Thursday 22nd July – 7.30pm
St. Davids Cathedral
Festival Opening ‘Gala’ Concert
*The Philharmonia Orchestra
Supported by Chevron &The Foyle Foundation
Conductor – Ian Brown
Soloist – Min-Jin Kym
Borodin: Overture : Prince Igor
Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor
Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor
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Tickets :Reserved £25 & £22 Unreserved: £12
*Book 3 orchestral concerts for 10% discount on those 3 concerts.
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Friday 23rd July – 7.30pm
St. Mary’s Church, Newport
Clarinet & Piano recital
Luca Luciano – clarinet
Bruno D’Ambra – piano
Supported by Dinas Community Council
Noted Italian clarinettist presents a programme of contemporary chamber music that includes original composition for clarinet and piano. |
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Tickets : Unreserved £12
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Saturday 24th July - 7.30pm
Hermon Chapel, Fishguard
Morriston RFC Male Voice Choir with
Alistair Young – organ
Supported by Carmen’s Fashions, Fishguard
This Swansea based male voice choir brings a flavour of Wales – especially for all our visitors.
Tickets: £15 Unreserved |
Sunday 25th July – 2.30pm
Tregwynt Mansion
Supported by ‘ Live Music Now’ and Fishguard Arts Society. A varied programme including works by Handel, Puccini, Geraint Lewis and Dilys Elwyn Edwards.
Joy Cornock – Soprano
Bethan Semmens – Harp
Tickets: Unreserved £12
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Sunday 25th July
St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick – 8.00pm
‘An Act of Piracy’
Richard Parry - baritone
Will Savage-Taylor - piano
Supported by the Rotary Club of Fishguard & Goodwick.
A musical story of Pirates in the Caribbean. A unique voyage of music and drama with award-winning writer-performer, baritone Richard Parry. British art songs in a swashbuckling tale of adventure, betrayal and romance. |
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Tickets: Unreserved £12
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Monday 26th July – 8.00pm
Oak Hall, Rhos-y-gilwen , Rhoshill, Cilgerran
(Supported by Glen and Brenda Peters)
Innovation Chamber Ensemble
Dohnányi: Sextet in C major Op. 37 for Horn,
Clarinet, Piano, Violin, Viola &‘Cello
Mahler: Symphony No. 4 ( chamber version.)
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Tuesday 27th July – 11.00am
St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick
Frith Piano Quartet
Supported by Mike Matthews, Architect, Fishguard
Mahler: Piano Quartet movement
Schnittke: Piano Quartet
Dohnányi: Serenade Op. 10 (for string Trio)
Brahms: Piano Quartet in A Op.26
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Tickets: Unreserved £15
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Tuesday 27th July – 2.30pm
Tregwynt Mansion
Supported by Fishguard Arts Society and ‘The Night Out Scheme’
Richard Jenkinson - ‘cello
Claire Prewer - Soprano
presents ‘cello music “ancient and modern”. A mix of traditional and contemporary solo ‘cello music and featuring Claire Prewer in songs by Schostakovich and Taverner.
Tickets: Unreserved £10
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Tuesday 27th July – 7.30pm
St. Davids Cathedral
Festival Choral Concert
Supported by Fishguard Garden Centre
The John S. Davies Singers
Conductor John S. Davies.
Jane Watts Organ
Sophie Davies Soprano
Allan Smith Baritone
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Musique entente cordiale
Fauré Requiem
Vierne: Symphony No.1 - Finale
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Mervyn Burtch: Ave verum corpus
Mansel Thomas: Deus Salutis
James Macmillan: A New Song
John Rutter: God be in my head & Amen
Jehan Alain: Litanies
Duruflé: Ubi caritas & Notre Père
Judith Bingham/S.S.Wesley: The Darkness is no darkness/Thou wilt keep him
Mathias: Magnificat and Nunc dimittis
Tickets: Reserved £20 £15 Unreserved £10
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Wednesday 28th July
Oak Hall, Rhos-y-gilwen, Rhoshill, Cilgerran
•Concert One 2.30pm
Fishguard International Music Festival’s
President Peter Donohoe plays Chopin
Today’s concerts supported by Stena Line
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Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op. 18
Valse Brillante in A flat major Op. 34 No.1
Waltz in E minor Op. Posthumous
4 Ballades No.1 in G minor Op.23
No.2 in F major Op.38
No.3 in A flat major Op.47
No.4 in F minor Op.52
Interval
Polonaise in A flat major Op. 53
Polanoise-Fantasie in A flat major Op.61
Nocturne in B major Op. 62 No.1
Nocturne in E major Op.62 No.2
Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor Op.39
Tickets: Unreserved £22
•Book the 2 concerts for £40
•Concert Two 8.00pm
Festival Gala Opera Evening
Operatic favourites from Singers at Dennis O Neill’s Cardiff International Academy of Voice. (These brilliant young singers gain experience and further training during the launch of their operatic careers).
Carleen Ebbs Soprano
Miranda Westcott Mezzo Soprano
Adriano Graziani Tenor
Njabulo Mabala Baritone
Sharon Richards Accompanist
Tickets: Unreserved £22
• Book the 2 concerts for £40 |
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Thursday 29th July – 11.00am
Church of The Holy Name, Fishguard
+ Young Musicians’ Platform
Sponsored by Newport Music Society
Lunch supported by the Soroptomists of Fishguard & Goodwick
Daniel Sajko Piano Duet
Lois Eifion
Annie Sheen Soprano
Iwan Evans Voice/Piano
David Pepper Piano
Tickets : £7 Unreserved Lunch £7
2.30pm Church of The Holy Name, Fishguard
+Pembrokeshire’s Young Musicians
Jocelyn Freeman – piano
Lee Mottram – clarinet
......return to perform in this year’s Festival.
Tickets: Unreserved £10
Book both Young Musicians’ concert tickets - £15
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Thursday 29th July -8.00pm
Theatr Gwaun
Tim Kliphuis
Supported by Pembrokeshire County Council
“Grappelli’s style is alive and well in the hands of Tim Kliphuis”- Nigel Kennedy. Tim combines Gypsy Jazz, Classical, Folk, World Music and Tango to create an inspired and daring fusion with soulful melodies, driving rhythms and funky chords. |
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Tickets: Unreserved £ 15
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Friday 30th July – 11.00am
Theatr Gwaun
Purbayan Chatterjee Sitar and tabla recital
Supported by Taj Mahal Restaurant, Fishguard
An illustrated introduction to Indian sitar music by this renowned player from Calcutta.
Followed by Indian Lunch at Fishguard’s
Taj Mahal Indian Restaurant. (Approximately 1.00pm)
Bookable separately – available for Sitar Recital attendees (up to 60 places only).
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Tickets: Concert - Unreserved £12 Lunch £12
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Friday 30th July
St.Peter’s Church – 7.30pm
Leicestershire Chorale
Supported by Fishguard & Goodwick Town Council
Music Director - Tom Williams
INSALATA: A mixed programme of European
choral works of both a sacred and secular nature.
To include works by: Weelkes, Tomkins, Byrd, Monteverdi, Bach, Brahms, Saint-Saens, Rutter.
Tickets: Unreserved £10
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Saturday 31st July – 7.00pm
Ysgol Bro Gwaun
Please note starting time
*BBC NOW Orchestra
Supported by
Arts Council of Wales
Sponsored by the Co-operative Society Ltd.
Conductor- Thierry Fischer
Soloist – Llyr Williams
Beethoven: Piano Concerto
No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Brahms: Symphony No. 4 in E minor Op.98
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Tickets: Reserved £20.00 Unreserved £15.00
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Sunday 1st August-2.30pm
Theatr Gwaun
Supported by Seaways Bookshop, Fishguard
“The Last Ballade” starring Michael Lunts
(piano/actor)
Michael offers, through music and drama, the story of the relationship between Frederick Chopin and George Sand. “Michael Lunts delivers a performance both as pianist and actor that cannot be bettered. A masterpiece” – Edinburgh Festival Review’. Enjoy this unique piece of musical drama.
Tickets: Unreserved £12
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St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick – 8.00pm
Goodwick Brass Band
Conductor: Matthew Jenkins
This enterprising and award-winning local band provides the Festival with a concert of brass band music including contemporary and traditional favourites. |
Tickets Unreserved £10
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Monday 2nd August – 7.30pm
St. Davids Cathedral
*National Youth Orchestra of Wales
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
Debussy: La mer
Brian Hughes: Troad (The Turning)
First performance of this newly commissioned piece.
Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor
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Tickets: Reserved £18 £14 Unreserved £10
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We thank all our concert-goers, visitors and patrons for their support for the 40th FIMF in 2009.
‘.......and it was a ‘masterstroke’ to end the Festival with The Temperance Seven on Saturday.... a musical and very funny show ......’
Mr P Harwood Newport
‘....as always a full and friendly week with plenty of music of the highest standards and conviviality at the Fishguard Bay Hotel and elsewhere’.
D & G Cambridge, Bolton
‘......and the opening concert by the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera must rank as one of the best orchestral concerts we’ve heard in West Wales in over 20 years of attendance atFishguard’.
(WNO with James Lowe & Peter Donohoe) Cheshire visitors
‘...........and Richard Jenkinson continues to raise his profile in West Wales – his ‘cello playing is outstanding..... an absolutely stunning performance of the Mendelssohn Octet on Friday morning at St. Peters, Goodwick .............outstanding music and fabulous playing ........ Mike Matthews, Fishguard – Sponsor
It is difficult to see how this performance of Handel’s ‘Messiah’ could be improved on (John S Davies Singers, Orchestra and soloists in St. Davids Cathedral); this sell-out performance was both excellent and thrilling. (Fishguard Concert-Goer)
And ......... this gem of a Welsh Festival deserves all the support it can get from the Arts Council of Wales. They and all the sponsors, patrons and friends etc. must be very proud of this Festival’s achievements- long may it continue. |
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