May 24 - June 8 2025
Around Clun & the River
History & culture, flora & fauna. Management: problems & solutions
From small streams big rivers rise
A fortnight of events: walks and talks, music and art,
site under construction
festival events will all be visible soon!
River Clun
River Unk
Folly Brook
River Kemp
River Clun
WALKS up & down stream
TALKS ecology & ornithology
ART venues around town
MUSIC with a watery theme
River Redlake
River Teme
MUSIC
Clun Valley Music has been bringing world-class classical music to Clun and surroundings since 2018. This year's dazzling lineup of artists includes the Pelleas Ensemble and friends, award-winning baritone and piano duo Giacomo Schmidt and Jong Sun Woo and folk music legend John Kirkpatrick. They will give 4 concerts of water-themed music including an exciting new Septet from multiple international award winning composer Florence Anna Maunders.
For full information and tickets please visit www.clunvalleymusic.co.uk
29 May 7.30pm
Hightown Community Room, Clun
John Kirkpatrick returns to Clun Valley Music to kick off the festival with some gorgeous water-related folk music, ______________________________________
30 May 7.30pm St Cuthbert's Church, Clungunford
Franz Schubert, Die schöne Müllerin ____________________________________
31 May 7.30pm St George's Church, Clun
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Clarinet Quintet
Samuel Barber Dover Beach
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Florence Anna Maunders, New Commission world première
John Dowland In Darkness Let me Dwell
Ethel Smyth Variations on Bonny Sweet Robin
Maurice Ravel Introduction and Allegro
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1 June 3pm St Cuthbert's Church, Clungunford
Giaochino Rossini String Sonata No.6 "La Tempesta"
Maurice Ravel Jeux d'Eau
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Franz Schubert Piano Quintet in A Major D.667
The Trout ______________________________________
Saturday 7 June 6pm
——-FREE FINAL EVENT——
Postcard Café, Clun Bridge, SY7 8JW
Kate Green, singing with the water
Musical stories from source to sea
ART
Old Forge, 3 Bridge Street. Clun SY7 8JP
Festival information hub.
Maps, photos, paintings, prints
Waterloo Gallery, Waterloo Lane SY7 8JF
Sculpture, paintings and film
The Barn, 9 Church Street.Clun SY7 8JW
Watermarks, paintings, prints and photos
TALKS
Wednesday 4 June, 7pm
High Town Community Room, Clun SY7 8JG
Louise Lavictoire
Freshwater pearl mussels, research and conservation
Thursday 29 May, 6.30pm
High Town Community Room, Clun SY7 8JG
Mike Kelly A Cultural History of Pearls
The Unique Life History of the River Clun Pearl Mussel
Monday 26 May, 7pm
High Town Community Room, Clun SY7 8JG
Tom Wall River birds and birders, with special reference to the Clun, Teme and Onny.
Saturday 7 June, 9.30 am
Leintwardine Methodist Church,Church St. SY7 0LD
Ellie Chowns, Green MP for North Herefordshire Parliamentary work on rivers,
with walk after towards Jay Bridge
WALKS
Sturdy footwear and binoculars recommended
Saturday 24 May, 5pm
Middle Spoad, Newcastle SY7 8PB
Wildflower meadow by the river Clun,
with Fiona Gomersall
Tuesday 27 May, 7.30pm
Aston on Clun Village Hall SY7 8EH
Meet in the car park
From Aston on Clun to the south. Riparian issues on the River Clun today with John Tucker
info meanwhile…
mary_napper@phonecoop.coop
01588 640 789