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This year, to ensure that our audiences feel safe and comfortable, all festival concerts will be run with social distancing in place. To enable this, all concerts will be about 1 hour long, with no interval, and each performance will be given twice (with both concerts sharing an identical programme). Further information on the festival’s Covid-19 Safety Plan can be found on the website.

Friday 1st October, 5pm & 7.30pm Holy Cross Church

THE FEINSTEIN ENSEMBLEOne of Europe’s leading period ensembles, the Feinstein Ensemble, makes its Cowbridge debut. Resident ensemble at St Martin in the Fields, London, they open the festival with thrilling baroque concerti for violin, cello, harpsichord and recorder.

Saturday 2nd October, 5pm & 7.30pm Duke of Wellington Pub

HOT CLUB OF JUPITERReeds player Jon Shenoy (of King Candy and the Sugar Push) returns to the festival with his jazz quintet. Inspired by a shared love of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli, their combination of well-loved standards and originals promises to be a night to remember.

Sunday 3rd October, 5pm & 7.30pm Holy Cross Church

CATRIN FINCH & SECKOU KEITASponsored by Tidy Translations

Drawing deep on their own diverse traditions and transforming them with remarkable synergy, virtuosi Welsh harpist Catrin Finch and Senegalese kora player Seckou Keita perform works from their two critically acclaimed albums.

Friday 8th October, 5pm & 7.30pm United Free Church

THE PIATTI QUARTETSponsored by The Sugarbush Trust

One of the most distinguished young string quartets of their generation and prize winners at the 2015 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, the group juxtaposes Mendelssohn’s stormy Quartet No. 6 in F minor with Dvořák’s upbeat ‘American’ String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96.

Saturday 9th October, 5pm & 7.30pm, Holy Cross Church

FONTANALS-SIMMONS, GLYNN AND VENTRIS Songs of Love and Longing Mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons and pianist Christopher Glynn are joined by violist and Artistic Director Rosalind Ventris. These fine artists come together specially for the festival in a moving programme including Brahms’s Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91 and Clara Schumann’s Romances.

Sunday 10th October, 5pm & 7.30pm, Holy Cross Church

LUKE JONES Young Artist’s Recital Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Cowbridge

Winner of the National Eisteddfod Instrumental Blue Riband and the prestigious Gold Medal from the Royal Northern College of Music, Wrexham-born pianist Luke Jones comes to Cowbridge as the 2021 CMF Young Artist with a programme to include a CMF commissioned work by Vale of Glamorgan composer Sarah Lianne Lewis and Liszt’s tumultuous Sonata in B minor.

Friday 15th October, 5pm & 7.30pm Holy Cross Church

CAMILLE THOMAS & JULIEN BROCAL Romantic MasterpiecesSponsored by Richard H Powell and Partners Ltd

The first cellist to be signed by prestigious record label Deutsche Grammophon in 40 years, the illustrious Franco-Belgian cellist makes her Welsh debut alongside regular duo partner, Julien Brocal. Their programme begins with Ravel’s evocative Kaddish before the duo launches into two passionate Romantic masterpieces by Chopin and Franck.

Saturday 16th October, 11am Cowbridge Comprehensive School Theatre

FAMILY CONCERTA Journey to SpaceCowbridge Music Festival teams up with Children’s Musical Adventures once again to present an interactive musical extravaganza. This time children aged three to twelve years old and their families will be taken on a journey into outer space, discovering music from Holst’s famous work The Planets, as well as other extra-terrestrial musical worlds.

Saturday 16th October, 5pm & 7.30pm, Cowbridge Comprehensive School Theatre

THE CLARE TEAL TRIOSponsored by IQE plc

The festival is brought to a close with one of the UK’s most celebrated and much-loved jazz singers and broadcasters, Clare Teal. Clare makes her appearance in Cowbridge with her trio in a varied programme of favourites from the Great American and British Songbooks.

THE 2021 COWBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL PROGRAMME

JAZZ EVENTS AT THE BEARBy popular demand jazz events at the Bear Hotel return this year, offering a chance to enjoy a delicious meal with some toe-tapping music played by talented jazz musicians. The programme will be announced shortly on the festival website.

OUTREACH IN SCHOOLS & CARE HOMESIn partnership with Children’s Musical Adventures, there will be events in five primary and two secondary schools. Restrictions permitting, festival musicians will visit several care homes.

Eleni, i sicrhau bod ein cynulleidfaoedd yn teimlo’n ddiogel ac yn gyfforddus, bydd holl gyngherddau’r Ŵyl yn cael eu cynnal gan gadw pellter cymdeithasol. I wneud hynny’n bosibl, bydd pob un o’r cyngherddau yn rhyw 1 awr o hyd, heb egwyl, a bydd pob perfformiad yn digwydd ddwywaith (gyda’r un rhaglen yn cael ei chyflwyno yn y ddau gyngerdd). Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am Gynllun Diogelwch Covid-19 yr ŵyl ar gael ar y wefan.

Nos Wener 1 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Eglwys y Groes SanctaiddENSEMBLE FEINSTEINBydd un o ensembles cyfnod blaenllaw Ewrop, Ensemble Feinstein, yn dod i’r Bont-faen am y tro cyntaf. Nhw yw ensemble preswyl St Martin in the Fields, Llundain, a byddan nhw’n agor yr ŵyl â chonsierti cyffrous o gyfnod y baróc ar gyfer y fiolin, y sielo, yr harpsicord a’r recorder.

Nos Sadwrn 2 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Tafarn Dug WellingtonHOT CLUB OF JUPITERMae’r chwaraewr corsennau Jon Shenoy (o King Candy and the Sugar Push) yn dychwelyd i’r ŵyl gyda’i bumawd jazz. Mae eu cyfuniad o ffefrynnau safonol a chyfansoddiadau gwreiddiol, a ysbrydolwyd gan gyfuniad o waith Django Reinhardt a Stephane Grappelli, yn argoeli y bydd yn noson i’w chofio.

Nos Sul 3 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Eglwys y Groes SanctaiddCATRIN FINCH A SECKOU KEITANoddir gan Trosiadau Twt

Gan ddrachtio’n ddwfn o’u gwahanol draddodiadau eu hunain a’u trawsffurfio â synergedd rhyfeddol, bydd Catrin Finch o Gymru, sy’n chwarae’r delyn yn firtwosig, a’r chwaraewr kora o Senegal, Seckou Keita, yn perfformio gweithiau o’u dau albwm, a gafodd eu canmol gan y beirniaid.

Nos Wener 8 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Yr Eglwys Unedig Rydd

PEDWARAWD PIATTINoddir gan Sefydliad Sugarbush

Bydd y grŵp hwn, sy’n un o bedwarawdau llinynnol ifanc mwyaf nodedig eu cenhedlaeth, ac a fu’n fuddugol yng Nghystadleuaeth Ryngwladol Neuadd Wigmore i Bedwarawdau Llinynnol yn 2015, yn cyflwyno rhaglen gyferbyniol ar ffurf Pedwarawd stormus Mendelssohn, rhif 6 yn F leiaf, a Phedwarawd Llinynnol ‘Americanaidd’ llawen Dvořák, Rhif 12 yn F fwyaf, Op.96.

Nos Sadwrn 9 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Eglwys y Groes Sanctaidd

FONTANALS-SIMMONS, GLYNN A VENTRIS Caneuon Cariad a Hiraeth Bydd y mezzo-soprano Marta Fontanals-Simmons a’r pianydd Christopher Glynn yng nghwmni’r fiolydd a’r Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Rosalind Ventris. Bydd yr artistiaid medrus hyn yn dod at ei gilydd yn arbennig ar gyfer yr Ŵyl ac yn cyflwyno rhaglen i’ch cyffwrdd, gan gynnwys Zwei Gesänge Brahms, Op. 91 a Romances Clara Schumann.

Nos Sul 10 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Eglwys y Groes Sanctaidd

LUKE JONES Datganiad Artistiaid Ifanc Noddir gan Glwb Rotari’r Bont-faen

Daw Luke Jones, y pianydd o Wrecsam a enillodd Ruban Glas Offerynnol yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a Medal Aur nodedig Coleg Cerdd Brenhinol y Gogledd, i’r Bont-faen yn Artist Ifanc yr Ŵyl yn 2021. Bydd ei raglen yn cynnwys gwaith comisiwn i’r Ŵyl gan Sarah Lianne Lewis, y cyfansoddwr o Fro Morgannwg, a Sonata cythryblus Liszt yn B leiaf.

Nos Wener 15 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Eglwys y Groes Sanctaidd

CAMILLE THOMAS A JULIEN BROCAL Campweithiau RhamantaiddNoddir gan Richard H Powell and Partners Ltd

Bydd y sielydd disglair o dras Ffrengig a Belgaidd, y gyntaf ers 40 mlynedd i gael ei dewis gan y label recordio o fri, Deutsche Grammophon, yn perfformio yng Nghymru am y tro cyntaf ochr yn ochr â’i phartner deuawdau rheolaidd. Byddant yn cychwyn eu rhaglen â Kaddish hiraethus Ravel, cyn i’r ddau ohonynt daflu eu hunain i ddau gampwaith Rhamantaidd angerddol gan Chopin a Franck.

Bore Sadwrn 16 Hydref, 11am Theatr Ysgol Gyfun y Bont-faen

CYNGERDD TEULUTaith i’r GofodBydd Gŵyl Gerdd y Bont-faen yn cydweithio â Children’s Musical Adventures unwaith yn rhagor i gyflwyno strafagansa gerddorol ryngweithiol. Y tro hwn bydd plant rhwng 3 a 12 oed a’u teuluoedd yn cael eu tywys i bellafoedd y gofod, gan ddarganfod cerddoriaeth o waith enwog Holst Y Planedau, yn ogystal â bydoedd cerddorol eraill y tu hwnt i’r ddaear.

Nos Sadwrn 16 Hydref, 5pm a 7.30pm Theatr Ysgol Gyfun y Bont-faen

TRIAWD CLARE TEALNoddir gan IQE plc

Daw’r ŵyl i ben yng nghwmni un o gantorion a darlledwyr jazz enwocaf ac anwylaf y Deyrnas Unedig, Clare Teal. Bydd Clare yn ymddangos yn y Bont-faen gyda’i thriawd, ac yn cyflwyno rhaglen amrywiol o ffefrynnau o Lyfrau Caneuon Enwog America a Phrydain.

RHAGLEN GŴYL GERDD Y BONT-FAEN 2021

DIGWYDDIADAU JAZZ YNG NGWESTY’R ARTHOherwydd mawr alw, bydd digwyddiadau jazz yng Ngwesty’r Arth yn dychwelyd eleni, gyda chyfle i fwynhau pryd blasus wrth i’ch traed symud yn ddigymell i gerddoriaeth chwaraewyr jazz dawnus. Cyhoeddir y rhaglen yn fuan ar wefan yr ŵyl.

ESTYN ALLAN I YSGOLION A CHARTREFI GOFALMewn partneriaeth â Children’s Musical Adventures, bydd digwyddiadau mewn pum ysgol gynradd a dwy ysgol uwchradd. Os bydd y cyfyngiadau’n caniatáu, bydd cerddorion o’r ŵyl yn ymweld â sawl cartref gofal.

KEY | ALLWEDDDuke of Wellington / Tafarn Dug Wellington

Holy Cross Church / Eglwys y Groes Sanctaidd

United Free Church / Yr Eglwys Unedig Rydd

Cowbridge Comprehensive School / Theatr Ysgol Gyfun y Bont-faen

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We are grateful to the following Community Sponsors for their support:Rydym ni’n ddiolchgar i’r Noddwyr Cymunedol canlynol am eu cefnogaeth:

The Oxford Wine CompanyCardiff ViolinsWatts and Morgan Estate Agents

JCP SolicitorsMonmouthshire Building Society

The Oxford Wine CompanyCardiff ViolinsWatts and Morgan Estate Agents

JCP SolicitorsMonmouthshire Building Society

THE SUGARBUSH TRUST

TICKETSALL CONCERTS: ADULT: £15, CHILD/STUDENT: £1 Plus a small booking fee.

Tickets go on sale on 21st August and are available via the festival website or by phone on 0333 666 4466.

Because of pandemic restrictions, we are unable to provide an in-person box office this year. Given the reduced audience capacity, booking in advance is strongly recommended.

CONTACTT: 0333 666 4466 (for ticket purchases) T: 07766 705302 (for all other enquires) E: info@cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk

For further information please visit: www.cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk

TOCYNNAUPOB CYNGERDD: OEDOLYN: £15, PLENTYN/MYFYRIWR: £1 Plws ffi archebu fechan.

Bydd tocynnau ar werth o 21 Awst, ac maent ar gael trwy wefan yr ŵyl neu drwy ffonio 0333 666 4466.

Oherwydd cyfyngiadau’r pandemig, ni allwn gynnig swyddfa docynnau wyneb yn wyneb eleni. Oherwydd na fydd lle i gynifer yn y gynulleidfa, rydym yn argymell yn gryf eich bod yn archebu ymlaen llaw.

CYSYLLTUFf: 0333 666 4466 (i brynu tocynnau) Ff: 07766 705302 (gydag unrhyw ymholiadau eraill) E: info@cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth, ewch i: www.cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk

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