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Sat. 13 March 7pm
Llandaff Cathedral Concert for Spring
Soloists: Elizabeth Donovan (soprano), John York-Skinner (baritone)
Consort: featuring the Llandaff Cathedral Girl Choristers
Conductor: Simon Lovell-Jones
Llandaff Cathedral has a proud tradition of choral singing and this evening’s concert promises a superb evening of glorious music in the stunning location of the Bradenstoke Hall in St Donats Castle.
The 30-strong choir helps lead the worship in Llandaff, and the girls are all scholars at the Cathedral School. They have toured the UK and internationally and have worked with many eminent artists. Tonight they are joined by two of the UK’s leading soloists - John York Skinner, who has an impressive track-record as one of the world's great counter-tenors and Elizabeth Donovan who has worked extensively with Welsh and Scottish National Opera, Radio 3, Radio France and festivals such as the Edinburgh International, the Aix-en-Provence, the Chester International and the Welsh Proms.
The concert will feature spiritual music and will include amongst other pieces, Faure’s Requiem accompanied by a professional musicians drawn from the orchestras of Wales.
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Photo :James Mendelssohn
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As well as performances at St Donats Arts Centre, we are now selling tickets for concerts at ACAPELA, a fantastic new venue at Horeb Chapel in Pentyrch, Cardiff.
ACAPELA, Heol Y Pentre, Pentyrch, Cardiff CF15 9QD
Tickets: 01446 799100 - Venue: 02920 890862
www.acapela.co.uk
Directions: A470 direction Merthyr, 1st exit direction Pentyrch, cross river, roundabout 2nd Exit Pentyrch, 1.5 miles up hill Acapela on left.
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Thursday 18th March 8pm
The Karen Street Quartet tells "Another Story"
Few accordianists have made their mark in Jazz, so Karen Street is a member of a rare breed. Playing songs from her latest CD "Another Story", she continues to skilfully challenge some people's preconceptions of the accordian.
A striking partnership with guitarist Fred T Baker is refreshed by the addition of award winning singer Sara Colman, along with the talented bassist Andy Hamill. "Another Story" features jazz standards, original tunes - and pop songs - demonstrating the accordian's impressive versatility.
Karen's skill as an accordianist, saxophonist and composer ensures she is in demand for a range of projects: from Ute Lemper and Willard White; Grace Jones and Martha Wainwright; to the Mike Westbrook Orchestra and the BBC Philharmonic.
"Street ... should be ranked among top accordianists anywhere."
(Ronald Atkins - Jazz Review)
Tickets £10 / £8 (Conc)
Don't forget - the performance is at Acapela!
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The Big Chris Barber Band Saturday 20 March 7.30pm
“If you are looking for the ‘Godfather of British Blues’, the Capo Di Capo, the man who made it all happen, then look no further than Chris Barber” Blues In Britain
The man is a legend. Celebrating 60 years as the great British trombonist and bandleader with over 10,000 concerts, Chris Barber has been a prodigy of the jazz world since the early 1950s and ‘can’t stop now’!
From his roots in New Orleans to the early music of Duke Ellington and Miles Davis, Chris Barber leads his fabulous 11-piece band in a concert of superb traditional jazz and blues together with swing and ragtime in classics like Bourbon Street Parade, Black and Tan Fantasy, Big Noise from Winnetka - and probably When the Saints!
With Lonnie Donegan, Chris Barber set the scene for skiffle in the 50s. He collaborated with the world’s finest musicians and introduced legendary American blues players like Muddy Waters to Britain. A generation of musicians including Mark Knopfler, Eric Burdon, The Stones, Eric Clapton and Van Morrison have all been influenced by him.
This concert promises a superb, highly memorable evening in the magnificent Bradenstoke Hall in St Donats Castle. Chris Barber still plays with huge energy, unpretentious warmth and historic depth - and he comes out and chats before and after the concert and during the interval. Don’t miss this storming evening!
“Chris Barber is a hero of Jazz and Blues” Van Morrison
“The Reading Festival, The Marquee Club, the dawn of British Blues, Skiffle and the entire pop and rock scene of the 60s and beyond are primarily down to one man: Chris Barber” Record Collector
£24 (£22.50)
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Tuesday 23 March 3pm
Café Concert : with Ros Evans
This fabulous singer makes a welcome return after delighting audiences last year. Following King’s College, London she has sung in Le Nozze di Figaro, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, The Magic Flute, The Pearl Fishers, Dido and Aeneas and Nabucco with the Welsh National Opera. Enjoy a varied programme of operatic arias, songs from the musicals and other popular Welsh/English songs.
£6/£5.50 (includes tea and cake!)
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Friday 26 – Saturday 27 March 7pm
The Atlantic College International Show
In aid of "Save the Children"
Join us for a whistle-stop tour around world culture in this show which is packed full of all the vibrancy and colour that makes Atlantic College such a special place.
These performances effectively portray the exuberance and vitality of the youngsters who live and learn together - and contribute greatly to the Community programme.
The Flag Parade at the conclusion (over 70 countries represented here at the College this year) is tremendous!
£5 / 3.50 concessions.
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29 March – 1 April 10am – 4pm (Performance April 1 6pm)
Hannah Pekary : Contemporary Dance Easter School 2010
In this exciting Easter School, your child will learn the basics of contemporary dance and many other creative skills through this creative and expressive dance form culminating in a performance on stage.
Contemporary dance is an elegant dance form that gives your child the opportunity to nurture their creativity, movement, confidence and positivity in a safe and fun environment.
The school will be run by the experienced local dance teacher, Hannah Pekary who has been teaching dance since graduating from Winchester University.
£75
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Saturday 17 April 7.30pm
Unicorn Singers Choral Concert
Conductor Stephen Marshall
The 30-strong Unicorn Singers are an acapella group based in the beautiful Usk Valley with a great passion for early music.
Well known for their refreshing programme of exciting and often neglected repertoire, this concert showcases some of their most popular pieces - a tapestry of choral settings celebrating the glories of British music past and present with a novel and entertaining sequence of madrigals on the fortunes of love adding extra zest to the programme.
The rich legacy of music stretches from Tallis, Byrd and Purcell to Finzi and Taverner and contrasts with settings by Josquin, Monteverdi and Rachmaninov.
The choir sings at many local and national venues including Llandaff, St. David's and Brecon Cathedrals, Tintern Abbey, Lamphey Palace and Dore Abbey near Hereford.
This is a welcome return visit to St Donats. Expect a very special evening indeed.
£12, £10
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Tuesday 20 April 3pm
Café Concert with The Mistral Trio
This highly versatile and exciting trio comprises flute (Catherine Handley), clarinet (Peter Fielding) and bassoon (Christopher Vale) – a combination of instruments that produces a uniquely beautiful range from light fun to intense dark passion.
As members of the orchestra of Welsh National Opera, these professional musicians are known throughout Wales and England for their memorable chamber music performances.
£6/£5.50 (includes tea and cake!)
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Saturday 24 April 7.30pm
Twentyfour04 Acoustic Showcase
The second of our acoustic music nights showcases the great musical talent on the increasingly popular acoustic scene.
Featuring:
Peter Cronin
You’ll be tapping away to the rhythms Peter sets up with his thumb, hands or feet and be drawn to his lyrics - simple and effective personal statements overlaying a pulsing finger style guitar technique.
Steve Collins
Originally from Portishead, Steve is one of our finest up and coming solo acoustic guitarists. He picked up the guitar after hearing Thomas Leeb’s, The Hard Can and wrote his own Star Gazing as a result.
Grace Hartrey
Grace is already, at just fifteen, one of our most exciting young singer-songwriters - an impressive vocal talent compared with that of Beth Orton and a unique and accomplished guitarist, fusing her main inspiration, Newton Faulkner with a laidback song-writing style more akin to Jack Johnson, Nickel Creek or Paolo Nutini.
The Beard Shop
This five piece collective from Llantwit specialises in their takes of pop and rock covers from David Gray and Ryan Adams to Elbow, The Magic Numbers and Pearl Jam via a multitude of musical diversions en route. Melding piano, acoustic guitar and percussion to unique vocal harmonies, you are assured a good night to be had wherever they play.
New Druids
Founded by Kerry Sanson and Colum Regan, these singer songwriters recorded their first album in 1999 and were soon performing at venues and festivals in the UK, Ireland and America collaborating with many artists, - folk musicians, dance music producers, storytellers, jazz and funk players, flamenco guitarists, drum ‘n’ bass groups, gypsy choirs, pop producers and theatre companies.
"Sensational Talent, they never fail to energise and enthuse an audience. Indeed it's a habit of theirs to upstage all comers - but then again, they're so good they can't help it" Tunetown
£7.50
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Friday 30 April 8pm
Music Night with Major Music
Take the opportunity to support this fantastic organisation which gives the chance for young people to get involved in creative music making whilst improving self-esteem, confidence and skills.
Come along, enjoy the evening and support this great project.
£5
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Sunday 9 May 4pm
A Baroque Festival
The Welsh Sinfonia and Chorus
Vivaldi Gloria
Handel Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Monteverdi Beatus Vir
Purcell Airs and Dances for the Theatre
Conductor: Carl Grainger
Carl Grainger directs the Welsh Sinfonia Orchestra and outstanding Welsh Sinfonia Chorus in favourite pieces from the Baroque era.
The Welsh Sinfonia makes a welcome return after its outstanding performance of Messiah and its dramatic concert of great choral music last Easter. Enjoy a complementary glass of wine and stunning sea views as this concert will be performed in our glorious Glassroom.
£10, £8 (includes a glass of wine)
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Friday 14 May 7pm, Saturday 15 May 2pm & 7pm
Guys and Dolls
After the success of Annie last year we are delighted to welcome back Stage Door 1 Youth Theatre.
Guys and Dolls is a Broadway classic with legendary musical characters - Sarah Brown, who reforms the evil-doers of Times Square; Sky Masterson, the slick, high-rolling gambler who falls in love with Sarah; Adelaide, the nightclub performer whose chronic cold is brought on by her 14 year-long engagement to the same man and Nathan Detroit, her devoted fiancé, who desperately seeks to find a spot for his infamous floating crap game.
With its bright, brassy and richly melodious score it’s the perfect musical comedy!
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Tuesday 18 May 3pm
Café Concert:
Jennifer Walker (Soprano) Sharon Richards (accompanist)
Jennifer, a graduate from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama makes a welcome return following her performance of Denise (Veronique) for the Buxton Opera Festival. Enjoy her varied programme of operatic arias and light classical songs prior to her engagement with Welsh National Opera in 2010 including the lead soprano role in their new oratorio commission.
£6/£5.50 (includes tea and cake!)
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Tuesday 15 June 3pm
Café Concert: Cambria String Quartet
For a well humoured and enjoyable afternoon, this quartet will entertain you with a variety of musical styles - light classical, folk, jazz, swing, pop and show music. Going beyond the traditional repertoire of a classical quartet, Cambria promises a relaxed and intimate rapport.
£6, £5.50 (includes tea and cake!)
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Sunday 20 June 3pm
Midsummer Dido
An afternoon of Purcell, including the first ever English language opera - "Dido and Aeneas."
Welsh Camerata
Consort de Danse Baroque
Welsh Baroque Orchestra Director : Andrew Wilson-Dickson
Producer : Buddug Verona James
The Welsh Baroque Orchestra, Wales' professional period instrument ensemble presents Purcell's opera 'Dido and Aeneas' - the first written in English - as the main work in this summer concert. Taken from part of Virgil's Aeneid, the opera shows supernatural forces playing with the emotions of the humans.
By way of an appetiser, the Welsh Baroque Orchestra, Welsh Camerata and Consort de Danse Baroque present colourful extracts from The Fairy Queen and other of Purcell's theatre works.
With support from the Arts Council of Wales, the Welsh Baroque Orchestra gives innovative concert programmes with the finest players and singers and tours throughout Wales, England and abroad.
£12, £10
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Beyond The Border
Wales International Storytelling Festival / Gwyl Chwedleuo Ryngwladol Cymru
Our International Storytelling Festival returns! 2 – 4 July 2010
“Beyond The Border – a Festival like no other” (The Times)
Beyond The Border is back! Britain’s leading international festival of storytelling returns to St Donats Castle on the South Wales coast for another spectacular weekend featuring storytellers, singers, poets, musicians, writers and artists from around the globe.
“discover places where only your imagination can take you…..”
For three glorious and magic filled days, the grounds of our fairytale castle by the sea will echo with world stories, world music and even world food, plus workshops and activities for all the family, our legendary Real Ale bar (voted in the Western Mail’s ‘100 Things To Do in Wales Before You Die’), bookshops, craft stalls and cliff-top camping.
“Nothing is perfect – but this came close!” (Nature Conservationist, Hanoi, Vietnam)
The 2010 programme includes In The Footsteps of Marco Polo - storytellers and musicians from Italy, Turkey, Georgia, Armenia and ancient Babylon; as well as…. Stories from Celtic Britain, Africa and The Caribbean, Traveller’s Tales, Stories and Food, The Green Stage, and much, much more….
TICKETS
Early Bird (EB) Booking Book by 4pm on Saturday 1 May and get reduced price weekend festival tickets.
Weekend Festival ticket (Fri – Sun evening)
Adult £80 (Concessions £72) EB £5 off
Family* £220 (Concessions £200) EB 15 off
Child~ £40 EB £2.50 off
(Free access to all indoor and tented venues, capacity allowing.)
Half Festival ticket (Either Sat or Sun 11am - midnight)
Adult £40 (Conc. £2.50 off)
Family* £110 (Conc. £5 off)
Child~ £20
(Free access to all indoor and tented venues, capacity allowing.)
Day-time Festival ticket (Either Sat or Sun 11am – 6pm)
Adult £20 (Conc. £2 off)
Family* £55 (Conc. £5 off)
Child~ £10
(Free access to all indoor and tented venues, capacity allowing.)
Friday or Sunday night ticket (6pm – midnight)
Adult £20 (Conc £2 off)
Child £10
We're keeping camping at 2007 prices!
These prices are for the whole festival and for weekend ticket holders only.
Adult £15 - 16 years and under camp for free! (We regret, no unaccompanied children allowed on the camp-site)
Limited caravan space (pre-booking only) Adult £25
* Family ticket: 2 adults and 2 children OR 1 adult and 3 children.
Beyond The Border is sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government and by the Arts Council of Wales
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Dydd Gwener 2ail - Dydd Sul 4ydd Gorffennaf 2010
Tu Hwnt i’r Ffin
Gŵyl Chwedleua Ryngwladol Cymru
“Tu Hwnt i’r Ffin – Gŵyl heb ei thebyg” The Times
Mae Tu Hwnt i’r Ffin yn ôl! Bydd gŵyl chwedleua ryngwladol flaenllaw yn dychwelyd i Gastell Saint Donat ar arfordir de Cymru am benwythnos ysblennydd arall a fydd yn cynnwys chwedleuwyr, cantorion, beirdd, cerddorion, awduron ac artistiaid rhyngwladol.
“darganfyddwch lefydd tu hwnt i’ch dychymyg....”
Am dridiau rhyfeddol a gogoneddus, bydd gerddi’n castell hudol ar lan y môr yn atseinio â storïau, cerddoriaeth a hyd yn oed bwyd rhyngwladol, gyda gweithdai a gweithgareddau i’r holl deulu. Ymwelwch hefyd â’n Bar Cwrw o Ansawdd (a gafodd ei enwi fel un o’r ‘Can beth i’w gwneud yng Nghymru yn ystod eich Oes” yn Y Western Mail), siopau llyfrau, stondinau crefft a gwersylla ar ben y clogwyn.
“Nid yw’r un peth yn berffaith – ond daeth hyn yn agos!” Cadwraethwr Natur, Hanoi, Fietnam
Mi fydd rhaglen 2010 yn cynnwys ‘Yn olion traed Marco Polo – hanesion, chwedleuwyr a cherddorion o’r Eidal, Twrci, Georgia, Armenia, Iraq a Babylon Hynafol; yn ogystal â ... Hanesion o Brydain Geltaidd, Affrica a’r Caribî, Storiau’r Trafeiliwr, Storiau a Bwyd, Y Llwyfan Gwerdd a llawer mwy.
Mae tocynnau ar werth nawr ar 01446 799100. Archebwch ar-lein www.stdonats.com
Archebu Cyntaf i’r Felin (CF) : archebwch cyn 4yh ar ddydd Sadwrn Mai 1af a mynnwch docynnau gŵyl penwythnos ar gyfradd ostyngol.
Tocyn Gŵyl Penwythnos (Dydd Gwener - Nos Sul)
Mynediad am ddim i bebyll a safleoedd dan do, os caniateir cynhwysedd.
Oedolyn £80 (gostyngiadau £72) CF £5 yn llai
Teulu * £220 (gostyngiadau £200) CF £15 yn llai
Plentyn - £40 CF £2.50 yn llai
Tocyn Hanner Ŵyl (Naill ai dydd Sadwrn neu ddydd Sul 11yb – canol nos)
Mynediad am ddim i bebyll a safleoedd dan do, os caniateir cynhwysedd.
Oedolyn £40 Gostyngiadau £2.50 yn llai
Teulu* £110 Gostyngiadau £5.00 yn llai
Plentyn - £20
Tocyn Gŵyl Dydd (Naill ai dydd Sadwrn neu ddydd Sul 11yb - 6yh)
Mynediad am ddim i bebyll a safleoedd dan do, os caniateir cynhwysedd.
Oedolyn £20 Gostyngiadau £2.00 yn llai
Teulu* £55 Gostyngiadau £5.00 yn llai
Plentyn - £10
Tocyn Dydd Gwener neu nos Sul (6yh – canol nos)
Oedolyn £20 Gostyngiadau £2.00 yn llai
Plentyn £10
Gwersyllwch am brisiau 2007!
Oedolyn £15. Mae pobol ifanc a phlant o 16 oed a llai yn gwersylla am ddim! (Rydym yn difaru ni chaniateir plant digwmni ar y maes gwersylla.)
Mae yna le prin i garafanau (archebu blaenllaw yn unig) Oedolyn £25
Codir ffi o £2.50 ar bob un drafodyn lle defnyddir cardiau credyd a sieciau.
*Tocyn Teulu: 2 oedolyn a 2 plentyn
Plentyn: (6 – 16 oed)
Cefnogir Tu Hwnt i’r Ffin gan Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru a Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.
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Sunday 18 July 4pm
Music for a Summer Afternoon
St Donats Atlantic Chorale
Following their sell out debut concert here at Christmas, the St Donats Atlantic Chorale has been engaged to sing at Bath Abbey and the Wales Millennium Centre.
A welcome return home gives them the opportunity to explore the lighter side of their repertoire with music that stretches from Henry VIII to Queen, taking in madrigals, folksongs and popular parlour music on the way.
With guest soloists and a cream tea included there’s no better way of lazing on a Sunday afternoon.
£12, £10
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Sunday 29th August 6.30pm
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre on Tour presents
The Comedy of Errors
Take one pair of estranged twins (both called Antipholus) and one pair of twin servants (both called Dromio), keep them in ignorance of each other and throw them into a city with a reputation for sorcery and you have the chief ingredients for theatrical chaos. Fast-paced, hilarious and seemingly irreverent, the young William Shakespeare explores themes in this comedy that recur again and again in his later work: mistaken identity, coincidence and the importance of family.
Performed on an Elizabethan-inspired stage, a small troupe of travelling players breathe new life into this delightfully anarchic play. Fast, furious and extremely funny, eight talented actors reinvent renaissance touring theatre for the 21st century with Shakespeare’s greatest farce.
Bring a picnic and enjoy it beforehand in the glorious surroundings!
All are welcome.
£16 / £14.50 Concessions
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