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Chairman's Welcome
2008 Programme
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CYMRAEG |
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Venues
are village churches, except where stated. Hyperlinks are to artistes'
websites and venue details / maps.
All events
commence at 7.30 pm, unless stated otherwise.
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Sun July 13,
3:00pm
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SWANSEA BACH CHOIR (director: John Hugh Thomas)
Choral
Landscapes from
Scandinavia, Europe and America |
All Saints,
Oystermouth |
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Mon July 14 |
ASHLEY WASS
(piano)
music by Chopin, Liszt and Elgar (Enigma Variations) |
St Gwynour,
Llanyrnewydd (at Blue Anchor above Penclawdd) |
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Tue July 15 |
PRAžÁK QUARTET
Haydn (Quartet Op 50 No 6), Janáček (Quartet No 1 – ‘Kreutzer
Sonata’), Dvořák (Quartet Op 106)
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Sts Rhidian and
Illtyd, Llanrhidian |
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Wed July 16 |
LUCY WAKEFORD TRIO (harp, flute & viola)
Duos and Trios by
Bach, Telemann, Debussy, Ravel, Alwyn and Takemitsu |
St Teilo, Bishopston |
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Thurs July
17 |
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA (violin),
CÉDRIC
TIBERGHIEN (piano)
Sonatas
by Beethoven and Szymanowski; Theme & Variations by Messiaen
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St George,
Reynoldston |
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Fri July 18 |
THE
ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with
CATHERINE KING (mezzo
soprano)
‘Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage’: dramatic songs from the Elizabethan
plays interspersed with dances and fantasias by
Byrd, Tomkins and their contemporaries
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St Mary, Rhossili |
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Sat July 19, 10
am – 12 noon |
WORKSHOP
for singers and viol players with members of The Rose Consort
For further
information contact: Hugh Dunthorne, Rosecroft, Port Eynon SA3 1NL,
tel: 01792 391 506 e-mail: h.l.a.dunthorne@swansea.ac.uk
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Reynoldston
Village Hall |
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Sat July 19 |
JAZZ EVENING
with the PAULA GARDINER TRIO
featuring compositions from their new CD ‘Hot Lament’ |
Reynoldston
Village Hall |
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Mon July 21 |
ALLEGRI QUARTET with Jane Atkins (viola) & Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Verklärte Nacht (Schoenberg) Quintet in G, Op 111 (Brahms) and
Quartet Op 64 No 6 (Haydn) |
St Peter,
Newton |
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Tues July 22 |
ANNA STÉPHANY (mezzo soprano) with JONATHAN BEATTY (piano)
including Schumann’s song-cycle ‘Frauenliebe und leben’ |
St Illtyd, Ilston |
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Wed July 23 |
THE FESTIVAL LECTURE
Rev John Walters tells the story of the removal of the Church of
St Teilo Tal-y-bont
to St Fagans and the discovery of its medieval wall paintings |
St Illtyd, Oxwich |
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Thurs July 24 |
DORIC QUARTET
Beethoven (Op 18 No 1) Brahms (Op 51 No 1) and Webern (1905) |
St John, Gowerton |
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Fri July 25 |
LA
FOLLIA:
Francesca Thompson
(recorders), Huw Daniel (violin), Lucy Scotchmer (cello) and
Amgeir Hauksson ( therbo)
music
by J.S.Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and others |
St David Church,
Llandewi |
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Sat July 26, 10:30 am |
Botanical ramble
with Hilary Rose – for further information, call 01792 232 808 |
meet at
Oxwich Car Park |
Sat July 26
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JORGE LUIS PRATS (piano)
including Bach - Liszt ( Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543),
Prokofiev (Sonata No 3)
Chabrier (Scherzo-Valse) Granados (Goyescas)
and Messiaen (‘Regard de l’Esprit de Joie’) |
St Cenydd, Llangennith |
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is a member of Gwyliau Cymru, which works with the Arts Council and Wales
Tourist Board to promote festivals throughout Wales