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-Piano Introduction to

-Y DDAU WLADGARWR - Joseph Parry

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-# My country! my country! Awake now,

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-# The dawn brings signs of freedom,

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-# The earth echoes freedom indeed,

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-# O! My country. #

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-I'm a very lucky man today.

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-I'm at the harbour

-of St Malo in Brittany.

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-I'm here with Cantorion Colin Jones

-to attend a few concerts.

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-I've arrived before the boys,

-but their ferry has now come in.

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-As Colin himself would say,

-"You've got it!"

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-Alpine, north Wales.

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-Bonjour, Monsieur!

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-Bonjour, Monsieur!

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-Buongiorno!

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-Buongiorno!

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-How are things, boys?

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-Alright?

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-How are you doing?

-You're looking well!

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-I heard you slept like a pig!

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-I went on tour to Brittany

-with Cantorion Colin Jones.

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-They're visiting three centres

-on this tour.

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-First, the city of Vannes...

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-..then to the rural village

-of Montjean-sur-Loire...

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-..before moving on

-to the city of Angers.

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-It's a three-day tour.

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-Well, Maestro -

-how was the ferry crossing?

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-It was a bit rough.

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-But you slept like a pig?

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-I didn't sleep at all.

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-Tudor Rowlands snored all night!

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-Tudor Rowlands snored all night!

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-You're not too tired to conduct?

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-You're not too tired to conduct?

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-I must have a nap this afternoon.

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-After you arrive.

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-Vannes is a lovely place.

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-Is it? That's good.

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-And how are the Denbigh boys?

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-Not too good at the moment.

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-Travelling can take it out of you.

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-Travelling can take it out of you.

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-Indeed.

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-Travelling can take it out of you.

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-The sea was rough.

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-Terrible.

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-My stomach...

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-I still feel queasy.

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-The basses will be back on form,

-you'll see!

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-Every singer who has ever sung for

-Colin Jones thinks highly of him.

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-He's an expert.

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-He started conducting choirs

-when he was 22.

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-This is the original choir, about to

-leave for an American tour in 1967.

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-A rousing farewell

-for a man and his choir.

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-Can you imagine

-so many people turning out...

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-..in a rural village

-like Rhosllannerchrugog?

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-Who are you?

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-Gwilym Jones from Harlech.

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-Do you travel all the way

-from Harlech every week?

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-Have you been abroad before?

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-Have you been abroad before?

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-Yes, to the United States...

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-Yes, to the United States...

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-..three times.

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-You must enjoy

-travelling abroad with the choir.

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-There's great camaraderie.

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-When you stand in a choir like this

-and hear the voices around you...

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-..you're spurred on to sing.

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-# Why does anger, O Myfanwy,

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-# Fill your eyes so dark? #

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-I'm from Llanaber near Barmouth.

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-I'm from Llanaber near Barmouth.

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-A farmer?

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-A farmer?

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-I'm a farmer now.

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-I'm a retired policeman.

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-How do the boys behave

-when they go away?

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-Are they on their best behaviour?

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-Are they on their best behaviour?

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-Yes, they get on with everyone.

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-Yes, they get on with everyone.

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-They're no trouble!

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-Where are you from?

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-Where are you from?

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-Rhosllannerchrugog.

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-Rhosllannerchrugog.

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-One of the Rhos boys.

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-Singing must be in your blood.

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-Singing must be in your blood.

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-That's right.

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-That's right.

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-I've been singing with Colin

-for over 40 years.

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-Were you a member of Rhos Choir?

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-Were you a member of Rhos Choir?

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-I still am.

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-Were you a member of Rhos Choir?

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-How many nights a week

-do you rehearse, all told?

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-How many nights a week

-do you rehearse, all told?

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-Two nights with Rhos Choir.

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-Then we have concerts

-on Saturdays and Sundays.

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-I'm kept busy.

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-They're great lads.

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-This is the third male voice choir

-festival to be held in Brittany.

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-Its aim...

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-..is to showcase the traditions

-and styles of various countries...

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-..and bring the music to the people.

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-# And may the blushing rose

-of health

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-# Dance forever upon your cheeks.

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-# Now forget all your promises... #

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-Where are you from?

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-Where are you from?

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-St Helens, Lancashire.

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-St Helens, Lancashire.

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-Good gracious!

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-Good gracious!

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-36 years, now.

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-36 years, now.

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-What brought you into singing?

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-Were you a member of a choir before?

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-Were you a member of a choir before?

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-Member of a choir before...

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-Member of a choir before...

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-..Cor Meibion Corwen.

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-Do you love singing?

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-Do you love singing?

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-Yeah.

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-Yeah.

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-I was living in America

-and I saw them in Manhattan Beach.

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-After I came home,

-they asked if I wanted to join.

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-The last time I heard you singing

-was in Llanilar at 2.00am!

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-Colin says

-it's the only time I sing!

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-Very good!

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-Have you phoned home

-to tell them you've arrived?

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-I've tried. Norman hasn't tried!

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-I'm surprised how well

-everyone's looking this morning.

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-Everyone had a good night's sleep!

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-Apart from him!

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-Duw, Sean Connery!

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-Oh, no. It's not!

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-How are things?

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-Champion, now I've sobered up.

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-The only honest man on the bus!

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-Olwen, you're the only woman

-on the bus.

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-You're the accompanist.

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-How are you feeling?

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-Very happy.

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-I hope all the concerts go well,

-of course.

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-You've been an accompanist

-for years, and you're superb.

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-But do you ever feel nervous?

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-I probably will.

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-The journey by ferry

-hadn't been too good.

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-Then on to the bus.

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-At last, they reached their hotel.

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-It's a former convent.

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-But it strikes the right note

-for Cantorion Colin Jones.

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-It's Saturday morning

-and the weather's fine.

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-I'm in the ancient town of Vannes -

-called Gwened in Breton.

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-It's an amazing town.

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-It has great character.

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-Apparently, it has a fine market...

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-..where families gather to shop

-on Saturday mornings.

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-The boys are singing here tonight.

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-I must say, the pace of life here

-is wonderful.

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-I love it here!

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-# Ni Breizhiz a galon,

-karomp hon gwir Vro! #

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-This place is fairly similar

-to Wales.

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-You can hear the local choir

-singing as I speak...

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-..and the national anthem

-is similar too.

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-# Dispont 'kreiz ar brezel,

-hon tadou ken mad

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-# A skuilhas evit-hi o gwad.

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-# O Breizh! #

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-As I wandered around Vannes...

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-..the first person I met

-was Huw Roberts...

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-..the oldest member of the choir.

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-He was up and about before younger

-members had even gone to bed.

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-These churches are beautiful.

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-These churches are beautiful.

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-Yes. This one's nearly as old as me!

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-Yes. This one's nearly as old as me!

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-The boys told me

-you're the oldest one on the trip.

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-Or were they pulling my leg?

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-Or were they pulling my leg?

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-No, no. I'll be 88 in July.

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-No, no. I'll be 88 in July.

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-How long have been in the choir?

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-When you were singing in Liverpool,

-I was in the Rhos Choir.

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-You're 88, but you seem delighted

-to be in an unfamiliar place.

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-Indeed. I like being with the boys.

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-I hope he's not saying too much!

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-I hope he's not saying too much!

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-Did you sleep well, boys?

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-Did you sleep well, boys?

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-Yes, last night.

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-But not on the boat.

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-The sea was rough.

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-It was terrible.

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-And this one

-was moaning terribly.

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-You were moaning on the boat.

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-I wasn't.

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-I wasn't.

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-You were.

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-You were.

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-Has your voice travelled well?

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-It's fine.

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-It's fine.

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-The sea was rough.

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-The sea was rough.

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-We flew over.

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-The boys of Capel Curig

-travelled in style!

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-Did you come by boat?

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-Did you come by boat?

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-With Gwilym Rhos.

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-With Gwilym Rhos.

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-By plane?

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-You travelled in style.

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-You travelled in style.

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-And the Gwanas boys.

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-And the Gwanas boys.

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-This town seems to inspire you

-to sing.

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-We've been looking at these

-buildings - they're very old.

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-They even survived the war.

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-That one seems to be leaning

-to one side.

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-I love the markets here.

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-They provide an opportunity for

-rural folk and townspeople to meet.

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-Everyone is in good spirits.

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-The produce here is superb.

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-Enjoying a walk in the market?

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-Enjoying a walk in the market?

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-Yes.

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-Yes.

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-This place is fantastic.

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-Everyone's so cheerful.

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-It's a pleasure to see everyone.

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-The place is crowded,

-compared to last night.

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-Feeling better?

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-I was asking the undertaker

-if he was better!

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-Just in case!

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-Are you feeling better?

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-Are you feeling better?

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-Much better.

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-Much better.

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-The crossing was rough.

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-The crossing was rough.

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-Did you sleep well?

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-Did you sleep well?

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-I went to bed early.

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-The first concert is tonight.

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-Are you nervous?

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-Are you nervous?

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-Terribly.

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-Terribly.

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-I wish I could persuade farmers

-back home...

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-..instead of working

-every single hour of the day...

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-..they should take it easy,

-like the French.

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-Think about it, boys!

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-No wonder fish and meat sell well

-when they're displayed so well.

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-That's right. They look delicious.

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-They look appealing.

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-What do you think of the food

-at the hotel?

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-Don't you like it?

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-Don't you like it?

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-Not really.

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-Not really.

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-I like it enormously.

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-I like it enormously.

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-I'm sure you do!

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-I'm sure you do!

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-Thanks very much!

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-Merci!

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-Very nice indeed.

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-Nice!

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-It's very nice.

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-You'll have some?

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-We in Wales produce food that's

-just as good as French produce.

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-But these people

-are far better at selling.

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-I'm sure we could do the same,

-with a bit of effort.

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-# My country! My country! Awake now,

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-# The dawn brings signs of freedom,

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-# The earth echoes freedom indeed,

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-# O! My country.

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-# Lift your head and look through

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-# The enemy's violence,

-sleep no more,

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-# Say that oppression

-must die,

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-# My country! O! My country!

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-# O! Our country. #

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-APPLAUSE, CHEERING

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-The Church of

-Saint Vincent Ferrier...

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-..a modern church

-near the town of Vannes...

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-..is the venue

-for the first concert.

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-The boys look smart, all dressed up.

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-They're looking forward

-to their first night.

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-They feel completely at home.

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-What would the audience

-think of them?

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-They weren't disappointed.

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-The maestro took his place.

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-# In Eden, I shall never forget,

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-# Countless blessings

-were lost to me,

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-# My worthy crown fell.

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-# But the victory at Calvary

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-# Won everything back for me,

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-# I shall sing as long as I live,

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-# I shall sing as long as I live.

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-# Faith, there is the place,

-and there is the Cross

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-# To which was nailed

-the Prince of heaven

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-# For my sake.

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-# The dragon was slayed by the One,

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-# Two were wounded,

-but one conquered,

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-# And he was Jesus,

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-# And he was Jesus.

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-# Amen,

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-# Amen,

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-# Amen, amen,

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-# Amen,

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-# Amen. #

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-APPLAUSE

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-I was sitting at the back.

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-When Cantorion Colin Jones

-came on after that other choir...

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-..the audience was enraptured.

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-I think they enjoyed every minute.

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-It's going to be a wonderful tour.

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-It's going to be a wonderful tour.

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-I hope so.

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-I hope so.

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-Many congratulations.

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-I hope the voices bear up.

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-I hope the voices bear up.

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-They will.

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-They will.

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-You know what to do with them.

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-There's someone I want a word with.

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-Come down here, boys.

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-Come down here.

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-Well, look at these two giants!

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-Their father, Treb from Gwanas,

-couldn't come.

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-I'm supposed to phone him tomorrow

-to tell him how it went.

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-What was it like on stage tonight?

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-What was it like on stage tonight?

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-It was marvellous, exciting.

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-It was marvellous, exciting.

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-It's great when an audience

-gives you a standing ovation.

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-They were begging you

-to perform an encore.

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-The following morning...

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-..they travelled

-to Montjean-sur-Loire.

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-I'm having a lot of difficulty

-with these French words!

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-The bus got stuck.

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-Oh, lovely!

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-When we came the last time,

-I was thinking, "Very difficult."

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-But you have a lot of things

-to carry.

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-Just the suits.

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-The weather was very rough.

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-She'll soon be blown away!

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-You'll catch pneumonia.

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-Have you ever seen such rain?

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-He looks even worse!

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-That's just his belly!

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-Water retention!

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-I got this belly

-from the same place as you, Dai!

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-It's dry underneath!

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-Look out - there might be swallows

-nesting there!

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-That too?

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-Beef?

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-You want ze beef?

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-You like ze beef?

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-Do you like it?

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-They told us the food was hot!

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-Iechyd da!

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-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

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-# His truth is marching on. #

0:21:410:21:47

-It's a custom for the visiting choir

-to sing with the local choir...

0:21:490:21:54

-..just a song or two.

0:21:550:21:57

-This is one of the most popular

-choral songs.

0:21:570:22:01

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:22:010:22:05

-# His truth is marching on.

0:22:050:22:12

-# Amen,

0:22:120:22:18

-# Amen. #

0:22:190:22:29

-OK?

0:22:320:22:33

-What does the local conductor,

-Jocelyn Riche, think?

0:22:330:22:37

-It's, erm...

0:22:370:22:39

-..more...

0:22:390:22:41

-Will you sing faster?

0:22:410:22:44

-Quick - more quick.

0:22:440:22:46

-But it's your...

0:22:480:22:49

-I... I will sing with this one.

0:22:530:22:59

-I sing it.

0:22:590:23:00

-I sing it.

-

-Oh, you sing.

0:23:000:23:01

-Oh, you sing.

0:23:010:23:02

-Perhaps between your singers.

0:23:020:23:06

-The only thing we do the same,

-it's here.

0:23:090:23:13

-Quite slowly, and...

0:23:140:23:16

-We quicken it up here.

0:23:160:23:19

-But not us.

0:23:190:23:20

-You don't.

0:23:210:23:21

-You don't.

-

-No, no.

0:23:210:23:22

-No, no.

0:23:220:23:23

-But it doesn't matter.

0:23:230:23:25

-Right, boys.

0:23:260:23:27

-They take it faster than us,

-but they'll have to follow me...

0:23:290:23:34

-..this afternoon.

0:23:360:23:38

-I think you're going to conduct

-tomorrow, are you?

0:23:380:23:42

-Right, and you'll have to follow.

0:23:420:23:44

-More quick.

0:23:450:23:45

-More quick.

-

-You want it quicker.

0:23:450:23:46

-You want it quicker.

0:23:460:23:47

-Haven't you got any breath?

0:23:520:23:54

-You conduct now?

0:23:580:24:00

-Now?

0:24:000:24:02

-Let her play.

0:24:030:24:05

-No copy?

0:24:070:24:08

-Pardon?

0:24:090:24:10

-Pardon?

-

-No copy?

0:24:100:24:11

-No copy?

0:24:110:24:11

-No music?

0:24:120:24:13

-No music?

0:24:130:24:15

-.

0:24:200:24:20

-888

0:24:260:24:26

-888

-

-888

0:24:260:24:28

-# Holy, holy, holy #

0:24:280:24:37

-Well, Jones! How are you feeling?

0:24:380:24:40

-Well, Jones! How are you feeling?

-

-Top form tonight.

0:24:400:24:41

-You sang well this afternoon.

0:24:420:24:44

-It's a nice place to sing.

0:24:440:24:45

-It's a nice place to sing.

-

-First class.

0:24:450:24:46

-It's a nice place to sing.

0:24:460:24:46

-I think the choir's volume

-frightened them!

0:24:460:24:47

-I think the choir's volume

-frightened them!

0:24:470:24:49

-You can hear them better than me!

0:24:500:24:53

-It made me laugh - well, not laugh.

0:24:530:24:56

-You were conducting your choir

-using one finger...

0:24:560:25:00

-..but the other conductor

-was making all kinds of gestures!

0:25:000:25:04

-Praying for sound!

0:25:050:25:06

-It's nice to stand

-in front of boys who can sing.

0:25:060:25:11

-All the work

-has been done in rehearsals.

0:25:110:25:15

-They know what to do.

0:25:150:25:17

-Merfyn Owen,

-we hear your voice a lot.

0:25:170:25:21

-What are these places like

-to sing in?

0:25:210:25:24

-It's great to sing in these places.

0:25:240:25:27

-We don't often get the opportunity.

0:25:270:25:29

-We don't often get the opportunity.

-

-Is it easy to sing here?

0:25:290:25:30

-Is it easy to sing here?

0:25:300:25:32

-Yes. You don't have to

-push your voice too hard.

0:25:320:25:37

-Do you find it thrilling

-to sing in another country?

0:25:370:25:41

-Yes. The response is different

-from what we get at home.

0:25:410:25:46

-We have a stronger tradition

-in Wales.

0:25:460:25:49

-THE CHOIR SINGS IN FRENCH

0:25:490:25:52

-APPLAUSE

0:26:160:26:18

-We've enjoyed listening

-to the Breton choir...

0:26:180:26:21

-..conducted by Jocelyn Riche.

0:26:210:26:24

-Congratulations to them

-on their performance.

0:26:240:26:27

-Now we have an opportunity

-to hear Cantorion Colin...

0:26:300:26:34

-..who receive a warm welcome.

0:26:340:26:37

-APPLAUSE

0:26:370:26:39

-# O great Jesus, lend your purity

0:26:580:27:11

-# To a feeble, weak creature

-in a desolate place,

0:27:120:27:24

-# To give him strength in adversity

0:27:260:27:39

-# On the arduous journey

-to Canaan above.

0:27:400:27:52

-# I shall follow quietly

-in your footsteps,

0:27:560:28:09

-# I shall sing

-of the virtues of the blood,

0:28:100:28:23

-# I shall carry the cross,

-I shall swim the ocean,

0:28:230:28:36

-# If only I might have you

-in my heart. #

0:28:360:28:50

-APPLAUSE

0:29:590:30:01

-There we are.

0:30:120:30:14

-Unassuming, effortless,

-but thoroughly effective.

0:30:140:30:18

-Piano Introduction to

-BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC

0:30:200:30:23

-# Mine eyes have seen the glory

-of the coming of the Lord,

0:30:370:30:46

-# He is trampling out the vintage

0:30:460:30:50

-# Where the grapes of wrath

-are stored,

0:30:510:30:54

-# He hath loosed

-the fateful lightning

0:30:550:31:00

-# Of His terrible swift sword,

0:31:000:31:04

-# His truth is marching on.

0:31:040:31:14

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:31:140:31:23

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:31:230:31:32

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:31:330:31:40

-# His truth is marching on.

0:31:400:31:48

-# In the beauty of the lilies

-Christ was born across the sea,

0:31:580:32:15

-# With a glory in His bosom

-that transfigures you and me,

0:32:160:32:34

-# As He died to make men holy,

-let us live to make men free,

0:32:360:32:48

-# While God is marching on.

0:32:480:32:54

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:32:560:33:00

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:33:010:33:05

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:33:060:33:10

-# His truth is marching on.

0:33:110:33:15

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:33:160:33:21

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:33:210:33:26

-# Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!

0:33:260:33:31

-# His truth is marching on.

0:33:310:33:37

-# Amen,

0:33:370:33:42

-# Amen. #

0:33:430:33:51

-APPLAUSE

0:33:520:33:54

-.

0:34:140:34:14

-888

0:34:290:34:29

-888

-

-888

0:34:290:34:31

-The choir is

-now on its way to Angers.

0:34:330:34:37

-This is an agricultural area that

-has kept its roots and traditions.

0:34:370:34:43

-It's a very pleasant area.

0:34:440:34:46

-Angers is located very close

-to the Loire river.

0:35:170:35:21

-This area is very well-known

-for its grapes...

0:35:210:35:25

-..and its wine, of course.

0:35:250:35:28

-We took the opportunity to taste

-some of the local produce.

0:35:280:35:32

-What is interesting

-is that the Loire Valley...

0:35:330:35:36

-..is the third vineyard in France

-after Bordeaux and the Rhone Valley.

0:35:360:35:42

-The temperature of the wine

-is a little cold.

0:35:420:35:47

-We take the glass here,

-not to have contact with the hand...

0:35:470:35:52

-..and the liquid.

0:35:520:35:54

-If you handle the wine

-in this style...

0:35:540:35:58

-..we can also movement in the glass,

-et cetera, in the nose.

0:35:580:36:03

-This freshness, which is composed

-with aromas of flowers...

0:36:040:36:10

-..and of fruit.

0:36:110:36:13

-For example...

0:36:150:36:16

-Jones is watching who's drinking

-and who isn't!

0:36:170:36:20

-Very interesting also in the nose.

0:36:200:36:23

-We smell a certain sweetness...

0:36:230:36:25

-..with very concentrated fruit.

0:36:260:36:29

-It's not bad.

-We'd have drunk the lot last night!

0:36:360:36:40

-This is...

0:36:450:36:46

-..it really bites your tongue!

0:36:470:36:49

-# Moving, ev'ry time I will,

-ev'ry time I will pray,

0:36:490:36:54

-# Ev'ry time

-I feel the spirit moving,

0:36:540:36:59

-# Ev'ry time I will,

-ev'ry time I will pray,

0:36:590:37:03

-# I will pray. #

0:37:040:37:07

-Everyone seems delighted with the

-choeur d'hommes du Pays de Galles...

0:37:070:37:12

-..or Colin Jones's male voice choir.

0:37:120:37:15

-We received an official invitation

-to come and sample some champagne...

0:37:150:37:19

-..with the mayor himself.

0:37:190:37:21

-It was really good! We all smiled

-as they took the pictures!

0:37:240:37:29

-A travel agent told me recently...

0:37:310:37:33

-..if Welsh people love sharing

-a passion with other people...

0:37:340:37:37

-..it really is singing.

0:37:380:37:39

-When the choir attends a reception,

-you get a chance to meet everyone.

0:37:400:37:45

-This is the choir's youngest member,

-John Hughes.

0:37:460:37:49

-How long have you been a member?

0:37:490:37:51

-How long have you been a member?

-

-Four years.

0:37:510:37:52

-How long have you been a member?

0:37:520:37:52

-The oldest member is 88.

0:37:520:37:55

-Will you tell me how old you are?

0:37:550:37:58

-Will you tell me how old you are?

-

-I'm 28.

0:37:580:37:58

-I'm 28.

0:37:580:37:59

-That's 60 years younger!

0:38:000:38:00

-That's 60 years younger!

-

-That's right.

0:38:000:38:01

-That's right.

0:38:010:38:02

-Do you have a musical background?

0:38:020:38:05

-Not at all.

0:38:060:38:08

-But I'm having lessons with Colin

-and I hope to compete next year.

0:38:080:38:13

-Excellent. There's no-one better.

0:38:130:38:15

-Excellent. There's no-one better.

-

-That's true.

0:38:150:38:16

-That's true.

0:38:160:38:17

-I wish you all the best.

0:38:170:38:20

-It's amazing how long Colin

-has been behind the baton.

0:38:200:38:25

-It's good that you've started

-at a young age.

0:38:250:38:29

-Colin said he's determined

-to get me to sing.

0:38:290:38:33

-# I hear a tender voice

0:38:350:38:40

-# Calling me,

0:38:400:38:47

-# To come and wash all my sins

0:38:480:38:57

-# In the river of Calvary.

0:38:580:39:06

-# Amen,

0:39:070:39:14

-# Amen. #

0:39:150:39:23

-APPLAUSE

0:39:250:39:26

-Imagine, a simple little hymn.

-Did you see their faces?

0:39:400:39:44

-You can't beat the old melodies.

0:39:440:39:47

-And four voice parts.

0:39:470:39:49

-Richard Rees always used to say

-you can't sing a hymn solo.

0:39:490:39:54

-Hymns demand four-voice parts.

0:39:540:39:56

-They've been written

-for four-voice parts.

0:39:570:40:00

-The choir has excited

-a lot of interest in the area.

0:40:010:40:06

-The local radio station, RCF Anjou,

-came to find out what's happening.

0:40:060:40:12

-HE SPEAKS FRENCH

0:40:120:40:14

-This is Steve Gardener,

-the choir's secretary.

0:40:140:40:18

-Steve, it must have been a nightmare

-to organise such a successful tour!

0:40:190:40:24

-You have 50 boys in the choir.

0:40:240:40:27

-We're trying to cater

-for everybody's needs.

0:40:270:40:30

-How many concerts

-do you do every year?

0:40:310:40:34

-We try to do one concert a month -

-on average, 12 or 13 a year.

0:40:350:40:39

-You have to give credit to Colin.

0:40:400:40:43

-He stands in front of the boys,

-no histrionics, no gymnastics...

0:40:430:40:47

-..and the boys just deliver for him.

0:40:470:40:50

-After all the organising and hard

-work, it's now the final concert.

0:40:530:40:58

-We're in the city of Angers.

0:40:590:41:02

-The choir is ready to sing.

0:41:020:41:05

-The audience is flocking in.

0:41:050:41:07

-Cantorion Colin Jones have made

-a big impression here in France.

0:41:070:41:12

-THEY SPEAK FRENCH

0:41:150:41:17

-Colin and David, you've been

-selling these for a few years.

0:41:230:41:28

-Are they selling well in France?

0:41:280:41:31

-Very well.

0:41:310:41:32

-Does the money go to the choir?

0:41:330:41:36

-I hope so!

0:41:360:41:38

-Or to us two!

0:41:380:41:40

-Or to us two!

-

-We don't share the money!

0:41:400:41:40

-We don't share the money!

0:41:400:41:42

-How long have you been singing

-with Colin?

0:41:420:41:45

-It's 50 years this year.

0:41:460:41:48

-50 years?

0:41:500:41:51

-50 years?

-

-50 years.

0:41:510:41:51

-50 years.

0:41:510:41:52

-That's a long time together.

0:41:520:41:55

-We're determined

-to sing with the best.

0:41:560:41:59

-Congratulations.

0:42:000:42:02

-And they're selling easily?

0:42:020:42:03

-Oh, yes.

0:42:040:42:05

-I hope you're not selling them

-too cheap!

0:42:050:42:09

-As the choir chairman's name

-implies, he has learned Welsh.

0:42:100:42:14

-Terry Brockley, you speak Welsh and

-congratulations on learning Welsh.

0:42:150:42:20

-Thank you. I try my best.

0:42:200:42:22

-Thank you. I try my best.

-

-How long have you been chairman?

0:42:220:42:22

-How long have you been chairman?

0:42:220:42:24

-Five years.

0:42:240:42:26

-Five years.

-

-How did you join the choir?

0:42:260:42:26

-How did you join the choir?

0:42:260:42:28

-Were you invited to join?

0:42:280:42:31

-Two things, really.

0:42:310:42:32

-I used to sing

-with Cor Meibion y Traeth.

0:42:320:42:37

-I went to hear the Cantorion

-singing in a hall near Tywyn.

0:42:370:42:42

-After the concert,

-I sang with the boys in the pub...

0:42:430:42:47

-..and I think Colin

-heard me singing.

0:42:480:42:51

-After that, along with some

-young lads from Anglesey...

0:42:520:42:56

-..I was invited to join

-the Cantorion...

0:42:560:42:59

-..or to audition for them,

-at least.

0:42:590:43:02

-What do you do as Chairman?

0:43:030:43:05

-Is there a lot of work?

0:43:050:43:06

-Is there a lot of work?

-

-Yes, there is.

0:43:060:43:07

-Is there a lot of work?

0:43:070:43:08

-But I have a good team.

0:43:080:43:08

-But I have a good team.

0:43:080:43:10

-The Treasurer and the Secretary,

-Steve Gardener, work very hard.

0:43:100:43:15

-# O Lord, defend the right

0:43:150:43:26

-# O Lord

0:43:270:43:35

-# O Lord

0:43:350:43:41

-# Defend the right #

0:43:420:43:53

-APPLAUSE

0:43:540:43:56

-Why is Dai taking so long?

0:44:010:44:03

-CLATTER

0:44:060:44:06

-CLATTER

-

-I'm clumsy!

0:44:060:44:07

-I'm clumsy!

0:44:070:44:08

-It doesn't matter

-what country I'm in!

0:44:090:44:12

-Piano Introduction

-to MI GLYWAF DYNER LAIS

0:44:120:44:15

-# I hear a tender voice

0:44:270:44:33

-# Calling me

0:44:330:44:39

-# To come and wash all my sins

0:44:400:44:47

-# In the river of Calvary.

0:44:470:44:54

-# Jesus invites me

0:45:010:45:07

-# To receive with the saints

0:45:080:45:14

-# Faith, hope, pure love and peace,

0:45:150:45:23

-# And all of heaven's honours.

0:45:230:45:30

-# Praise be for ever

0:45:370:45:44

-# For the atonement

-and the cleansing,

0:45:440:45:51

-# I will receive Jesus as I am

0:45:520:45:59

-# And be washed clean in the blood.

0:46:000:46:08

-# Amen,

0:46:080:46:15

-# Amen. #

0:46:160:46:25

-APPLAUSE

0:46:260:46:27

-The people of Brittany won't forget

-Cantorion Colin Jones...

0:46:280:46:31

-..and neither will I.

0:46:320:46:33

-Everyone acknowledged

-Colin Jones as a master.

0:46:340:46:37

-Olwen, the accompanist at all the

-concerts, was smiling at the end.

0:46:370:46:42

-All the concerts were superb...

0:46:430:46:45

-..but I'll never forget

-the second concert...

0:46:450:46:48

-..when the choir

-sang 'Y Ddau Wladgarwr'.

0:46:480:46:52

-# My country! My country! Awake now,

0:46:520:46:56

-# The dawn brings signs of freedom,

0:46:570:47:01

-# The earth echoes freedom indeed,

0:47:010:47:06

-# O! My country!

0:47:060:47:09

-# Lift your head and look through

0:47:110:47:15

-# The enemy's violence,

-sleep no more,

0:47:150:47:19

-# Say that oppression must die,

0:47:190:47:25

-# My country! O! My country!

0:47:260:47:33

-# Lord, listen to the cry,

0:47:340:47:39

-# Of our prayers to you,

0:47:390:47:45

-# Lead us to true freedom,

0:47:450:47:50

-# May peace succeed in our land.

0:47:510:47:59

-# Wales today is rising up,

0:47:590:48:07

-# Soon she will reach the throne,

0:48:080:48:16

-# Let us banish treason

-and violence,

0:48:170:48:21

-# Completely from fair Wales.

0:48:210:48:26

-# We awake, we awake,

0:48:260:48:32

-# Let us banish treason

-and violence.

0:48:330:48:39

-# My country! My country! Awake now,

0:48:400:48:43

-# The dawn brings signs of freedom,

0:48:440:48:47

-# The earth echoes freedom indeed,

0:48:480:48:54

-# My country! O! My country!

0:48:550:49:02

-# We will give our blood

-for fair Wales,

0:49:020:49:06

-# For fair Wales,

0:49:070:49:10

-# And sing her praises to the skies,

0:49:100:49:14

-# Yes, to the skies,

0:49:150:49:19

-# Wales will forever be first

-in justice,

0:49:190:49:25

-# Our country! O! Our country!

0:49:260:49:47

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