Llyr Williams: Efrog Newydd


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-Welcome to the Essex House Hotel

-in New York.

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-This performance

-is part of the city's...

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-..St David's Day celebrations.

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-It features the talented pianist

-from Pentre Bychan - Llyr Williams.

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-His performance begins

-with a classic by Schubert.

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-Schubert

-Impromptu No.4

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-Schubert's Impromptu No.4.

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-Llyr wants to use the occasion...

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-..to promote new music

-by Welsh composers.

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-After one of his concerts

-about two years ago...

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-..Llyr asked me to compose music

-for forthcoming concerts...

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-..on St David's Day

-in London and New York.

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-He wanted a Welsh composition

-for an encore.

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-I had the idea of following

-the course of the River Wye.

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-From its source in Plynlimon...

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-..the river flows past many

-historic religious landmarks...

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-..Builth Wells, for example.

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-It flows through England,

-passing Hereford Cathedral...

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-..then back into Wales...

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-..flowing into the sea in Chepstow.

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-I'd read about the River Wye

-in Shakespeare's work...

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-..specifically, Henry V...

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-..who was born in Monmouth.

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-"The water in Wye cannot wash

-your Welsh blood out of your body."

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-Geraint Lewis

-All The Water In Wye

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-Welcome back

-to the Essex House Hotel.

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-Next, Llyr has chosen part of

-the Estampes collection by Debussy.

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-The first piece is Pagodes.

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-There are massive pagodas

-in the Far East...

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-..in places such as Java,

-Indonesia...

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-..where they play the gamelan.

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-It's a huge musical instrument

-played by striking bells.

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-It's something Debussy discovered

-at an exhibition in Paris.

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-The final piece

-is Jardins Sous La Pluie.

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-In English,

-it's called Gardens In The Rain...

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-..which doesn't sound as good.

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-This is set in France.

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-Debussy uses two French folk songs.

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-The piano music is very effective.

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-It depicts the rain

-falling in the middle of summer.

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-It's not as depressing

-as rain in the middle of winter.

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-It's a sudden shower in summer.

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-It starts as a light shower...

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-..but by the middle

-of the composition...

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-..it's heavy, incessant rain.

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-At the end, the sun reappears.

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-It has a triumphant finale.

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-APPLAUSE

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-Ballade No.3

-Chopin

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-APPLAUSE

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-Ballade No.3 by Chopin.

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-To end the concert...

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-..the first performance of

-a new composition by Karl Jenkins.

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-It's a piece

-that connects America with Wales.

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-Llyr's piece is called Madog.

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-It's named after Prince Madog

-who was a Welsh explorer.

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-He apparently,

-and they say it's well documented...

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-..went to the States in 1170, quite

-a time before Christopher Columbus.

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-He was assimilated by the local

-Indians and worked as a trader.

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-He became a thorough

-American resident in one sense.

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-The piece was intended

-to reflect American culture...

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-..written by a Welsh composer

-for a Welsh pianist.

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-It had to have resonance

-of the United States.

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-I used one of the indigenous

-American musical forms...

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-..which are fairly recent,

-historically.

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-It's a boogie-woogie,

-blues kind of structure...

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-..with a lot of octaves

-in the left hand...

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-..and a bit of panache

-in the right hand.

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-The left hand has a repetitive

-pastiche - kind of Indian rhythms.

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-That's how it came about.

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-Madog is a two-minute extravaganza

-for piano.

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