is well known in Welsh music as a pianist, accompanist and Musical Director of Côr Godre r Aran (who will also be performing at the Festival on Tuesday night). She is also known for her teaching of promising young musicians. This concert features four of Eirian s music pupils, each with the potential to be future stars of Welsh music. Mae Eirian Owen yn adnabyddus ym myd cerddoriaeth Cymru fel pianydd, cyfeilyddes a Chyfarwyddwr Cerdd Côr Godre r Aran (a fydd hefyd yn perfformio yn yr Ŵyl ar y nos Fawrth). Mae hefyd yn adnabyddus am addysgu cerddorion ifainc addawol. Mae r cyngerdd hwn yn cynnwys pedwar o ddisgyblion cerdd Eirian, pob un â r potensial i fod yn seren ym myd cerddoriaeth Cymru yn y dyfodol. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau:

6 Monday 19th Nos Lun 19eg 7.30pm 15 Rhys Meirion (tenor) Aled Wyn Davies (tenor) Meinir Wyn Roberts (soprano) Dilwyn Morgan (compere) Menna Griffiths (accompanist) Tuesday 20th Dydd Mawrth 20fed 1.00pm FREE Soloists/ Unawdwyr Three well known soloists come together to give us a programme that will be a joy to listen to and a night to remember. Dilwyn Morgan comperes with Menna Griffiths as accompanist. Book your tickets early, the demand will be high. Daw tri unawdydd adnabyddus at ei gilydd i gyflwyno rhaglen i ni y bydd yn bleser pur gwrando arni gan gynnig noson i w chofio. Mae Dilwyn Morgan yn cyflwyno r rhaglen gyda Menna Griffiths fel y gyfeilyddes. Archebwch eich tocynnau n gynnar, bydd yna alw mawr amdanynt. Ben Dant a Cadi Cyngerdd y Plant Children s Concert Photos: Left Tina Jones. Lower left A P Wilding Photos: S4C Our children s concert this year targets the younger age group (under 7 s) in the company of pirate Ben Dant (played by local artist Aeron Pughe) and his assistant Cadi; characters from Cyw - S4C s Children Service. Participatory singing and storytelling, recollecting the friendly pirate s adventures on the seven seas! Mae cyngerdd y plant eleni n targedu r plant iau (o dan 7 oed) yng nghwmni r môr-leidr Ben Dant (a chwaraeir gan y perfformiwr lleol Aeron Pughe) a i gynorthwyydd Cadi, cymeriadau o wasanaeth plant Cyw S4C. Cyfle i gymryd rhan mewn stori a chân sy n hel atgofion am anturiaethau r môr-leidr clên ar y moroedd mawr! Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau:

7 Tuesday 20th Nos Fawrth 20fed 7.30pm 15 Rhiain Bebb Huw Roberts Edryd Williams She Koyokh Wednesday 21st Dydd Mercher 21ain 11.00am FREE Open-air Concert Côr Godre r Aran Eirian Owen, (Musical Director & accompanist) Trystan Llŷr Griffiths (tenor) Côr Godre r Aran are one of the best male voice choirs in Wales and are back to entertain us once again. They are National Eisteddfod winners on many occasions and have performed all over the world. We are very fortunate to have Trystan Llŷr Griffiths perform at this year s festival, he has made a big name for himself appearing at the best operatic theatres in the world. Accompanied by Eirian Owen, musical director of the choir. Buy your tickets early as this concert will be a sell out. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Un o gorau meibion gorau Cymru yw Côr Godre r Aran a dyma nhw yn eu holau i n diddanu unwaith eto. Maent wedi ennill yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol lawer tro ac wedi perfformio ym mhedwar ban byd. Rydym yn ffodus iawn o gael croesawu Trystan Llŷr Griffiths i berfformio yn yr ŵyl eleni. Mae wedi sicrhau enw da iddo i hun gan ymddangos yn y theatrau operatig gorau yn y byd. Y gyfeilyddes fydd Eirian Owen, cyfarwyddwr cerdd y côr. Prynwch eich tocynnau n gynnar achos byddant yn mynd fel slecs! Photo: Main image Robert Price Photos: Lower left Recordiau TANT. Lower right Savannah Photographic Market Day Open Air Concert Cyngerdd Awyr Agored Diwrnod y Farchnad This free open air concert, taking place outside The Wynnstay Hotel in the middle of the town, gives a taster of the Festival. From a traditional Welsh harp and folk band with Edryd Williams singing traditional Welsh songs, to the international sounds of the klezmer band, She Koyokh. Mae r cyngerdd awyr agored yma, sydd am ddim ac yn cael ei gynnal y tu allan i Westy r Wynnstay yng nghanol y dre, yn cynnig rhagflas o r Ŵyl. O r delyn Gymreig draddodiadol a band gwerin gydag Edryd Williams yn canu caneuon Cymreig traddodiadol, i synau rhyngwladol y band Klezmer, She Koyokh. 9

8 Wednesday 21st Dydd Mercher 21ain 1.00pm 10 Wednesday 21st Nos Fercher 21ain 7.30pm 20 Hallstatt Lecture Professor Miranda Aldhouse-Green She Koyokh Klezmer Concert Cyngerdd Klezmer Dreams, Divination and Devotion: exploring the Ancient Druids of Britain and Gaul This illustrated talk explores the role of the Druids in ancient Gallo-British society; it focuses particularly on their principal function, using arcane ritual practices in order to act effectively as intermediaries between the earthly and spirit worlds. Breuddwydion, Dewiniaeth a Defosiwn: edrych ar Dderwyddon Hynafol Prydain a Gâl Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Mae r sgwrs ddarluniedig yma n edrych ar rôl y Derwyddon yn y gymdeithas Alaidd-Brydeinig hynafol; mae n canolbwyntio n benodol ar eu prif swyddogaeth sef defnyddio arferion defodol cyfrin er mwyn gweithredu n effeithiol fel cyfryngwyr rhwng y bydoedd daearol ac ysbrydol. Photo: Savannah Photographic The versatile and prize winning band She Koyokh comprises seven expert musicians playing klezmer and traditional music from the Balkans to Turkey. playing the best klezmer and Balkan music in Britain (The Evening Standard) Mae r band amryddawn ac arobryn She Koyokh yn cynnwys saith cerddor arbenigol sy n chwarae klezmer a cherddoriaeth draddodiadol o r Balcanau i Dwrci. yn chwarae r gerddoriaeth klezmer a Balcanaidd orau ym Mhrydain (Evening Standard) 11

9 Thursday 22nd Dydd Iau 22ain Thursday 22nd Nos Iau 22ain Camille Thomas (cello) 1.00pm 15 Julius Drake (piano) 7.30pm 20 Lunchtime Concert Jess Gillam (saxophone) Zeynep Özsuca (piano) Photo: Kaupo Kikkas Schumann, Brahms, Messiaen & César Franck Two brilliant young artists, Jess Gillam (a highlight of the Last Night of the Proms 2018) and Zeynep Özsuca, will light up the Tabernacle with music from the 18th century to the brand new, plus 20th century classics by Britten, Poulenc and Bartok. Bydd y ddau artist ifanc disglair, Jess Gillam (uchafbwynt Noson Olaf y Proms 2018) a Zeynep Özsuca, yn goleuo r Tabernacl gyda cherddoriaeth o r 18fed ganrif hyd at y newydd sbon ynghyd â chlasuron o r 20fed ganrif gan Britten, Poulenc a Bartok. Photo: Hugh Warwick Photo: Left Marco Borggreve. Right Dan Carabas Thomas Schumann: Fantasiestücke Brahms: Sonata in E minor Messiaen: Louange à l'éternité de Jesus Franck: Sonata in A major One of the brightest young talents of her generation, the French/Belgian cellist Camille Thomas joins Julius Drake for a concert featuring classics of the repertoire by Schumann, Brahms, Messiaen and César Franck. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Cook s Tours 6.15pm FREE Teithiau Cook see inside back Yn un o ddoniau ifainc disgleiriaf ei chenhedlaeth, mae r soddgrythores Ffrengig/ Belgaidd, Camille Thomas, yn ymuno â Julius Drake ar gyfer cyngerdd sy n cynnwys clasuron o r repertoire gan Schumann, Brahms, Messiaen a César Franck. 13

10 Friday 23rd Dydd Gwener 23ain Classes 10.30am 4.30pm in the Tannery 8 Concert 5.00pm 5 Friday 23rd Dydd Gwener 23ain 1.00pm 10 Cook s Tours 6.15pm FREE Teithiau Cook see inside back Masterclass with Dame Anne Evans Dosbarth meistr gyda r Fonesig Anne Evans Glyndŵr Award Clive Hicks-Jenkins The Welsh artist, Clive Hicks- Jenkins, is this year s recipient of the Glyndŵr Award for an Outstanding Contribution to the Arts in Wales. Yr artist Cymreig, Clive Hicks- Jenkins, sy n derbyn Gwobr Glyndŵr eleni am Gyfraniad Arbennig i r Celfyddydau yng Nghymru. One of the greatest dramatic sopranos of the last fifty years, Dame Anne Evans works with hand-picked young singers from the Conservatoires, culminating in a concert in the Tabernacle at 5pm. Class Session am 1pm in The Tannery Class Session pm in The Tannery Yn un o sopranos dramatig mwya r hanner can mlynedd diwethaf, mae r Fonesig Anne Evans yn gweithio gyda chantorion ifainc dethol o r Ysgolion Cerdd i gyrraedd penllanw mewn cyngerdd yn y Tabernacl am 5yp. Dosbarth yb 1yp yn y Tanerdy Dosbarth yp yn y Tanerdy Clive Hicks-Jenkins started his career as a stage director and choreographer before turning to painting in the 90s. He regularly exhibits throughout the UK and has work in numerous public collections including our own Tabernacle Collection. This event includes a talk by Clive about his latest project Hansel and Gretel. Dechreuodd Clive Hicks-Jenkins ei yrfa fel cyfarwyddwr llwyfan a choreograffydd cyn troi at baentio yn y 90au. Bydd yn arddangos yn rheolaidd ledled y DU ac mae ganddo waith mewn casgliadau cyhoeddus niferus gan gynnwys Casgliad y Tabernacl. Mae r digwyddiad yma n cynnwys sgwrs gan Clive am ei brosiect diweddaraf, Hansel and Gretel. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau:

11 Friday 23rd Nos Wener 23ain 7.30pm 20 Friday 23rd Nos Wener 23ain 10.00pm 15 The Welsh/Argentine Guitar Duo Adam Khan and Luis Orias Diz Voyage to Patagonia Marc-André Hamelin Photo: Right Gregory Massat Welsh guitarist Adam Khan and Argentine guitarist Luis Orias Diz explore the story of Welsh settlers in Patagonia performing a candle lit concert that includes Tangos from Buenos Aires and exciting works by Stephen Goss, Dafydd Bullock, Astor Piazzolla and Alberto Ginastera. Mae r gitarydd o Gymru Adam Khan a r gitarydd o r Ariannin Luis Orias Diz yn edrych ar stori r gwladychwyr o Gymru ym Mhatagonia gan roi cyngerdd yng ngolau cannwyll sy n cynnwys tangos o Buenos Aires a gweithiau cyffrous gan Stephen Goss, Dafydd Bullock, Astor Piazzolla ac Alberto Ginastera. Herz: Variations on Non più mesta from Rossini s La Cenerentola Bach: Sonata in E minor Wq.59 No.1, H281 Schubert: Wanderer-Fantasie Schumann: Fantasie in C Op.17 One of the world s greatest pianists makes his Machynlleth Festival debut with an inspiring programme that includes two of the greatest works for solo piano by Schubert and Schumann. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Un o bianyddion mwyaf y byd yn perfformio yng Ngŵyl Machynlleth am y tro cyntaf gyda rhaglen ysbrydoledig sy n cynnwys dau o r gweithiau mwyaf i r piano unawd gan Schubert a Schumann. Photo: Sim Canetty-Clarke 17

12 Saturday 24th Dydd Sadwrn 24ain 1.00pm 15 Saturday 24th Nos Sadwrn 24ain 7.30pm 20 Strozzi Elin Manahan Thomas (soprano) Steven Devine (harpsichord) Celebrating the 400th anniversary of Barbara Strozzi s birth, this captivating programme delves into the musical and personal lives of Strozzi and two of her main influences and contemporaries, Monteverdi and Carissimi. From the exquisite, anguished lament for a lost, betrayed love in Strozzi s L Eraclito amoroso, to Monteverdi s sensual Lettera amorosa, and the fierce, indignant torment of Carissimi s Apritevi, inferni, Elin explores the emotionallycharged, complex and deeply personal musical worlds of these monumental composers. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Gan ddathlu 400 mlwyddiant genedigaeth Barbara Strozzi, mae r rhaglen gyfareddol hon yn twrio i fywydau cerddorol a phersonol Strozzi a dau o i phrif ddylanwadau a chyfoeswyr, Monteverdi a Carissimi. O r alargan ingol gelfydd i gariad a fradychwyd a i golli yn L Eraclito amoroso gan Strozzi, i gân synhwyrus Monteverdi Lettera amorosa, a phoen flin a ffyrnig Apritevi, inferni gan Carissimi, mae Elin yn mynd â ni i fydoedd cerddorol hynod bersonol, emosiynol a chymhleth y cyfansoddwyr aruthrol hyn. Photos: Left A P Wilding. Right Guy Carpenter The Piatti Quartet Purcell: Chacony in G minor Mendelssohn: String Quartet No.6 in F minor, Op.80 Beethoven: String Quartet No.8, Op.59 No.2 The outstanding young quartet play Purcell, Beethoven and Mendelssohn s tragic last quartet, written after the death of his beloved sister. Cook s Tours 6.15pm FREE Teithiau Cook see inside back Mae r pedwarawd ifanc neilltuol yn chwarae Purcell, Beethoven a phedwarawd olaf trasig Mendelssohn a gyfansoddwyd ar ôl marwolaeth ei chwaer annwyl. 19

13 Saturday 24th Nos Sadwrn 24ain 10.00pm 15 Sunday 25th Dydd Sul 25ain 1.00pm 15 Bach s Goldberg Variations Bach s Goldberg Variations BWV 988 Transcribed for string trio by Sitkovetsky Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu Nocturne Op.15 No.2 Scherzo No.3 Prelude in D flat major Op.28 No.15 Beethoven: Sonata in C sharp minor Op.27 No.2 Moonlight Schumann: Nachtstücke Op.23 No.1 Bartok: The Night s Music from Out of Doors Chopin: Berceuse Op.57 Debussy: Feux d Artifice Pavel Kolesnikov Priya Mitchell (violin) Nathan Braude (viola) Brian O Kane (cello) Three superb string players join forces for this late night performance of one of Bach s greatest works in a classic arrangement for string trio. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Tri chwaraewr llinynnau rhagorol yn dod at ei gilydd ar gyfer y perfformiad hwyrnos yma o un o weithiau mwyaf Bach mewn trefniant clasurol i driawd llinynnol. Photo: Far Left Balazs Borokcz Photos: Far Left Eva Vermandel The exciting young Russian pianist Pavel Kolesnikov makes his Machynlleth Festival debut with a beautiful programme of Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann, Bartok and Debussy. Mae r pianydd ifanc cyffrous o Rwsia Pavel Kolesnikov yn perfformio yng Ngŵyl Machynlleth am y tro cyntaf gyda rhaglen brydferth o Chopin, Beethoven, Schumann, Bartok a Debussy. 21

14 Sunday 25th Nos Sul 25ain 7.30pm 20 The Theatre of the Ayre A Shakespeare Miscellany Robin Blaze (counter tenor) Elizabeth Kenny (lute/theorbo) Simon Robson (reader) Shakespeare s plays are filled with music and songs and in this delightful programme, compiled by one of the world s leading lutenists, Elizabeth Kenny, Shakespeare s words are heard alongside songs by his contemporaries that connect with his preoccupations or his professional circle, including John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Philip Rosseter, Robert Johnson and Henry Purcell. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau: Cook s Tours 6.15pm FREE Teithiau Cook see inside back Mae dramâu Shakespeare yn llawn cerddoriaeth a chaneuon ac yn y rhaglen hyfryd hon sydd wedi i llunio gan un o liwtwyr blaenllaw r byd, Elizabeth Kenny, mae geiriau Shakespeare yn cael eu clywed ochr yn ochr â chaneuon gan ei gyfoeswyr sy n gysylltiedig â i ddiddordebau neu ei gylch proffesiynol, gan gynnwys John Dowland, Thomas Morley, Philip Rosseter, Robert Johnson a Henry Purcell. Photo: Far left Richard Haughton. Top right Dorothea Heise. Photo: Robert Price Exhibitions Arddangosfeydd 6th July 5th September 6ed Gorffennaf 5ed Medi Tabernacle Art Competition Theme: History The annual open competition attracts entries from around the world. The exhibition is selected by expert judges who also award prizes. Awards from the public are presented at the end of the show, so come in and vote! Thema: Hanes Mae r gystadleuaeth agored flynyddol yn denu ymgeiswyr o bob cwr o r byd. Detholir yr arddangosfa gan feirniaid arbenigol sydd hefyd yn dyfarnu r gwobrau. Cyflwynir gwobrau gan y cyhoedd ar ddiwedd y sioe, felly dewch i bleidleisio! 23

15 6th July 31st August 6ed Gorffennaf 31ain Awst 3rd August 14th September 3ydd Awst 14eg Medi Tabernacle Collection Starting with a few important paintings in 1986 the Trust has built up a permanent collection of over 300 works, mainly by Welsh artists. This is an opportunity to see a selection of work from the collection. Gan ddechrau gyda llond dwrn o baentiadau pwysig ym 1986, mae r Ymddiriedolaeth wedi hel casgliad parhaol o dros 300 o weithiau, gan artistiaid o Gymru yn bennaf. Dyma gyfle i weld detholiad o waith o r casgliad. Ag Cain Ag Cain s background as a lettering artist, coupled with an admiration for the marvellous work of the pre-war poster and enamel-sign artists, inspired him to start creating his own handlettered modern retro posters and paintings. Ysbrydolwyd Ag Cain gan ei gefndir fel artist llythrennu, ynghyd â i edmygedd o waith rhyfeddol artistiaid posteri ac arwyddion enamel cyn y rhyfel, i ddechrau creu ei bosteri a phaentiadau retro modern ei hun wedi u llythrennu â llaw. 6th July 31st August 6ed Gorffennaf 31ain Awst Barbara Cole Sea Gold 2019 A fossil beach, sea creatures past and present; all around us is a wealth of flora and fauna which, as any beach-comber, sea-bather and walker of the coastal paths knows, can be devastated by ignorance and complacency. The seas feed us; the seas gave us life. The sculptures in this exhibition are built from recycled materials either as they were made or after they have been cast. Aur y Môr 2019 Traeth ffosiliau, creaduriaid y môr o r gorffennol a r presennol; ym mhob man o n cwmpas ceir fflora a ffawna cyforiog a all, fel y gŵyr unrhyw chwilotwr glan môr, ymdrochwr môr neu gerddwr ar lwybrau r arfordir, gael eu difa gan anwybodaeth a hunanfoddhad. Mae r moroedd yn ein bwydo; y moroedd roddodd fywyd i ni. Mae r cerfluniau yn yr arddangosfa hon wedi u creu o ddeunyddiau ailgylchedig un ai wrth iddynt gael eu gwneud neu ar ôl iddynt gael eu bwrw. 3rd August 14th September 3ydd Awst 14eg Medi Clive Hicks-Jenkins Hansel & Gretel: a nightmare in eight scenes, by Simon Armitage, published in May by Design for Today, is the second book the poet has produced with Clive Hicks-Jenkins as illustrator. Armitage s Hansel & Gretel originated as the libretto of a work for chamber orchestra and puppets, and last year was performed on a national tour by the Berkeley Ensemble, in a production designed and directed by the artist. Hansel & Gretel: a nightmare in eight scenes gan Simon Armitage, a gyhoeddwyd ym mis Mai gan Design for Today, yw r ail gyfrol i r bardd ei chyhoeddi gyda Clive Hicks-Jenkins fel y darlunydd. Yn wreiddiol, libreto gwaith i gerddorfa siambr a phypedau oedd Hansel & Gretel gan Armitage ac fe i perfformiwyd y llynedd ar daith genedlaethol gan Ensemble Berkeley, mewn cynhyrchiad a gynlluniwyd a i gyfarwyddo gan yr artist. 25

16 2019 Festival Benefactors / Cymwynaswyr Gŵyl 2019 We are immensely grateful to the following Festival Benefactors who have supported the 2019 Festival: Rydym yn hynod ddiolchgar i r cymwynaswyr canlynol sydd wedi cefnogi Gŵyl 2019: 2020 Festival Benefactors We hope that our 2019 Festival Benefactors will also want to support the 2020 Festival and we hope others will join them. You can become a 2020 Festival Benefactor for a payment of 250. In common with most music festivals the revenue from ticket sales does not cover the cost of the performances and in order to ensure that the Festival can continue we have established a group of benefactors. We are hoping over time to build up a group of at least 100 benefactors who will be happy to contribute 250 per year towards the cost of the Festival. Unless you wish to be anonymous your name will be shown in the 2020 Festival Brochure. Benefactors will also be invited to one or more special Benefactors-only concerts. Jane & David Anderson BH2 Sioned Bowen Mary Burdett-Jones Susan Charles & John Cable Julius & Belinda Drake Andrew & Jane Duff Miss Heulwen Evans Lizzie & Simon Frost Chris & Wendy Fuller Christopher Gill Pamela Harper Philip Henry Jones There is still time to support the 2019 Festival in this way a form is available on the website. Mr & Mrs Philip Jones Andrew Lambert Richard Lloyd-Morgan Richard Mayou Catherine Pierard Alex & Sian Reid Stephen & Lucy Richards TOWIF Mr & Mrs W Camilla & Anthony Whitworth-Jones David Williams Anonymous Benefactors Mae amser o hyd i gefnogi Gŵyl 2019 fel hyn. Ceir ffurflen ar y wefan. To become a 2020 Festival Benefactor, visit machynllethfestival.co.uk from early September and download a form, or contact us Cymwynaswyr Gŵyl 2020 Gobeithiwn y bydd Cymwynaswyr Gŵyl 2019 hefyd am gefnogi Gŵyl 2020 ac y bydd rhai eraill yn ymuno â nhw. Gallwch ddod yn un o Gymwynaswr Gŵyl 2020 drwy dalu 250. Yn yr un modd â r rhan fwyaf o wyliau cerddorol, nid yw r refeniw drwy werthu tocynnau n talu cost y perfformiadau ac er mwyn sicrhau y gall yr Ŵyl barhau, rydym wedi sefydlu grŵp o gymwynaswyr. Ein gobaith dros amser yw meithrin grŵp o 100 o gymwynaswyr fan leiaf a fydd yn fodlon cyfrannu 250 y flwyddyn tuag at gost yr Ŵyl. Oni bai ch bod yn dymuno aros yn ddienw, dangosir eich enw yn Llyfryn Gŵyl Gwahoddir cymwynaswyr i un neu ragor o gyngherddau arbennig i Gymwynaswyr yn unig. I ddod yn un o Gymwynaswyr Gŵyl 2020, ewch at machynllethfestival.co.uk o ddechrau mis Medi a lawrlwytho ffurflen neu gysylltu â ni. Box Office / Swyddfa Tocynnau:

17 28 Coffee Shop Siop Goffi Y Tabernacl The Tabernacle Coffee Shop will be open from 10am-3pm every day throughout the Festival, offering quality tea, coffee, homemade cake and light lunches. Come in and relax within the friendly surroundings of the gallery whilst enjoying the outstanding performances that the festival has to offer. Bar The Bar will be open in the evenings for pre-concert and interval drinks. For your convenience and to avoid long queues, interval drinks can be ordered before the performance starts. Bydd Siop Goffi Y Tabernacl yn agored o 10yb tan 3yp bob dydd drwy gydol yr Ŵyl, gan gynnig te, coffi, teisennau cartref a chiniawau ysgafn o safon. Dewch heibio i ymlacio yn naws gyfeillgar yr oriel wrth fwynhau r perfformiadau neilltuol sydd gan yr Ŵyl i w cynnig. Bydd y Bar yn agored gyda r nos am ddiodydd cyn cyngherddau ac yn ystod yr egwyl. Er hwylustod ac i osgoi ciwiau hir, gellir prynu diodydd ar gyfer yr egwyl cyn i r perfformiad ddechrau. Photo: Robert Price Supporters/ Cefnogwyr We are very grateful to the following: Rydym yn ddiolchgar iawn i r canlynol: Bwyty Maengwyn The Clock Shop Friends of the Tabernacle Garthgwynion Charities Y Gegin Fach Lambert Family Foundation Ann & Humphrey LLoyd Maenllwyd Guesthouse Major & Evans Mid Wales Furniture & Interiors David H. O. Owen Penrallt Gallery Bookshop J. B. Roberts & Son Ltd Royal House Café & Bakery The Tabernacle Coffee Shop Tillyannes Florist Welshpool Printing Group William Lloyd Williams & Son Ltd The Wynnstay

18 Join our series of free Pre-concert talks from BBC Radio 3 presenter Christopher Cook. Teithiau Cook s Tours Cook s Tours 6.15pm FREE Teithiau Cook Thursday 22nd César Franck - A French Wagnerian? After the humiliation of the Franco-Prussian war and the collapse of the Second Empire French painters, writer and musicians were determined to pursue French values in their work. But for some composers the spell of the most admired German composer of the second half of the nineteenth was irresistible. César Franck and his favourite pupils such as Chausson and Duparc were torn between the music of Richard Wagner and a desire to be French. Is this the conflict that fuels Franck s finest compositions? Friday 23rd Dame Anne Evans in conversation For many people Anne Evans was the greatest Brünnhilde of her generation and one of the finest Isoldes too, but her career began with Mozart and she was deemed a mezzo before she settled as a soprano. A great and much loved singer talks about her career in Britain and Europe with Christopher Cook; a career that continues as she works with a new generation of young singers. Nos Iau 22ain Nos Wener 23ain Ar ôl darostyngiad y rhyfel rhwng Ffrainc a Phrwsia a chwymp yr Ail Ymerodraeth, roedd artistiaid, awduron a cherddorion o Ffrainc yn benderfynol o ddilyn gwerthoedd Ffrengig yn eu gwaith. Ond i rai cyfansoddwyr roedd yn amhosibl ymwrthod â swyn y cyfansoddwr Almaenig a fu n destun yr edmygedd mwyaf yn ail hanner y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg. Cloffai César Franck a i hoff ddisgyblion megis Chausson a Duparc rhwng cerddoriaeth Richard Wagner a r awydd i fod yn Ffrengig. Ai dyma r gwrthdaro a daniai gyfansoddiadau gorau Franck? I lawer o bobl, Anne Evans oedd Brünnhilde orau ei chenhedlaeth ac un o r rhai gorau i chwarae Isolde hefyd, ond dechreuodd ei gyrfa gyda Mozart ac fe i hystyriwyd yn fezzo cyn iddi ymsefydlu fel soprano. Mae r gantores fawr sy n annwyl i lawer yn sgwrsio am ei gyrfa ym Mhrydain ac Ewrop gyda Christopher Cook, gyrfa sy n parhau wrth iddi weithio gyda chenhedlaeth newydd o gantorion ifainc. Saturday 24th Nos Sadwrn 24ain Brother and Sister in Music - Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn If Felix Mendelssohn was precocious as a composer, then his sister Fanny was equally gifted, and until her brother left home she acted as his principal artistic advisor. It is only very recently that we have come to appreciate Fanny s gifts as a musician with over 500 compositions to her name. Brother and sister, both beneficiaries of a desire amongst educated Jews to assimilate into German cultural life, were important composers and deeply devoted. Indeed Felix perhaps never fully recovered from Fanny s death in 1847, dying just months after his sister. Sunday 25th Nos Sul 25ain If music be the Food of Love - Setting Shakespeare to music If Shakespeare seems a touchstone of all that is English to British composers, he has also appealed to Europeans. Berlioz was smitten by the poet and the actress Harriet Smithson when he saw Hamlet for the first time in Paris and Richard Strauss set Ophelia s sad songs to music in a notable group of lieder. Why are composers drawn to England s greatest dramatic poet? What is it that they find in his plays that provokes them to music? Os oedd Felix Mendelssohn yn ddawnus cyn pryd fel cyfansoddwr roedd ei chwaer Fanny yr un mor dalentog, a nes i w brawd adael gartre hi oedd ei brif gynghorydd artistig. Dim ond yn ddiweddar iawn yr ydym wedi dod i werthfawrogi doniau Fanny fel cerddor a hithau gyda dros 500 o gyfansoddiadau i w henw. Cyfansoddwyr pwysig teyrngar iawn i w gilydd oedd y brawd a r chwaer, ill dau n elwa ar ddymuniad ymhlith Iddewon addysgedig i ymgymathu â bywyd diwylliannol yr Almaen. Yn wir, efallai na lwyddodd Felix fyth i ddod dros farwolaeth Fanny yn 1847, gan farw fisoedd yn unig ar ôl ei chwaer. Os yw Shakespeare i w weld yn cynrychioli popeth Seisnig i gyfansoddwyr Prydeinig mae hefyd wedi apelio at Ewropeaid. Roedd Berlioz wrth ei fodd â r bardd a r actores Harriet Smithson pan welodd Hamlet am y tro cyntaf ym Mharis a gosododd Richard Strauss ganeuon trist Ophelia i gerddoriaeth mewn grŵp nodedig o lieder. Pam mae cyfansoddwyr yn cael eu denu at fardd dramatig mwyaf Lloegr? Beth maent yn ei ganfod yn ei ddramâu sy n eu hysgogi i gyfansoddi?