Image: Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown will host a free concert on Tuesday, 28 July at 3pm, presenting a musical preview of the Pererinion Ysbrydol Festival Academy before the main festival takes place at Gregynog Hall. The event is billed as an exclusive teaser ahead of the academy’s residency at Gregynog Hall from 29 to 31 July, and it will feature pianists Harry Rylance and Deniz Cengiz with baritone Charles Cunliffe.
The gallery’s email announcement places the concert within a broader summer programme that also includes dance and autumn workshops, but the music event stands as a separate free offering. According to the gallery, attendees are invited “next week” to come down for the concert, which is described as a “beautiful dance performance” alongside the music, though the verified event details provided for the concert itself specify the musical programme and the festival preview.
The Pererinion Ysbrydol Festival Academy is highlighting underperformed British and American voices this year, alongside celebrated works by women and LGBTQ+ composers. The concert at Oriel Davies will offer a small-scale introduction to that programming before the main festival begins at Gregynog Hall. The gallery says the preview performance will include Brash Hungarian Dances, Holst’s 'Jupiter', and Butterworth’s 'Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad'.
Oriel Davies Gallery is a contemporary arts venue in Newtown, Powys, and its public opening hours are Tuesday to Saturday from 10am to 4pm, with the café closing at 4pm. The gallery’s own event listing for the concert was not accessible, but the mailing material and event information confirm the date, time and participating musicians.
The concert is one of several July events linked in the gallery’s newsletter. A separate performance, 'What Is It Truly?', by Jones Bach, Jones the Dance’s young company, is scheduled for Friday, 31 July at 6pm and draws inspiration from the Davies sisters and the collection once housed at Gregynog Hall. The newsletter also notes that booking has opened for a series of autumn workshops at the gallery.
Those workshops are listed as 'Book-Binding with Carole King' on 5 September, 'Gel Plate Printing with Jane Hunter' on 3 October, 'Bayeux Tapestry-themed Embroidery' with Lucy Newman on 17 October, and 'Contemporary Goldwork Embroidery Workshop with Hanny Newton' on 31 October. For the concert, however, the confirmed details remain concise: a free performance at Oriel Davies Gallery on 28 July at 3pm, ahead of the Pererinion Ysbrydol Festival Academy residency at Gregynog Hall.
