Welcome to Beaumaris Virtual Festival 2020

Croeso i Ŵyl Rithwir Beaumaris 2020

An introduction from Artistic Director, Anthony Hose - click here

Welsh Chamber Orchestra / Gerddorfa Siambr Cymreig

Conducted by Anthony Hose, the Welsh Chamber Orchestra performs works by Beethoven, Nicola LeFanu and Haydn
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Wedi'i arwain gan Anthony Hose, mae Cerddorfa Siambr Cymru yn perfformio gweithiau gan Beethoven, Nicola LeFanu a Haydn.

Acapela Studio, Pentyrch, December 2020

Flute: Sarah Newbold
Oboe: Sam Baxter, Eric Wolfe-Gordon
Bassoon: Meyrick Alexander, Jo Shewan
Horn: Donald Clist, Craig MacDonald
Violin 1: David Juritz, Julia Watkins, William Hillman, Laurence Kempton
Violin 2: Steven Crichlow, Jonathan Davies, Rachael Elliot
Viola: Niamh Aston, Lowri Thomas
Cello: Beatrice Newman, Kathryn Graham
Bass: Callum Duggan

Baritone: Jeremy Huw Williams

String quartet in c Minor, Op. 18 No. 4          
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I. Allegro ma non tanto   
II. Andante scherzoso quasi allegretto    
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV.Allegro  Prestissimo

The String Quartet No. 4  was written between 1798 and 1800 and published in 1801, dedicated to Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.
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Ysgrifennwyd y Pedwarawd Llinynnol Rhif 4 rhwng 1798 a 1800 a'i gyhoeddi ym 1801, wedi'i gysegru i Joseph Franz von Lobkowitz.

Triptych                                                                                 
Nicola LeFanu (b.1947)
Triptych is written for baritone and chamber orchestra. It is a setting of three poems by Rowan Williams (‘A view’, and ‘What is Man’).
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Mae Triptych wedi'i ysgrifennu ar gyfer bariton a cherddorfa siambr. Mae’n osodiad o dair cerdd gan Rowan Williams (‘A view’, a ‘What is Man’).

Symphony No. 85 in Bb “La Reine”                                
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

I. Adagio — Vivace
II. Romance: Allegretto
III. Menuetto: Allegretto
IV. Finale: Presto

The Symphony No. 85 in B♭ major, is the fourth of the six Paris symphonies (numbers 82–87) written by Joseph Haydn. It is popularly known as La Reine (The Queen).
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Symffoni Rhif 85 yn B ♭ fwyaf, yw'r pedwerydd o'r chwe symffoni Paris (rhifau 82-87) a ysgrifennwyd gan Joseph Haydn. Fe'i gelwir yn boblogaidd fel La Reine (Y Frenhines).

This performance has been generously supported by

Festival Talk / Sgwrs yr Wyl
Nicola LeFanu

Nicola LeFanu, Paula Fan and Jeremy Huw Williams. Discussion of the music and poems in Triptych, a world premiere.
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Nicola LeFanu, Paula Fan and Jeremy Huw Williams. Trafodaeth o'r gerddoriaeth a'r cerddi yn Triptych, première byd.

Song Recital / Datganiad Cân
Jeremy Huw Williams & Paula Fan

Song Recital:  Recital of Welsh folk songs by Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone) and Paula Fan (piano), including those arranged by Beethoven and Haydn.
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Datganiad Cân: Datganiad o ganeuon gwerin Cymraeg gan Jeremy Huw Williams (bariton) a Paula Fan (piano), gan gynnwys y rhai a drefnwyd gan Beethoven a Haydn.

String Quartet Concert / Cyngerdd Pedwarawd Llinynnol
Mavron Quartet

1St Violin- Christiana Mavron
2nd Violin- Rachael Elliot
Viola- Niamh Aston
Cello- Beatrice Newman

String Quartet in D Minor KV421
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

I. Allegro moderato
II. Andante
III. Menuetto (Allegretto) - Trio
IV. Allegretto ma non troppo

This is the second of the Quartets dedicated to Haydn and the only one of the set in a minor key. It is believed to have been completed in 1783, while his wife Constanze Mozart was in labour with her first child Raimund. Constanze stated that the rising string figures in the second movement corresponded to her cries from the other room.
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Dyma'r ail o'r Pedwarawdau sydd wedi'u cysegru i Haydn a'r unig un o'r set mewn mân allwedd. Credir iddo gael ei gwblhau ym 1783, tra bod ei wraig Constanze Mozart yn esgor gyda'i phlentyn cyntaf Raimund. Dywedodd Constanze fod y ffigurau llinyn cynyddol yn yr ail symudiad yn cyfateb i'w gwaeddiadau o'r ystafell arall.

String Quartet in C Major Op. 59 No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I. Andante con moto- Allegro vivace
II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
III. Minuetto: Grazioso
IV. Allegro molto

The String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59, No. 3, was written by Ludwig van Beethoven and published in 1808. This work is the third of three of his "Razumovsky" cycle of string quartets and is a product of his "middle" period.
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Pedwarawd Llinynnol Rhif 9 yn C fwyaf, Op. Ysgrifennwyd 59, Rhif 3, gan Ludwig van Beethoven a'i gyhoeddi ym 1808. Y gwaith hwn yw'r trydydd o dri o'i gylch "Razumovsky" o bedwarawdau llinynnol ac mae'n gynnyrch ei gyfnod "canol".

Videographer: James Richardson / Sound Engineer: Matthew Collins
Venue: Insole Court

https://www.mavronquartet.co.uk

David Bjella & Hannah Sun

David Bjella and Hannah Sun graciously let us include their recital in this virtual festival.

Sonata in C major for cello and piano, Opus 102 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I. Andante-Allegro Vivace   
II. Adagio-Allegro Vivace

This short and enigmatic work presents in a form how Beethoven was becoming ready to challenge and even subvert the sonata structures he inherited from composers such as Haydn and Mozart.
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Mae'r gwaith byr ac enigmatig hwn yn cyflwyno ar ffurf sut roedd Beethoven yn dod yn barod i herio a hyd yn oed wyrdroi'r strwythurau sonata a etifeddodd gan gyfansoddwyr fel Haydn a Mozart.

Sonata in g minor for cello and piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

I. Lento-Allegro Moderato  
II. Allegro Scherzando  
III. Andante   IV. Allegro mosso

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata in g minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 was completed in November 1901 and published a year later.
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Sonata Sergei Rachmaninoff yn G leiaf ar gyfer Cello a Piano, Op. Cwblhawyd 19 ym mis Tachwedd 1901 a'i gyhoeddi flwyddyn yn ddiweddarach.

Viola recital / Datganiad fiola
Ynyr Pritchard & Gerard Boeters

Prelude from Suite no. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

The Prelude of this suite consists of an A–B–A–C form.
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Mae Preliwd y gyfres hon yn cynnwys ffurflen A - B - A - C.

‘Notturno' in D Major, Op.42 (after the ’Serenade’ in D Major Op.8, arranged by Franz Xaver Kleinheinz)
Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770-1827)
 The arrangement was sanctioned, albeit somewhat reluctantly, by Beethoven and includes a small amount of expansion and imitative development over the familiar original work.
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Cymeradwywyd y trefniant, er yn anfodlon braidd, gan Beethoven ac mae'n cynnwys ychydig bach o ehangu a datblygiad dynwaredol dros y gwaith gwreiddiol cyfarwydd.

 ‘Élégie’, Op.30
Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)

The lament starts with a very simple melody which, passing through moments of grief, memory and happiness, becomes gradually more ornate and complex, leading to a climatic and turbulent close.
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Mae’r alarnad yma yn dechrau ag alaw syml, yn pasio momentau o alaru, cofio a hapusrwydd, yna yn raddol yn datblygu i alaw fwy addurnedig a chymhleth, yn arwain at uchafbwynt cynhyrfus ar y diwedd.

‘If my complaints could passions move'                        
John Dowland (1563-1626)

‘Lachrymae’, Op.48                                                                    
Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)

Lachrymae is a series of variations on the first phrase of Dowland’s song ‘If my complaints could passions move’.
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Cyfres o amrywiadau ar ymadrodd cyntaf cân Dowland ‘If my complaints could passions move’ yw Lachrymae.

Selected songs (Moritat, Youkali, Surabaya-Johnny, Je ne t’aime pas, Alabama-Song, Speak Low, Kanonen-Song)                      
Kurt Weill (1900-1950)

‘Cadenza’                                                               
Krzysztof Penderecki (1933-2020)

This piece was written while Poland was still under martial law, and in it a single voice tries to make its voice heard repeatedly, yet the oppression of silence always crushes it.
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Ysgrifennwyd y darn yma tra bod Gwlad Pwyl o dan gyffraith rhyfel, ac o fewn y darn, mae llais sengl yn ymddangos dro ar ôl tro, yn cael ei drechu gan ormes y tawelwch.

Piano recital / Datganiad Piano
Ellis Thomas

Prelude and Fugue in Eb minor from Book 2 of the Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
The Well-Tempered Clavier, BWV, is a collection of two sets of preludes and fugues in all 24 major and minor keys, composed for solo keyboard. The two major primary sources for the second book of Preludes and Fugues are the "London Original" (LO) manuscript, dated between 1739 and 1742.
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Mae'r Clavier Well-Tempered, BWV, yn gasgliad o ddwy set o ragarweiniadau a ffo ym mhob un o'r 24 allwedd fawr a mân, a gyfansoddwyd ar gyfer bysellfwrdd unigol. Y ddwy brif ffynhonnell sylfaenol ar gyfer ail lyfr Preludes and Fugues yw llawysgrif "London Original" (LO), dyddiedig rhwng 1739 a 1742.

Sonata in F major, Op. 10 No. 2                 
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

I. Allegro in F major  
II. Menuetto. Allegretto in F minor  
III. Presto in F major

The Piano Sonata No. 6 in F major, Op. 10, No. 2, composed between 1796 and 1798. Thus, like the other two Opus 10, the sonata is dedicated to Anna Margaret von Braun.
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Sonata Piano Rhif 6 yn Fa fwyaf, Op. 10, Rhif 2, a gyfansoddwyd rhwng 1796 a 1798. Felly, fel y tri Opus 10 arall, mae'r sonata wedi'i chysegru i Anna Margaret von Braun.

Toccata in C major, Op. 7
Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Toccata in C major, Op. 7 by Robert Schumann, completed in 1830 and revised in 1833. The piece is in sonata allegro form. It was referred by Schumann as the "hardest piece ever written".
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Toccata yn C fwyaf, Op. 7 gan Robert Schumann, a gwblhawyd ym 1830 a'i ddiwygio ym 1833. Mae'r darn ar ffurf sonata allegro. Fe'i cyfeiriwyd gan Schumann fel y "darn anoddaf a ysgrifennwyd erioed".

Étude-tableau, Op. 39 No. 9                             
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 -1943)

Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia in D major

This is a dramatic march, which ends this musical composition, that étude contains counterpoint, verdant harmonies, and a wide range of musical colours and textures.
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Gorymdaith ddramatig yw hon, sy'n dod â'r cyfansoddiad cerddorol hwn i ben, bod étude yn cynnwys gwrthbwynt, harmonïau geiriol, ac ystod eang o liwiau a gweadau cerddorol.

Sonata in Bb minor, Movement 1                           
Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849)

I. Grave – Doppio Movimento

The first of the composer's three mature sonatas, the work is considered to be one of the greatest piano sonatas of the literature.
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Y cyntaf o dri sonatas aeddfed y cyfansoddwr, ystyrir bod y gwaith yn un o sonatâu piano mwyaf y llenyddiaeth.

CANOLFAN GERDD WILLIAM MATHIAS

ERIN SWYN (voice/llais)
Die Forelle (The Trout / Y Glesiad) 
Franz Schubert (1797-1828) 

OLIVER PEARCE (cello/soddgrwth)
‘Arioso’ from Cantata BWV 156      
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)    

HELEN GREEN (harp/telyn)
‘Blues Trevelez’ from Trois Petites Pieces                                                                                    
Jakez François

CGWM STRING QUARTET / PEDWARAWD LLINYNNOL CGWM
Sugar Plum Fairy Dance from The Nutcracker                                        
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
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CARYS GWENLLIAN HIND (piano)
‘Minstrels’ from Preludes, Book 1   
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

Orgelbüchlein
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)

Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 618
Mensch, bewein dein Sünde gross, BWV 622
Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, BWV 642

Sonata IV in E Minor, BWV 528
Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784)

I. Adagio-Vivace
II. Andante
III. Un poc’ allegro

The organ sonatas, BWV 525–530 by Johann Sebastian Bach are a collection of six sonatas in trio sonata form. Each of the sonatas has three movements, with three independent parts in the two manuals and obbligato pedal.
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Mae'r sonatâu organ, BWV 525-530 gan Johann Sebastian Bach yn gasgliad o chwe sonatas ar ffurf sonata triawd. Mae gan bob un o'r sonatâu dri symudiad, gyda thair rhan annibynnol yn y ddwy lawlyfr a phedal obbligato.

Duetto a Due Cembali in F Major, F.10
I. [Allegro moderato]
II. Andante
III. Presto

 Webb Wiggins, Harpsichord

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 662 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) 

Fugue in E-flat Major (“St. Anne”), BWV 552,2
The fugue in E♭ major BWV 552/2 that ends Clavier-Übung III has become known in English-speaking countries as the "St. Anne" because of the first subject's resemblance to a hymn tune of the same name by William Croft.
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Mae'r ffiw yn E ♭ fwyaf BWV 552/2 sy'n dod â Clavier-Übung III i ben wedi cael ei adnabod mewn gwledydd Saesneg eu hiaith fel y "St. Anne" oherwydd tebygrwydd y pwnc cyntaf i alaw emyn o'r un enw gan William Croft.                              

Isabelle and Emily Palmer

Sonata in e minor, Op. 3, No. 5 (Violin Duo)
Jean-Marie Leclair (1697-1764)

I. Allegro man poco
II. Gavotte. Andante grazioso
III. Presto

Jean-Marie Leclair is considered to have founded the French violin school. His brothers, Pierre Leclair and Jean-Benoît Leclair were also musicians.
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Ystyrir bod Jean-Marie Leclair wedi sefydlu'r ysgol ffidil Ffrangeg. Roedd ei frodyr, Pierre Leclair a Jean-Benoît Leclair hefyd yn gerddorion.

Recollections of the first Beaumaris Festivals with John Whibley

Atgofion o'r Gwyliau Beaumaris cyntaf gyda John Whibley

A video tour of Beaumaris with Michael Davies
Taith fideo o amgylch Biwmares gyda Michael Davies

Beaumaris is a breath-taking seaside town in the Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. There, you can find a mix of medieval, Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian architecture. Beumaris Castle is a United Nations World Heritage, built between 1295-1330.
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Mae Beaumaris yn dref glan môr syfrdanol yn Ynys Môn, Gogledd Cymru. Yno, gallwch ddod o hyd i gymysgedd o bensaernïaeth ganoloesol, Sioraidd, Fictoraidd ac Edwardaidd. Treftadaeth y Byd y Cenhedloedd Unedig yw Castell Beumaris, a adeiladwyd rhwng 1295-1330.