Rowan Pierce soprano
Imogen Whitehead trumpet
Jonathan Gunthorpe narrator
Alexander Knox The Soldier
Alex Wilson The Devil
Presteigne Festival Ensemble
Ruth Evans director
George Vass conductor
Cecilia McDowall The Night Trumpeter
Lillie Harris The aspens talk of rain | World premiere
Igor Stravinsky The Soldier’s Tale
Works for mixed chamber ensemble by Cecilia McDowall and Lillie Harris share this programme with Stravinsky’s pioneering music theatre work. Premiered in 1918 and conceived in collaboration with the Swiss writer C F Ramuz, the piece is based on a Russian folk tale, The Runaway Soldier and the Devil.