• Presteigne Festival 2026 | The Soldier’s Tale

    St Andrew's Church, Presteigne Broad Street, Powys, Powys, Wales

    Cecilia McDowall: The Night Trumpeter
    Lillie Harris: The aspens talk of rain (world premiere)
    Igor Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale

    Rowan Pierce, soprano
    Jonathan Gunthorpe, narrator
    Alexander Knox, The Soldier
    Francesca Isherwood, The Devil
    Ruth Evans, director
    Presteigne Festival Ensemble
    George Vass, conductor

  • Presteigne Festival 2026 | The Dancers

    St Andrew's Church, Presteigne Broad Street, Powys, Powys, Wales

    Adrian Williams: Concerto for string orchestra
    Cameron Biles-Liddell: Erlid, for chamber orchestra (World premiere)
    Grace Williams: The Dancers
    Michael Zev Gordon: The Gleam of Hidden Skies
    Cecilia McDowall: Bird of Time (premiere of new version for upper voices and chamber orchestra)

    Rowan Pierce, soprano
    James Gilchrist, tenor
    Ben Goldscheider, horn
    Choir of King's College, London
    Presteigne Festival Orchestra
    George Vass, conductor

  • Presteigne Festival 2026 | Festival Finale

    St Andrew's Church, Presteigne Broad Street, Powys, Powys, Wales

    Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, Op 47
    Dorothy Howell: Nocturne for muted strings
    Mathilde Wantenaar: Rhapsody for piano and strings
    Gabriel Jackson: Hargrove (Welsh premiere)
    Béla Bartók: Divertimento, Sz 113

    Imogen Whitehead, flugelhorn
    Jâms Coleman, piano
    HearAndNow Collective, Amsterdam
    Presteigne Festival Orchestra
    George Vass, conductor