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Presteigne and Norton Town Council

sponsorship

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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

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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 email the Festival Producer: [email protected] 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.

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cover photograph: Gareth Rees-Roberts | brochure design: Andrew Giles · [email protected]

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Thursday 27 augusT

Event 1 11.00am MEDIEVAL RADNORSHIRE | Archaeology EVENJOBB Village Hall 6

Event 2 2.30pm ESPANSIVA | Film PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 6

7.15pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK I | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 6

Event 3 8.00pm CHAMBER OPERA DOUBLE BILL | Opera PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 7

Friday 28 augusT

Event 4 11.00am WHY SHAKESPEARE? | Poetry DISCOED St Michael’s Church 8

Event 5 2.00pm SIBELIUS AND NIELSEN IN PERSPECTIVE | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 8

Event 6 4.00pm A GOOD HONEST TRADE | Talk PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 9

4.30pm FESTIVAL EVENSONG BLEDDFA Church of St Mary Magdalene 9

7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK II | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 10

Event 7 7.45pm NORTHERN LIGHTS AND VARIATIONS | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 10

saTurday 29 augusT

Event 8 11.30am BACH TO THE FUTURE I | Concert KINNERTON St Mary’s Church 11

Event 9 2.00pm UPON ENTERING A PAINTING | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 11

Event 10 4.30pm CHOIR OF ROYAL HOLLOWAY A CAPPELLA | Concert PEMBRIDGE St Mary’s Parish Church 12

7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK III | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 12

Event 11 7.45pm NAVARRA IN PRESTEIGNE | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 13

sunday 30 augusT

11.00am FESTIVAL EUCHARIST PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 13

Event 12 12.30pm AROUND THE BUILDINGS OF PRESTEIGNE | History PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Hall 14

Event 13 3.00pm NAVARRA AT OLD RADNOR | Concert OLD RADNOR St Stephen’s Church 14

Event 14 5.00pm BURTON | One Man Show PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 15

7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK IV | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 15

Event 15 7.45pm COUNTLESS AND WONDERFUL ARE THE WAYS TO PRAISE GOD | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 16

Monday 31 augusT

Event 16 11.00am BARRIE GAVIN AT 80 | Conversation PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 16

Event 17 2.00pm FLIGHTS OF ANGELS | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 17

Event 18 4.30pm MUSIC AND LIFE | Conversation PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 17

6.15pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK V | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 18

Event 19 7.00pm TOM POSTER IN RECITAL | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 18

Event 20 9.45pm BACH TO THE FUTURE II – BY CANDLELIGHT | Concert DISCOED St Michael’s Church 19

Tuesday 1 sepTeMber

Event 21 11.00am THE SOUNDS OF LIFE | Talk TITLEY Village Hall 19

Event 22 2.00pm NAVARRA IN THE AFTERNOON | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 20

Event 23 4.00pm WHY OUTREACH? | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 20

7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK VI | Discussion PRESTEIGNE Assembly Rooms 21

Event 24 7.45pm IN HONOUR OF JOHN McCABE | Concert PRESTEIGNE St Andrew’s Church 21

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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.

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Medieval RadnorshireNigel 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

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

Espansivaa film by barrie gavin

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


Event 2Thursday August at 2.30pm Dydd Lau Awst am 2.30pm

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD8 2AD Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD8 2AD

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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.

Free admission to ticket holders for Event 3 Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar gyfer Digwyddiad 3


Thursday August at 7.15pm Dydd Lau Awst am 7.15pm


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Thursday August at 11.00am Dydd Lau Awst am 11.00am

Village Hall, Evenjobb LD8 2SB Neuadd y Pentref, Einsiob LD8 2SB

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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.

Chamber Opera Double Bill

EntanglementCharlotte 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 conductorNova Music Ensemble

That Man Stephen WardThomas Hyde composer ∙ David Norris librettistWelsh 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

Tickets £30 and £27.50 reserved £16 unreserved (restricted view) £10 studentAdvance booking advisable

Tocynnau £30 a £27.50 wedi’u cadw £16 heb eu cadw (golweg gyfyngedig) £10 myfyrwyrArgymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw

This event ends at approximately 10.15pmBydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 10.15pm

Event 3Thursday August at 8.00pm Dydd Lau Awst am 8.00pm

St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF

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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.


Tickets £7.50 unreserved Tocynnau £7.50 heb eu cadw



This event ends at approximately 12.00 noon Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 12.00 hanner dydd

This is a fundraising event presented in association with The Friends of St Michael’s, Discoed

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Event 5Friday August at 2.00pm Dydd Gwener Awst am 2.00pm


28Event 4Friday August at 11.00am Dydd Gwener Awst am 11.00am

St Michael’s Church, Discoed LD8 2NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, Disgoed LD8 2NW

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Sibelius and Nielsen in perspective

Fenella humphreys violinTimothy 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 £12.50 reserved | £10 unreserved | £6 studentTocynnau £12.50 wedi’u cadw | £10 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr


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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 three-volume 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


Edward Owen of Penrhos, Self-portrait, 1732

Choir of royal hollowayrupert gough conductor

Introit: David Bednall Aspire to God my soul Responses: Barry FergusonCanticles: William Mathias Jesus College Service Anthem: 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)



28Festival EvensongFriday August at 4.30pm Dydd Gwener Awst am 4.30pm

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Bleddfa LD7 1PA Eglwys y Santes Fair Fadlen, Bleddfa LD7 1PA

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Sibelius and Nielsen in perspective

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Kathryn Thomas flutepresteigne Festival orchestrageorge Vass conductor

Einojuhani Rautavaara Suite for string orchestraChristopher Gunning Flute ConcertinoCarl Nielsen Serenata in vano, FS 68Jean Sibelius Romance in C, Op 42Matthew Taylor Variations on a Theme of Max Reger, Op 45

Tickets £22 reserved | £17 unreserved | £6 studentTocynnau £22 wedi’u cadw | £17 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr


Northern Lights and Variations



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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.



Pre-Performance Talk IIFriday August at 7.00pm Dydd Gwener Awst am 7.00pm


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Joseph Tong and Waka hasegawa piano duet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Sonata in F, K497Matthew Taylor Wassail, Op 15John McCabe Upon entering a painting Rob Keeley Bondi BreaksClaude Debussy Petite Suite



Upon Entering a Painting

Event 9Saturday August at 2.00pm Dydd Sadwrn Awst am 2.00pm


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Cheryl Frances-Hoad Suite No 1 for solo violinGordon Crosse Orkney DreamingPiers Hellawell Balcony ScenesMichael Small White SpaceWorld premiere of the 2014 Royal Philharmonic Society/ Presteigne Festival commission Johann Sebastian Bach Partita in E, BWV1006

Tickets £12.50 unreserved | £6 studentTocynnau £12.50 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr




Bach to the Future I

Event 8Saturday August at 11.30am Dydd Sadwrn Awst am 11.30am

St Mary’s Church, Kinnerton LD8 2PF Eglwys y Santes Fair, Cinrtwn LD8 2PF

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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 £12.50 unreserved | £6 studentTocynnau £12.50 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr

Transport The Festival Bus will depart from Presteigne at 3.45pm (please see page 22 for more information)



Choir of Royal Holloway a capella

Event 10Saturday August at 4.30pm Dydd Sadwrn Awst am 4.30pm

St Mary’s Parish Church, Pembridge HR6 9EA Eglwys Blwyf y Santes Fair, Pembridge HR6 9EA

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Thomas Hyde discusses this evening’s concert programme with fellow composer Joseph Phibbs, whose second string quartet is premiered by the Navarra Quartet



Pre-Performance Talk III

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Preacher: rev debbie Venables Assistant CurateCelebrant: rev prebendary stephen hollinghurst Rector


Introit: Einojuhani Rautavaara I Katisma

Mass: Gabriel Jackson Missa Sanctae Margaretae

Communion motets: James MacMillan Dominus dabit benignitatem Joby Talbot Ave verum corpus

Festival EucharistSunday August at 11.00am Dydd Sul Awst am 11.00am


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Navarra in Presteigne

navarra Quartet Tom poster piano

Carl Nielsen String Quartet No 4 in F, FS 36Joseph Phibbs String Quartet No 2 World premiere of a joint Presteigne Festival and Little Missenden Festival commissionAntonín 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


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Sunday August at 12.30pm Dydd Sul Awst am 12.30pm

Meet at St Andrew’s Hall, Presteigne Beddwn yn cyfarfod yn Neuadd Sant Andreas, Llanandras

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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 late-medieval 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


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Around the Buildings of Presteigne an historical walk with duncan James


St Stephen’s Church, Old Radnor LD8 2RH Eglwys Sant Steffan, Pencraig LD8 2RH

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Navarra at Old Radnor

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Matthew Taylor String Quartet No 6, Op 36 Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in A minor, Op 132


Tickets £12.50 unreserved | £6 student Tocynnau £12.50 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr

Transport Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 2pm (please see page 22 for more information)



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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.





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Rhodri Miles (Game of Thrones, The Hollow Crown) excels in this one-man show exploring Richard Burton’s often hilarious, melancholic, self-deprecating 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


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Burton a one-man show with rhodri Miles

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Countless and Wonderful are the Ways to Praise God

gillian Keith sopranoChoir of royal hollowaypresteigne Festival orchestrageorge Vass conductor

Gabriel Jackson Countless and wonderful are the ways to praise GodPēteris Vasks Epifania David Matthews Three Housman Songs, Op 69 World premiere of version with string orchestra accompanimentToby Young Love and HarmonyEinojuhani 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




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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.


This event ends at approximately 12.00 noon Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 12.00 hanner dydd

Barrie Gavin at 80 Conversation with barrie gavin and david Matthews

Monday August at 11.00am Dydd Llun Awst am 11.00am


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Monday August at 4.30pm Dydd Llun Awst am 4.30pm


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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.



Music and LifeMatthew Taylor in conversation with Thomas hyde

gillian Keith soprano Timothy end piano

Jean Sibelius Five Songs, Op 37Judith 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



Flights of Angels

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Maurice Ravel Sonatine John McCabe Tunstall Chimes (Hommage à Ravel) Matthew Taylor Fantasy on a Theme of Malcolm Arnold, Op 40Carl Nielsen Chaconne, FS 79Jean Sibelius Kyllikki – three lyric pieces, Op 41Ludwig van Beethoven Piano Sonata in D, Op 28 ‘Pastorale’

Tickets £19 reserved | £15 unreserved | £6 studentTocynnau £19 wedi’u cadw | £15 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr


Tom Poster in RecitalFestival stalwart Thomas Hyde introduces this evening’s wide-ranging piano recital in discussion with composer-in-residence Matthew Taylor, himself something of an expert on the music of Nielsen and Sibelius.



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St Michael’s Church, Discoed LD8 2NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, Disgoed LD8 2NW

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Tuesday September at 11.00am Dydd Mawrth Medi am 11.00am

Village Hall, Titley HR5 3RN Neuadd y Pentref, Titley HR5 3RN

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Fenella humphreys violin

Peter Maxwell Davies Sonatina for violin aloneSally Beamish Intrada e FugaAdrian Sutton Arpeggiare VariationsDavid 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 £12.50 unreserved | £6 student. Advance booking advisableTocynnau £12.50 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)



Bach to the Future II – by candlelight

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.


Tickets £7.50 unreserved Tocynnau £7.50 heb eu cadw




The Sounds of Life Musical discovery with stephen Johnson

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Tuesday September at 4.00pm Dydd Mawrth Medi am 4.00pm


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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.



Why Outreach discussion

Navarra in the Afternoon

navarra Quartet

Frank Bridge Three IdyllsEdward Gregson String Quartet Maurice Ravel String Quartet in F



Tuesday September at 2.00pm Dydd Mawrth Medi am 2.00pm


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Presteigne Festival Outreach Project 2014 ‘Writing with Dylan’Children from Leintwardine School show their artwork before reading their poems about their imagined ‘Mad Town’

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Event 24Tuesday September at 7.45pm Dydd Mawrth Medi am 7.45pm


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John McCabe Red LeavesCarl Nielsen Little Suite in A minor, FS 6Matthew Taylor Pastorals for violin and string orchestra, Op 32aWorld premiere of a Presteigne Festival commission David Knotts Laments and Lullabies for piano and chamber orchestraWorld premiere of a Presteigne Festival commissionJoseph Haydn Symphony No 43 in E flat ‘Mercury’

Tickets £22 reserved | £17 unreserved | £6 student Advance booking advisableTocynnau £22 wedi’u cadw | £17 heb eu cadw | £6 myfyrwyr Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw


In Honour of John McCabe (1939-2015)

Eminent musicologist Stephen Johnson chairs a pre-concert 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.



Pre-Performance Talk VITuesday September at 7.00pm Dydd Mawrth Medi am 7.00pm


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Booking informationThe 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 datesPatrons’ and Friends’ booking opens on Tuesday 21 April 2015

Online booking opens on Tuesday 5 May 2015 Via our website: www.presteignefestival.com

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 01544 267800 and in person at the Festival Box Office, Assembly Rooms, Broad Street, Presteigne.

PaymentCredit and debit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Maestro) are accepted. Cheques should be made payable to Presteigne Festival Limited. We regret that refunds cannot be made.

AccessAll 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 BusA 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.

Box Office opening times20 July – 22 August 2015Monday to Saturday 11.00am–2.00pm

24 August – 1 September 2015Daily 10.00am–5.00pm

Festival Box OfficePresteigne Festival P O Box 30PRESTEIGNEPowysLD8 2WF

Telephone 01544 267800Website and Online Booking www.presteignefestival.com

Published by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts LimitedRegistered Charity No 1039968

St Michael’s Church, Discoed

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