PF2023 Brochure - Flipbook - Page 13
FRIDAY 23 AUGUST
Event 5
11am | Baptist Church, Hereford Street, Presteigne LD8 2AR
PETER SUTTON | PIERS PLOWMAN
Playwright, translator and editor Peter Sutton discusses William Langland’s great 14th-century
poem Piers Plowman, a disturbing and humorous commentary on corruption that remains
astonishingly apposite. Peter will read from his modern alliterative translation (McFarland) and
answer questions.
Tickets £8 ꞏ £5 young people (aged 8-25)
End time 12 noon
Event 6
11.30am | Church of St Mary Magdalene, Leintwardine SY7 0LB
THE VIRTUOSO HARP
Anne Denholm harp
Benjamin Britten Suite, Op 83
Mared Emlyn Perlau yn y Glaw
James Albany Hoyle Koivunsoitto (World premiere)
Lynne Plowman The Mermaids’ Lagoon
William Mathias Santa Fe Suite
Tickets £20 ∙ £1 young people (aged 8-25)
End time 12.30pm
Festival Bus departs Presteigne at 10.30am (see booking information)
Event 7
2pm | St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF
THE PIANO IN NATURE
Joseph Tong piano
David Matthews Five Trees, Op 163 (Welsh premiere)
Lynne Plowman Another Set of Footprints in the Snow
Jean Sibelius Piano Sonatina in F sharp minor, Op 67 No 1
Lara Poe Koivunrungot Kaarella (World premiere)
Benjamin Britten Night Piece
Lynne Plowman Lullaby for Ianto
Jean Sibelius Five pieces, Op 75 ‘The Trees’
Tickets £20 Premium ∙ £15 Unreserved ∙ £1 young people (aged 8-25)
End time 3pm
Online booking presteignefestival.com
For telephone booking, call 01544 267800
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