JANUARY – APRIL 2020 MWLDAN IONAWR – EBRILL 2020 ABERTEIFI CARDIGAN SINEMA A CHANOLFAN CELFYDDYDAU CINEMA AND ARTS CENTRE mwldan.co.uk WELCOME TO MWLDAN CROESO I’R MWLDAN Dear Friends, We have also had an amazing year with our As we look back at the production and touring Agrippina, p10 incredible year that was work. We released a new 2019, we at Mwldan would album on our bendigedig like to send you our sincere label – AKA Trio’s JOY CONTENTS thanks for all the support came out in May, followed CYNNWYS you gave us throughout. by an extensive UK tour. From our best ever season Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita of events at Cardigan Castle won two BBC Radio 2 Folk LIVE EVENTS & season to the inaugural Awards for Best Group and BROADCAST EVENTS Other Voices Cardigan Musician Of The Year, and 4 SIOEAU BYW & DARLLEDIADAU BYW festival, it has been an we toured them to Canada, extraordinary experience, Belgium, Netherlands, but we couldn’t have done North Macedonia, France, SUMMER AT it without the support of Serbia, Scotland, Austria THE CASTLE you, our customers and and the Czech Republic. HAF YN Y CASTELL 25 community – whether you Catrin & Seckou also won are local or you travelled Best Album (Fusion) in MUSIC AT THE CASTLE from afar. the prestigious Songlines CERDDORIAETH YN We were moved beyond our Awards. 26 Y CASTELL imagination by the magic Quite a year, and now that you helped to make buckle up for 2020! CINEMA happen in our town, and we 28 SINEMA are looking forward to an Annwyl ffrindiau, even more exciting 2020. Wrth i ni edrych yn ôl ar The first events at Cardigan CLASSES flwyddyn aruthrol 2019, Castle are now on sale 50 DOSBARTHIADAU hoffem ni yn y Mwldan eich in this new programme, diolch o galon am yr holl alongside top comedy and gefnogaeth a roesoch i ni ar DIARY some exciting new musical DYDDIADUR hyd y flwyddyn. 52 collaborations. Brochure Design: 2 www.savageandgray.co.uk 7465/19 Cover image: Cimarrón O’n tymor gorau erioed o ddigwyddiadau yng Nghastell BROADCAST DIARY Aberteifi i Wˆ yl gyntaf Lleisiau Eraill Aberteifi, mae wedi bod DYDDIADUR DARLLEDU yn brofiad anhygoel, ond ni 11/01/20 31/03/20 allem fod wedi llwyddo heb eich MET OPERA THE GREAT COMPOSERS cefnogaeth chi, ein cwsmeriaid WOZZECK IN SEARCH OF HAYDN a’n cymuned - p’un a ydych chi’n See Page | Gweler Tudalen 4 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 14 lleol neu wedi teithio o bell. 14/01/20 01/04/20 EXHIBITION ON SCREEN ROYAL BALLET Cawsom ein rhyfeddu ar LUCIAN FREUD: SWAN LAKE yr ochr orau gan yr hud y A SELF PORTRAIT See Page | Gweler Tudalen 14 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 4 gwnaethoch chi helpu i’w 11/04/20 greu yn ein tref, ac rydym yn 16/01/20 MET OPERA edrych ymlaen at 2020 a fydd ROYAL BALLET TOSCA SLEEPING BEAUTY See Page | Gweler Tudalen 15 hyd yn oed yn fwy cyffrous. See Page | Gweler Tudalen 5 Mae’r digwyddiadau cyntaf yng 20/04/20 27/01/20 Nghastell Aberteifi bellach ar EXHIBITION ON SCREEN THE GREAT COMPOSERS EASTER IN ART werth yn y rhaglen newydd hon, IN SEARCH OF MOZART See Page | Gweler Tudalen 16 ochr yn ochr â chomedi wych a See Page | Gweler Tudalen 6 21/04/20 chydweithrediadau cerddorol 29/01/20 ROYAL OPERA HOUSE newydd cyffrous. ROYAL OPERA HOUSE CAVALLERIA LA BOHEME RUSTICANA/PAGLIACCI Rydym hefyd wedi cael See Page | Gweler Tudalen 6 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 17 blwyddyn benigamp gyda’n 01/02/20 09/05/20 gwaith cynhyrchu a theithio. Fe MET OPERA MET OPERA wnaethon ni ryddhau albwm PORGY & BESS MARIA STUARDA See Page | Gweler Tudalen 7 newydd ar ein label bendigedig (DONIZETTI) See Page | Gweler Tudalen 20 - daeth JOY gan AKA Trio allan 04/02/19, 09/02/20 KINKY BOOTS: 04/06/20 ym mis Mai, gyda thaith helaeth THE MUSICAL ROYAL BALLET o’r DU i ddilyn. Enillodd Catrin See Page | Gweler Tudalen 8 DANTE PROJECT See Page | Gweler Tudalen 23 Finch a Seckou Keita ddwy Wobr 25/02/20 Werin BBC Radio 2 am y Grwˆ p ROYAL BALLET 10/06/20 Gorau a Cherddor y Flwyddyn, a THE CELLIST/ DANCES ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY AT A GATHERING THE WINTER’S TALE buom ar daith i Ganada, Gwlad See Page | Gweler Tudalen 8 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 23 Belg, yr Iseldiroedd, Gogledd 01/03/20 18/06/20 Macedonia, Ffrainc, Serbia, yr THE GREAT COMPOSERS ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Alban, Awstria a’r Weriniaeth IN SEARCH OF CHOPIN ELEKTRA Tsiec. Enillodd Catrin a Seckou See Page | Gweler Tudalen 10 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 24 yr Albwm Gorau (Cyfunol) hefyd 05/03/20 06/07/20 yng Ngwobrau mawreddog MET OPERA EXHIBITION ON SCREEN Songlines. AGRIPPINA FRIDA KAHLO See Page | Gweler Tudalen 10 See Page | Gweler Tudalen 24 Tipyn o flwyddyn, nawr 14/03/20 paratowch ar gyfer 2020! MET OPERA DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER See Page | Gweler Tudalen 12 3 17/03/20 Best Wishes | Cofion gorau, ROYAL OPERA HOUSE Dilwyn Davies FIDELIO See Page | Gweler Tudalen 12 Chief Executive | Prif Weithredwr NOS SADWRN IONAWR 11 NOS FAWRTH IONAWR 14 SIOEAU BYW & DARLLEDIADAU LIVE EVENTS & BROADCAST SATURDAY 11 JANUARY 5.55PM TUESDAY 14 JANUARY 6.45PM LIVE BROADCAST £16 (£15) BROADCAST EVENT £10 (£9) 4 MWLDAN 2 MWLDAN 2 MET OPERA WOZZECK EXHIBITION ON SCREEN BERG - NEW PRODUCTION ON DARK BACKGROUND LUCIAN FREUD: After wowing audiences with his astounding A SELF PORTRAIT production of Lulu in 2015, South African artist DIRECTED BY DAVID BICKERSTAFF JANUARY William Kentridge now focuses his extraordinary | visual imagination on Berg’s other operatic For the first time in history the Royal Academy masterpiece, set in an apocalyptic pre–World of Arts in London, in collaboration with the War I environment. Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, is bringing Met Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin together Lucian Freud’s self-portraits. The is on the podium for this important event, exhibition will display more than 50 paintings, IONAWR with baritone Peter Mattei making his highly prints and drawings in which this modern anticipated role debut as the title character. master of British art turned his unflinching eye Soprano Elza van den Heever is Wozzeck’s firmly on himself. unfaithful mate, and the commanding cast also One of the most celebrated painters of our includes tenor Christopher Ventris as the Drum- time, Lucian Freud is also one of very few Major, bass-baritone Christian Van Horn as the 20th-century artists who portrayed themselves Doctor, and tenor Gerhard Siegel as the Captain. with such consistency. Spanning nearly seven decades his self-portraits give a fascinating Ar ôl syfrdanu cynulleidfaoedd gyda’i insight into both his psyche and his development gynhyrchiad rhyfeddol o Lulu yn 2015, mae’r as a painter. When seen together, his portraits artist o Dde Affrica William Kentridge bellach yn represent an engrossing study into the dynamic canolbwyntio ei ddychymyg gweledol eithriadol of ageing and the process of self-representation. ar gampwaith operatig arall Berg, wedi ei osod mewn amgylchedd apocalyptaidd cyn y Rhyfel Mae’r arddangosfa arbennig hon yn dod Byd cyntaf. ynghyd â mwy na 50 o baentiadau, printiau a lluniau hunanbortread y meistr modern Cyfarwyddwr Cerddorol y Met Yannick Nézet- hwn ar gelf Brydeinig. Yn un o’r paentwyr Séguin sydd ar y podiwm ar gyfer y digwyddiad mwyaf clodfawr ein hoes, mae Lucian Freud pwysig hwn, gyda’r bariton Peter Mattei hefyd yn un o’r ychydig iawn o artistiaid yr yn gwneud ei début yn rôl y prif gymeriad. 20fed ganrif a bortreadodd ei hun gyda’r fath Y soprano Elza van den Heever yw cymar gysondeb. Gan rychwantu bron saith degawd, anffyddlon Wozzeck, ac mae’r cast hefyd yn mae ei hunanbortreadau’n rhoi cipolwg hynod cynnwys y tenor Christopher Ventris fel y Drum- ddiddorol i’w ysbryd a’i ddatblygiad fel paentiwr. Major, y bas-bariton Christian Van Horn fel y Gyda’i gilydd, mae ei bortreadau’n cynrychioli Doctor, a’r tenor Gerhard Siegel fel y Capten. astudiaeth afaelgar o heneiddio a’r broses o hunangynrychiolaeth. Running time: Approx 102 minutes Running time: Approx 80 minutes LIVE EVENTS & BROADCAST NOS LUN IONAWR 20 SIOEAU BYW & DARLLEDIADAU MONDAY 20 JANUARY 7.30PM £18 (£17) MWLDAN 2 CATRIN FINCH & CIMARRÓN Back in 2007, Welsh harpist Catrin Finch met with Colombian joropo band Cimarrón and embarked on an exhilarating tour of Wales, a collaboration repeated in 2009 and 2010. Ten years later, Catrin and Cimarrón meet again to tour the UK. Catrin Finch is a remarkable and fearless artist, one of the NOS IAU IONAWR 16 world’s leading harp players, whose career has featured both THURSDAY 16 JANUARY 7.15PM solo performances with the world’s top orchestras and, more recently, collaborations with some of the leading world music LIVE BROADCAST £16 (£15) artists, including Toumani Diabate and, most successfully, 5 MWLDAN 2 Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita, with whom she forms ROYAL BALLET “one of the most popular world music acts of this decade” THE SLEEPING (Tim Cumming, Songlines). The 6-piece Grammy-nominated Cimarrón perform joropo IONAWR BEAUTY dance music from the cattle-rearing plains of the Orinoco, rooted in a deep tradition defined by the mestizo mixed heritage This production of The Sleeping Beauty has of African, Spanish and indigenous cultures, and led by harpist been delighting audiences in Covent Garden and composer Carlos Rojas. Cimarrón make wild, untamed since 1946. A classic of Russian ballet, it music that preserves the spirit of freedom found in one of the | established The Royal Ballet both in its new world’s most untouched regions.