| LATEST: Presteigne Festival Competition for Composers home 2010 programme composers' competition support the festival sponsors news reviews contacts history premieres orchestra links company information | Exhibitions ExhibitionsMonday 24 August until Sunday 6 September 2009 The Sidney Nolan Trust, The Rodd, PresteigneShakespeare Sonnets by Sidney NolanSidney Nolan established the Sidney Nolan Trust at The Rodd, Presteigne in 1985, as a rural arts organisation that would not only mount exhibitions of his own paintings but would also promote fine art, music and performance in the area. He was inspired by the festivals at Aldeburgh, where he regularly exhibited, organised by his great friend Benjamin Britten. In 1963 Nolan painted a remarkable series of works representing William Shakespeare's Sonnets. He was inspired to tackle this seemingly impossible task by his great friend Benjamin Britten who had set one of the Sonnets (No 43) to music. Nolan exhibited his paintings at Britten's Aldeburgh Festival in 1964 and later that year in the crypt of the Guildhall as part of the City of London Festival. This year, the Sidney Nolan Trust will show a significant collection of the Sonnet paintings, including several works that were painted later, when Nolan revisited the theme. The exhibition has been timed to coincide with the 400th anniversary of the publication of the Sonnets. Thursday 27 August until Tuesday 1 September 2009 St Andrew's Hall, PresteignePrints in PresteigneCurated by Charles McCarthy, this exhibition will show the work of eight very different printmakers and will encompass a wide variety of styles and techniques - etchings, woodcuts, silk screen prints, linocuts and monotypes. Free admission Thursday 27 August until Tuesday 1 September 2009 The Workhouse Studio Gallery,
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