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.