Early Voices Festival 2025 Mare Nostrum​
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Early Voices Lleisiau Cynnar 2025 has come to an end, and what a success!​​
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"Such a festival! I'm still buzzing from it!" "Last night performance (The Telling) was quite outstanding, in a perfect venue where the acoustic showed off the voices in the best possible way".
Thank you again to our fabulous audience, to all our helpers and volunteers, to the outstanding performers, to all our funders and to the wonderful Llantwit Major community.​​
Here are some pics...
Early Voices Connections: from Persia to Europe.
Exciting mix of East and West with ContraBand and Sazava!
Music for Notre Dame
France in the 14th century and beyond
Wonderful medieval music from iuchair!
Chiaroscuro
Lute songs of the Mediterranean
Lovely Dowland songs from lutenist Scott Baker...
and soprano Sarah Dunbar!
Picturing Cultural Exchange in the medieval Mediterranean.
This talk with Dr Lucy Donkin helped us understand the connections we were looking for...
Palestrina 500!
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Amazing celebration of Palestrina's work with the Fountain Singers and Ewenny Chamber Choir.
A joyous open session with
Oasis One World Choir after their workshop with Sarah Atter and The Telling...
And to end this incredible weekend... Into the Melting Pot, the amazing show by The Telling, where theatre and music collide in a moving and actual story!
We thank all performers and and contributors for their musical passion, our sponsors Susan and Michael Doolan, the Arts Council of Wales, Ty Cerdd, Llantwit Major Town Council, the Italian Cultural Centre Wales, St Illtud's Church and Canon Edwin Counsell.
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Thank you to those who joined the recently established Friends of Early Voices membership scheme, and the tireless Trustees of Early Voices Wales.
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Thank you to Waffle for the promotional support and the 3 Streams Festival committee for their use of their lighting equipment.
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A special thank you to all our volunteers offering accomodation, providing refreshments, helping with Welsh translations and fundraising efforts, and supporting us with all festival tasks.
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And a final thank you to the wonderful community of Llantwit Major!
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Early Voices Festival 2025 is proudly sponsored by Susan and Michael Doolan.
