2023
PROGRAMME
Wednesday
24/05/2023
Jazz: Remi Harris Duo
19:30, Bulkeley Hotel Ballroom
£15
Acclaimed at the BBC Proms, guitarist Remi Harris and double bassist Tom Moore play jazz ranging from the 30s and 40s to the electric blues of the 60s and 70s. Influenced by Django Reinhardt, Wes Montgomery and Jimi Hendrix, one of the UK’s most exciting Jazz and Blues guitarists opens the festival.
"He's an absolutely extraordinary musician"
Jamie Cullum, BBC Radio 2
"astonishing stuff"
Cerys Matthews, BBC Radio 2 & BBC 6 Music
Thursday
25/05/2023
Art Exhibition:
Gilly Thomas
Opening at 12:00pm
Canolfan Beaumaris
Admission Free
Gilly Thomas is the 2023 Festival Artist.
Operatic Bling
19:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£15
From Carmen, Samson and Delila, Hänsel and Gretel, The Marriage of Figaro, Don Giovanni, Tannhäuser, The Force of Destiny and Porgy and Bess.
With mezzo-soprano, Maggie Cooper, baritone, Jeremy Huw Williams and pianist, Helen Davies. Introduced by Anthony Hose.
Friday
26/05/2023
Sea Pictures
10:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£10
Mezzo Soprano Maggie Cooper, Pianist Laetitia Fédérici and Artist Daniela Ironside lead the audience through the fascinating world of the sea and the theme of water and rain, inspiration to many composers and artists. Elgar’s Sea Pictures, songs by Schubert, the Schumanns, Debussy, Duparc and from Grace Williams’ ‘Billows of the Sea’ as well as live painting and sculpting, promises a multi-dimensional experience of the recital.
Young Artists Recital:
Tabea Debus
15:00, Canolfan Beaumaris
£10
(3 Young Artists Recitals £20)
Music by J.S. Bach, Purcell, Tartini, Couperin, Gareth Moorcraft and Isang Yun.
Described by The Times as a charismatic virtuoso, Tabea Debus is constantly exploring the horizons of music for recorder and has performed widely across Europe, Asia, North and South America. Tabea performs with Toby Carr, lute and Sam Stadlen, viola da gamba.
Seindorf
Beaumaris
Band
19:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£10
The renowned award-winning band makes a welcome and much-anticipated return to the festival.
Conductor - Bari Gwilliam
Saturday
27/05/2023
Young Artists Recital:
Ellis Thomas
10:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£10
(3 Young Artists Recitals £20)
The young Welsh pianist plays a programme embracing music of 300 years.
Haydn, Sonata in Ab Major, XVI: 46,
Chopin, Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49,
Rameau, Les Tendres Plaintes (from Premier Livre de Pièces de Clavecin, RCT 3),
Boulez, Notations,
Ravel, Miroirs : ‘Une barque sur l’océan and ‘Alborada del gracioso.
Jazz: Benoit Viellefon & the Hot Club
19:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£15
The Ronnie Scott’s regulars debut in Beaumaris.
Inspired by the swinging music that emerged from the infamous Parisian Cafes and nightclubs of the 1930s and 1940s, Benoit Viellefon presents his Hot Club. A unique ensemble that celebrates the popular songs played by artists like Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. With all the romanticism and nostalgia of the French repertoire and with a nod to the American jazz virtuosi who visited Paris, the Hot Club is the perfect mix of European finesse and the restless fervour of American hot jazz.
Sunday
28/05/2023
Festival Service
10:30, St. Mary’s & St. Nicholas’s Church
Led by Canon Robert Townsend
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Offeren Fer
The Monteverdi Singers conducted by Graeme Cotterill
Comedy:
Mike Doyle
20:00, Canolfan Beaumaris
£15
The Voice and Comedy of Mike Doyle British Comedy Awards winner, West End star, Royal Variety Show performer. The popular Welsh comedian and long-time host of his own BBC TV show stars in the festival for the first time.
Monday
29/05/2023
Canolfan Gerdd William Mathias
10:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£8
Students from the outstanding music school perform with Helen Davies.
Cantorion Menai
19:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£15
Schubert, Mass in G
Caccini, Ave Maria
Mozart, Requiem
Eiry Price, soprano
Ceri Haf Roberts, alto
Huw Ynyr, tenor
Steffan Lloyd Owen, bass
Cerddorfa Menai Orchestra
Conductor, Steven Evans
Tuesday
30/05/2023
West meets East Blossoms and Shadows
11:00, Canolfan Beaumaris
£10
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
Helen Davies, piano
K. J. Nakao: He Wishes His Beloved Were Dead (W.B. Yeats)
Delyth Naya: Blossoms and Shadows (Hisajo Sugita & Hilary Tann)
Hilary Tann: Light from the Cliffs
Nathan James Dearden: I sleep alone (Kakinomoto no Hitomaro)
Shinji Inagi: Journey Through the Heart of Hitomaro (Kakinomoto no Hitomaro)
Fascinating songs by composers from Japan and Wales.
Pre-performance Talk
18:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
Admission Free
Rhiannon Mathias and Helen Davies discuss tonight’s programme.
Orchestral Masterworks Concert
19:30, Canolfan Beaumaris
£20
Mozart, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Gerald Finzi, Let us Garlands bring
Debussy, Danse Sacrée et Profane
Haydn, Symphony No. 88 in G
Angharad Wyn-Jones, harp
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
Conductor, Anthony Hose
Wednesday
31/05/2023
Young Artists Recital: Ryan Corbett
11:00, Iorwerth Rowlands Centre
£10
(3 Young Artists Recitals £20)
Johann Sebastian Bach: English Suite No. 3, BWV 808
Viacheslav Semionov: Brahmsiana
Franck Angelis: Étude on the Theme “Chiquillin de Bachin” by Astor Piazzolla
Albin Repnikov: Capriccio
Isaac Albeniz: Cordoba
Isaac Albeniz: Asturias
'ONE OF SCOTLAND’S MOST EXCITING YOUNG MUSICIANS’
Ryan has already performed a concerto with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
Tea / Coffee included and served after the recital.