Friday 27th January 2012

BUT STILL WE SING & RAP ’ER TE BANK
A Double Bill of Barrie Gavin Films

But Still We Sing (1979) A journey through the Hebrides and through
Gaelic music, with weaving songs, love songs and laments.
Rap ‘er Te Bank (1974) The songs of a now vanished urban and
industrial Britain: music from the mines, the shipyards and the cotton mills.
Both films have a commentary by the folklorist A L Lloyd.

Assembly Rooms Presteigne 8.00pm
Free entry, donations welcome

Saturday 28th January 2012

BACH TO BACH

Solo piano concert by Andrew Morris
This is the first performance in Britain of this inspiring programme that had great
success in Romania in May 2011. Andrew Morris will play twelve of his own Musical
Remedies compositions based on the Bach Flower Remedies. Each composition will
be paired with one of the Preludes and Fugues from J. S. Bach’s Well Tempered Clavier.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £10 reservations 07779 380483

Thursday 2nd February 2012

JAKE HARVEY

As part of The Sidney Nolan Trust Sculpture Programme, Jake Harvey, Emeritus Professor and Former Head of Sculpture at Edinburgh College of Art, talks about the STONE project.

www.stoneproject.org

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7pm
Tickets £5.00, Students £3
01544260149

Sunday 5th February 2012

TIM KLIPHUIS TRIO

International Gypsy Jazz violin star Tim Kliphuis has been widely hailed as Stephan Grappelli’s successor. Joined
by Welsh guitar virtuoso Gary Phillips and rock-solid double bass master Pete Kubryk-Townsend, Tim presents a night
of Gypsy magic, Grappelli romance and some good old barn-storming Swing. Kliphuis is well known for his work with gypsy guitar legends Fapy Lafertin and Angelo Debarre and was recently to be heard playing BBC3’s In Tune.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £8.00 reservations 01544 267163

Friday 10th February 2012

LA PRINCESSE DE MONTPENSIER

Directed by Bertrand Tavernier (2010), adapted from the novel by Madame de La Fayette. This beautifully filmed historical drama set in seventeenth century France, addresses the issues of passion and honour whilst at the same time looking into the dark heart of social, sexual and ecumenical mores of that age.

Promoted by Presteigne & Norton Twinning Association

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8pm
Tickets £7.50 with a glass of wine and French nibbles

Saturday 11th February 2012

THE INTIMATE RENAISSANCE

Music in New Radnor concert with Peter Martin An interesting and informative evening from this
internationally renowned lutenist, playing solo lute versions of music by Renaissance masters.

Community Hall, New Radnor 7.30pm
Tickets £8.00, under 14s £3 reservations 01544 350268

Saturday 18th February 2012

TRANSLUNAR PARADISE by Theatre Ad Infinitum

A highly recommended show from the company that brought Odyssey to Presteigne last February. A journey of
life, death, and enduring love. Using a live accordion accompaniment, this exquisite piece of mask and movement
theatre was a critically acclaimed sellout at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2011. Theatre Ad Infinitum is an award-winning international ensemble based in London, developing new and original theatre for a multicultural audience.

‘The inventiveness of the storytelling is constantly amazing, the story
universal and bittersweet, and the performance immaculate … I really
cannot recommend this highly enough’ The Stage

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £10.00 early reservations recommended 01544 267163

Saturday 10th March 2012

WHITE SHEEP BLACK SHEEP

Original rock, jazz and East European sounds from Presteigne's super - talented youth band led by the composer John Hymas and born out of their regular Wednesday evening workshops.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £5.00 on the door

Thursday 15th March 2012

PETER RANDALL-PAGE

Internationally renowned for his sculpture, drawings and prints, Randall-Page’s practice is inspired by the study
of organic form and its subjective impact on our emotions. This talk is part of The Sidney NolanTrust Sculpture Programme

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.00pm
Tickets £5.00 Students £3 01544 260149

Sunday 18th March 2012

THE BUDAPEST CAFE ORCHESTRA

The Budapest Café Orchestra play powerful and driving folk based music from Eastern Europe inspired by the music of European gypsies. The richness and dynamism of Balkan music is here in all its untamable glory in a wide-ranging programme of impassioned Hungarian Czardas, tender Russian folk melodies, rollicking dances from Moldavia,
and bitter sweet Jewish laments. The band is led by the amazing jazz violin player, Chris Garrick.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £8.00 reservations 01544 267163

Friday 23rd March 2012

THE MAN ON THE HILL
A Film By Barrie Gavin

Made in 1987, this is a portrait in words and images of the 19th century nature writer Richard Jefferies. Born in Swindon, he began life as a journalist, later becoming a novelist in the manner of Thomas Hardy and an ecstatic celebrant of the English landscape. His words are spoken by the actor Paul Scofield.

Plus a 6 minute film, Green, which sets the landscapes of the borders
to music by the Japanese composer, Toru Takemitsu.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Free entry donations welcome

Thursday 29th March 2012

G I GURDJIEFF

An introduction to the man and his teaching.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 7.30pm
Free entry enquiries Jim Thomas 01544 388416

Friday 27th April 2012

KIDNAP ALICE

Impressive at The Secret Garden Party, Kidnap Alice are a smokin’ new band based in London but hailing from the
South West and South East of England. The band mix up Bluegrass and Old Time tunes adding a modern twist, and give classics and originals the ‘Bluegrass treatment’. Featuring soulful vocals from Alice Ballantine and tight arrangements from a classic acoustic string band line up, they bridge the gap between vintage Rhythm and Blues and Appalachian mountain music.

Assembly Rooms, Presteigne 8.00pm
Tickets £8.00 reservations Judge's Lodgings 01544 260650