Is there disabled access to the Cathedral ?

Yes, disabled access is at the main entrance.

Is there parking close to the Cathedral?

Yes, there is a pay and display carpark opposite the cathdral main entrance.

Are there toilet facilites in the Cathedral ?

Yes, there are toilet facilities but they are not suitable for wheelchair users

How long is the walk from Railway Station to Cathedral

It's a 10 minute walk from Railway Station to Cathedral according to Google maps.

Thursday, September 25

HYMN TO A WELSHMAN ~ EMYN I GYMRO

Name: HYMN TO A WELSHMAN ~ EMYN I GYMRO
Start: 2025-09-25T12:30:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-25T14:30:00+01:00
Location: Bangor Cathedral

By RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society

A Tribute to R.S. Thomas - Wales Greatest Poet - Music & Poetry in a Magnificent Setting

Date and time

Location

Bangor Cathedral

Cathedral Close High Street Bangor LL57 1LH United Kingdom

Lineup

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Highlights

2 hours
ALL AGES
In person
Paid venue parking
Doors at 12:00 PM

Refund Policy

No Refunds

About this event

Music • Spiritual & Religious

Commemoration of the 25th Anniversary of the death of RS Thomas.

12.30pm - 1pm Bilingual Communion Service led by Rev Dr Manon Ceridwen James, Dean of Bangor Cathedral.

Accompanied by musicians and harp.

1pm refreshments

1.30pm Recital

Emyn i Gymro ~ Hymn to a Welshman

Music for harp composed by Pwyll ap Sion, words by Menna Elfyn translated into English by Gillian Clark 2001.

Das himmelreimende Kind ~ The sky-rhyming Child - UK premiere !

Extracts for harp composed by Wilfreid Hiller, Bavaria. RS Thomas poems selected by Kevin Perryman of BABEL Verlag 2013 with music by Benjamin Britten and Schubert.

Presentations and poetry readings

Prof. Tony Brown, Prof. Zoe Skoulding, Prof. Jason Walford Davies

Exhibition of portraits of R.S. Thomas by M.E. Eldridge his wife, Welsh artist Wil Rowlands and Stephen Hopper of Llanrhaeader. Photo- portraits by Howard Barlow, John Hedgecoe and Bernard Mitchell.

Free entry - Donation

Organized by

RS Thomas & ME Eldridge Society

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