Festival Brochure Llyfryn Yr Ŵyl

23– 28 AUGUST 23– 28 AWST 2018

festival brochure llyfryn yr ŵyl www.presteignefestival.com

2 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 Volunteers Other Donations Special Support Sponsorship Embassy of theRepublic of Lithuania,London Embassy of theRepublic of Latvia,London Embassy of Estonia, London The Williams Church Music Trust Tŷ Cerdd RVW Trust PRS for MusicFoundation The FidelioCharitable Trust The Elmley Foundation The Colwinston Charitable Trust The John SCohen Foundation Foundation William AlwynThe Arts Council of Wales Presteigne andNorton Town Council Powys County Council John Good Estates and Agency Group Limited reserves therightto alter artistsor programme content. In una Association The Presteigne Festival isafullmemberFestivals of theBritishArts Festival. it would beimpossible for usto mountsuchanexciting annual accommodation for artistsduringtheFestival period. Without them, work asstewards, programme sellers andalsoprovide overnight We are mostgrateful to our wonderful team of volunteers who please email the Festival Producer: [email protected] further detailsof any of theseor other sponsorshipopportunities, generous group of Benefactors, Patrons andFriends. If you would like Other financialsupportisprovided by Corporate Patrons anda Major Donations voidable circumstances Presteigne Festival of Musicandthe Arts

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4 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 dathliad diwylliannol blynyddol. Mae rhaglen 2018 yn cynnig amrywiaethamheuthunoddigwyddiadau – ymunwch âniar gyfer ein Latfia KristīneBalanas, y soprano Ruby Hughesa’r pianydd Joseph Tong. Chôr Royal Holloway –apherfformwyr sy’n ymddangos ynLlanandras am y tro cyntaf, y feiolinydd o Mae’r lein-yp anhygoel oartistiaid yn cynnwys ffefrynnau’r Ŵyl Pedwarawd Navarra, Huw Watkins a sgyrsiau llenyddol, Stiwdios Agored, arddangosfeydd affilm. gerddoriaeth, y bardd Gregory Leadbetter, sioeundyn Terry Victor Well Thumbed,cerddoriaeth a Mae’r rhaglen ategol yn dali ymestyn –celfyddyd Gymreig gyda Peter Lord, Stephen Johnson ar wrth ddangostair ffilmchwedlonol oSgandinafia. gynhyrfus Strindberg MissJulie;bydd y themaNordig yn parhaumewn celfyddyd, cerddoriaeth ac Rydym yn agor gydag opera siambr newydd gyffrous Joseph PhibbsJuliana, wedi’i seilioar ddrama David Matthews. a’r cyfansoddwr preswyl MartinButler ac yn ymuno âdathliadaupen-blwydd MichaelBerkeley a gan Cydonie Banting,David Bednall,Gareth Moorcraft, Huw Watkins, ManosCharalabopoulos Rydym yn parhauiroi sylw i gerddoriaeth gyfoes gwledydd Prydain gyda chomisiynau newydd Latfia aLithwania ddod yn weriniaethau annibynnol. Mae einrhaglen ganolog yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth o’r Baltig –ganddathlucan mlynedd ersiEstonia, chyfansoddwyr, cerddorion acartistiaid yn cael eichynnal yng nghanolharddwch Gororau Cymru. Croeso i wledd gelfyddydol flynyddol Gŵyl Llanandras, wedi’i chreu a’ichuradu mewn partneriaethâ The 2018programme offers arich variety of events –please joinus for our annualcultural celebration. Balanas, soprano Ruby Hughesandpianist Joseph Tong. of Royal Holloway, and performers appearing at Presteigne for the first time – Latvian violinist Kristīne The dazzlingartistline-upincludesFestival favourites theNavarra Quartet, Huw Watkins andtheChoir Open Studios, exhibitionsandfilm. music, poetGregory Leadbetter, Terry Victor’s one-manshow Well Thumbed , musicandliterary talks, The supportingprogramme continues to extend – Welsh art with Peter Lord, Stephen Johnson on legendary Scandinavian movies. drama We open with Joseph Phibbs’ exciting new chamber opera Juliana,basedonStrindberg’s unsettling Martin Butler; andjointhebirthday celebrations for MichaelBerkeley andDavid Matthews. David Bednall,Gareth Moorcraft, Huw Watkins, ManosCharalabopoulos andcomposer-in-residence We continue to explore Britishcontemporary music with new commissions from Cydonie Banting, Lithuania becoming independentrepublics. Our central programme features Baltic music–celebrating thecentenaries of Estonia, Latviaand composers, musiciansandartists,takingplace inthebeautifulsurroundings of the Welsh Marches. Welcome to thePresteigne Festival’s annualfeast of thearts,created andcurated inpartnership with Miss Julie;theNordic themebeingcontinued inart,musicand with thescreening of three George Vass, cyfarwyddwr artistig George Vass, artisticdirector

EVENT 1 Bydd y Digwyddiad 1 yn gorffen amtua12.30pmaDigwyddiad 2 am 4.30pm Event 1endsatapproximately 12.30pmandEvent 2at4.30pm Advance bookingonlyllawunig |Bwcio ymlaen yn Tocynnau £16hebeucadw Tickets £16unreserved Numbers strictly limited to 14 per event.. weather appropriate clothing isadvisable. Aprons and gloves will be available, as are refreshments. You may be working outside at times, so demonstrate thepotential of collagraph printmaking. will befollowed by practical experience usingaknife andtools to make theplate. The workshop will with chine-collé. Previous experience of drawing or printingisnotnecessary. A shortintroduction practising artists, you will make aplate, inkandprintittwice, once inblackinkandonce addingcolour run through the Trust’s etching press, resulting inacollagraph print.Suitable for bothbeginnersand Jackie will show how simple line drawings and tape can be usedto create aplate that can be inked and The Rodd, hometo theSidney Nolan Trust. farm andhome;hisideas will bereflected against therural backdrop of thebuildings andlandscape at print influenced by the watercolours of Swedish painter CarlLarsson? Larsson was inspired by themes of Reflecting the Nordic themerunningthrough the Festival, why notjoina workshop to create a collagraph Morris H Jackie with collagraphprintmaking tointroduction An VARIATIONSLARSSON CARL OF THEME A ON Llanandras LD82LL Ymddiriedolaeth SidneyNolan, The Rodd, Presteigne LD82LL Nolan Trust,Rodd, Sidney The Lau Dydd Thursday

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EVENT 2 Llanandras LD82LL Ymddiriedolaeth SidneyNolan, The Rodd, Presteigne LD82LL Nolan Trust,Rodd, Sidney The Lau Dydd Thursday

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6 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 3 Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Lau Dydd Thursday This event endsatapproximately 9.40pm |Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.40pm Advance bookingadvisable | Argymhellir prynutocynnau ymlaen llaw Tocynnau £32a£28 wedi’u cadw |£16hebeucadw (golweg gyfyngedig)|£10mfyrwyr Tickets £32and£28reserved |£16unreserved (restricted view) |£10student Richard Williams Juliana Nova MusicOpera between richandpoor, immigration andthetransgression of class,socialandsexualboundaries). to a contemporary Swedish setting, confronting a number of topical issues head-on (including the divide Laurie Slade’s libretto brilliantly transplants August Strindberg’s mostcelebrated play, MissJulie(1899), for company. She’s bored anddepressed, sogoesto thekitchen insearch of distraction … Juliana is recovering from abroken engagement; with her father away onbusiness, she has only acanary Phibbs’ exciting new chamber opera. Midsummer’s eve on a Swedish waterside estate – the night is short and passions run high in Joseph JULIANA Cheryl Enever ∙Kerstin Rebecca Afonwy-Jones∙ Juan

23 Sgwrs ddi-dâl cyn ycyngerdd, gyda Thomas cyn Hyde agwesteionSgwrs ddi-dâl director ∙George Vass conductor 7.45pm, Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Free pre-concert talkwith Thomas HydeFree pre-concert A A PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK 7.45pm, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD wst am8.30pm ugust at 8.30pm Presteigne Festival commission Welsh premiere of ajointNova Music Trust/ Libretto LAURIE SLADE Music JOSEPHPHIBBS Samuel Pantcheff and guests EVENT 4 POETRY ATPOETRY DISCOED Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua12.00nawniau This event endsatapproximately 12.00noon (gweler y clawr cefn amragor o wybodaeth) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael yn Llanandras am10.30am (please seebackcover for more information) Transport The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at10.30am Tocynnau £7.50 hebeucadw Tickets £7.50 unreserved Literature andCreative Writing. upon-Avon Poetry Festival. He currently teaches atBirminghamCity University, where heisReader in Fellowship in 2013. In 2016 he was Poet in Residence at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage for Stratford- Lamb and Ted Hughes.He has written radio drama for theBBC,and was awarded aHawthornden the University EnglishBookPrize 2012,andhehaspublishedessays on Wordsworth, Keats, Charles His bookof literary criticism,Coleridge andtheDaemonicImagination(Palgrave Macmillan,2011) won and anthologies. Poetry Business Book of New Contemporary Poets (Smith/Doorstop, 2014) as well as other journals RialtoPoetry, onBBCRadio4, CAST: LondonNorth, MagmaThe And Other Poems,andin , The The The Body in the Well (HappenStance Press, 2007). His poems have appeared in The Poetry Review , creative writing; heistheauthor of two poetry collections: TheFetch (Nine Arches Press, 2016)and Gregory Leadbetter isapoetand critic, with research interests inEnglishRomanticism, poetry and GREGORY LEADBETTER Eglwys Sant Mihangel, DisgoedLD82NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, St Michael’s Church, Discoed LD82NW Dydd Friday Gwener

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8 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 5 NORDIC MASTERS, MATTHEWSMASTERS, NORDIC BANTING AND W CYDONIE BANTING The Gate of Dawn DAVID MATTHEWS Variations for Piano,Op72 EDVARD GRIEG Stemninger (Moods),Op73Nos 1,2,3,4and6 Joseph Tong Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua3.15pm This event endsatapproximately 3.15pm Tocynnau £15 wedi’u cadw |£12hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £15reserved |£12unreserved |£6student ERKKI-SVEN TÜÜRPianoSonata JEAN SIBELIUSSonatinainE,Op67No 2 Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Friday orld premiere of aPresteigne Festival commission Gwener

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EVENT 6 Musical DiscoveryJohnson StephenMusical with BALTIC MUSIC SINCE THE END OF THE SOVIETERA THE OF END BALTICTHE SINCE MUSIC Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua5.15pm This event endsatapproximately 5.15pm Tocynnau £7.50 hebeucadw Tickets £7.50 unreserved and Gramophone. death (1996).Stephen has written regularly forGuardian , BBCMusicMagazine TheIndependent, included fourteen programmes aboutthemusicof Bruckner for thecentenary of thecomposer’s broadcasts frequently for theBBConRadio3,4and World Service; major projects have Lancashire-born Stephen Johnson studiedattheNorthern Schoolof MusicandLeeds University. He of quietbutdetermined heroism. in their music.Stephen Johnson looks atthatremarkable musical legacy, andthrough itreveals atale on to asenseof cultural identity, andnowhere doesthatemerge more impressively andmovingly than repression. Yet despite their geographically precarious position,thesethree smallcountries have hung So muchof thehistory of theso-called ‘Baltic States’ hasbeenaboutoccupation, annexation, Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Dydd Friday Gwener

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10 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 7 LONELYANGEL Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.30pm This event endsatapproximately 9.30pm Tocynnau £26 wedi’u cadw |£20hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £26reserved |£20unreserved |£6student ARVO PÄRT Cantusinmemory of BenjaminBritten George Vass Presteigne Festival Orchestra Ruby Hughessoprano Kristīne Balanasviolin BÉLA AR D PĒTERIS V HUW Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Friday AVID MATTHEWS Three Housman Songs,Op69a VO PÄRT Fratres BARTÓK Divertimento for stringorchestra, BB118 WATKINS Remember Gwener

ASKS Vientuļais eņģelis(Lonely Angel) Sgwrs ddi-dâl cyn ycyngerdd, gyda Stephen cyn Johnson agwesteionSgwrs ddi-dâl conductor

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WILD STRAWBERRIESWILD EVENT 8 Film at the FestivalI the at Film Event presented inassociation with Presteigne Screen Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua 9.30pm This event endsatapproximately 9.30pm Tocynnau £7hebeucadw Tickets £7unreserved Yn cynnwys cyfeiriadau rhywiol, iaithathrais sydd igyd yn gymedrol Contains mild sexualreferences, languageand violence In Swedish with subtitles | of thescreenings. The seriesiscurated by distinguishedfilmeditor Tony Lawson, who gives ashortintroduction to each The first of this year’s ‘Film at the Festival’ series reflecting the Festival’s predominant Nordic theme. and relationships. an award. Onthe way heencounters people, places andmemories,pushinghimto reconsider hislife cemented hisreputation asamajor filmdirector. Anelderly professor travels across Sweden to receive Wild Strawberries (1957) is considered to be one of Ingmar Bergman’s most accessible films and Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Dydd Friday Bar available |Bar ar gael Gwener

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12 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 ‘REVOLUTIONARY’ YEAR OF 1968 ‘REVOLUTIONARY’OF YEAR EVENT 9 Cultural history with Ian Marchant Ian with historyCultural 68 at 50: FIFTY YEARS SINCE THE THE SINCE YEARS FIFTY 50: at 68 Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua12.00nawniau This event endsatapproximately 12.00noon Tocynnau £7.50 heb eucadw Tickets £7.50 unreserved and Wilderness) asonehalf of semi-legendary hippiecabaret duo‘Your Dad.’ BBC Radio,andhasappeared numerous timesatfestivals (includingGlastonbury, Secret Garden Party Lines, extant Welsh county of Radnorshire. He haspublishedseven books,includingthetravel/memoirs Parallel Ian Marchant isoriginally from Newhaven inEastSussex,andnow lives with hisfamily inthenolonger and to ask, what happenedto the soixante-huitards, fifty years on? music andliterature to recreate somethingof theatmosphere of thoseheady days behindthebarricade; who felt thateducation was thekey to makingthatchangehappen.Inthistalk,he’ll belooking atpolitics, Ian Marchant’s school opened in1968, and he was taught by young hopeful and enthusiastic teachers, out to changethe world; to stop the war in Vietnam, andto remake the world intheshapeof love. summer of studentoccupations, of street fighting, of revolution intheair. The ‘soixante-huitards’ were If 2017 was thefiftiethanniversary of the‘Summer of Love’, then2018isthefiftiethanniversary of the Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Sadwrn Dydd Saturday The Longest Crawl andSomethingof theNight.He isasometimespresenter of documentariesfor

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EVENT 10 A CHARM OF LULLABIES OF CHARM A Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua3.00pm This event endsatapproximately 3.00pm Tocynnau £15 wedi’u cadw |£12hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £15reserved |£12unreserved |£6student ALBAN BERGSeven Early Songs Bright TravellersHELEN GRIME UK pr Huw Watkins Ruby Hughessoprano HUW WATKINS BENJAMIN BRITTEN A Charmof Lullabies, Op41 Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Sadwrn Dydd Saturday emiere of ajointPresteigne Festival/Carnegie Hall commission

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14 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 11 PASSIO Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua5.45pm This event endsatapproximately 5.45pm (gweler y clawr cefn amragor o wybodaeth) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael yn Llanandras am 3.45pm (please seebackcover for more information) Transport The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at3.45pm Tocynnau £16hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £16unreserved |£6student ARVO PÄRT Passio Rupert Goughconductor Presteigne Festival Ensemble The Choir of Royal Holloway Eglwys Blwyf ySantes Fair,Eglwys Blwyf Pembridge HR69EA St Mary’s Parish Church, Pembridge HR69EA Sadwrn Dydd Saturday

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EVENT 12 NAVARRAPRESTEIGNE IN QUARTET Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.30pm This event endsatapproximately 9.30pm Tocynnau £23 wedi’u cadw |£18hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £23reserved |£18unreserved |£6student FRANZ SCHUBER PĒTERIS VASKS String Quartet No 3 JOSEPH PHIBBS Navarra Quartet Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Sadwrn Dydd Saturday

Sgwrs ddi-dâl cyn ycyngerdd, gyda Thomas cyn Hyde agwesteionSgwrs ddi-dâl

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16 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 13 Film at the FestivalII the at Film PELLE THE CONQUEROR THE PELLE Event presented inassociation with Presteigne Screen Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua10.45pm This event endsatapproximately 10.45pm Tocynnau £7hebeucadw Tickets £7unreserved Yn cynnwys trais llym strongContains violence In Swedish with subtitles | the screenings. The seriesiscurated by distinguishedfilmeditor Tony Lawson, who gives ashortintroduction to eachof The second of this year’s ‘FilmattheFestival’ seriesreflecting the Festival’s predominant Nordic theme. winning bothanOscar andalsothePalme d’Or attheCannesFestival. Bille August’s 1987filmisrichly shot, capturing thegreat beauty of Denmark’s landscape andopenskies son, to Denmark,alandof promise. The reality ismuchharder butthey never lose their humanspirit. Set intheearly 1900s,recently widowed Lassedecidesto leave Sweden andemigrate with Pelle, his Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Sadwrn Dydd Saturday Bar available |Bar ar gael

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FESTIVAL EUCHARIST EVENT 14 A celebration with Davidcelebration with A Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Sunday Matthews and Barrie Gavin Barrie Matthewsand Dydd Dydd Sunday Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Introit: VYTAUTAS MIŠKINIS Ave Maria II Love bademe welcome NA Communion motets: D Mass: World premiere of aPresteigne Festival commission D DAVIDMATTHEWS AT 75 AVID BEDNALL The SherborneMass AVID BEDNALL Regina caeli THAN JAMES DEARDEN DEARDEN THAN JAMES

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tua 1.30pm tua 1.30pm Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am This event endsatapproximately 1.30pm Tocynnau amddim Tickets free Commission Fund –donations will beinvited. This isafundraising event for theGeorge Vass in advance to secure aplace. There isnocharge for admission,butplease book Sir SimonRattle. City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra under String Quartet, theBBCPhilharmonicand as well as musical extracts played by theCarducci includes a substantial interview with the composer David Matthews’ 75thbirthday year. The film a specially compiled film to celebrate composer Distinguished film-maker BarrieGavin introduces Rupert Goughconductor Choir of Royal Holloway ∙David Bednallorgan welcome to worship attheservice. the additionof upliftingchoral music–allare Festival Eucharist ismadeparticularly specialby the Festival’s crown and its spiritual home. The St Andrew’s continues to beboththejewel in With its wonderful acoustic properties, finest inRadnorshire. Victorian restoration; itisconsidered to bethe within aNorman renovation and,in1868,a elements of theoriginal Anglo-Saxon church Norman Conquest. The present building retains the site of St Andrew’s Church since before the There hasbeenaplace of Christian worship on

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18 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 15 SONGS AND DANCES FROM A HAUNTED PLACEHAUNTED A DANCESFROM AND SONGS Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua4.00pm This event endsatapproximately 4.00pm (gweler y clawr cefn amragor o wybodaeth) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael yn Llanandras am2.00pm (please seebackcover for more information) Transport The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at2.00pm Advance bookingadvisable | Argymhellir prynutocynnau ymlaen llaw Tocynnau £16hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tick LUDWIG VANBEETHOVEN String Quartet inF, Op18No 1 MARTIN BUTLERSongsandDances from aHaunted Place VLADAS JAKUBĖNASString Quartet, Op4 Navarra Quartet Eglwys Sant Steffan, Pencraig LD82RH St Stephen’s LD82RH Church, OldRadnor Dydd Sunday ets £16unreserved |£6student Sul

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EVENT 16 BACH TO THE FUTURE BACHTOTHE JOHANN SEB GE D VYTAUTAS BARKAUSKAS Partita, Op 12 Kristīne Balanasviolin Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua6.15pm This event endsatapproximately 6.15pm (gweler y clawr cefn amragor o wybodaeth) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael yn Llanandras am4.45pm (please seebackcover for more information) Transport The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at 4.45pm Advance bookingadvisable | Argymhellir prynutocynnau ymlaen llaw Tocynnau £14 hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £14 unreserved |£6student Eglwys Sant Mihangel, DisgoedLD82NW Eglwys Sant Mihangel, St Michael’s Church, Discoed LD82NW Dydd Sunday AVID MATTHEWS Four Australian Birds, Op84a Three MiniaturesORGE BENJAMINThree Sul

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20 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Sunday EVENT 17 A BALTICA CELEBRATION MICHAEL BERKELEY PĒTERIS PLAKIDISConcerto for two oboesandstringorchestra ESTER MÄGI Poem PĒTERIS VASKS Donanobispacem RAMINTA ŠERKŠNYTĖDeprofundis George Vass Presteigne Festival Orchestra The Choir of Royal Holloway Kathryn Thomas James Turnbull ∙BenMarshalloboe Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.30pm This event endsatapproximately 9.30pm Tocynnau £26 wedi’u cadw |£20hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £26reserved |£20unreserved |£6student TÕNU KÕRVITS Kreek’s Notebook Sul

26 Sgwrs ddi-dâl cyn ycyngerdd, gyda David cyn WordsworthSgwrs ddi-dâl conductor flute ∙Florence Cooke violin Free pre-concert talkwith David WordsworthFree andguests pre-concert 7.00pm, Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD TouchLight A A wst am7.45pm ugust at 7.45pm 7.00pm, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD PRE-CONCERT TALK

a gwesteion EVENT 18 Film at the FestivalIII the at Film FESTEN Yn cynnwys trais llym strongContains violence In Danish with subtitles | of thescreenings. The seriesiscurated by distinguishedfilmeditor Tony Lawson , who gives ashortintroduction to each The last of this year’s Film at the Festival series reflecting the Festival’s predominant Nordic theme. most successful film madeunder theDogma95banner. birthday party from hell,spinninginto along nightof revelation andaccusation. The firstandarguably Part farce, parttragedy, Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998filmFesten tells thestory of afamily weekend Event presented inassociation with Presteigne Screen Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua10.00pm This event endsatapproximately 10.00pm Tocynnau £7hebeucadw Tickets £7unreserved Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Dydd Sunday Bar available |Bar ar gael Sul

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22 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 WELSH ART IN TWELVEIN ART PICTURES WELSH Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Dydd Monday EVENT 19 Art history with Peter LordPeter with history Art Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua12.00nawniau This event endsatapproximately 12.00noon Tocynnau £7.50 hebeucadw Tickets £7.50 unreserved In 2013hepublishedanautobiography,Pictures. Relationships with threeof volumes and hascurated major exhibitionsfor nationalinstitutions.Between 1998and2003hepublishedthe Peter haspublishedandbroadcast extensively onthe visual culture of Wales inbothEnglishand Welsh, twentieth century. Twelve times,twelve places –twelve cultures, perhaps–butonenation. pictures Peter Lord explores theevolution of Welsh cultures from themid-fifteenth to theend of the of the Year Creative Non-Fiction Award in2017. Basedonthenarrative of thebook,intwelve iconic Peter Lord’s latest book,The Tradition: A New History of Welsh Art (Parthian, 2016), won the Wales Book Llun

27 The Visual Culture of Wales, which is regarded as the authoritative text onthe subject. A A wst am11.00am ugust at 11.00am

Sir Thomas and Jane Mansel,c.1603 Anon. EVENT 20 EIN CELLOLEBENEIN Presented inassociation with the Royal Philharmonic Society This event endsatapproximately 12.45pm|Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua12.45pm (gweler y clawr cefn amragor o wybodaeth) Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael yn Llanandras am 10.45am (please seebackcover for more information) Transport The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at 10.45am Advance bookingadvisable | Argymhellir prynutocynnau ymlaen llaw Tickets £14 unreservedTocynnau |£6student £14 heb eucadw |£6mfyrwyr JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Suite inC,BWV1009 MICHAEL BERKELEY Ode–inmemoriam World premiere of aPresteigne Festival commission MANOS CHARALABOPOULOS Two Poems D GASPAR CASSADÓ Suite for solo cello Joanna Gutowska cello Eglwys ySantes Fair, LD82PF Cinrtwn LD82PF St Mary’s Church, Kinnerton Dydd Monday AVID MATTHEWS EinCelloleben, Op109 Llun

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24 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 21 SONGS AND REFLECTIONS AND SONGS MARTIN BUTLERSuzanne’s River-Song ARVO PÄRT Spiegelim JOHANNES BRAHMS OLIVER KNUSSEN Huw Watkins Kristīne Balanasviolin Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Monday JOHANNES BRAHMSSonatensatz inCminor Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua3.00pm This event endsatapproximately 3.00pm Tocynnau £15 wedi’u cadw |£12hebeucadw | £6 mfyrwyr Tickets £15reserved |£12unreserved |£6student Llun

27 piano Reflection Violin SonatainG,Op78 A A wst am2.00pm ugust at 2.00pm

WELL THUMBED WELL Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Dydd Monday EVENT 22 A mischievous celebration of classic literature,mischievousclassic celebrationA of conceived and performed by Terrybyconceivedperformed and Victor Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua5.00pm This event endsatapproximately 5.00pm Tocynnau £16hebeucadw Tickets £16unreserved Unsuitable for people under theageof 15| matter. Our libraries will bedefended and Jane Austen will beriffled. Well Thumbed ‘Ashow’, wrote somehow managingto squeeze the work of more thanseventy great writers into less thananhour – stand-up literature. Well Thumbed Taking outrageous pleasure inthemucky bitsof Englishlit,Notional Theatre presents thefinestin WEL T Llun HUM

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26 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 23 MOZART,MORE BEASTSAND DIRTY Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.00pm This event endsatapproximately 9.00pm Tocynnau £23 wedi’u cadw |£18hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £23reserved |£18unreserved |£6student MARTIN BUTLERDirty Beasts,for narrator, pianoand wind instruments EMMA-RUTH RICHARDSdestamparare, for solo oboe MARTIN BUTLERFall, for flute andpiano World premiere of aPresteigne Festival commission GARETH MOORCRAFT Dolly Shot,for pianoand wind instruments MARTIN BUTLERPréludes Inégales, for solo piano HUW WATKINS Four Inventions, for solo piano MOZARTWOLFGANG AMADEUS George Vass Joseph Tong ∙MartinButler piano∙Sally Ripley narrator Presteigne Festival Ensemble Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Monday Llun

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27 conductor Free pre-concert talkwith David WordsworthFree andguests pre-concert 6.15pm, Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD A A wst am7.00pm ugust at 7.00pm 6.15pm, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD PRE-CONCERT TALK Quintet inEflat for pianoand windinstruments,K452 a gwesteion EVENT 24 QUEEN OF HEAVENOF QUEEN Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Dydd Monday First c DAVID BEDNALL Regina caeli GABRIEL JACKSON Ave Regina caelorum CECILIA MCDOWALL Regina caeli RIHARDS DUBRA Hail,OS ARVO PÄRT Salve Regina VYTAUTAS MIŠKINIS Ave MariaII OLA GJEILO Avegloriosum BINGEN AveHILDEGARDgloriosum VON Rupert Goughconductor Liam Condon organ Ant Law guitar The Choir of Royal Holloway Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua10.40pm This event endsatapproximately 10.40pm Tocynnau £16 wedi’u cadw |£12hebeucadw | £6 mfyrwyr Tickets £16reserved |£12unreserved |£6student JAMES MACMILLAN Tota pulchra es oncert performance of aPresteigne Festival commission Llun

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28 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 26 with David WordsworthDavid with A PLAYBRITTEN NAVARRA QUARTET Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Mawrth Dydd Tuesday BERKELEY’S PASSIONSBERKELEY’S Dydd Mawrth Mawrth Dydd Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD Tuesday EVENT 25 Huw Watkins Navarra Quartet 70th birthday retrospectivebirthday70th

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Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am tua3.00pm This event endsatapproximately 3.00pm £6 mfyrwyr Tocynnau £15 wedi’u cadw |£12hebeucadw | Tickets £15reserved |£12unreserved |£6student BENJAMIN BRITTENString Quartet No 3,Op94 MARTIN BUTLERSequenzaNotturna FRANZ SCHUBERT Quartettsatz inCminor, D703 tua 12.00nawniau Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen am This event endsatapproximately 12.00noon Tocynnau £7.50 hebeucadw Tickets £7.50 unreserved House of Lords. Cheltenham Festival and his involvement at the as acomposer, histimeasartisticdirector of the be played anddiscussed,as will Michael’s work publisher David Wordsworth. Favourite pieces will long conversation with conductor, pianistand passions –musical andotherwise–inthishour- President of thePresteigne Festival, shares his Michael Berkeley, hugesupporter andlong-serving EVENT 27 FESTIVALFINALE Dydd Mawrth Mawrth Dydd Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Tuesday Bydd y digwyddiad bwn yn gorffen amtua 9.45pm This event endsatapproximately 9.45pm Tocynnau £26 wedi’u cadw |£20hebeucadw |£6mfyrwyr Tickets £26reserved |£20unreserved |£6student D JOSEPH HAYDN Violin Concerto inC,Hob VIIa:1 World premiere of aPresteigne Festival commission MAR MICHAEL BENJAMIN BRITTENSinfonietta, Op1 George Vass Presteigne Festival Orchestra Martin Butler piano Kristīne Balanasviolin AVID MATTHEWS Symphony No 4,Op73 TIN BUTLERConcertante Dances, for pianoandchamber orchestra BERKELEY Coronach

Sgwrs ddi-dâl cyn ycyngerdd, gyda David cyn WordsworthSgwrs ddi-dâl conductor

Free pre-concert talkwith David WordsworthFree andguests pre-concert 7.00pm, Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD82AD 7.00pm, Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD82AD A A wst am7.45pm ugust at 7.45pm PRE-CONCERT TALK

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Sir Sidney Nolan: Spray Paintings

Sidney Nolan Studio, The Rodd. Photograph: Alex Ramsay

Sidney’s Studio is now open alongside the Gallery Sidney Nolan, Season in Hell (Benjamin Britten), at The Rodd. His last workspace, and the only one 1982, 182.7 x 159.7cm, spray paint on canvas, © Sidney Nolan Trust that remains intact, it is packed with an extraordinary variety of art materials. Visitors to The Rodd can gain In the 1980s, after settling in Herefordshire, an unrivalled insight into Nolan’s creative world, his Sidney Nolan embarked on several series use of paint, his techniques and inspiration. of spray paintings, delighting in the new brands of paint made for artists, as well as Refreshments available supplementing his ‘palette’ with commercial and domestic spray cans. This exhibition includes works from 3 series: portraits of The Rodd's ancient woodland is a designated significant individuals (including his great special wildlife site. Managed by coppicing friend Benjamin Britten, above); images of for centuries, it is home to a diverse flora. Pick mythical indigenous Australian subjects; up a map and list of species to guide you on and powerful works that respond to the The Rodd’s newly-created woodland footpath Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in from the gallery. Custody (1987-1991).

Admission £5 | Cost derbyn £5 Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL Open daily during the Festival 11.00am–5.00pm Ymddiriedolaeth Sidney Nolan, The Rodd, Llanandras LD8 2LL Bob dydd yn ystod cyfnod yr Ŵyl 11.00am–5.00pm 30 www.sidneynolantrust.org

FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS

Open Studios Ruth Kirkby Alex Ramsay Gill Tennant-Eyles

Last year’s pilot Open Studios was such a huge success that the artists have decided to repeat the event this year, with even more studios and spaces being opened. Mary Lestrange See the work of sculptors, painters and botanical illustrators, ceramicists and more. Some artists will be in their studios whilst others will be exhibiting in spaces around town, providing a great way to see and buy original work and to meet the artists. ARTISTS FEATURED include: Simon Dorrell painter · Celia Perceval painter · Antonia Spowers sculptor June Coveney painter · Justine Cook installation artist · Tony Hall ceramic artist Mary Lestrange silk painter · Ruth Kirkby botanical artist · Sara Bamford sculptor Alex Ramsay photographer · Gill Tennant-Eyles ceramic artist · Helena Watt artist

Various venues around Presteigne, including The Workhouse Gallery, Industrial Estate, Presteigne LD8 2UF Open daily during the Festival 10.00am–5.00pm PRESTEIGNE The Workhouse Gallery, Ystâd Ddiwydiannol, Llanandras LD8 2UF Bob dydd yn ystod cyfnod yr Ŵyl 10.00am–5.00pm www.theworkhousegallery.co.uk & EXHIBITIONS

PRESTEIGNE The Old Council Depot, Mill Lane, Presteigne, LD8 2DA Open August 25-27 11.00am–5.00pm Depo’r Cyngor, Mill Lane, Llanandras, LD8 2DA Yn agored Awst 25-27 11.00am–5.00pm & EXHIBITIONS 31 FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS

Radnorshire Arts and Crafts Foundation The Old School, Whitton

Old School Room Museum Exhibition To celebrate the installation of our first loom and the planting of our Dyer’s Garden, this year’s Museum Exhibition charts the rise of the Welsh textile industry from cottage industry to mill, exploring the weaving and dyeing traditions of Wales. Throughout the year we will be working to replicate the weaving techniques and colours that give Welsh textiles their unique character and charm. Adjoining the Museum we have a Museum shop with a selection of antique, vintage, and new pieces for sale.

Seven Artists Gallery, Tea Room and Gardens Inspired by our new surroundings this year’s Gallery exhibition features new work from local artists and makers featuring: • Explorations in poetry, paper, textiles, natural dyes, and hand stitching • A new slant on vernacular oak furniture • Salt glaze pottery, watercolours, prints • Silver and semi-precious stone jewellery, shibori linen and driftwood birds

Refreshments available | Lluniaeth ar gael

The Old School, Whitton LD7 1NP Open daily during the Festival 10.30am–6.30pm The Old School, Llanddewi-yn-Hwytyn LD7 1NP Bob dydd yn ystod cyfnod yr Ŵyl 10.30am–6.30pm www.radnorshireartsandcraftsfoundation.org 01544 260777 32 BOOKING INFORMATION PAYMENT The Presteigne Festival uses a system with three Credit and debit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Maestro) ticket types – reserved, unreserved and student. are accepted. There is a £2 fee per card Reserved tickets are available only for concerts at transaction. Cheques should be made payable St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, and afford a good to Presteigne Festival Ltd. We regret that refunds view of the stage; sight-lines in the unreserved cannot be made. areas are less good. Student tickets are available to all young people in full-time education (including ACCESS university) over the age of 10. Student concessions All our venues have wheelchair access. Please are available on all tickets for concerts at St notify the Festival Box Office if you require a Andrew’s Church, Presteigne. wheelchair space or if you have any specific access or seating needs. If you require a large print version Subject to availability, tickets for most events can of this brochure, the Festival Box Office will be be purchased at the door (cash only); advance happy to assist. There is an induction hearing booking is strongly recommended. loop at St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, but not at other venues. We can offer free companion tickets BOOKING DATES to customers who are registered disabled, please Booking for Benefactors, Patrons and Friends call the Festival Box Office on 01544 267 800 or opens on 10 April 2018. email [email protected], as it is not Online booking opens on 1 May 2018 via the possible to book these tickets online. Festival website: www.presteignefestival.com FESTIVAL BUS Postal booking opens on 1 May 2018: please use A Festival Bus is available to transport patrons from the order form provided and enclose payment the centre of Presteigne (outside Presteigne Police (including £2 booking fee). Station in Hereford Street) to concerts and events Telephone/In person booking opens on taking place elsewhere. Departure times are given 16 July 2018: bookings may be made by as part of event information, the return journey telephone (credit and debit card bookings only) on usually departs some 10 minutes after the end of 01544 267800 and in person at the Festival Box an event. The fares charged for a return journey are Office, Assembly Rooms, Broad Street, Presteigne as follows: LD8 2AD – see opening times below. £4 if booked in advance at the Box Office or online £6 if booked on the bus BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES 16 July–18 August 2018 Please use this service, as parking is limited at most Monday to Saturday 11.00am–2.00pm venues, and help us to become a more sustainable 20–28 August 2018 organisation. Daily 10.00am–5.00pm Festival Box Office TICKET COLLECTION Presteigne Festival When booking, please inform Festival Box Office PO Box 30 staff if you’d prefer your tickets posted to you or left PRESTEIGNE for collection at the Box Office (or, when closed, at Powys the venue). LD8 2WF

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Published by Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Limited Registered Charity No 1039968 33 Café with courtyard garden. We make things for you, sell things for you to make and have a wide selection of gifts, cards and local art that is made by individuals and companies we love!

Rug and textile showroom, bespoke design and weaving service, cleaning and repairs. Open 10-5 Every Day During Presteigne Festival

Industrial Estate, Presteigne, LD8 2UF Shop Online www.theworkhousegallery.co.uk 01544 267864 [email protected]