[{"text_idx": "#000000", "text": "Gregynog Festival, the oldest classical music festival in Wales, returns with a feast of Midsummer music in the handsome setting of Gregynog Hall near Newtown in north Powys."}, {"text_idx": "#000002", "text": "Maximilian Ehrhardt is based in Berlin and specialises in playing historic harps including the Welsh triple harp. His pioneering CD None But the Brave (2020) combines traditional Welsh folk melodies with works by famous composers including Handel, Vivaldi and Corelli \u2013 music sourced from three manuscripts at the National Library of Wales which are associated with John Parry, the blind musician who worked as domestic harper to Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn of Wynnstay. Parry and other eighteenth-century Welsh harpers performed at prestigious and fashionable locations all over the UK, and Maximilian makes his Gregynog Festival de\u0301but by playing some of the repertoire that demonstrates their skill."}, {"text_idx": "#000003", "text": "Born in Pentrebychan, pianist Lly\u0302r Williams is widely admired for his profound musical intelligence, and for the expressive and communicative nature of his interpretations. An acclaimed performer of Beethoven, he makes a welcome return to Gregynog\u2019s Music Room for the first time in ten years with a programme that begins with the \u2018Pathe\u0301tique\u2019 Sonata before exploring compositions influenced by folksong by Tchaikovsky, Be\u0301la Barto\u0301k and Peter Warlock. Barto\u0301k visited Warlock at his family home, Cefnbryntalch Hall between Llandyssil and Montgomery, after making his UK public recital de\u0301but at Aberystwyth on 16 March 1922, and Lly\u0302r\u2019s recital marks the centenary of these remarkable events."}, {"text_idx": "#000004", "text": "Launching the 2022 Gregynog Festival season, Artistic Director Dr Rhian Davies said: \u201cWe would like to express our thanks to the Wales Cultural Recovery Fund for enabling us to safeguard the future of the Gregynog Festival during and beyond the pandemic. Many regular Festivalgoers have kept in close touch with us during this challenging time, and I know how much we have all missed the annual treat of hearing some of the world\u2019s finest musicians perform for us here in mid Wales.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000005", "text": "\u201cNow that live events are able to resume, everybody is really looking forward to meeting at Gregynog once more for the Festival. The day programmes are designed to include a pre-concert talk and an opportunity to enjoy afternoon tea before each performance, so there will be plenty of time to catch up with friends as well as to enjoy the music.\u201d"}, {"text_idx": "#000007", "text": "For the latest news, you can join the mailing list via the Festival website and follow Gregynog Festival\u2019s Facebook page and Twitter account @gregynogfest."}, {"text_idx": "#000011", "text": "Mae Maximilian Ehrhardt yn gweithio o Berlin ac mae\u2019n arbenigo ar ganu telynau hanesyddol, gan gynnwys y delyn deires Gymreig. Mae ei CD arloesol None But the Brave (2020) yn cyfuno alawon gwerin traddodiadol Cymreig gyda gweithiau gan gyfansoddwyr enwog, gan gynnwys Handel, Vivaldi a Corelli \u2013 cerddoriaeth o dair llawysgrif yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru sy\u2019n gysylltiedig a\u0302 John Parry, y cerddor dall a fu\u2019n delynor teuluol i Syr Watkin Williams-Wynn o Wynnstay. Perfformiodd John Parry a thelynorion Cymreig eraill y ddeunawfed ganrif mewn lleoliadau ffasiynol, uchel eu statws, ledled y DU, a bydd Maximilian yn perfformio am y tro cyntaf yng Ngw\u0302yl Gregynog drwy chwarae peth o\u2019r repertoire sy\u2019n arddangos eu sgiliau hwy."}, {"text_idx": "#000012", "text": "Wedi\u2019i eni ym Mhentrebychan, edmygir Lly\u0302r Williams ymhell ac agos am ei ddeallusrwydd cerddorol dwys, ac am natur fynegiannol a chyfathrebol ei ddeongliadau. Ac yntau\u2019n berfformiwr Beethoven sydd wrth fodd calon pawb, fe\u2019i croesewir yn o\u0302l i Ystafell Gerdd Gregynog am y tro cyntaf ers deng mlynedd, i berfformio rhaglen sy\u2019n agor gyda\u2019r Sonata \u2018Pathe\u0301tique\u2019. Yna bydd yn rhoi sylw manwl i gyfansoddiadau sydd a\u0302 dylanwad caneuon gwerin arnynt, darnau gan Tchaikovsky, Be\u0301la Barto\u0301k a Peter Warlock. Ymwelodd Barto\u0301k a\u0302 Warlock yn ei gartref teuluol, Neuadd Cefn Bryntalch rhwng Llandysul (Powys) a Threfaldwyn, yn dilyn ei ddatganiad cyhoeddus cyntaf yn y DU, sef yn Aberystwyth ar 16 Mawrth 1922, ac mae datganiad Lly\u0302r yn nodi canmlwyddiant y digwyddiadau hynod hyn."}, {"text_idx": "#000013", "text": "Wrth lansio tymor Gw\u0302yl Gregynog 2022 dywedodd y Cyfarwyddwr Artistig, Dr Rhian Davies: \u2018Fe hoffem ddiolch i Gronfa Adferiad Diwylliannol Cymru am ein galluogi i ddiogelu dyfodol Gw\u0302yl Gregynog yn ystod a thu hwnt i\u2019r pandemig. Mae llawer o fynychwyr rheolaidd yr W\u0302yl wedi cadw mewn cysylltiad agos a\u0302 ni yn ystod y cyfnod heriol hwn, ac rwy\u2019n gwybod ein bod i gyd wedi\u2019i gweld hi\u2019n chwith gorfod gwneud heb y wledd flynyddol o glywed rhai o gerddorion gorau\u2019r byd yn perfformio i ni yma yn y Canolbarth."}, {"text_idx": "#000014", "text": "\u2018Yn awr fod digwyddiadau byw yn gallu ailddechrau, mae pawb yn edrych ymlaen yn fawr at gael cyfarfod yng Ngregynog unwaith eto ar gyfer yr W\u0302yl. Mae rhaglen pob diwrnod wedi\u2019i chynllunio i gynnwys sgwrs o flaen y cyngerdd, a chyfle i fwynhau te prynhawn cyn pob perfformiad, felly bydd digon o amser i sgwrsio a\u0302 ffrindiau yn ogystal a\u0302 mwynhau\u2019r gerddoriaeth.\u2019"}, {"text_idx": "#000016", "text": "Am y newyddion diweddaraf, gallwch ymuno a\u0302\u2019r rhestr bostio, a thrwy ddilyn tudalen Facebook a chyfrif Twitter Gw\u0302yl Gregynog @gregynogfest."}]