Every year for two weeks the Gower Festival brings the very best in music to the Gower churches. Most of the concerts are small and intimate - performances by soloists, quartets and trios, but there are larger concerts in the bigger churches, featuring choral works especially.

Sun July 13, 3:00pm
SWANSEA BACH CHOIR (director: John Hugh Thomas)

Choral Landscapes from Scandinavia, Europe and America
All Saints, Oystermouth

Mon July 14
ASHLEY WASS (piano)
music by Chopin, Liszt and Elgar (Enigma Variations)
St Gwynour, Llanyrnewydd (at Blue Anchor above Penclawdd)

Tue July 15
PRAÁK QUARTET
Haydn (Quartet Op 50 No 6), Janácek (Quartet No 1 – ‘Kreutzer Sonata’), Dvorák (Quartet Op 106) Rhidian and Illtyd, Llanrhidian

Wed July 16
LUCY WAKEFORD TRIO (harp, flute & viola)
Duos and Trios by Bach, Telemann, Debussy, Ravel, Alwyn and Takemitsu
St Teilo, Bishopston

Thurs July 17
ALINA IBRAGIMOVA (violin), CÉDRIC TIBERGHIEN (piano)
Sonatas by Beethoven and Szymanowski; Theme & Variations by Messiaen
St George, Reynoldston

Fri July 18
THE ROSE CONSORT OF VIOLS with CATHERINE KING (mezzo soprano)
‘Trickling Tears and Ruthless Rage’: dramatic songs from the Elizabethan plays interspersed with dances and fantasias by Byrd, Tomkins and their contemporaries
St Mary, Rhossili

Sat July 19,
10 am – 12 noon
WORKSHOP for singers and viol players with members of The Rose Consort

For further information contact: Hugh Dunthorne, Rosecroft, Port Eynon SA3 1NL, tel: 01792 391 506 e-mail: h.l.a.dunthorne@swansea.ac.uk
Reynoldston Village Hall
Sat July 19
JAZZ EVENING with the PAULA GARDINER TRIO

featuring compositions from their new CD ‘Hot Lament’
Reynoldston Village Hall

Mon July 21
ALLEGRI QUARTET with Jane Atkins (viola) & Caroline Dearnley (cello)
Verklärte Nacht (Schoenberg) Quintet in G, Op 111 (Brahms) and Quartet Op 64 No 6 (Haydn)
St Peter, Newton

Tues July 22
ANNA STÉPHANY (mezzo soprano) with JONATHAN BEATTY (piano)
including Schumann’s song-cycle ‘Frauenliebe und leben’
St Illtyd, Ilston

Wed July 23
THE FESTIVAL LECTURE
Rev John Walters tells the story of the removal of the Church of St Teilo Tal-y-bont to St Fagans and the discovery of its medieval wall paintings
St Illtyd, Oxwich

Thurs July 24
DORIC QUARTET
Beethoven (Op 18 No 1) Brahms (Op 51 No 1) and Webern (1905)
St John, Gowerton

Fri July 25
LA FOLLIA: Francesca Thompson (recorders), Huw Daniel (violin), Lucy Scotchmer (cello) and Amgeir Hauksson ( therbo)
music by J.S.Bach, Telemann, Vivaldi and others
St David Church, Llandewi

Sat July 26, 10:30 am Botanical ramble with Hilary Rose – for further information, call 01792 232 808 meet at Oxwich Car Park

Sat July 26 JORGE LUIS PRATS (piano)
including Bach - Liszt ( Organ Prelude & Fugue in A minor BWV 543), Prokofiev (Sonata No 3) Chabrier (Scherzo-Valse) Granados (Goyescas) and Messiaen (‘Regard de l’Esprit de Joie’)
St Cenydd, Llangennith