Presteigne Festival 2025 | 21-25 August
The 2025 Presteigne Festival will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the death of Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), one of the most significant Russian voices of the 20th century, with a special focus on his music.
Demonstrating its continuing commitment to contemporary music, the Festival will welcome Jamaican-born British composer Eleanor Alberga as composer-in-residence and has also commissioned a collection of 13 news works from a broad and diverse composer base.
In addition to 14 concert and opera performances, the Festival offers a diverse mix of arts events – exhibitions, film screenings, poetry and talks as well as the ever-popular Presteigne ‘Open Studios’ weekend.
Events
Bydd Gŵyl Llanandras 2025 yn coffáu 50 mlynedd ers marwolaeth Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975), un o leisiau Rwsiaidd mwyaf arwyddocaol yr 20fed ganrif, gyda ffocws arbennig ar ei gerddoriaeth.
Gan ddangos ei ymrwymiad parhaus i gerddoriaeth gyfoes, bydd y Gŵyl yn croesawu’r cyfansoddwr Prydeinig a anwyd yn Jamaica, Eleanor Alberga, fel cyfansoddwr yn bresennol ac mae hefyd wedi gofyn am gasgliad o 13 o weithiau newydd gan sylfaen eang a amrywiol o gyfansoddwyr.
Yn ogystal â 14 perfformiad cyngerdd ac opera, mae’r Gŵyl yn cynnig cymysgedd amrywiol o ddigwyddiadau celfyddydol – arddangosfeydd, ffilmiau, barddoniaeth a sgyrsiau yn ogystal â’r penwythnos ‘Open Studios’ sydd bob amser mor boblogaidd yn Llanandras.
Digwyddiadur
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Event 1 – NICHOLAS MURRAY | WHO’S AFRAID OF THE BLOOMSBURY GROUP?
Thursday 21 August, 11:00 am
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Event 2 – VIOLIN VIGNETTES
Thursday 21 August, 3:00 pm
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Event 3 – FESTIVAL BAT WALK
Thursday 21 August, 7:45 pm
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Event 4 – SCENES FROM UNDER MILK WOOD
Thursday 21 August, 8:00 pm
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Event 5 – STEPHEN JOHNSON | SHOSTAKOVICH
Friday 22 August, 11:00 am
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Event 6 – CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS FOR FLUTE AND HARP
Friday 22 August, 11:30 am
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Event 7 – LEONORE TRIO IN PRESTEIGNE
Friday 22 August, 2:00 pm
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Event 8 – BARRIE GAVIN – A TRIBUTE
Friday 22 August, 4:00 pm
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Event 9 – GLIMPSES, GLANCES
Friday 22 August, 7:30 pm
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Event 10 – HOUSE OF AMERICA | Festival film season I
Friday 22 August, 8:00 pm
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Event 11 – GAVIN PLUMLEY | SCRATCHING THE VENEER: JOHN SINGER SARGENT
Saturday 23 August, 11:00 am
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Event 12 – MOZART CLARINET QUINTET
Saturday 23 August, 2:00 pm
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Event 13 – DANCES OLD AND NEW
Saturday 23 August, 4:30 pm
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Event 14 – DA VINCI REQUIEM
Saturday 23 August, 7:30 pm
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Event 15 – MARGINALIA, RAISING THE HARE | Festival film season II
Saturday 23 August, 8:00 pm
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Event 16 – LIEDER EINES FAHRENDEN GESELLEN
Sunday 24 August, 2:00 pm
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Event 17 – BEN RAWLENCE | THE BLACK MOUNTAINS COLLEGE JOURNEY
Sunday 24 August, 4:00 pm
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Event 18 – BATH CAMERATA AT LEOMINSTER PRIORY
Sunday 24 August, 4:30 pm
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Event 19 – BARRIE GAVIN MEMORIAL CONCERT
Sunday 24 August, 7:30 pm
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Event 20 – THE LIBRARY SUICIDES | Festival film season III
Sunday 24 August, 8:00 pm
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Event 21 – PETER WAKELIN | RESEARCHING THE ART OF RADNORSHIRE
Monday 25 August, 11:00 am
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Event 22 – ERDA ENSEMBLE IN BLEDDFA
Monday 25 August, 11:30 am
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Event 23 – PIANO IN THE AFTERNOON
Monday 25 August, 2:00 pm
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Event 24 – ELEANOR ALBERGA IN CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS HYDE
Monday 25 August, 4:30 pm
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Event 25 – FESTIVAL FINALE
Monday 25 August, 7:30 pm