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0:00:05 > 0:00:10- Tonight, my choir, Pendyrus, - joins Dowlais Male Voice Choir...
0:00:10 > 0:00:13- ..to sing in a concert in Morriston.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17- Like all other choirs, - we're getting older.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21- The hair is going grey - and there's less of it.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24- Is the long day closing on the - choral tradition in the Valleys?
0:00:25 > 0:00:28- The number of choirs - in this neighbourhood...
0:00:28 > 0:00:30- ..is still remarkable even today.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33- Apart from the Tabernacle choir...
0:00:33 > 0:00:37- ..there's the Morriston Orpheus and - the Morriston Rugby Club choir...
0:00:37 > 0:00:40- ..both with over 100 members each.
0:00:40 > 0:00:43- And there's - the Morriston Ladies choir...
0:00:43 > 0:00:46- ..and the Morriston - Salvation Army Songsters.
0:00:46 > 0:00:50- There's a concert here today, - so I'd better get a move on.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54- There are 250 choirs in Wales today.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58- There were 2,000 choirs here - a century ago.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Given what the Valleys have gone - through in the past century...
0:01:03 > 0:01:06- ..it's a surprise to see - any choirs there at all.
0:01:11 > 0:01:13- Choral tradition in the Valleys...
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- ..has gone hand in hand - with economic fortunes.
0:01:16 > 0:01:23- Between the World Wars, - the Depression hit the Valleys.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26- It had a catastrophic effect - on choral singing.
0:01:26 > 0:01:31- "How's the tenors in Dowlais?" asked - Dylan Thomas in 'Under Milk Wood'.
0:01:31 > 0:01:33- "Not well," was the answer.
0:01:34 > 0:01:36- The steelworks closed...
0:01:36 > 0:01:40- ..and the Dowlais choir was - disbanded by the end of the 1920s.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44- At the beginning of the 1920s...
0:01:44 > 0:01:47- ..there were over 250,000 miners - in south Wales.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51- When the world market - for Welsh coal collapsed...
0:01:51 > 0:01:55- ..the number halved - by the beginning of the 1930s.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00- Once, thousands of people had poured - into the Valleys looking for work.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04- Now, thousands were looking - for a way out.
0:02:05 > 0:02:10- The Rhondda lost a fifth of its - population between the World Wars.
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- A thousand people left Merthyr - each year.
0:02:14 > 0:02:18- The institutions - that upheld society...
0:02:18 > 0:02:21- ..the churches, - the football and rugby clubs...
0:02:22 > 0:02:26- ..the unions and the choirs - - all buckled.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Pendyrus Male Voice Choir - was formed in 1924...
0:02:30 > 0:02:33- ..in the mining town - of Tylorstown in the Rhondda.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37- They walked straight - into the Depression...
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- ..and within a few years, - 80% of Pendyrus' 140 choristers...
0:02:42 > 0:02:43- ..were unemployed.
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- West Wales also suffered - during the Depression.
0:02:47 > 0:02:50- But the tin plate industry - was healthier...
0:02:50 > 0:02:52- ..than the mining industry - in east Glamorgan.
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- This explains the rise - of Morriston's two famous choirs...
0:02:57 > 0:02:59- ..the United and the Orpheus.
0:03:00 > 0:03:05- This area was once the busy hub - of the tin plate and alcam world.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08- It was also the hub - for other things.
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- Morriston is one of Wales's - most musical towns.
0:03:13 > 0:03:18- Most of the musical activity - has taken place here...
0:03:19 > 0:03:23- ..in the Tabernacle - - the Welsh nonconformist cathedral.
0:03:25 > 0:03:27- The Tabernacle - dominates the landscape.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31- Look at its thrusting steeple - and its classic columns.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36- It's been a focal point for music - lovers in the Swansea Valley...
0:03:36 > 0:03:38- ..since it was built in the 1870s.
0:03:41 > 0:03:46- The rows of seats in the gallery - were designed to accommodate...
0:03:46 > 0:03:48- ..the area's large choirs.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54- Its walls have echoed to the sound - of electrifying 'cymanfaoedd'.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00- There was a strong choral tradition - in west Wales...
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- ..which stretched from Swansea - to the Amman Valley...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- ..and on to Pontarddulais - and Llanelli.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- Choirs from this area had a chance - to gain national recognition...
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- ..in the years - following World War I.
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- They seized that opportunity - with open arms.
0:04:17 > 0:04:21- # I hear Thy welcome voice
0:04:21 > 0:04:26- # That calls me, Lord, to Thee,
0:04:26 > 0:04:31- # For cleansing - in Thy precious blood
0:04:31 > 0:04:36- # That flowed on Calvary. #
0:04:37 > 0:04:41- Singers from the Swansea Valley - made a great impression...
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- ..in the 1920s and 1930s.
0:04:43 > 0:04:45- On August Bank Holiday...
0:04:45 > 0:04:48- ..thousands congregated - at the Eisteddfod pavilion...
0:04:49 > 0:04:51- ..to hear the main - choral competitions.
0:04:51 > 0:04:56- The most successful choir at - the time was the Ystalyfera choir...
0:04:56 > 0:04:59- ..conducted by W D Clee.
0:04:59 > 0:05:04- At the height of its success, - it had over 300 members...
0:05:04 > 0:05:05- ..reminiscent of Victorian choirs.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09- Their arch rivals were the choirs - from Llanelli and Pontarddulais.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14- Both industrialised towns - with a strong choral tradition.
0:05:14 > 0:05:18- Llanelli's musical saucepan - had been boiling since the 1880s.
0:05:19 > 0:05:23- The town's people knew as much - about the cynghanedd...
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- ..as they did the scrum.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- When the Eisteddfod was held - in Llanelli in 1903...
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- ..the congregation - was so familiar...
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- ..with Mendelssohn's - St Paul's Oratorio...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37- ..that they couldn't resist - singing along...
0:05:37 > 0:05:40- ..during the choral competitions.
0:05:42 > 0:05:46- The exciting signing - had a lasting effect...
0:05:46 > 0:05:48- ..on the English adjudicators.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51- The tradition - was totally alien to them...
0:05:52 > 0:05:56- ..until they came face-to-face - with it on the Eisteddfod stage.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59- When Ystalyfera won - in Neath in 1934...
0:05:59 > 0:06:04- ..the adjudication group - was chaired by Sir Edward Bairstow.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08- He was a choirmaster, organist and - music teacher at Durham University.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- These were his exact words.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15- "We have been through - a great experience.
0:06:15 > 0:06:19- "The emotional feeling imparted - by the music was so great...
0:06:19 > 0:06:21- "..that I feel like a wet rag.
0:06:21 > 0:06:24- "I would not have missed it - for the whole world."
0:06:24 > 0:06:28- # Coming now to Thee!
0:06:29 > 0:06:33- # Wash me, cleanse me in the blood
0:06:33 > 0:06:37- # That flowed on Calvary!
0:06:39 > 0:06:43- # Amen.
0:06:45 > 0:06:50- # Amen.
0:06:51 > 0:06:59- # Amen. #
0:07:08 > 0:07:11- Reading through the newspapers - of the time...
0:07:11 > 0:07:15- ..we see that outsiders couldn't - understand what drove Ystalyfera.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18- "It's a choir," - wrote one commentator...
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- .."of coal miners, tin-plate workers - and their families.
0:07:22 > 0:07:27- "A quarter are unemployed, - the choir has no wealthy sponsors.
0:07:27 > 0:07:30- "Goodness knows how Ystalyfera - finds the money...
0:07:30 > 0:07:32- "..to keep the choir - and the band alive.
0:07:32 > 0:07:37- "It costs 350 to travel to - the Eisteddfod for a prize of 150.
0:07:37 > 0:07:42- "Why? To ask the question is to - show an Englishman's incapacity...
0:07:42 > 0:07:46- "..to grasp the fact that to - these people, music is life."
0:07:49 > 0:07:55- Allied to the Welsh way of singing - dramatically and passionately...
0:07:55 > 0:07:59- ..the Depression added - a new element of intensity...
0:07:59 > 0:08:02- ..to create a very special - and unique sound.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07- We're dealing - with a choral tradition...
0:08:07 > 0:08:09- ..that stretches - from Caradog to Clee.
0:08:09 > 0:08:12- What were the characteristics - of this choral singing?
0:08:13 > 0:08:15- The singing was full of emotion.
0:08:16 > 0:08:18- It was strong and fiery.
0:08:18 > 0:08:21- That's how everyone knew it.
0:08:21 > 0:08:25- The adjudicators, especially - those from outside Wales...
0:08:25 > 0:08:30- ..noted these as characterising - Welsh choral singing.
0:08:30 > 0:08:35- That became the accepted norm - in Welsh choral singing.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38- The singing was full of emotion.
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- It was almost singing - beyond all control.
0:08:42 > 0:08:44- The singing was full of feeling...
0:08:45 > 0:08:50- ..and it summed up - people's desire to sing.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53- This way of signing had its critics.
0:08:53 > 0:08:59- That's apparent in the history - of Ystalyfera's choir and W D Clee.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03- There was a feeling - that they were over-singing.
0:09:04 > 0:09:07- People felt the climaxes - were over-exaggerated...
0:09:08 > 0:09:13- ..and that was condemned - as choral stunts and vocal stunts.
0:09:13 > 0:09:17- That was partly due to the fact - that the choir was so large.
0:09:17 > 0:09:23- It was difficult to keep a rein - on a choir of over 300 members.
0:09:26 > 0:09:31- Apart from one defeat against Haydn - Thomas's choir from Pontarddulais...
0:09:31 > 0:09:35- ..Clee's grasp on the prize - was difficult to loosen.
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Ystalyfera won the first prize - so often...
0:09:38 > 0:09:42- ..that the Eisteddfod - asked them not to compete...
0:09:42 > 0:09:47- ..and instead, perform in a concert - at the Eisteddfod in Caernarfon.
0:09:47 > 0:09:50- When they returned - to the competitive arena...
0:09:50 > 0:09:54- ..something strange happened. - They started to lose.
0:09:54 > 0:10:03- # Sleep my child - and peace attend thee,
0:10:03 > 0:10:09- # All through the night. #
0:10:13 > 0:10:20- Ystalyfera began to lose because - of the reaction to their stunts...
0:10:20 > 0:10:25- ..and because of the revival - in the east Glamorgan valleys.
0:10:25 > 0:10:28- Choirs in Merthyr and the Rhondda - had been ravaged...
0:10:29 > 0:10:31- ..by unemployment and poverty.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34- But their spirit - were as strong as ever.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38- Throughout the dark nights - of the Depression...
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- ..it wasn't only the men - who suffered.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44- Their mothers, sisters - and daughters...
0:10:45 > 0:10:49- ..suffered the most, - but withstood gallantly.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56- During this period, - when times were hard...
0:10:57 > 0:11:00- ..a woman's work was keeping - the family together.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04- She ensured that there - was food on the table...
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- ..that the children had clean - clothes and that life carried on.
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- They were in charge - of the household finances.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17- They were under pressure - to make ends meet.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21- They would leave the house - sometimes to attend chapel...
0:11:22 > 0:11:24- ..or sing in a choir.
0:11:24 > 0:11:28- Men had a better social life - - they could go to the pub...
0:11:28 > 0:11:31- ..or the workmen's institute.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Women were tied to the home.
0:11:35 > 0:11:38- Attending chapel - and singing in a choir...
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- ..was far more important to women.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- If you imagine the experience - of singing...
0:11:46 > 0:11:49- ..in a beautiful chapel or church...
0:11:49 > 0:11:53- ..performing an oratorio - with a large choir...
0:11:53 > 0:11:58- ..it's something that takes you - beyond your daily routine.
0:11:58 > 0:12:02- I'm sure that experience - would have given the women...
0:12:03 > 0:12:06- ..the opportunity, - albeit temporarily...
0:12:06 > 0:12:13- ..to forget about the trials and - tribulations of their daily lives.
0:12:13 > 0:12:16- The Dowlais wives - joined their husbands...
0:12:17 > 0:12:19- ..as they sought to escape - their depressive lives...
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- ..to win the main choral competition - in Fishguard in 1936...
0:12:24 > 0:12:28- ..even though 90% of the men - were unemployed at the time.
0:12:28 > 0:12:31- Merthyr came third, - and both choirs...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- ..were enthusiastically - welcomed home at midnight.
0:12:34 > 0:12:38- The atmosphere was similar - to the days of old.
0:12:38 > 0:12:42- In Cardiff, in 1938, choirs from - Merthyr, Rhondda and Dowlais...
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- ..won the three main competitions.
0:12:44 > 0:12:47- There was a renewed confidence - in the Valleys.
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- New factories are being built - in the Valleys.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Light industries - are being introduced.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58- Where once the man worked in a mine - and the woman stayed at home...
0:12:58 > 0:13:03- ..a new dawn emerged with new - factories and a variety of jobs...
0:13:04 > 0:13:07- ..to alleviate the Depression - in the Valleys.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11- There was a revival - in the choral tradition...
0:13:11 > 0:13:14- ..in the old - coal mining communities.
0:13:14 > 0:13:16- The government finally responded...
0:13:17 > 0:13:20- ..to the industrial crisis - in south Wales.
0:13:20 > 0:13:25- Industrial estates, like this one - in Treforest, were established.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29- Unemployment figures - began to fall.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- But unemployment had affected - the Valleys greatly...
0:13:33 > 0:13:36- ..during the Depression years - between the two World Wars.
0:13:41 > 0:13:41- 888
0:13:41 > 0:13:48- # Oh, Jesus, let Thy spirit bless,
0:13:50 > 0:13:57- # This frail one - in the wilderness... #
0:13:59 > 0:14:03- Hardship and social adversity - had added a new intensity...
0:14:03 > 0:14:05- ..to the Valleys' - choral tradition...
0:14:06 > 0:14:11- ..as some of the principality's most - prominent conductors discovered...
0:14:11 > 0:14:15- ..when they visited Mountain Ash - at the height of the Depression.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20- This is a vast building.
0:14:20 > 0:14:23- It now houses a number - of industrial units.
0:14:23 > 0:14:27- At one time, - Mountain Ash's pavilion was famous.
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- It was built in time - for the National Eisteddfod in 1905.
0:14:31 > 0:14:36- Later, it was a venue - for boxing contests and concerts.
0:14:36 > 0:14:42- In the 1930s, there was no greater - symbol of the determination...
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- ..of the depressed communities - of the Rhondda, Cynon and Taff...
0:14:47 > 0:14:50- ..than to carry on singing - and to live in hope.
0:14:51 > 0:14:55- The Cynon Valley's choral tradition - stretched back to Caradog...
0:14:55 > 0:15:00- ..when Aberdare was one of Wales's - most important musical centres.
0:15:00 > 0:15:03- This is where the Choral Union - was formed...
0:15:03 > 0:15:07- ..and here, 60 years later, - the same idea was revived.
0:15:08 > 0:15:11- A thousand singers - would congregate here...
0:15:11 > 0:15:15- ..to perform in front - of an audience of up to 12,000.
0:15:15 > 0:15:20- They were conducted by Henry Wood, - Adrian Boult and Malcolm Sargent.
0:15:21 > 0:15:26- Sargent relished working - with the innate voices and talents.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29- His aim - was to polish the technique...
0:15:29 > 0:15:34- ..without comprising - the intensity of the singing.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37- Here was a choir - in the same valley...
0:15:37 > 0:15:40- ..as Caradog's great choir - 60 years earlier.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- The choral tradition had been - threatened, but it had survived.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Caradog would have been proud - of that.
0:15:49 > 0:15:51- # Amen,
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- # Amen,
0:15:56 > 0:16:00- # Amen,
0:16:00 > 0:16:08- # Amen. #
0:16:13 > 0:16:18- The impression created when Malcolm - Sargent conducted 'The Messiah'...
0:16:18 > 0:16:21- ..in Mountain Ash - lives on in the memory...
0:16:22 > 0:16:23- ..of those who were present.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28- Mr Morris, you were part - of the festival of three choirs.
0:16:28 > 0:16:31- What are your memories of that time?
0:16:31 > 0:16:34- I remember going to the concerts - in the 1930s.
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- They were held on three nights.
0:16:37 > 0:16:40- Malcolm Sargent was the conductor.
0:16:40 > 0:16:43- Everyone liked him. - He was very laid-back.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- The venues were always full.
0:16:46 > 0:16:48- Every seat was taken.
0:16:48 > 0:16:52- There was never enough room.
0:16:52 > 0:16:56- I remember singing in the choir - in May.
0:16:58 > 0:17:03- The concert finished - and everyone went home.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- I think Malcolm Sargent went down - to see the coal mine.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- He went underground.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14- He went down to see - what it was like.
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- He was on the same level as us.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21- # Hallelujah, hallelujah,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23- # Hallelujah, hallelujah... #
0:17:23 > 0:17:26- The Second World War - disrupted cultural activities.
0:17:26 > 0:17:29- When it ended, - there was hope for a new dawn.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33- There was a revival - in the coal industry...
0:17:33 > 0:17:36- ..and the welfare state - was established.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39- Singing in the Valleys - returned with renewed vigour.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42- CHORAL SINGING
0:17:51 > 0:17:54- Choral singing continued unhindered - for 20 years...
0:17:54 > 0:17:56- ..but forces were at work - to undermine the tradition.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Once, choirs were in fashion.
0:17:59 > 0:18:02- Now, they seemed old-fashioned.
0:18:02 > 0:18:07- With new forms of entertainment - for the younger generation...
0:18:07 > 0:18:12- ..the population favoured - Elvis Presley over 'Y Pererinion'.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14- SOLO
0:18:15 > 0:18:17- CHORAL SINGING
0:18:23 > 0:18:27- Old favourites, - like 'Martyrs of the Arena'...
0:18:27 > 0:18:32- ..were as alien to the younger - generation as working underground.
0:18:32 > 0:18:37- Choirs tried to adapt - and appeal to the secular tastes...
0:18:37 > 0:18:40- ..of their members and audiences.
0:18:40 > 0:18:43- They sang new arrangements - of pop songs...
0:18:43 > 0:18:46- ..and shows from Broadway - and the West End.
0:18:46 > 0:18:50- But 'Myfanwy' and 'Delilah' - have very little in common...
0:18:50 > 0:18:55- ..even though some of us have - a place in our hearts for both.
0:18:55 > 0:18:57- CHORAL SINGING
0:19:02 > 0:19:06- Choral societies have survived - in the Valleys.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- But sustaining an annual oratorio - has defeated most of them.
0:19:11 > 0:19:15- There are some superb choirs - in Cardiff and Swansea.
0:19:15 > 0:19:19- Their members - are middle-class professionals.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22- In the traditional - working-class strongholds...
0:19:22 > 0:19:25- ..mixed choral singing - has lost its past appeal.
0:19:25 > 0:19:30- For me, the traditional sound of - the Valleys is the male voice choir.
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- A symbol of the toughness - and strength of these communities.
0:19:35 > 0:19:41- That sound continues to fill halls - from Ferndale to Phoenix, Arizona.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- But for how much longer? - There are over 100 choirs in Wales.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- There are half a dozen here - in the Rhondda.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50- But the members are getting older.
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- Without an injection of fresh, - young blood, things look bleak.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58- Choir practices, - with their camaraderie...
0:19:59 > 0:20:02- ..and opportunities - to travel the world...
0:20:02 > 0:20:06- ..continue to be an attraction - for a large number of us.
0:20:08 > 0:20:14- # The Lord is not distant,
0:20:14 > 0:20:21- # Nor is the night starlets.
0:20:22 > 0:20:27- # Love is eternal,
0:20:27 > 0:20:28- # Love is... #
0:20:28 > 0:20:34- How hopeful are our musicians for - the future of our choral tradition?
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- I think the next 10 to 20 years - are going to be critical...
0:20:38 > 0:20:41- ..for the future - of Welsh male voice choirs.
0:20:41 > 0:20:44- There's a shortage - of choral conductors.
0:20:44 > 0:20:48- There's a shortage - of interesting pieces to sing.
0:20:50 > 0:20:55- We always keep one foot in the past - and that is very important.
0:20:55 > 0:20:59- We should continue singing - 'Myfanwy' and 'Cwm Rhondda'...
0:21:00 > 0:21:02- ..for years to come.
0:21:02 > 0:21:09- I am concerned that the older - generation of choristers...
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- ..who are steeped - in the choral tradition...
0:21:13 > 0:21:17- ..and are familiar with singing - in chapels and the sol-fa...
0:21:17 > 0:21:19- ..are dying out.
0:21:19 > 0:21:24- The kind of singer who joins - male voice choirs these days...
0:21:24 > 0:21:27- ..is not part of that tradition.
0:21:27 > 0:21:33- We should do our utmost - to preserve this national treasure.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37- Everyone in the world can recognise - the sound of a Welsh choir.
0:21:37 > 0:21:41- It's a sound that's full - of passion and emotion.
0:21:41 > 0:21:44- It would be a tragedy - to lose such a treasure.
0:21:45 > 0:21:51- # God is still,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56- # God is still,
0:21:56 > 0:22:02- # God is still,
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- # God,
0:22:07 > 0:22:15- # And his faith shall not ever... #
0:22:15 > 0:22:19- In this series, - we've traced the connection...
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- ..between Wales - Land of Song - and the singing of the Valleys.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26- The industrial - and social surroundings...
0:22:26 > 0:22:31- ..which created a choral tradition - in the mining communities...
0:22:31 > 0:22:33- ..have long gone.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- I wouldn't want to return - to those days.
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- There were choirs in other parts - of Wales, too.
0:22:40 > 0:22:44- But the history and unique sound - of Valleys' singing...
0:22:44 > 0:22:47- ..has left us with - a special legacy...
0:22:47 > 0:22:51- ..of which the whole Welsh nation - can be proud.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- It's our duty to ensure - that this tradition has a future...
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- ..that is worthy - of its splendid past.
0:23:00 > 0:23:06- # Christ is eternal,
0:23:06 > 0:23:14- # Christ is eternal,
0:23:15 > 0:23:22- # Eternal. #
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