Event 3 - this event is sold out

Thursday 22 August at 7.30pm
St Andrew's Church, Presteigne

Façade

Anton Lesser actor ꞏ Sarah Gabriel & Alexander Knox reciters
Presteigne Festival Ensemble ꞏ George Vass conductor

Julian Philips Melodys of Earth and Sky –
Suite for actor and chamber ensemble (World premiere)
William Walton Façade – an entertainment

Julian Philips’ exquisite new work for actor and ensemble, entwines John Clare’s poetry with reimagined renderings of the Northamptonshire ‘Melodys’ Clare collected as a fiddle-player; whilst Façade, Walton’s break-through ‘entertainment’ from 1923, setting the poetry of Edith Sitwell, is performed in a new edition authorised by the William Walton Trust.

Tickets £26 Premium ∙ £18 Unreserved ∙ £1 young (aged 8-25)
End time 9.15pm