Friday 25th July - 2.15pm
Fishguard Bay Hotel
Festival Opening
Supported by Chairman and Committee
Followed by Sian James in concert
Harp / Folk Singer
Internationally acclaimed
Welsh traditional folk singer, harpist and composer
Tickets : £8 unreserved
Friday 25th July – 7.30pm
Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard
Band Pres Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru
National Youth Brass Band of Wales
Supported by The Rotary Club of Fishguard & Goodwick
Conductor – Nigel Boddice
Soloist – Christian Jones Bass trombone
The NYBB of Wales arrives at The Festival fresh from its week’s summer school in Malvern. To include music by Malcolm Arnold, Vaughan Williams, Philip Wilby, Alun Hoddinott, Elgar Howarth and Philip Sparke.
Programme features Gareth Wood’s newly commissioned work for bass-trombone.
THE FIRST PERFORMANCE
Tickets : £10
Saturday 26th July - 7.30pm
St Davids Cathedral
Festival Choral Concert.
The Festival is delighted to welcome The John S.Davies Singers conducted by John S. Davies with the Westward Chamber Orchestra – leader David Juritz.
John S. Davies was a founder member of this prestigious international Festival
Vivaldi : Magnificat
Bach : Mass in G Minor
Haydn : Nelson Mass
Tickets: Reserved £15 £12 Unreserved £10
Sunday 27th July – 8.00pm
St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick
English Symphony Orchestra
Wind Octet in Mozart’s Letters with
Narrator - Janet Suzman
Supported by Sigma Signs, Goodwick
An evening of Mozart’s Music for wind instruments with an insight into his life and times through readings of the letters.
Tickets : £15 unreserved
Monday 28th July - 11. 00am
Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard
Purbayan Chatterjee in recital. Sitar and tabla.
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).
Tickets: Concert - £10 unreserved. Lunch £7.50
Monday 28th July – 7.30pm
Ysgol Bro Gwaun. Fishguard
Innovation Chamber Ensemble
Supported by Fishguard Garden Centre
16 string players from the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra featuring Richard Jenkinson - ’cello with Jon Holland – trumpet.
Bach : Concerto for Two Violins
Soloists : Marcus Barcham-Stevens,
Judith Templeman
Torrelli : Trumpet Concerto
Soloist : Jonathan Holland
Haydn : Concerto for ’cello and orchestra in C
Soloist – Richard Jenkinson
Jeremiah Clarke : Trumpet Voluntary in D
Dvorák : Serenade in E Op. 22
Tickets : £15 £12 Unreserved
Tuesday 29th July – 11.00am
Ysgol Bro Gwaun
Peter Donohoe joins the City of Birmingham Symphony Quartet celebrating the music of Olivier Messiaen and Vaughan Wiliams
Supported by Stena Line
Pre-concert talk by Peter Donohoe (11.00am)
Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts tenor
Marc O’Brien clarinet
Olivier Messiaen : Cantéyodjayâ
Vaughan Williams : ‘On Wenlock Edge’
Olivier Messiaen : Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Tickets : £15 £12 Unreserved
Tuesday 29th July – 7.30pm
St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Supported by Pembrokeshire County Council
This world-class Quartet comes to Fishguard with a popular programme of Russian favourites
Shostakovich : Quartet No.11
Borodin : Quartet No. 2
Tchaikovsky : Quartet No.1
Tickets: £15 Unreserved |
Wednesday 30th July
Rhos-y-gilwen Mansion – Rhoshill, Cilgerran
“Pembrokeshire’s new and exciting music venue”
Fishguard International Music Festival moves to this wonderful new concert hall (courtesy of Glen and Brenda Peters).
Supported bu Antur Insurance Services Ltd. Fishguard
Concert One – 2.30pm
Gala Opera Matineé featuring
Cardiff International Academy of Voice
Director – Dennis O’Neill CBE
performing a mix of operatic favourites. The Academy provides training and experience for exceptional singers at the early professional stage.
Tickets : £20.00 unreserved (£30.00 for both concerts)
Concert Two – 8.00pm
(Chairman’s Reception from 7.00pm)
Peter Donohoe with the St.Petersburg String Quartet
Cesar Frank – Quintet for Piano & Strings in F minor op.14
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor op.34
Tickets: £20 unreserved. (£30.00 for both concerts)
N.B.Rhos-y-gilwen’s Oak Hall moves from strength to strength with an ever-increasing round of concerts and events.
(See Concert Coach details)
Thursday 31st July – 11.00am
Church of The Holy Name, Fishguard
Young Persons’ Platform
Sponsored by Chevron and Newport Music Society
Lunch supported by the Soroptomists of Fishguard & Goodwick
Performers to include –
Simran Singh violin
Lee Mottram clarinet
Chloe Bradshaw flute
Dorothy Singh and Christopher Lovegrove accompanists
Tickets: £5.00 unreserved Lunch: £5.00
Thursday 31st July – 2.15pm
Church of The Holy Name, Fishguard
Pembrokeshire’s Young Professional Musicians.
Supported by Chevron
Young performers with Fishguard and Pembrokeshire associations now in the music profession.
Verity Thirkettle harp/violin
Giles Thirkettle violin
Gemma Evans cornet
Mathew Jenkins euphonium
Heledd Francis flute
Nerys Richards cello
Llinos Richards cello
Tickets: £10.00 unreserved
Thursday 31st July 8.00pm
Ysgol Bro Gwaun, Fishguard
David Rees – Williams Trio
A mix of lighter music, classically based, with piano, bass drums.
Tickets: £15 £12 unreserved
Friday 1st August – 7.30pm
St. Peter’s Church, Goodwick
Red Priest
Supported by Colwinston Charitable Trust
‘Pirates of the Baroque’
Stolen masterworks and long-lost jewels of the Baroque era performed with swashbuckling virtuosity!
Come if you dare! Baroque music with a difference....
The group is ‘selling out’ at festivals and concert venues across the country. A stunning show.
Tickets: £15.00 unreserved
Saturday 2nd August – 7.00pm (** N.B. Early Start time
7.00pm**)
St. Davids Cathedral
BBC NOW Orchestra
Supported by Arts Council of Wales
Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Soloists – Catrin Finch, Lesley Hatfield
Conductor Grant Llewellyn
Delius : Summer Evening
Vaughan Williams : The Lark Ascending
Gliere̒ : Harp Concerto
Vaughan Williams : Symphony No.5
Tickets: reserved - £22.00 £18.00 Unreserved - £10.00
Sunday 3rd August
Rhos-y-gilwen Mansion
Festival farewell 2008
Sunday ‘Jazz Lunch’
Supported by Rhos – y gilwen Mansion
Lunch - 12.00pm for 12.30pm
Concert - 2.00pm ( doors open 1.30pm)
Phillip Dyson (piano)
With Richard Morris baritone
Phillip Dyson performs music by
Scott Joplin and George Gershwin.
Richard Morris sings American and other favourites in the
Rhos – y –gilwen ‘Jazz Lunch’ Sunday series.
Tickets : Lunch & concert £25.00; Concert only £15.00
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