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St Davids Cathedral Festival ˆ Gwyl Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi 22 - 31 May/Mai 2015
Royal Patron: Her Majesty The Queen Noddwr Brenhinol: Ei Mawrhydi y Frenhines
Important information
Listing of events for St Davids Cathedral Festival 2015
Tickets
FRIDAY 22 MAY / DYDD GWENER 22 MAI 6.00pm Festival Launch
It is now possible for you to book online via our website, as well as through our usual postal method. For more details please visit our website:
stdavidscathedralfestival.co.uk
Priority booking, for Patrons only, lasts until 18 March; general booking opens after that date. Postal Booking – Please apply to Melanie Northall, September Cottage, Lower Moor, St Davids, SA62 6RP, Wales, UK. Email:
[email protected] From Monday 18 May tickets may also be obtained from: St Davids Cathedral Festival Box Office, Cysgod-y-Tŵr, The Pebbles, St Davids. Telephone: 01437 721204 Open 10.00am - 4.30pm th
Parking and disabled parking
Parking is available in the Merrivale, Quickwell Hill and Pebbles car parks. Please note there is very limited disabled parking around the West Front and North side of the Cathedral. If you require disabled parking you must notify the bookings secretary in advance when you purchase your tickets. Subject to availability a Festival disabled parking badge will be issued with your ticket order for you to display in your car window which will help us to identify those drivers who have requested this in advance. Please ensure that you always arrive in good time (at least 30 minutes) prior to the start of all the concerts so that we can assist in finding you a space. Due to the high demand for spaces we do our absolute best to accommodate all disabled drivers, but unfortunately we cannot always guarantee you a parking place. There will be a free return bus service for the disabled from the car park at Oriel y Parc which will take you straight to the main entrance of the Cathedral for the Festival Chorus Concert – Saturday 30th May. A pass for the bus will be issued on request by the Bookings Secretary. Please contact Melanie Northall, email
[email protected] or telephone 01437 721890.
Conditions of sale
• The Festival reserves the right to refuse admission of the ticket holder to all festival concert premises. • Late comers will only be admitted if there is a suitable break in the performance. • The artists and details given in this brochure are correct at the time of printing. However, all tickets are sold subject to the Festival’s right to make any alterations to the artists, programme or any other advertised arrangements. • Admission to all the concerts taking place in the Cathedral is via the South Porch, where tickets will also be on sale before each event, subject to availability. • Please note that unreserved seats may offer a restricted view of the performance area. • Tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, except on cancellation of an event by the St Davids Cathedral Festival committee. All sales are final. • If, unfortunately, you are unable to attend an event or concert, the donation of your ticket would be gratefully received. Discounts are offered under the following terms: • A 20% discount off the full price total will be available if tickets are booked for 4 or more different 7.00/7.30pm concerts. This discount does not apply to 4 tickets for 1 concert. Photography and the use of any video or audio recording equipment are strictly prohibited.
The Festival opens with the everpopular Children’s Festival Chorus joined by the Melton Musicmakers performing East Anglian Connections It will be conducted by Janette Ruocco Tickets £8 unreserved seating Children 16 and under free
SATURDAY 23 MAY / DYDD SADWRN 23 MAI 12.00 noon Bella Tromba
Lunch time concert in Cathedral North Transept. Trumpet ensemble perform repertoire by John Bull, Orlando Gibbons, Peter Longworth and Georges Bizet in the wonderful acoustic of the Cathedral’s North Transept. Tickets £10 Children 16 and under free
7.00pm St Davids Cathedral Choir with James Bowman & British Sinfonietta The cathedral’s renowned choir perform two baroque masterpieces with the nation’s most distinguished counter-tenor, James Bowman Pergolesi’s Magnificat Vivaldi’s Gloria Tickets £20, £12, Unreserved £8 Children 16 and under, half price
SUNDAY 24 MAY / DYDD SUL 24 MAI 8.00pm Scott Brothers Duo /Organ and Piano Recital Jonathan and Tom Scott perform their own masterly arrangements of orchestral music by: Mozart; Gluck and Liszt Tickets £12 unreserved Children 16 and under half price
MONDAY 25 MAY / DYDD LLUN 25 MAI 10.30am Coffee Concert in the Education Centre, Tŷ’r Pererin
A selection of music presented and performed by this year’s talented Cathedral Choral Scholars. Tickets £8 Children 16 and under half-price. The price of a ticket includes a cup of coffee
7.00pm British Sinfonietta
Music for string Orchestra by Elgar, Mathias, Warlock, Holst, Jenkins, Danford and Ireland Tickets £20, £12 & £8 unreserved Children 16 and under half-price
TUESDAY 26 MAY / DYDD MAWRTH 26 MAI 11.00am Young Organist Platform
Timothy Parsons A prize-winning organ scholar of Winchester Cathedral, Timothy Parsons performs at the cathedral’s fine Willis organ for this annual concert celebrating outstanding young organists. Tickets £8 Children 16 and under free
7.00pm Lutes & Ukes
Members of the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain’s toe-tapping musical fun joins with the genre-crashing expertise of Elizabeth Kenny’s Theatre of the Ayre to perform music including Full Fathom Five, The Carman’s Whistle, Pavan, and Crossroads Blues. Tickets £22, £15 & £8
Children 16 and under half-price
WEDNESDAY 27 MAY / DYDD MERCHER 27 MAI 10.30am Coffee Concert in the Education Centre, Tŷ’r Pererin
Luke Millard, talented student of the Royal Welsh College of Music gives a cello recital accompanied by Joshua Abbott. Tickets £8 Children 16 and under half-price The price of a ticket includes a cup of coffee
THURSDAY 28 MAY / DYDD IAU 28 MAI 11.00am Live Music Now at Llanrhian Church
Joy Cornock Soprano Bethan Semmens Harp It is a great pleasure to welcome back Bethan Semmens as she is joined by Joy Cornock for Live Music Now. Tickets £10 Children 16 and under half-price. Wine and canapés will be available after this concert in Llanrhian Church Hall at a cost of £8
7.00pm An Evening with Nicholas Cleobury & Mid Wales Opera Nicholas Cleobury with his outstanding group of singers and chamber orchestra present a programme including opera highlights of Mozart, Rossini and Beaumarchais. Tickets £20, £12 & £8 Children 16 and under half-price
9.45pm Choral Scholars and Vicars Choral
The talented altos, tenors and basses of the cathedral choir present their popular annual concert including some close-harmony classics. Tickets £10 unreserved
FRIDAY 29 MAY / DYDD GWENER 29 MAI 11.00am St Davids Cathedral Boys’ Choir The Boys’ Choir joined by the Vicars Choral perform motets and anthems from the great cathedral choral tradition.
Tickets £8 unreserved Children 16 and under free
7.00pm David Rees-Williams Trio
The renowned David Rees-Williams Trio swing effortlessly from classical to jazz highlighting their outstanding gifts of improvisation and superb musicianship. Tickets £20, £12 & £8 Unreserved Children 16 and under half-price
9.45pm Vox Angelica
This group of former St Davids Cathedral girl choristers make a welcome return for their festival concert of upper-voice choral gems. Tickets £10 Unreserved Children 16 and under free
7.30pm The King’s Singers
Described in the Times as “the superlative vocal sextet”, this worldfamous vocal ensemble makes a welcome return to the Festival performing music by William Byrd, Palestrina, Lassus, Bob Chilcott and Paul Drayton along with some of their celebrated arrangements of folk songs. St Davids Cathedral Choir will also take part in this concert – not to be missed! Tickets £22, £15 & £8 Children 16 and under free
Saturday 30 MAY / DYDD sadwrn 30 MAI 11.00am Young Musician of Dyfed
This concert will be given in the North Transept by the winner of the annual Young Musician of Dyfed music competition, the final of which takes place on 25th April 2015. Tickets £8 Unreserved Children 16 and under free
7.00pm Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Oliver Waterer Conductor Barry Haskey Leader The Festival Chorus, Orchestra and soloists bring the Festival to a vibrant conclusion this year performing Handel’s Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, The King shall rejoice (Coronation Anthem) and Dixit Dominus. Tickets £22, £15 & £8 Children 16 and under half-price
Booking Form 2015 Date
Time
Event
Friday 22 May
6.00pm
Festival Launch Concert – Children’s Choir
Saturday 23 May
12.00noon
Bella Tromba – Trumpet Ensemble
Saturday 23 May
7.00pm
Cathedral Choir Concert with James Bowman and the British Sinfonietta
Sunday 24 May
8.00pm
Scott Brothers Organ & Piano Duo Recital
Monday 25 May
10.30am
Coffee Concert – Choral Scholars
Monday 25 May
7.00pm
British Sinfonietta
Tuesday 26 May
11.00am
Young Organist’s Platform
Tuesday 26 May
7.00pm
Lutes & Ukes
Wednesday 27 May
10.30am
Coffee Concert – Luke Millard
Wednesday 27 May
7.30pm
The King’s Singers
Thursday 28 May
11.00am
Live Music Now at Llanrhian
Thursday 28 May
12.00noon
Wine & Canapes (Full price only)
Thursday 28 May
7.00pm
An Evening with Nicholas Cleobury & Mid Wales Opera
Thursday 28 May
9.45pm
Choral Scholars and Vicars Choral
Friday 29 May
11.00am
Boys’ Choir Concert
Friday 29 May
7.00pm
David Rees-Williams Trio
Friday 29 May
9.45pm
Vox Angelica
Saturday 30 May
11.00am
Young Musician of Dyfed
Saturday 30 May
7.00pm
Festival Chorus & Orchestra
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Half price tickets are available for the disabled, students and registered unemployed; admission is free for accompanied children at those concerts so marked, and half price at all others. Special rates for group bookings over ten persons are available on application. Full Price No. Price
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Please send tickets as indicated overleaf. I enclose a cheque/postal order for £ made payable to St Davids Cathedral Festival Please remember to include your stamped addressed envelope.
✠ Name (block capitals)........................................................................ ...................................................................................................................... Address........................................................................................................ ...................................................................................................................... .................................................................... Postcode.................................. Tel.......................................................................Date.................................. Email............................................................................................................ Please send to: Melanie Northall, September Cottage, Lower Moor, St Davids, SA62 6RP, Wales, UK Full price total (from overleaf) Half price total (from overleaf) Less discount * Discount is equal to 20% of the full-price total if you book 4 or more different 7.00/7.30pm concerts only. Net total If you would like to become a Patron of the 2015 Festival add your subscription here (minimum £10) or complete and return the enclosed banker’s order form, marking your envelope Priority Booking.
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FRIday 22 May 9.00pm Compline by
Candlelight – Vicars Choral & Choral Scholars Tallis In Pace
SUNday 24 May 11.15am Festival Eucharist
Introit: Tallis O Lord give thy Holy Spirit Lassus Missa bell amfitrit altera Byrd Sing Joyfully
Wednesday 27 May 3.30pm Choral Evensong –
Cathedral Choir (Broadcast live on BBC Radio 3) Introit: Tallis O Lord give thy Holy Spirit Walker Responses (specially commissioned) Howells The Gloucester Service Elgar The spirit of the Lord Litaize Toccata sur Veni Creator Please arrive at least half an hour before the start of the service
6.00pm Festival Choral Evensong Introit: Veni Creator Plainsong Walker Responses (Festival Commission) Wood Collegium Regale Elgar The spirit of the Lord
(Girls Voices) Nardone Responses Sumsion in D Harris Behold, now praise the Lord
MONday 25 May 5.00pm Choral Evensong –
Sunday 31 MAY 11.15am Choral Mattins
Cathedral Singers Sanders Responses Briggs St Davids Service Tomkins God, who as at this time
TUESday 26 May 5.00pm Choral Evensong –
Cathedral Boys Choir, Vicars Choral & Choral Scholars Byrd Responses Harwood in A flat Harris Come down O love divine
Thursday 28 May 5.00pm Choral Evensong –
Rose Responses Vaughan Williams Festival Te Deum Walton Jubilate Macmillan A new song
6.00pm Choral Evensong
Introit: Batten O praise the Lord Rose Responses Stanford in G Stainer I saw the Lord
Grand total
Please show how this donation should be acknowledged in the list of Patrons (eg Mr & Mrs/Mr/Mrs/Miss/Ms/anon): .........................................................................................................
If your son or daughter is interested in joining the Cathedral Choir, please contact Oliver Waterer, Organist and Master of the Choristers on: 01437 720202 or email:
[email protected]
Festival Seating Diagram
Tŷ’r Pererin
Exhibitions
Tŷ’r Pererin is the Education and Pilgrimage Centre at St. Davids Cathedral
Entrance South Porch
South Aisle
North Aisle
Front Centre Nave
Rear Nave
Red = Top price Green = Middle price Blue= Lowest price (unreserved) The two Coffee Concerts will take place in the Tŷ’r Pererin, the Education Centre, which is located on Quickwell Hill, St Davids (Postcode: SA62 6PD). This venue is a short distance from the Cathedral.
Festival Exhibitions Retrospective Festival Exhibition
Tŷ’r Pererin, the Cathedral’s Education and Pilgrimage Centre, is delighted to be able to support the educational outreach programme for St Davids Cathedral Festival again this year. We are again working in conjunction with the Festival in its musical education in schools in order to foster greater links between schools and the Cathedral. We also continue to offer an extensive range of educational visit programmes for children as well as retreats and other visits for adults. The beautifully extended and renovated building offers an inspiring space for educational and spiritual development related to the life of the cathedral on the theme of pilgrimage. This year during the Festival we are pleased to be able to host two Coffee Concerts. We will also be holding a Retreat Day with a musical theme. This day on Thursday 28th May is entitled “Worship and Music; a match made in heaven” and will be led by the Reverend Dr Stephen Roberts. It promises to be an interesting day with opportunity to reflect on and participate in music. The day begins with coffee 10am – 10.30 and runs until 4pm, finishing with tea and cake at 3.30pm. We ask that you make your own arrangements for lunch between 12noon and 1pm. We invite a contribution of £5 per person to cover the costs of the day. We hope some of you will be able to join us. If you are intending to come on this day, would like to participate in any of our other education programmes or talk about ways in which the team at Tŷ’r Pererin could help you or your groups engage with the life and work of the Cathedral please contact us to make a booking.
Tŷ’r Pererin, Quickwell Hill, St Davids, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire SA62 6PD Tel 01437 729151
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A look back at the history of St Davids Cathedral Tŷ’r Pererin Festival in photographs. This exhibition will be on Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi view for the whole Festival in the North Quire Aisle. St Davids Cathedral
Tŷ’r Pererin Eglwys Gadeiriol Tyddewi St Davids Cathedral
St Davids Cathedral Festival 2015 Royal Patron: Her Majesty The Queen
President: The Dean of St Davids, The Very Reverend Jonathan Lean Chairman: Arwel Davies Artistic Director: Oliver Waterer Administrator: Hilary Rudge
Festival Patrons
The support of patrons is extremely valuable to the Festival and the Committee would like to thank those who have already joined this successful scheme. To become a Patron now, add £10, or more, to your ticket order and secure priority booking as well as a free festival programme.
Tourist Information
The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority Visitor Centre, Oriel y Parc, runs a comprehensive accommodation service for reservations at hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfast establishments. To avoid disappointment, early booking is advisable. Pre-concert suppers can be obtained at a variety of hotels and restaurants in close proximity to the Cathedral. Booking is necessary at most of the establishments. For further details contact Oriel y Parc or visit: www.stdavidsinfo.org.uk
Oriel y Parc, St Davids, Pembrokeshire, SA62 6NW Telephone: 01437 720392 Email:
[email protected] Open daily from 9.30am – 5.00pm Mar - Oct and 10.00am – 4.30pm Nov - Feb
The Festival Committee would like to express its sincere thanks to David Ash for allowing us to use his photographs in this brochure. The picture on the cover is of the window above the font at the west end of the Cathedral. If you would like to see more of David’s work, please take the time to visit his website: www.davidashphotography.org
✠ The Festival maintains an electronic database of contact details and booking information relating to its Patrons and those who have requested to be added to the mailing list. This information remains strictly confidential and will never be shared with third parties. This practice is within the guidelines of the Data Protection Act (1998).
The photographs used in this brochure are reproduced by kind permission of the Dean & Chapter of St Davids Cathedral and the Artists. The brochure has been designed and type set by Jayne Minter of Red Dot Design, with the assistance of Hilary Rudge and Oliver Waterer.
St. Davids Cathedral Festival is supported by the National Lottery through The Arts Council of Wales
