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www.therealwineco.co.uk Welcome Welcome to our 39th annual celebration of the arts – created and curated in partnership with composers, musicians and artists, taking place amid the timeless beauty of the Welsh Marches. As a result of the continuing Covid-19 pandemic, our 2021 edition has a different look. To enable compliance with government guidelines, we are presenting hour-long socially-distanced events. To facilitate the presentation of larger-scale concerts, the Festival is widening its reach to include Hereford Cathedral and Leominster Priory for the first time. Before booking, please acquaint yourself with our Covid-19 safety protocols, found at the back of this brochure. The music programme embraces a variety of constituents – an exploration of music from France centring on Ravel, a mini-feature of Michael Tippett and music by Malcolm Arnold marking his centenary. Supporting events include an assortment of talks and exhibitions – at the Sidney Nolan Trust and Bleddfa Centre – and the popular Presteigne Open Studios weekend. The Festival’s advocacy for new music continues with exciting works from composer-in-residence Cecilia McDowall – in her 70th year – and others: James Francis Brown, Gary Carpenter, Nathan James Dearden, Sarah Frances Jenkins, Luke Styles, Adrian Sutton, Hilary Tann, Matthew Taylor and James B Wilson, our 2021 RPS Emerging Composer. I hope you’ll be tempted to join us in and around Radnorshire’s favourite Festival town for another amazing collection of world-class events. George Vass, artistic director
Croeso Croeso i’n 39ain dathliad blynyddol o’r celfyddydau – wedi’i greu a’i guradu mewn partneriaeth â chyfansoddwyr, cerddorion ac artistiaid, ac yn cael ei gynnal yn harddwch bythol y Mers. O ganlyniad i bandemig parhaus Covid-19, mae rhifyn 2021 ychydig yn wahanol. Er mwyn gallu cydymffurfio â chanllawiau’r llywodraeth, rydym yn cynnal digwyddiadau awr o hyd gan gadw pellter cymdeithasol. Er mwyn hwyluso’r gwaith o gyflwyno cyngherddau ar raddfa fwy, mae’r ŵyl yn ehangu ei chyrhaeddiad i gynnwys Eglwys Gadeiriol Henffordd a Phriordy Llanllieni am y tro cyntaf. Cyn archebu, dylech ddarllen ein protocolau diogelwch Covid-19, sydd i’w gweld yng nghefn y llyfryn hwn. Mae’r rhaglen gerddoriaeth yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o gyfansoddion – archwilio cerddoriaeth o Ffrainc sy’n canolbwyntio ar Ravel, darn byr o waith Michael Tippett a cherddoriaeth gan Malcolm Arnold i ddathlu ei ganmlwyddiant. Mae’r digwyddiadau ategol yn cynnwys amrywiaeth o sgyrsiau ac arddangosfeydd – yn Ymddiriedolaeth Sidney Nolan ac Oriel Bleddfa – a phenwythnos poblogaidd Stiwdios Agored Llanandras. Mae’r gwaith o eirioli dros gerddoriaeth newydd yn parhau gyda gweithiau cyffrous gan y cyfansoddwr preswyl Cecilia McDowall – sy’n 70 eleni – ac eraill: James Francis Brown, Gary Carpenter, Nathan James Dearden, Sarah Frances Jenkins, Luke Styles, Adrian Sutton, Hilary Tann, Matthew Taylor a James B Wilson, cyfansoddwr newydd RPS 2021. Rwy’n gobeithio y gallwn eich denu i ymuno â ni yn hoff dref Wyliau Sir Faesyfed a’r cyffiniau, ar gyfer casgliad anhygoel arall o ddigwyddiadau o’r radd flaenaf. George Vass, cyfarwyddwr artistig 3
4 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 Volunteers Sponsorship Major Donations Other Donations Corporate Patrons Presteigne andNorton Town Council Estates and Agency Group cover Alex Ramsay |brochure (detail): Andrew photograph design: Giles alter artistsor programme content. In unavoidable circumstances Presteigne Festival of Musicandthe Arts Limited reserves therightto the artseach year. Festival period. Without them,it would beimpossible for usto mountsuchaninspiringcelebration of and drivers, while othersprovide overnight accommodation for performers andcomposers over the We are enormously grateful to our team of volunteers. Someassistasstewards, programme sellers opportunities, please emailour Festival Producer: [email protected] of Benefactors, Patrons and Friends. If you would like details of any of these or to enquire about other Essential financial support is alsoprovided by Corporate Patrons, Sponsors anda generous community The Workhouse Gallery andCafé, Presteigne The Stagg Inn, Titley The Real Wine Company The Williams Church Music Trust Wales Cultural Recovery Fund Tŷ Cerdd RVW Trust The Musicians’ Company The Moondance Foundation The FidelioCharitable Trust The Elmley Foundation The John SCohen Foundation MalcolmArnold TrustThe Arts Council of Wales THE MUSICIANS’ COMPANY Event 30 TUESDAY 31 AUGUST |DYDD MAWRTH 31 AWST Event 29 Event 28 Event 27 Event 26 Event 25 Event 24 Event 23 MONDAY 30 AUGUST |DYDD LLUN 30 AWST Event 22 Event 21 Event 20 Event 19 Event 18 SUNDAY 29 AUGUST |DYDD SUL 29 AWST Event 17 Event 16 Event 15 Event 14 Event 13 Event 12 .45pm SATURDAY 28 AUGUST |DYDD SADWRN 28 AWST Event 11 Event 10 Event 9 Event 8 Event 7 Event 6 Event 5 Event 4 FRIDAY 27 AUGUST |DYDD GWENER 27 AWST Event 3 Event 2 Event 1 THURSDAY 26 AUGUST |DYDD LAU 26 AWST .45pm Event 32 Event 31
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6 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 1 VIRTUOSO CAPRICES Dydd Lau Dydd Thursday £20 Premium | Tickets | Niccolò Paganini Caprice in A minor, Op1No 24 Presteigne Festival commission ∙World premiere FrancesSarah Jenkins Tincture of theSkies Henryk Wieniawski Étude-Caprice inEflat,Op18No 2 Roxanna Panufnik Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade Seonaid Aitken Joslin,James Robin Haigh,PiersHellawell, Héloïse Werner, Stuart MacRae,Laura Reid, Sally Beamish,Emily Howard, Alexandra Harwood, Adrian Sutton, Andra Patterson, Grażyna Bacewicz Cecilia McDowall Fritz Kreisler Fenella Humphreys Niccolò Paganini Event endtime:4.30pm | Advance booking only | Tocynnau
26 Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | Recitativo andScherzo-Caprice, Op6 Caprice inBflat,Op1No 13 Anaphora Caprice No 2 Hora Bessarabia A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn wst am3.30pm| ugust at 3.30pm| Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 4.30pm violin Devil’s Minion
Variations onPaganini’s 24th Caprice
Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF
golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student|
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EVENT 3 EVENT 2 £32 Premium | Tickets |Tocynnau Timothy∙ End piano∙SophieMatherviolin Christopher Bowen andBradley Smithtenors ∙Felix Kemp baritone Donna Lennard sopranoWilliams countertenor ∙RalphThomas for five singersandfour instrumentalists,here presented inasemi-stagedproduction. Britten’s five Canticles, brought together to form athoughtfulthrough-composed work Awakening Shadow isafusionof newly composed scenes by Luke Styles with Benjamin Commissioned jointly by thePresteigne andCheltenham festivals ∙Welsh premiere Luke Styles andBenjaminBritten Richard Williams Nova MusicOpera Lau Dydd Thursday Lau Dydd Thursday Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly | AWAKENING SHADOW
26 26 Premiwm ∙£20restricted view | Event 27.15pm, Event 3 9.45pm director A A A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn
wst am8.30pm | wst am6.00pm| ugust at 8.30pm| ugust at 6.00pm| George Vass· Digwyddiad 27.15pm, Awakening Shadow, achamber opera Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF golweg gyfyngedig∙£10student| conductor AlexeiRachel Wickharp Watkins horn∙ Digwyddiad 39.45pm
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8 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 4 EVENT 6 £20 Premium | Tickets | Maurice Ravel Miroirs Presteigne Festival commission ∙World premiere B Wilson James Freya Waley-Cohen Timo Andres Clear andCold Henri Dutilleux George Xiaoyuan Fu Friday Dydd Gwener Friday Dydd Dydd Gwener Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly | MIROIRS
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27 27 Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | wst am2.30pm| Event 412.40pm,Event 63.40pm Le jeudescontraires, from ‘Préludes’ New work BadHabit A A A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn wst am am wst ugust at 2.30pm| ugust at piano
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11.30am |StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Digwyddiad 412.40pm, Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student|
Digwyddiad 63.40pm mfyrwyr
EVENT 7 EVENT 5 Malcolm Arnold Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadaelLlanandras am1.45pm(gweler Gwybodaeth Archebu) The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at1.45pm(please seeBooking Information) Transport –Event 7only | Advance bookingonly | £25 ∙£6student| Tickets | David Matthews Dydd Gwener Friday Friday James Turnbull Ensemble Perpetuo Cecilia McDowall Presteigne Festival commission ∙World premiere Hilary Tann Dydd GwenerDydd Hugh Wood STILL INTHEWATER ANDSINGINGBIRDS
Tocynnau
Oboe Quartet: Ithaka, Op61 wst am2.30pm|
27 27 oboe ·Fenella Humphreys Event 512.40pm, Event 73.40pm mfyrwyr Oboe Quartet, Op61 String Trio No 1,Op48 Time between Tides Time A A A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn wst am am wst ugust at 2.30pm| ugust at
Cludiant –Digwyddiad 7 yn unig
Still inthe water andsingingbirds Eglwys Blwyf ySantes Fair,11.30am |Eglwys Blwyf Pembridge HR69EA 11.30am |StMary’s Parish Church, Pembridge HR69EA Digwyddiad 512.40pm,
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St Mary’s Parish Church, Pembridge HR69EA violin ·Rosalind Ventris viola·
Digwyddiad 73.40pm
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9 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800
10 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 8 TAM O’SHANTERANDTHEAVANT-GARDE: Dydd GwenerDydd Friday Event endtime: 5.30pm| Advance booking only | £8 ∙£6student| Tickets |Tocynnau of thissingular creative artist, where nothingisquite what itseems. To mark Malcolm Arnold’s centenary, Christopher Austin takes afresh look atthe work really was. narrative thatreduces themanand his musicto a cypher inanaesthetic war thatnever the documentationof hislife and work inbooks,articles andfilmoften reinforcing a status asapermanent yet popular outsider seemsembeddedmore thanever, with music having found the widest audiences through cinemaandrecordings, Arnold’s an aestheticstance seemingly atodds with tidesof musical history. Now, despite his misunderstood. For most of his creative life his work was beset by controversy due to Few composers asbroadly popular asMalcolm Arnold have beensobroadly Christopher Austin MALCOLM ARNOLDAT 100
wst Llanandras am4.30pm|NeuaddGoffa, LD82DU
27 mfyrwyr A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn ugust at 4.30pm | Memorial Hall,ugust at 4.30pm|Memorial Presteigne LD82DU
Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 5.30pm
EVENT 11 EVENT 9 Benjamin Britten String Quartet No 2inC,Op36 Helen Grime £25 Premium | Tickets | Anton Webern Heath Quartet Friday Friday Dydd GwenerDydd GwenerDydd Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly | BRIT
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27 27 String Quartet No 2 Premiwm ∙£18restricted view | Langsamer Satz Event 97.15pm,Event 119.45pm A A A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn ugust at 8.30pm| ugust at 6.00pm|
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WEBERN Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student| Digwyddiad 119.45pm mfyrwyr
11 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800
12 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 10 EVENT 10 A DICTIONARY of Dydd GwenerDydd Friday Event endtime:8.45pm| Advance bookingonly | £8 ∙£6student| Tickets |Tocynnau A Memoir was publishedby Seren in2019. Peter J Conradi FRSL isbiographer of Iris Murdoch; his most recent book reputed to have stayed by hismaster’s grave for fourteen years. to thelapdogssecreted infirstclassonthe Titanic andEdinburgh’s Greyfriars Bobby, Carlyle’s dogNero – who triedto learn to fly –through Shakespeare’s dislike of dogs personal anecdote to unearthatreasure trove of legends. He ranges from Jane Welsh
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27 mfyrwyr A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn ugust at 7.45pm | Memorial Hall,ugust at 7.45pm|Memorial Presteigne LD82DU
Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 8.45pm
INTERESTING the trivial,foraying into history, literature and the intriguing,provocative, theessentialand Important Dogs,Peter J Conradi embraces In his book A Dictionary of Interesting and PeterConradi J and IMPORTANT DOGS Family Business:
EVENT 13 EVENT 12 Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Dydd A SHROPSHIRE LAD £20 Premium | Tickets |Tocynnau George Butterworth A Shropshire Lad World premiere Cecilia McDowall Ian Venables Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade From Joseph Roth’s ‘Radetzkymarsch’ Richard Rodney BennettSongsbefore Sleep Jonathan Gunthorpe Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly |
wst am2.30pm|
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The PineBoughsPast Music,Op39 Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | Event 1212.30pm,Event 133.30pm A Crescent Ship llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn A A A A wst am am wst ugust at 2.30pm| ugust at baritone ∙ Timothy End 11.30am |Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF Digwyddiad 1212.30pm, 11.30am |StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF
Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student|
piano Digwyddiad 133.30pm mfyrwyr
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14 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 14 EVENT 14 15 EVENT 15 ‘Book of the Year’ in VIRTUOSO CAPRICES Event endtime:4.00pm| Advance bookingonly | £20 ∙£6student| Tickets |Tocynnau Tickets |Tocynnau £6student | £8∙ Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Dydd Oliver Soden,author of thehugely successful Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Dydd of the Week’, isinconversation with composer Thomas Hyde about Tippett’s life and work. OliverHyde Sodenand Thomas Event endtime:5.30pm | MICHAEL TIPPETT –ADISCUSSION MICHAEL TIPPETT
wst am3.00pm|Eglwys ySantes Fair Fadlen, Leintwardine SY70LB wst Llanandras am4.30pm|NeuaddGoffa, LD82DU
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The Spectator llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn A A A A Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 5.30pm Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 4.00pm ugust at 3.00pm | St Mary Magdalene’sugust at 3.00pm|StMary Church, Leintwardine SY70LB ugust at 4.30pm | Memorial Hall,ugust at 4.30pm|Memorial Presteigne LD82DU
The Times Literary SupplementLiterary and TheTimes mfyrwyr For repertoire please seeEVENT 1onpage6 Fenella Humphreys
Advance booking only | Michael Tippett: The Biography , chosenas Michael Tippett:The violin Archebu ymlaen llaw yn unig llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn and a BBC Radio 4 ‘Book andaBBCRadio4‘Book
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Awst am3.00pm|Eglwys ySantes Fair Fadlen, Leintwardine SY70LB August at 3.00pm | St Mary Magdalene’sAugust at 3.00pm|StMary Church, Leintwardine SY70LB
EVENT 17 EVENT 16 TIPPETT, M Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly | llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn £25 Premium |Premiwm ∙£18restricted view |golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student| mfyrwyr Tickets |Tocynnau Michael TippettString Quartet No 5 Maurice Ravel String Quartet inF Cecilia McDowall TheCaseof theUnanswered Wire Heath Quartet Saturday Saturday Dydd Sadwrn Dydd Sadwrn Dydd
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28 28 Event 167.15pm,Event 179.45pm c A A A A DOWALL ugust at 8.30pm| ugust at 6.00pm| Digwyddiad 167.15pm, Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF and St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF RAVEL Digwyddiad 179.45pm
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16 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 THROUGH THETWO-WAY MIRROR EVENT 19 FESTIVAL EUCHARIST Choir of Royal Holloway ∙RupertGoughdirector Mystery ofGeorge Arthur’s MissaBrevis God, andCecilia McDowall’s Love incorruptible. year dueto Covid-19 guidance. Musicto besungattheservice includesDanLocklair’s All are welcome to worship attheFestival Eucharist, thoughnumbersare restricted this ELIZABETH BARRET Event endtime:5.30pm | Tickets |Tocynnau £6student | £8∙ https://profilebooks.com/work/two-way-mirror/ Way Mirror: The Life of ElizabethBarrett Browning published in38languages.Her booksinclude Dydd Sul Dydd Sunday Dydd Sul Dydd Sunday
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A A A A wst Llanandras am4.30pm |NeuaddGoffa, LD82DU ugust at 4.30pm | Memorial Hall,ugust at 4.30pm|Memorial Presteigne LD82DU wst am11.00am|EglwysSant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF ugust at 11.00am|StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 5.30pm mfyrwyr numerous nationalandinternational awards andbeen Fiona Sampson,aleading poetand writer, hasreceived extraordinary mirror to life inBritaintoday. issues; yet bothher life andher work alsohold upan opinion onarange of contemporary socio-political Hugely famous, shehelpedchangeBritishpopular as aheroine of theItalianstruggle for independence. writers. Nominated for Poet Laureate, she was buried was oneof thenineteenth century’s mostinfluential Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who grew upinHerefordshire, Fiona Sampson T BROWNING:
Advance booking only | In Search of Mary Shelley (2018)andTwo- (2021). Archebu ymlaen llaw yn unig llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn
The EVENT 20 EVENT 18 Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadaelLlanandras am2.10pm(gweler Gwybodaeth Archebu) The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at2.10pm(please seeBooking Information) Transport –Event 18only | Advance bookingonly | Huw Watkins Malcolm Arnold Cecilia McDowall Off theGround Jessie Montgomery Starburst Fenella Humphreys Presteigne Festival Orchestra ∙George Vass Sul Dydd Sunday Sul Dydd Sunday Michael Tippett Presteigne Festival co-commission ∙World premiere Gary Carpenter £15 North Nave, very limited view | £25 MainNave | Tickets |Tocynnau FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA at
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Three WelshSongs Prif Gorff Event 184.15pm, Event 206.45pm A A A A as dreams are madeon Little Music Concerto for two violins andstringorchestra, Op77 ugust at 5.30pm | Priory Church,ugust at Leominster 5.30pm|Priory HR68NH Church,ugust at Leominster 3.00pm|Priory HR68NH wst am5.30pm |Eglwys Priordy, LlanllieniHR68NH wst am3.00pm|Eglwys Priordy, LlanllieniHR6 8NH llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn and Francesca Barritt ∙ £20South Aisle, restricted view | Cludiant –Digwyddiad 18 yn unig
Digwyddiad 184.15pm, Corff gogledd, y
LEOMINSTER PRIORY golygfa £6student| gyfyngedig iawn ∙ violin conductor Digwyddiad 206.45pm De Aisle, golweg gyfyngedig
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17 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800
18 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 22 EVENT 21 Dydd Sul Dydd Sunday Sul Dydd Sunday £20 Premium | Tickets | Claude Debussy Études–excerpts Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade Three études for pianoandflower pots Oliver KnussenOphelia’s LastDance, Op32 Manuel deFalla Homenaje ‘Pour le tombeau deDebussy’ Germaine Tailleferre Paul Dukas Laplainte, auloin, dufaun Michael Tippett George Xiaoyuan Fu Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly | DEBUSSY CONNECTIONS
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Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | Event 217.15pm,Event 229.45pm Piano SonataNo 2 A A A A wst am8.30pm |Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF wst am6.00pm|Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF ugust at 8.30pm|StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF ugust at 6.00pm|StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn Pastorale piano ∙
Digwyddiad 217.15pm,
Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade flower pots
golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student|
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EVENT 24 EVENT 23 VARIANTS OFSOLITUDE Dydd Llun Dydd Monday Llun Dydd Monday £20 Premium | Tickets | Francis Poulenc Trio for oboe,bassoonandpiano Helen GrimeFive North-Eastern Scenes Henri Dutilleux Sarabande etCortège Malcolm Arnold World premiere James Francis Brown Variants of Solitude James Turnbull Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly |
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Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | Event 2312.40pm,Event 24 3.40pm Oboe Sonatina,Op28 oboe ∙CatrionaMcDermid A A A A wst am2.30pm | wst am11.30am|EglwysSant Andreas, Llanandras LD8 2AF ugust at 2.30pm| ugust at 11.30am|StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn Digwyddiad 2312.40pm, Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF
St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF
golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student| bassoon ∙ Timothy End Digwyddiad 24 3.40pm mfyrwyr piano
19 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800
20 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 25 EVENT 27 Llun Dydd Monday Llun Dydd Monday CHOIR OFROYAL HOLLOWAY Transport –Event 25only | Advance bookingonly | Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadaelLlanandras am2.10pm(gweler Gwybodaeth Archebu) The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at2.10pm(please seeBooking Information) £15 North Nave, very limited view | £25 MainNave | Tickets |Tocynnau Yves CastagnetVeni Sancte Spiritus Pierre Villette Maurice Ravel Cecilia McDowall Presteigne Festival commission ∙World premiere Dearden Nathan James George Arthur Choir of Royal Holloway ∙RupertGough
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Event 254.15pm, Event 276.45pm Kyrie (Messedapacem, Op38) (arr RupertGough) From dust A A A A When Time isBroke: Three Shakespeare Songs wst am5.30pm |Eglwys Priordy, LlanllieniHR68NHF wst am3.00pm|Eglwys Priordy, Llanllieni HR68NH ugust at 5.30pm | Priory Church,ugust at Leominster 5.30pm|Priory HR68NH Church,ugust at Leominster 3.00pm|Priory HR68NH llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn ∙ £20South Aisle, restricted view | Cludiant –Digwyddiad 25 yn unig Full of sweet days Digwyddiad 254.15pm, Corff gogledd, y Requiem aeternam
conductor golygfa £6student| gyfyngedig iawn ∙
Digwyddiad 276.45pm De Aisle, golweg gyfyngedig in LEOMINSTER
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August at 3.00pm | Priory Church, at Leominster 3.00pm|Priory August HR68NH Awst am3.00pm|Eglwys Priordy, LlanllieniHR68NH
EVENT 26 Dydd Llun Dydd Monday I HAVE ADREAM:THEUTOPIAN VISIONARIES Event endtime:5.00pm| Advance bookingonly | £8 ∙£6student| Tickets |Tocynnau Perkins Gilman’s Herland. Morris’ works of thelate nineteenth- andearly twentieth-century utopians suchas William who dared to dream of alternative andbetter worlds. He will look inparticular atthe poet and biographer Nicholas Murray looks at the visionaries of the Utopian tradition Following hisexploration in2019of thedystopian visions of Nicholas Murray News from Nowhere, Edward Bellamy’s Looking Backward andfeminist Charlotte
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Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 5.00pm
Brave New World
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22 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 29 EVENT 28 Dydd Llun Dydd Monday Llun Dydd Monday SCHUMANN PIANOQUARTET £25 Premium | Tickets |Tocynnau Robert SchumannPianoQuartet inEflat, Op47 Jean Françaix String Trio in C Presteigne Festival commission ∙World premiere Adrian Sutton Fenella Humphreys George Xiaoyuan Fu Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Advance bookingonly |
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Premiwm ∙£18restricted view | Trio Dances Event 287.10pm,Event 299.40pm A A A A violin · wst am8.30pm | wst am6.00pm|Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF ugust at 8.30pm| ugust at 6.00pm|StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn piano ∙Ensemble Perpetuo
Rosalind Ventris viola ·
Digwyddiad 287.10pm, Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student|
Cara Berridgecello Digwyddiad 299.40pm
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EVENT 30 Dydd Mawrth Dydd Mawrth Tuesday BACH ANDBUT £20 Premium | Tickets |Tocynnau Johann SebastianBachSuite inCminor, BWV1011 Kaija SaariahoSeptPapillons György Ligeti Cara Berridge Amser gorffen y digwyddiad: 12.30pm Event endtime: Advance bookingonly |
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Premiwm ∙£15restricted view | 12.30pm Sonata for solo cello cello A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn wst am am wst ugust at TERFLIES
11.30am |Eglwys Sant Andreas, Llanandras LD82AF 11.30am |StAndrew’s Church, Presteigne LD82AF
golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student| mfyrwyr
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24 online booking: www.presteignefestival.com | telephone booking: 01544 267800 EVENT 32 EVENT 31 FESTIVAL GALA Dydd Mawrth Dydd Mawrth Tuesday Dydd Mawrth Tuesday Amseroedd diwedd y digwyddiad: Event endtimes: Bydd Bws yr Ŵyl yn gadaelLlanandras am1.45pm(gweler Gwybodaeth Archebu) The Festival Bus will departfrom Presteigne at1.45pm(please seeBooking Information) Transport –Event 31only | Advance bookingonly | golweg gyfyngedig∙£6student| £25 Nave Premium | Tickets |Tocynnau WolfgangMozart Amadeus Choir of Royal Holloway ∙Presteigne Festival Orchestra Cecilia McDowall ShippingForecast Malcolm Arnold WolfgangMozart Amadeus World premiere Matthew Taylor Cecilia McDowall Ave marisstella James Turnbull
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Event 314.15pm, Event 329.00pm Oboe Concerto Sinfonietta No 1,Op48 oboe ∙George Vass Premiwm ∙£18Side Aisle and Transepts, restricted view | A A A A llawArchebuunig ymlaen yn wst am am wst am wst ugust at ugust at Cludiant –Digwyddiad 31 yn unig 7 Henffordd3.00pm |EglwysGadeiriol HR12NG Ave verum corpus, K618 Symphony No 13inF, K112 mfyrwyrr .45pm | Eglwys Gadeiriol Henffordd.45pm |EglwysGadeiriol HR12NG 7.45pm |Hereford Cathedral HR12NG 3.00pm |Hereford Cathedral HR12NG Digwyddiad 314.15pm,
conductor Digwyddiad 329.00pm
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FESTIVAL EXHIBITIONS
Colour of the Sky – Auschwitz Paintings Sir Sidney Nolan began to contemplate and make art works about the concentration camps as early as 1944. In 1962, Nolan finally came face to face with the horrors when he travelled to Poland; the trip would haunt him and influence much of his work during the years to come. For the first time, Nolan’s Auschwitz paintings are presented along with original photographs Nolan made during his visit.
Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, Presteigne LD8 2LL Ymddiriedolaeth Sidney Nolan, Y Rodd, Llanandras LD8 2LL Open Friday 27 August to Monday 30 August, 11.00am-4.00pm Ar agor dydd Gwener 27 Awst i dydd Llun 30 Awst, 11.00am-4.00pm Admission charges apply for Rodd Court and Gallery Mae taliadau mynediad yn berthnasol ar gyfer Llys ac Oriel Rodd
Open Studios 2021 Artists and makers in and around Presteigne will once again be opening up their doors to visitors over the Festival weekend; you will be able to wander around the town and see a wide range of talented people at work, along with their work on display. Map and full details available online later.
Various venues in Presteigne Lleoliadau amrywiol yn Llanandras Moons – Jesssica Watkins Saturday 28 August to Monday 30 August Dydd Sadwrn 28 Awst i ddydd Llun 30 Awst
Between 2 Rivers Explore the rivers Severn and Wye, their banks, water meadows and countryside with artists Robert Cunning, Martin Eldridge and Michelle Anderson. All are notable for their capturing of landscape and sense of place.
The Bleddfa Centre, Bleddfa, Knighton LD7 1PA Oriel Bleddfa, Bleddfa, Tref-y-Clawdd LD7 1PA Robert Cunning Open Thursday 26 August to Monday 30 August, 11.00am-4.00pm Ar agor dydd Lau 26 Awst i ddydd Llun 30 Awst, 11.00am-4.00pm 25 COVID-19 SAFETY We take seriously our responsibility to keep audience members, artists, staff and volunteers safe during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, and therefore ask that you read the following information carefully before booking. The 2021 Presteigne Festival will operate in line with government regulation in place at the time of our events. This may vary, depending if the venue concerned is in Wales or England. We have made assumptions based on the best current available guidance about audience numbers, with safe social-distancing. Guidance may change before the Festival period and we therefore reserve the right to maintain flexibility on venue capacities. Should we be forced to reduce capacities, we will give priority to those who booked first. Although refunds are not normally made, they will be available should Government Covid-19 guidance force the cancellation of all or part of the 2021 Presteigne Festival. We reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone not willing to comply with the relevant regulation, or to ask that person to leave the venue. Thank you for your co-operation in helping to make the 2021 Presteigne Festival as safe and relaxed as possible under what may be difficult circumstances.
BOOKING INFORMATION The Presteigne Festival uses a simple system with multiple ticket types available for the different areas of venues used by the organisation. In 2021 all seats MUST be booked in advance. Premium tickets are available for events at St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, and in Hereford Cathedral; they are numbered and afford excellent views of the stage; sight-lines in other areas are less good. Student tickets are available to individuals over the age of 10 and in full-time education (including university). Student concessions are available in both Premium and other areas for all events. The 2021 Presteigne Festival will operate a Covid-19 safe environment; we expect our audience to follow this simple code: • Please use hand sanitiser before entering Festival performance venues; • Please wear a face covering at all times when inside Festival performance venues; • Please wait to be shown to your seat by a member of Festival staff; • After the performance, please remain seated until shown out by a member of Festival staff. Please note that as a result of social-distancing, tickets for many events will be in great demand. We strongly advise early booking online – all tickets MUST be booked in advance. BOOKING DATES 2021 Tuesday 25 May | Booking opens for Benefactors, Patrons and Friends Tuesday 8 June | Online booking opens via www.presteignefestival.com Tuesday 8 June I Postal and Telephone booking opens – Telephone at any time and leave a message on the answerphone. A member of the Box Office staff will call back to take details of your order. Alternatively, download an order form at www.presteignefestival.com Monday 16 August | In person booking opens 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 – opening times below: 26 BOX OFFICE OPENING TIMES 16-21 August 2021 | Monday to Saturday 10.00am-1.00pm 23-31 August 2021 | Daily 10.00am-5.00pm
BOOKING FEES As a registered charity, the Presteigne Festival charges a Booking Fee to cover costs associated with the provision of a Box Office. The 2021 Booking Fee is £2 per transaction and applies to all sales – online, telephone or in person at the Box Office.
TICKET COLLECTION Tickets will be held at the Festival Box Office and can be collected during normal opening hours (see above). If, for any reason, you are not able to collect your tickets before your first event, please telephone the Box Office where our team will be able to help. If you prefer to receive tickets by post, please request at the time of booking.
PAYMENT Major credit and debit cards (Visa/MasterCard/Maestro) are accepted. Cheques should be made payable to Presteigne Festival Limited. We regret that refunds cannot be made, except in Covid-19 related circumstances.
ACCESS All venues have wheelchair access. Please notify the Festival Box Office if you require a wheelchair space or if you have any other specific access needs. Should you need a large-print version of this brochure, the Festival Box Office will be happy to assist. There is an induction hearing loop at St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne, Leominster Priory and Hereford Cathedral but not at other venues. We offer free companion tickets to customers who are registered disabled, please call the Festival Box Office on 01544 267800 or email [email protected]. It is not possible to book these tickets online.
FESTIVAL BUS A Covid-19 safe Festival Bus is available to transport patrons from Presteigne (Recycling Site car park, opposite Presteigne Memorial Hall) to selected events taking place outside of town. Departure times are given as part of event information; return journeys depart approximately 15 minutes after the end of an event. Face coverings MUST be worn on all bus journeys. Return fares are given below, tickets MUST be booked in advance, preferably at the time of event booking: Pembridge and Leominster £10; Hereford £20 Please use this service and help us to become a more sustainable organisation. Seats will be reserved for bus users at destination venues.
Festival Box Office: Presteigne Festival, PO Box 30, Presteigne, Powys LD8 2WF Telephone 01544 267800 Website and online booking www.presteignefestival.com
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