Tuesday 20 May _________________________________________
ORGAN RECITAL
Stephen Carleston
7:30pm St. Mary’s Parish Church Tickets £7
Stephen Carleston has a busy international career. His programme includes Bach’s Prelude and Fugue in B minor, Mozart’s Fantasia for a Mechanical Organ, works by Franck, Tchaikovsky, Grieg, and Jongen. Renowned as an improviser, he will finish with an improvisation on a theme submitted from the audience.
Wednesday 21 May _________________________________________
OPENING OF ART EXHIBITION
BY Albert Owen, MP
11:00am Leisure Centre Free admission Work of Anglesey artist, Helen Lopez
YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
Fiona Slominska (flute) Jeremy Young (piano)
3:00pm Leisure Centre Tickets £6 (£20 for 4 recitals)
The programme includes Liszt’s Petrach Sonnet 104, Bach’s Sonata in G minor, Poulenc’s Flute Sonata, and Schubert’s Introduction, Theme and Variations on Trock’ne Blumen.
WITH A LITTLE BIT OF LUCK
David Sealey plays Stanley Holloway
7:30pm Leisure Centre Tickets £10 & £8
The happy go lucky life story of Stanley Holloway from his early concert party days to the legendary Ealing Comedies like “The Lavender Hill Mob” and the great Broadway and West End hit “My Fair Lady.” Including classic monologues such as “My word, you do look queer”. Dave Sealey performs as narrator and the man himself.
Thursday 22 May _________________________________________
FESTIVAL TALK
“Understanding Global Climate Change”
Dr Maurice Lock
11:00 am Leisure Centre Tickets £5
A brief history of change on the planet from life’s dawn to the present day serves as a background to currently predicted climate change. Dr. Lock works extensively on river ecosystems in Europe, Canada, and the U.S.A
POETRY READING
Peter Finch
3:00pm Leisure Centre Tickets £5
Wild, witty, staccato and with a voice that hints of Anthony Hopkins’s Hannibal with a velvet edge, Peter Finch reads his poetry which is riotously inventive in both language and poetic form, moving and often downright funny.
CARDUCCI STRING QUARTET
7:30pm Leisure Centre Tickets £8
HAYDN: String Quartet Op.76 no.2 ‘Fifths’
JANACEK: String Quartet No 1 ‘Kreutzer ‘ 1923
BEETHOVEN: String Quartet in C minor Op 18 No 4
Prizewinners in 7 international competitions, most recently the Concert Artist’s Guild International Competition in the U.S.A. The Carducci are recognised as one of Europe’s top young string quartets.
Friday 23 May _________________________________________
YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
Cecilia Sultana De Maria (harp)
11:00am Leisure Centre Tickets £6 (£20 for 4 recitals)
Finalist in the 2007 BBC Young Musicians Competition, Cecilia Sultana De Maria plays masterpieces from the harp repertoire by Bach, Pierné, Hasselmans, Grandjany and David Watkins.
LECTURE RECITAL
Choral Music in the 17th Century
Dr. David Evans assisted by the Madrigal Singers of the School of Music, Bangor University
3:00pm Leisure Centre Tickets £5
Dr. Evans’s talk will show the state of choral music in 17th century Wales, including recently discovered Chirk Castle manuscripts, and an evaluation of arguably Wales’s greatest composer, Thomas Tomkins of St.David’s, to music in the court of Charles I.
ORCHESTRAL CONCERT
First performance of new work by Geraint Lewis
Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone)
Côr Seiriol. Director: Gwennant Pyrs Roberts
Welsh Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Hose
7:30pm Leisure Centre Tickets £15 £12 £9
Purcell Overture: The Indian Queen,
Geraint Lewis: Cantre’r Gwaelod (first performance)
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor. K.550
Saturday 24 May _________________________________________Ma
YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
Asagi and Makoto Nakata (piano and violin)
11:00am Leisure Centre Tickets £6 (£20 for 4 recitals)
Returning after their breathtaking concert in the 2007 Festival. Their programme includes music by Debussy, Chopin, Bach, Sarasate, Wieniawski and Paganini.
THE POETRY TRIO
“The Way We Live”
3:00pm David Hughes Centre Tickets £5
The Poetry Trio give a recital of poetry about the hidden trials, trip-ups, and turning points of everyday life.
“FROM VIENNA TO BROADWAY”
The James Evans Incredible String Four meets the Welsh Chamber Orchestra.
7:30pm Leisure Centre Tickets £12 £10 £8
(see Discount offer below)
The orchestra plays Rossini’s Serenade, and Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 in B flat with conductor Anthony Hose. Then the James Evans quartet join the orchestra for his arrangements of jazz standards by composers such as Eubie Blake..
“Jazz Later”
9:30pm Leisure Centre Tickets £6
(see Discount offer below)
The James Evans String Four round off the evening in their inimitable upbeat style
DISCOUNT OFFER Tickets bought together for both these events: £16 £ 13 £10
Sunday 25 May _________________________________________
FESTIVAL SERVICE
10:30am St. Mary’s Parish Church
Led by the Rev. Neil Fairlamb with the Monteverdi Singers, conductor, John Huw Davies, organist John Griffiths and the Parish Choir
Music by Jongen, Mass Op. 130 and Caradog Roberts, Psalm 23.
FESTIVAL LUNCH
“Oodles of doodles”
1:00pm Bulkeley Hotel Tickets £15
Enjoy an almost leisurely lunch with fellow festival-goers. Karel Lek will display his artistic skills.
HAPPY FAMILIES
A Slight Examination, in Music and Words, of that unique relation of Relations to Relations - only to be found in the FAMILY, by the Sussex Family Woolf.
8:00pm Leisure Centre Tickets £15 £12
Mr Gabriel Woolf (Reader)
Mrs Felicity Woolf (Soprano) - aka Dame Felicity Lott
& Miss Emily Woolf (Soprano & Reader)
with, at the piano, Mr. Terence Allbright (Friend & Pianist)
Words by Thurber, Joyce Grenfell, Betjeman, Ogden Nash & others
Music by Mozart, Brahms, Bizet, Noel Coward and others.
Monday 26 May _________________________________________
YOUNG ARTIST RECITAL
Vojtech Safarik (bass-baritone) Anthony Hose (piano)
11:00am Leisure Centre Tickets £6 (£20 for 4 recitals)
The young Czech bass-baritone sings arias by Mozart, Purcell, Rossini, Bellini, Puccini, and Janacek. A veritable kaleidoscope of the operatic repertoire.
BANK HOLIDAY JAZZ
Billy Thompson (violin) and his band
8:00pm Leisure Centre Tickets £10
An exciting new gypsy project featuring the extraordinary talents of Andy MacKenzie on guitar, Huw Warren on accordion, Eryl Jones on guitar/vocals and Dave Turner on bass.
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EVENTS RUNNING DURING FESTIVAL WEEK
Wednesday 23 May to Monday 26 May
ART EXHIBITION
HELEN LOPEZ Beaumaris Leisure Centre Gallery Admission free
An exhibition of new work specially created for the festival by Anglesey artist, Helen Lopez, with themes of Landscape, Time, and Environment, inspired by conversations with composer Geraint Lewis.
Thursday 24 May to Tuesday 27 May
FESTIVAL CRAFT FAIR 10.00am Marquee on the Green
North Wales craftworkers display and offer for sale a variety of beautiful objects.
Official opening of the Craft Fair and announcement of the winner of the “best display” award and presentation by the Mayor of Beaumaris at 11.30am on 24th May.
Thurs 24th May to Saturday 31st May
WOODTURNERS EXHIBITION 10.00am - 5.00pm, Beaumaris Town Hall
An opportunity to see members of the Woodturners Association of Gwynedd at work.
