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July/August

Past Events 2008

Friday 25th July - 2.15pm
Fishguard Bay Hotel
Festival Opening

 
Sian JamesSupported 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

Pembrokeshire’s Young Professional Musicians.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.John S. Davies
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 Purbayan Chatterjee
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 Jeffrey Lloyd-RobertsQuartet 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 QuartetSt. 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 MansionRhos-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 DonohoePeter 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 WilliamsDavid 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 PriestRed 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 OrchestraCatrin Finch
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’Phillip Dyson
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

 

E.& O.E.


 

 

Past Events 2007

Saturday 21st July, – 7.30 pm
St. David's Cathedral

Gala Concert – Fishguard Festival Orchestra – Leader Barry Haskey; Conductor Timothy Noon. Soloists – Simon Pearce (organ); Paul Badley (tenor). (Timothy Noon's final concert in St. David's before his departure for Liverpool).

Elgar: Serenade for Strings.
Finzi: Dies Natalis.
Poulenc: Organ Concerto.
Barber: Adagio for strings.
Mozart: Divertimento in D major K136.

Tickets: £18.00 or £15.00 reserved; £10.00 unreserved

Sunday 22nd July – 7.30pm
St. Peter's Church. Goodwick

Ensemble 8
An evening of Baroque music with Harpsichord. Programme to include music by:

Corelli.
Vivaldi.
Verrucini.
Bach.
Zelenka.

Tickets : £12.00 (unreserved)

Monday 23rd July – 7.30pm
St. Peter's Church. Goodwick

Fine Arts Brass.

This outstanding brass ensemble returns to Fishguard with a wide range of music including Elgar and William Matthias.

Toccata from Orfeo – Monteverdi Arr. Roberts
Overture to William Tell – Rossini Arr. Roberts
Violin Concerto in Am BWV 1041 Bach Arr. Toreilles / Barre
Brass Studies – Julian Philips
Little Suite for Brass No1 – Malcolm Arnold Arr. Lenton
Haka – Philip Wilby
La Blonde – Elgar Arr. Roberts
Summer Dances – William Mathias
Quodlibet On Welsh Nursery Rhymes – Alun Hooddinott
Suite from West Side Story – Bernstein Arr. Lenton.

 

Tickets : £12.00 (unreserved)

Tuesday 24th July – 11.00am
YSGOL BRO GWAUN

Peter Donohoe joins members of the City of Birmingham symphony Quartet in Elgar's piano quintet Local Dinas baritone Richard Morris sings Butterworth's beautiful songs with Houseman's words. Dvorak : Piano Quintet in A major Op. 81 Butterworth : A Shropshire Lad. Elgar Piano Quintet in A minor Op. 84

Tickets: £15.00 unreserved

YSGOL BRO GWAUN– 7.30pm

The Swingle Singers. Eight glamorous young singers provide an exciting mix of music from the group which has toured the world with their 'a capella' shows including classical, opera, jazz , film and TV standards. The Swingles make a speedy welcome return to Pembrokeshire after their sell–out show in St. David's Cathedral Festival last year and their recent London Prom debut!

Tickets : £18.00; £15.00 unreserved

Wednesday 25th July
Rhos–y–gilwen – "Pembrokeshire's new and exciting music venue..."

Fishguard International Music Festival goes to this fabulous new concert hall (courtesy Glen and Brenda Peters) for a special chamber music day.

Concert One – 2. 15pm

Frith Piano Quartet.

Benjamin Frith (piano), Robert Heard (violin), Louise Williams (viola), Richard Jenkinson (cello).

Mozart : Piano Quartet in G minor – K478
Bliss: Piano Quartet (1915).

Schumann : Piano Quartet in E Flat Op. 47.

Tickets: £12.00 unreserved

Concert Two – 8.00pm
Chairman's Champagne Reception from 7.00pm

Peter Donohoe in recital.

Britain’s leading pianist gives a characteristic recital of                         outstanding masterpieces.

Tickets: £18.00 unreserved

Glen and Brenda Peters invite you to bring a picnic and enjoy the grounds of Rhos–y–gilwen Mansion in between concerts!

N.B. Rhos–y–gilwen's Oak Hall is a new concert and function hall completed in July 2006. Concerts in this setting are very special.

Thursday 26th July – 11.00am
Church of the Holy Name

Young Persons' Platform.

Young players include
Lee Mottram.
Daniel Davies.
Daniel Sajko
Thea Woodrow
Susie McGregor
Chris Lovegrove - accompanist.

Tickets: £5.00 unreserved. Lunch £5.00

YSGOL BRO GWAUN– 7.30pm

Ray McVay Presents   THE GLENN MILLER ORCHESTRA at YSGOL BRO GWAUN

Tickets: £18.00 or £15.00 unreserved

Friday 27th July – 12.00 noon
St. Mary's Church. Fishguard

Pheonix Duo – Music for Flute and Harp. Libby Bennet (Flute) with Eluned Pierce (Harp).

Tickets : £7.00 unreserved

Theatr Gwaun. Fishguard – 2.15pm

Talk and Film : Dr. John Harcup, from Malvern, will give a pre–concert talk about Elgar life, times and music.

Tickets : £5.00 unreserved

St David's Cathedral – 7.00pm

Orchestral Concert – BBC National Orchestra of Wales – Conductor – James Judd. Soloist : Alina Ibragimova (violin).

Programme to include
Elgar: – Overture : 'Froissart'. MendeIssohn : Violin Concerto in E minor. MendeIssohn : String Symphony. Elgar: Enigma Variations.

Tickets: £20.00 or £18.00 reserved; £10.00 unreserved.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON THE ARTISTS
PERFORMING AT THIS YEAR'S FISHGUARD INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
LOOK UP THE FOLLOWING WEB SITES

Barry Haskey
Benjamin Frith
Peter Donohoe
Swingle Singers
Glenn Miller Orchestra
Fine Arts brass
National Orchestra Of Wales
Alina Ibragimova