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21 – 26 AUGUST 2014 21 – 26 AWST 2014 WST WST 2014 A 21 – 26 AUGUST 2014 21 – 26 www.presteignefestival.com SPONSORSHIP OTHER DONATIONS The Endeavour Trust The Presteigne Festival is also supported by Corporate Patrons, a John Good group of loyal Festival Patrons, Festival Friends and many volunteers. Powys County Council If you would like details of any of these or other schemes, please email Presteigne and Norton Town Council the Festival Producer: [email protected] The Presteigne Festival is a full member of the British Arts and MAJOR DONATIONS Science Festivals Association. Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Poland In unavoidable circumstances Presteigne Festival of Music and the Arts Arts Council of Wales Limited reserves the right to alter artists or programme content. Colwinston Charitable Trust The John S Cohen Foundation The Elmley Foundation The Garrick Charitable Trust Polish Cultural Institute Powys Welsh Church Acts Fund PRS for Music Foundation RVW Trust The Williams Church Music Trust brochure design: Andrew Giles · [email protected] cover photograph: Gareth Rees-Roberts 2 YR ŴY THURSDAY 1 11.00am PREHISTORIC RADNOR | Local archaeology EVENJOBB · Village Hall 5 AT FESTIVAL A GLANCE 21 August 2 2.30pm WELSH WRITERS AND WORLD WAR I | Literature NOrtON · St Andrew’s Church 5 7.15pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK I | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 6 3 8.15pm PROMETHEUS DROWNED/AIRBORNE | Opera PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 6 FRIDAY 4 11.00am POETRY AT DISCOED | Poetry Reading DISCOED · St Michael’s Church 8 22 August 5 2.00pm BEETHOVEN’S GHOST TRIO | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 9 L 6 4.00pm PANUFNIK IN PERSPECTIVE | Recording and Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 9 7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK II | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 10 7 7.45pm PANUFNIK CENTENARY CONCERT | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 10 A SATURDAY 8 11.30am CAVALERI QUARTET AT OLD RADNOR | Concert OLD RADNOR · St Stephen’s Church 11 R 23 August 9 2.00pm DANCES, FIERCE TEARS AND CONVERSATIONS | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 11 10 4.30pm JOYFUL COMPAnY A CAPPELLA | Concert PEMBRIDGE · St Mary’s Parish Church 12 GI 7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK III | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 13 11 7.45pm LEONORE TRIO IN PRESTEIGNE | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 13 PO SUNDAY 11.00am FESTIVAL EUCHARIST PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 14 24 August 12 3.00pm DEATH AND THE MAIDEN | Concert Bleddfa · Church of St Mary Magdalene 14 13 4.45pm DYLAN THOMAS’ LAST JOURNEY | One-Man Show PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 15 L 7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK IV | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 15 W 14 7.45pm ŁUKASZEWSKI REQUIEM | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 16 G MONDAY 15 11.00am OS | Talk PRESTEIGNE · The Workhouse Gallery 16 25 August 16 11.30am TO A POET | Concert PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 17 17 2.00pm PIANO IN THE AFTERNOON | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 17 18 4.30pm COMING HOME | Literature PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 18 6.15pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK V | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 18 19 7.00pm AND THE SNOW DID LIE | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 19 20 9.45pm CHAMBER MUSIC BY CANDLELIGHT | Concert DISCOED · St Michael’s Church 19 TUESDAY 21 11.00am THREE GENERATIONS OF POLISH COMPOSERS | Talk TITLEY · Village Hall 20 26 August 22 2.00pm MADRIGALI DELL’ESTATE | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 20 23 4.00pm A LIFE IN MUSIC | Conversation PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 21 7.00pm PRE-PERFORMANCE TALK VI | Discussion PRESTEIGNE · Assembly Rooms 21 24 7.45pm FESTIVAL FINALE | Concert PRESTEIGNE · St Andrew’s Church 22 INTRODUCTION CYFLWYNIAD by George Vass artistic director gan George Vass cyfarwyddwr artistig Centred around the Panufnik centenary celebrations, this year’s Gan droi o gylch dathliadau canmlwyddiant geni Andrzej Panufnik, Presteigne Festival makes a special feature of the very best in mae Gŵyl Llanandras eleni yn rhoi sylw arbennig i’r pethau gorau yn y Polish culture, with carefully balanced concert programmes diwylliant Pwylaidd, gyda rhaglenni cyngerdd sy’n cynnal cydbwysedd characterised by a fresh mix of contemporary composers, gofalus a nodweddir gan gymysgedd ffres o gyfansoddwyr cyfoes, twentieth-century classics and a rich vein of repertoire from clasuron o’r ugeinfed ganrif, ac edau gyfoethog o repertoire the past. o’r gorffennol. Highlights include a double-bill of new chamber operas from Mae’r uchafbwyntiau’n cynnwys rhaglen ddwbl o operâu siambr newydd composer-in-residence Stephen McNeff and Cecilia McDowall, gan ein cyfansoddwr preswyl Stephen McNeff a Cecilia McDowall, Paweł Łukaszewski’s beautiful new Requiem and a mini-feature Requiem newydd hardd Paweł Łukaszewski, ac elfen o sylw arbennig i marking John McCabe’s seventy-fifth birthday year. ben-blwydd John McCabe yn 75 oed. The Dylan Thomas centenary is also celebrated, with a one- Mae canmlwyddiant Dylan Thomas hefyd yn cael ei ddathlu, gyda sioe man show from Peter Reid, a new song-cycle by Toby Young undyn gan Peter Reid, cylch caneuon newydd gan Toby Young a darnau and commissions from Welsh composers Lynne Plowman and comisiwn gan y cyfansoddwyr Cymreig Lynne Plowman a Hilary Tann. Hilary Tann. The supporting programme offers a wide variety of Mae’r rhaglen ategol yn cynnig amrywiaeth eang o sgyrsiau llenyddol literary talks together with exhibitions of work by Polish artist ynghyd ag arddangosfeydd o waith yr arlunydd Pwylaidd Izabella Kay a’r Izabella Kay and Sidney Nolan. arlunydd Sidney Nolan. The 2014 Presteigne Festival boasts a fabulous roster of Gall Gŵyl Llanandras 2014 ymfalchïo mewn rhestr benigamp o dalentau outstanding performing talent – Leonore Trio, Cavaleri Quartet, perfformio eithriadol – Triawd Leonore, Pedwarawd Cavaleri, Kate Kate Romano, Rachel Nicholls, Juliette Bausor, Clare McCaldin, Romano, Rachel Nicholls, Juliette Bausor, Clare McCaldin, Sally Pryce, Sally Pryce, Richard Uttley and many more. Richard Uttley a llawer mwy. This is set to be a brilliant year at Presteigne – I hope you’ll be Mae hon yn argoeli i fod yn flwyddyn ragorol yn Llanandras – gobeithio tempted to immerse yourself in the culture and countryside of y cewch eich temtio i ymdrwytho yn niwylliant a chefn gwlad hoff dref Radnorshire’s favourite Festival town. Ŵyl Sir Faesyfed. 4 EVENT 1 EVENT 2 Thursday 21 August at 11.00am Thursday 21 August at 2.30pm Village Hall, Evenjobb LD8 2SB St Andrew’s Church, Norton LD8 2EN Dydd Lau 21 Awst am 11.00am Dydd Lau 21 Awst am 2.30pm Neuadd y Pentref, Einsiob LD8 2SB Eglwys Sant Andreas, Nortyn LD8 2EN 01544 267800 Prehistoric Radnor Welsh Writers and World War I The Walton Basin, a large valley near Presteigne, is an amazing showcase Focusing principally on the poet David Jones for the archaeology of the Welsh Marches. In the Neolithic period the but including some poets of the First World basin saw the construction of some of Britain’s largest monuments, one War less well known outside Wales such as requiring the felling of around 1,400 mature oak trees. Hedd Wyn and Robert Williams Parry, Nicholas Murray, author of The Red Sweet Wine of Youth: Nigel Jones of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust uses knowledge British Poets of the First World War, explores the booking:telephone gathered from aerial and geophysical surveys to explain the recent Welsh poetic response to the conflict. discoveries which redefine our understanding of the area. Our event begins with an introductory talk at Evenjobb Village Hall Refreshments available | Lluniaeth ar gael followed by a coach trip around the area, with expert commentary. Tickets £6 unreserved Tocynnau £6 heb eu cadw Refreshments available | Lluniaeth ar gael Transport The Festival Bus will depart from Presteigne Police Station Tickets £10 unreserved at 2.00pm (please see back cover for more information) Advance booking advisable Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael o Orsaf Heddlu Llanandras am Tocynnau £10 heb eu cadw 2.00pm (gweler y clawr cefn am ragor o wybodaeth) Argymhellir prynu tocynnau ymlaen llaw This event ends at approximately 3.30pm Transport The Festival Bus will depart from Presteigne Police Station Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 3.30pm at 10.15am (please see back cover for more information) www.presteignefestival.com | www.presteignefestival.com Cludiant Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadael o Orsaf Heddlu Llanandras am 10.15am (gweler y clawr cefn am ragor o wybodaeth) This event ends at approximately 1.00pm Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am tua 1.00pm 5 online booking: PRE-PERFORMANCE EVENT 3 TaLK I Thursday 21 August at 8.00pm Thursday 21 August at 7.15pm St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD8 2AD Dydd Lau 21 Awst am 8.00pm Dydd Lau 21 Awst am 7.15pm Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF 01544 267800 Yr Ystafelloedd Cynnull, Llanandras LD8 2AD PROMETHEUS DROWNED/AIRBORNE Richard Williams, director of this evening’s A chamber opera double-bill performance, talks to Cecilia McDowall about her new chamber opera Airborne and PROMETHEUS DROWNED to composer-in-residence, Stephen McNeff, Stephen McNeff composer | Richard Williams librettist about their collaboration on various music Welsh premiere of a Nova Music commission theatre pieces including tonight’s work, telephone booking:telephone Prometheus Drowned. AIRBORNE Free admission to ticket holders for Event 3 Cecilia McDowall composer | Andy Rashleigh librettist Mynediad am ddim i ddalwyr tocynnau ar Welsh premiere of a joint Nova Music/Presteigne Festival commission gyfer Digwyddiad 3 This event ends at approximately 7.45pm United by a common theme of misadventure, but distinct enough to engage and excite on Bydd y digwyddiad hwn yn gorffen am many levels, Prometheus Drowned and Airborne make perfect performance partners. tua 7.45pm Prometheus Drowned, Stephen McNeff’s reworking of an earlier Presteigne Festival commission, is a chilling exploration of the strange circumstances surrounding the death of Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1822 at Livorno in Tuscany.