Opening   

14 November 2008

James Crisp
   
James Crisp is a professional award winning composer, musician and recordist living and working in St Davids, Pembrokeshire. His commissions include music for theatre, radio, film television and music for occasions.
   
James composes Celtic Classical Guitar music and is recognised as one of the UK`s leading Celtic Classical Guitarists. James has also been involved in education, running guitar workshops and teaching for the last thirty years.
   
The St Davids Guitar Group is made up of students who have been taught by James Crisp. The St Davids Guitar Group is joined on this occasion by the guest musician John Cambell on double base.

"The Waterman Stone"  Play opening track again

"The Waterman Stone" piece of music that has been commissioned by the Friends of the Graham Sutherland Collection to be played at the opening of Oriel y Parc by the St Davids Guitar Group. The composition gathers its influences from the surrounding landscape of the St Davids Peninsular. The piece is also inspired by the colours, textures and shapes that Graham Sutherland found in the Pembrokeshire Landscape.

For more information on James Crisp go to  www.jamescrispcomposer.com

The Friends of The Graham Sutherland Collection

The "Friends" decided to commemorate the opening of Oriel y Parc Landscape Gallery by commissioning a piece of music for a Guitar group. The piece celebrates the return to Pembrokeshire of works from the Sutherland Collection left to Pembrokeshire from whence came their inspiration.

The music commissioned from James Crisp evokes not only the landscape of Pembrokeshire, but also Graham Sutherland's personal vision of this land.

The music composition and its performance has been made possible by the generous contributions of many of the "Friends", businesses and individuals living and working in St Davids to whom we would like to express our grateful thanks. We record their patronage by listing their names alphabetically below.

John and Gill Adie Diane Alwyn Caerfai Bay Ltd. Carreg Construction Fay Cori Mabel Crowther Janet Davies Gordon and Elizabeth Dent Gillian Fletcher Friends of the Graham Sutherland Collection Michael Frost Bart and Monica Groves David and Stephanie Halse Anne Lewis-Smith Mary Newsome Ian and Dorothy Panton Mark Raggett Barry and Linda Rees Denys and Eirian Short Smith Roberts Associates St Brides Bay Cottages St Davids Peninsula Tourist Association Steve Robinson Glass Wendy Sturgess and Christopher Ousey Elizabeth Thomas Audrey Walker Warpool Court Hotel Rob Williams Rod and Sue Williams Lady Willoughby

Main Entrance

View of Reception Area

Rod Williams, Rhodri Morgan (First Minister)
and Paul Loveluck (National Museum Wales)
 

Rod introduces the piece of music commissioned from James Crisp (on the right) and the guitar group drawn from Ysgol Dewi Sant.

The guitar group drawn from Ysgol Dewi Sant.

Play opening track
 

Sally Moss describes the Graham Sutherland Portal to Mike Toobey, Simon Hancock
( Chair Pembrokeshire Coast National Park
Authority) and the First Minister.

Presentation glass commission produced by
Steve Robinson, based upon the imagery
Graham Sutherland's Porthclais painting.

Rod presents the piece of glass to the
First Minister to commemorate the
opening of the gallery.

General views looking down into the galleries

"All in all, I look on the hidden
places where I work as a
marvellous playground"

The commission for the presentation piece to the First Minister, Rhodri Morgan to commemorate the opening of the Oriel y Parc, Landscape Gallery, came from the Vice Chairman of the Friends of the Graham Sutherland Collection, Rod Williams. A further piece similar, but different in some aspects is under way for presentation to the Gallery.

Both Commissions were asked to reflect the Pembrokeshire landscape and Graham Sutherland`s vision of it`s colours, textures and forms.

 

  
Steve Robinson
 

Following graduation in Glass from the University of Wolverhampton, he has been running his own glass design business. Previously in Shropshire and now, having fulfilled his ambition to move to Pembrokeshire, in St Davids since 2006.

Glass Designer
   

Steve takes the inspiration for much of his work from the surrounding coastal colours and textures. One of his “signature” pieces is based on a sculptural shell form. Each one is unique, as they are made by hand shaping in an individual mould.

And Maker
  

Much of his work is made to commission, but pieces are for sale at his studio and in other galleries round Pembrokeshire and nationally.
 

For more information go to:

www.steverobinsonglass.com