PF2023 Brochure - Flipbook - Page 25
MONDAY 26 AUGUST
Event 21
9.30am | Festival Bus departs from Recycling Site car park opposite
Memorial Hall, Presteigne LD8 2UG
WILDER PENTWYN
Radnorshire Wildlife Trust guides lead a visit around Pentwyn Farm at the start of its 30year journey to sustainable farming, a project that makes space for nature and allows natural
processes to develop.
Hilly walking and potentially wet conditions underfoot. Robust outdoor clothing required.
Travel by Festival Bus only
Tickets £20
End time 1.30pm (in Presteigne)
Advance booking only, limited to 26 places
Event 22
11am | Assembly Rooms, Presteigne LD8 2AD
RICHARD BLACKFORD IN CONVERSATION WITH THOMAS HYDE
2024 Festival composer-in-residence Richard Blackford discusses his life, career and music
with fellow composer Thomas Hyde. Blackford studied composition with John Lambert at
the Royal College of Music and later with Hans Werner Henze in Rome. Recently, The Times
wrote of his ‘wonderfully sensitive settings in which every nuance of the text seems perfectly
mirrored in his tonal and often voluptuously lyrical music’.
Tickets £8 ∙ £5 young people (aged 8-25)
End time 12 noon
Event 23
2pm | St Andrew’s Church, Presteigne LD8 2AF
THE WELL GARDENED MIND
Annie Yim piano ꞏ Christopher Good actor
Johann Sebastian Bach French Suite No 5 in G, BWV 816
Cheryl Frances-Hoad Dance Suite (World premiere)
Lili Boulanger Trois morceaux pour piano
Raymond Yiu Mirrors
Claude Debussy Estampes
This delightful collection of piano music intertwines with spoken texts from Dr Sue StuartSmith’s book The Well Gardened Mind – multi-sensory storytelling about the essence of our
wellbeing. Stuart-Smith’s book was the central inspiration for Cheryl Frances-Hoad’s new work.
Tickets £20 Premium ∙ £15 Unreserved ∙ £1 young people (aged 8-25)
End time 3.15pm
Online booking presteignefestival.com
For telephone booking, call 01544 267800
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