11.30 - Ensemble Cymru & poet Aled Lewis Evans

Clarinettist Peryn Clement-Evans and pianist Iwan Llewelyn-Jones present a chamber music programme inspired by poetry selected by Aled Lewis Evans on the theme of horizons.

Aled reads a selection of his own poems about various horizons, plus a few favourites by other writers including his grandfather, the poet John Evans. 

Programme:

Canzonetta - Gabriel Pierné

Y Gorwel – Dewi Emrys

Fantasy Sonata – John Ireland

Ynys y Brawd – Aled Lewis Evans

5 Dance Preludes (ii) Andantino – Witold Lutoslawski

Diweddglo Awdl y Gorwel – John Evans

Chorale Prelude, “Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland“ BWV 659 

arranged for solo piano by Ferruccio Busoni

Y Caeau Aur – Iwan Llwyd

Fields of Gold – Sting

Troad y Rhod 2020 – Aled Lewis Evans

Sonatina (iii) Con Brio – Joseph Horowitz

 

19.30 - Janina Fialkowska, piano

For over 40 years, concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. She has been praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound thus becoming “one of the Grandes Dames of piano playing” (Frankfurter Allgemeine).

Programme:

 

Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)

Sonata No. 7 E-flat major D 568

Allegro moderato

Andante molto

Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio

Allegro moderato

 

Johannes Brahms

Intermezzo B-flat major, Op. 76 No. 4

Rhapsody B minor, Op. 79 No. 1

Intermezzo A major, Op. 118 No. 2

Intermezzo B-flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2

Capriccio D minor, Op. 116 No. 7

 

Frédéric Chopin

Polonaise in C-sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1

Ballade No. 2 in F major, Op. 38  

2 Mazurkas

Scherzo No. 4 in E major, Op. 54

 

 

Friday 29 September, 11.00

Janina Fialkowska Piano masterclass (audience donations)

 

Friday 29 September, 19.30

Catrin Finch & Aoife Ní Bhriain

 

Saturday 30 September, 19.30

NEW Sinfonia

NEW Voices

Soloists – Ann Atkinson, Kevin Sharp, Lisa Dafydd & Dafydd Jones

 

Tickets available from Theatr Clwyd - 01352 344101 (Mon-Sat, 10-6) and Cathedral Frames, St Asaph - 01745 582929 (Weds-Fri, 10-4). For further details about the festival programme and online bookings please visit nwimf.com.

 

15-30 September 2023 - St Asaph Cathedral - Theme: Horizons