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-Welcome to the Essex House Hotel -in New York. | 0:00:07 | 0:00:09 | |
-This performance -is part of the city's... | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
-..St David's Day celebrations. | 0:00:14 | 0:00:16 | |
-It features the talented pianist -from Pentre Bychan - Llyr Williams. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:22 | |
-His performance begins -with a classic by Schubert. | 0:00:23 | 0:00:28 | |
-Schubert -Impromptu No.4 | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
-Schubert's Impromptu No.4. | 0:07:17 | 0:07:20 | |
-Llyr wants to use the occasion... | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
-..to promote new music -by Welsh composers. | 0:07:24 | 0:07:28 | |
-After one of his concerts -about two years ago... | 0:07:28 | 0:07:32 | |
-..Llyr asked me to compose music -for forthcoming concerts... | 0:07:32 | 0:07:37 | |
-..on St David's Day -in London and New York. | 0:07:37 | 0:07:41 | |
-He wanted a Welsh composition -for an encore. | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
-I had the idea of following -the course of the River Wye. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:47 | |
-From its source in Plynlimon... | 0:07:48 | 0:07:50 | |
-..the river flows past many -historic religious landmarks... | 0:07:50 | 0:07:55 | |
-..Builth Wells, for example. | 0:07:55 | 0:07:57 | |
-It flows through England, -passing Hereford Cathedral... | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
-..then back into Wales... | 0:08:02 | 0:08:04 | |
-..flowing into the sea in Chepstow. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:06 | |
-I'd read about the River Wye -in Shakespeare's work... | 0:08:07 | 0:08:11 | |
-..specifically, Henry V... | 0:08:11 | 0:08:13 | |
-..who was born in Monmouth. | 0:08:13 | 0:08:15 | |
-"The water in Wye cannot wash -your Welsh blood out of your body." | 0:08:15 | 0:08:19 | |
-Geraint Lewis -All The Water In Wye | 0:08:21 | 0:08:26 | |
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-Welcome back -to the Essex House Hotel. | 0:14:32 | 0:14:35 | |
-Next, Llyr has chosen part of -the Estampes collection by Debussy. | 0:14:35 | 0:14:40 | |
-The first piece is Pagodes. | 0:14:41 | 0:14:43 | |
-There are massive pagodas -in the Far East... | 0:14:43 | 0:14:47 | |
-..in places such as Java, -Indonesia... | 0:14:47 | 0:14:49 | |
-..where they play the gamelan. | 0:14:49 | 0:14:52 | |
-It's a huge musical instrument -played by striking bells. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:56 | |
-It's something Debussy discovered -at an exhibition in Paris. | 0:14:56 | 0:15:01 | |
-The final piece -is Jardins Sous La Pluie. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:05 | |
-In English, -it's called Gardens In The Rain... | 0:15:05 | 0:15:10 | |
-..which doesn't sound as good. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:12 | |
-This is set in France. | 0:15:13 | 0:15:15 | |
-Debussy uses two French folk songs. | 0:15:16 | 0:15:21 | |
-The piano music is very effective. | 0:15:23 | 0:15:25 | |
-It depicts the rain -falling in the middle of summer. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:31 | |
-It's not as depressing -as rain in the middle of winter. | 0:15:31 | 0:15:35 | |
-It's a sudden shower in summer. | 0:15:35 | 0:15:38 | |
-It starts as a light shower... | 0:15:38 | 0:15:41 | |
-..but by the middle -of the composition... | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
-..it's heavy, incessant rain. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:46 | |
-At the end, the sun reappears. | 0:15:47 | 0:15:50 | |
-It has a triumphant finale. | 0:15:50 | 0:15:53 | |
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-Ballade No.3 -Chopin | 0:24:46 | 0:24:50 | |
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-Ballade No.3 by Chopin. | 0:32:13 | 0:32:16 | |
-To end the concert... | 0:32:18 | 0:32:20 | |
-..the first performance of -a new composition by Karl Jenkins. | 0:32:20 | 0:32:24 | |
-It's a piece -that connects America with Wales. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:27 | |
-Llyr's piece is called Madog. | 0:32:28 | 0:32:30 | |
-It's named after Prince Madog -who was a Welsh explorer. | 0:32:30 | 0:32:33 | |
-He apparently, -and they say it's well documented... | 0:32:34 | 0:32:37 | |
-..went to the States in 1170, quite -a time before Christopher Columbus. | 0:32:38 | 0:32:42 | |
-He was assimilated by the local -Indians and worked as a trader. | 0:32:42 | 0:32:48 | |
-He became a thorough -American resident in one sense. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:52 | |
-The piece was intended -to reflect American culture... | 0:32:52 | 0:32:56 | |
-..written by a Welsh composer -for a Welsh pianist. | 0:32:57 | 0:33:00 | |
-It had to have resonance -of the United States. | 0:33:01 | 0:33:04 | |
-I used one of the indigenous -American musical forms... | 0:33:04 | 0:33:08 | |
-..which are fairly recent, -historically. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:11 | |
-It's a boogie-woogie, -blues kind of structure... | 0:33:12 | 0:33:15 | |
-..with a lot of octaves -in the left hand... | 0:33:15 | 0:33:18 | |
-..and a bit of panache -in the right hand. | 0:33:18 | 0:33:21 | |
-The left hand has a repetitive -pastiche - kind of Indian rhythms. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:27 | |
-That's how it came about. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:29 | |
-Madog is a two-minute extravaganza -for piano. | 0:33:29 | 0:33:33 | |
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