Events


SEPTEMBER EVENTS AT ST MARY’S


SATURDAY September 7th
Organ Recital:  10.30am for 11.00am
This month’s guest organist: Barrie Magill
Admission is free with a retiring collection in aid of St Mary’s.
Tea, coffee and biscuits will be available.


HAY MUSIC FESTIVAL 2024

Friday 13th – Sunday 15th September

‘Music, Friendship and Community – the transformative power of music’.
A weekend of concerts, discussions and films at venues around the town. The following are being held at St Mary’s:


Friday 13 September, 7 – 9 pm

The Fitzwilliam String Quartet – Festival Opening Concert

Johann Sebastian Bach: Excerpts from The Art of Fugue BWV 1080
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet No 18 in A major, K464
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No 16 in F major, Opus 135


Saturday 14 September, 11 am – 1 pm

Coffee Concert by young musicians from Sinfonia Cymru

Joseph Haydn: String Quartet No 4 “The Sunrise Quartet” in B flat major, Opus 76
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No 11 in F minor, Opus 122
Florence Price: Summer Moon. Arranged for string quartet by W Newell


Saturday 14 September, 3.45 – 5.45 pm

Huw Watkins, piano, and Robin Michael, cello

A 15 minute pre-concert talk
Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Sonata in D minor, Opus 40
Philip Cashian: Four Winter Moods (New commission by Hay Music Trust)
Huw Watkins: Blue Shadows Fall (2013)
Benjamin Britten: Cello Sonata in C major, Opus 65


Sunday 15 September, 4.30 – 6.30 pm

The Fitzwilliam String Quartet and Sarah Nicolls, piano

Samuel Barber: String Quartet in B minor Opus 11, including the well-known Adagio
Alfred Schnittke: Piano Quintet in 5 movements
Liz Dilnot Johnson: String Quartet No 5 ‘Borderlands’ (Welsh Premiere)
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet No 4 in D major, Opus 83

Refreshments will be available at St Mary’s.

For full details of events at St Mary’s and elsewhere, ticket prices and booking, see Hay Music. Tickets are also available from Hay Tourist Bureau and on the door if available.