0:00:00 > 0:00:00- 888
0:00:00 > 0:00:02- 888- - 888
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- One of the nicest experiences - I've had in years.
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- It's no problem for him - filling - venues, two or three times over.
0:00:23 > 0:00:26- A lot of people warm to his music.
0:00:26 > 0:00:32- Professionals, amateurs, Joe Bloggs - and the man on the street.
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- When we see Gareth Glyn's name - on the copy, we think, "Yes!"
0:00:49 > 0:00:53- The musical pieces are difficult - to master initially.
0:00:53 > 0:00:55- You say to yourself, "Oh...!"
0:00:55 > 0:00:59- But once you learn a piece, - you can't help but like it.
0:00:59 > 0:01:02- Happy birthday, Gareth Glyn.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04- FANFARE
0:01:16 > 0:01:20- Over there is Anglesey, - where I've lived since 1978.
0:01:21 > 0:01:25- Since then, I've presented - Post Prynhawn on Radio Cymru.
0:01:27 > 0:01:29- It's five o'clock. - This is Post Prynhawn.
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- Even earlier, I was a composer - and I still compose.
0:01:33 > 0:01:37- Anglesey and its talented people - have inspired me...
0:01:37 > 0:01:39- ..to write all kinds of music.
0:01:40 > 0:01:45- Dirion Dir is a major piece for - choirs, soloists and a brass band.
0:01:45 > 0:01:47- Here's an extract...
0:01:47 > 0:01:50- ..for children and brass bands.
0:01:50 > 0:01:55- I ranges from the history of saints - to a time when the bridge was burnt.
0:01:55 > 0:01:58- # Saints Seiriol the Fair - and Cybi the Tawny
0:01:58 > 0:02:00- # Many times we hear their story
0:02:00 > 0:02:02- # About two saints, - both from the island
0:02:02 > 0:02:04- # The fine island of Anglesey
0:02:05 > 0:02:06- # Holy Island in the Irish Sea
0:02:07 > 0:02:09- # The sun sets on the horizon
0:02:09 > 0:02:11- # Puffin Island in the east
0:02:11 > 0:02:13- # At the break of day
0:02:13 > 0:02:15- # Saints Seiriol the Fair - and Cybi the Tawny
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- # They will meet according to legend
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- # Daily by the fountains of Clorach
0:02:20 > 0:02:22- # In central Anglesey
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- # When Seiriol starts the day
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- # He has his back turned - on heaven's sun
0:02:27 > 0:02:29- # As he returns his back is facing
0:02:29 > 0:02:31- # The sun's rays
0:02:31 > 0:02:35- # Morning sunshine shining brightly - into Cybi's face
0:02:35 > 0:02:37- # Shining brightly in his face
0:02:37 > 0:02:39- # Once again in the afternoon
0:02:40 > 0:02:42- # Cybi's face turned golden
0:02:42 > 0:02:44- # Seiriol's face stayed ashen
0:02:44 > 0:02:47- # This is the story which was told
0:02:47 > 0:02:48- # About these two saints
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- # I do not know if it's the truth
0:02:51 > 0:02:53- # But the message is still true
0:02:53 > 0:02:57- # It shows the unequal fate - of all mankind
0:02:58 > 0:03:00- # A man chooses his own way
0:03:00 > 0:03:02- # Lurking in the shadows
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- # The other has to always face
0:03:05 > 0:03:10- # The pressure and warmth of the day
0:03:14 > 0:03:17- # The Festival of the Patron Saint
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- # Is this year held on Anglesey
0:03:20 > 0:03:22- # Many interesting pieces
0:03:22 > 0:03:25- # Will be found there
0:03:25 > 0:03:28- # Why don't we, happily
0:03:28 > 0:03:33- # Attend the festival this year?
0:03:33 > 0:03:36- # Come, listen, we will hear
0:03:36 > 0:03:39- # The church bell ringing out
0:03:39 > 0:03:41- # Calling everyone
0:03:41 > 0:03:44- # To come and play their part
0:03:44 > 0:03:47- # Let there be a blessing
0:03:47 > 0:03:53- # And the Patron Saint Festival - will continue
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- # Where the fair will be each year
0:04:03 > 0:04:04- # Full of excitement and song
0:04:05 > 0:04:08- # A ballad about two boys - who set fire to the bridge
0:04:09 > 0:04:13- # They didn't fear the lions - which guarded the bridge
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- # They wanted one of the doves
0:04:16 > 0:04:17- # Or an egg
0:04:18 > 0:04:21- # They wanted one of the doves
0:04:21 > 0:04:24- # Or an egg
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- # Everywhere was dark
0:04:29 > 0:04:31- # Both were very bold
0:04:31 > 0:04:32- # A dove was trespassing
0:04:33 > 0:04:35- # On the Irish Mail's railway line
0:04:35 > 0:04:37- # They didn't carry torches
0:04:37 > 0:04:39- # To help them in the dark
0:04:40 > 0:04:41- # They had a tiny candle
0:04:41 > 0:04:43- # To see the whitest dove - they'd ever seen
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- # They had a tiny candle
0:04:46 > 0:04:49- # To see the whitest dove - they'd ever seen
0:04:50 > 0:04:52- # It was never their intention
0:04:53 > 0:04:54- # To be so eager
0:04:55 > 0:04:56- # The fire lit instantly
0:04:57 > 0:04:58- # On one of the fragile planks
0:04:59 > 0:05:01- # Soon, there was fear
0:05:01 > 0:05:03- # Fire and smoke surrounded them
0:05:03 > 0:05:05- # Because of two lads
0:05:05 > 0:05:07- # Who misbehaved
0:05:07 > 0:05:10- # Because of two lads
0:05:10 > 0:05:13- # Who misbehaved
0:05:13 > 0:05:16- # What could be done - without a train over the Menai
0:05:16 > 0:05:18- # To transport - passengers and cattle?
0:05:18 > 0:05:20- # Dockers in Caernarfon saw
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- # A shadow like a famine
0:05:23 > 0:05:24- # Farmers in Ireland
0:05:25 > 0:05:26- # Also saw a door close
0:05:27 > 0:05:29- # It stopped trade - between two lands
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- # One day, because of two lads
0:05:31 > 0:05:33- # It stopped trade - between two lands
0:05:33 > 0:05:39- # One day, because of two lads #
0:05:40 > 0:05:42- APPLAUSE
0:05:51 > 0:05:54- Erddigan is a piece - for a solo harpist.
0:05:54 > 0:05:57- The title means "music" - - that's all it means.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- It's been chosen - because it was commissioned...
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- ..for the Cerdd Dant Festival - in Wrexham.
0:06:04 > 0:06:09- Near Wrexham, is the Erddig - stately home. Erddig-gan - Erddigan.
0:09:05 > 0:09:07- APPLAUSE
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- Three choirs are singing tonight.
0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Cor Meibion Taf, Cor Meibion - Y Traeth and Cor Y Brythoniaid.
0:09:24 > 0:09:29- I'm conducting all three choirs - as they sing Heriwn, Wynebwn Y Wawr.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33- It's a challenging piece, the set - piece at the Ebbw Vale Eisteddfod.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36- It's also been a set piece - at Llangollen.
0:09:36 > 0:09:39- It's an ideal composition - for a male voice choir.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42- I can't think of a choir - that doesn't enjoy singing it.
0:09:43 > 0:09:46- It's an opportunity to show - a choir's power and strength.
0:09:46 > 0:09:52- # Many, - so many are those who maintain
0:09:52 > 0:09:56- # That the fire purifies
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- # And the flames won't keep burning
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- # For long
0:10:05 > 0:10:08- # Rumours and murmurs
0:10:09 > 0:10:12- # Again and again
0:10:12 > 0:10:15- # Of the sun's final setting
0:10:15 > 0:10:18- # The body is weary
0:10:18 > 0:10:27- # Yet there and still living, a song
0:10:37 > 0:10:44- # Doubters will warrant - that everything dies
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- # That even the oak tree
0:10:47 > 0:10:54- # Majestic and mighty must fall
0:10:54 > 0:11:00- # The spirit of birth regenerating
0:11:01 > 0:11:07- # Concealed in the darkness
0:11:07 > 0:11:16- # Will grow in the fullness of time - as tall
0:11:28 > 0:11:38- # Winter weighed down - for years too many to count
0:11:38 > 0:11:42- # On the shoots and their growing
0:11:42 > 0:11:48- # On spring her yearning desire
0:11:49 > 0:11:55- # Now all around us - the snow disappears
0:11:55 > 0:11:58- # It's a dawn that will wake us
0:11:58 > 0:12:01- # A sun that will warm us
0:12:01 > 0:12:06- # A day that will light us a fire
0:12:06 > 0:12:12- # A day that will light us a fire
0:12:17 > 0:12:25- # Our hearts swell with song
0:12:25 > 0:12:32- # Onward, forward to the morrow
0:12:32 > 0:12:45- # Casting all doubting away, - fiery of spirit
0:12:47 > 0:12:48- # For the future's beginning
0:12:48 > 0:12:50- # For the future's beginning
0:12:50 > 0:12:51- # Beginning
0:12:52 > 0:12:54- # For the future's beginning, - beginning
0:12:55 > 0:13:00- # Beginning
0:13:01 > 0:13:11- # Today
0:13:15 > 0:13:21- # Today #
0:13:22 > 0:13:24- APPLAUSE
0:13:37 > 0:13:38- .
0:13:40 > 0:13:40- 888
0:13:40 > 0:13:42- 888- - 888
0:13:44 > 0:13:45- I live on Anglesey.
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- I visit the coast, I've walked - the coastal path many times.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- The scenery inspired me - to write Morluniau.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57- I wrote Cemaes - for a string orchestra.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- We're on the beach - on a summer's day.
0:14:01 > 0:14:05- The children are playing and you - can possibly hear donkeys braying.
0:16:25 > 0:16:27- APPLAUSE
0:16:39 > 0:16:43- Can Herod is a frightening song.
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- It's a "scena", an operatic scene...
0:16:47 > 0:16:50- ..for a baritone and ensemble.
0:16:53 > 0:16:56- It's an amazing song to perform.
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- It gives me so much pleasure.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- I hope you can sense the fear.
0:17:07 > 0:17:12- # Who on earth - would choose to be a king?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17- # Let me tell you
0:17:17 > 0:17:21- # Everyone
0:17:21 > 0:17:24- # Everyone wants to be a king
0:17:27 > 0:17:30- # Consider me
0:17:30 > 0:17:37- # I slaughtered babies - in my research for this
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- # Jewish boys with curly hair
0:17:42 > 0:17:49- # Drivelling on their frocks - and sucking their dummies
0:17:49 > 0:17:52- # Yes, Father
0:17:52 > 0:17:58- # Did I do that for fun?
0:17:58 > 0:18:06- # Could I face even one pair - of those eyes again?
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- # Even in my dreams
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- # Not likely
0:18:16 > 0:18:18- # But consider this
0:18:18 > 0:18:25- # Any one of those little rascals - could take my crown
0:18:25 > 0:18:27- # And use it as a potty
0:18:33 > 0:18:39- # Babies are so sweet and cute
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- # I agree, I suppose
0:18:45 > 0:18:52- # But they're not babies for ever
0:18:52 > 0:18:57- # Those little Jew boys - sucking their thumbs
0:18:58 > 0:19:03- # In no time, any one of them
0:19:03 > 0:19:06- # Could take a sword - and plunge it through my heart
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- # Just to be Herod themselves
0:19:10 > 0:19:19- # And maybe become - an even worse Herod than me
0:19:23 > 0:19:28- # At least, dearest friends
0:19:29 > 0:19:33- # I completed the deed cleanly
0:19:34 > 0:19:41- # I made sure - that one wasn't breathing
0:19:42 > 0:19:47- # Before moving on to the next
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- # And, of course
0:19:53 > 0:20:01- # There was this baby
0:20:03 > 0:20:07- # How could I have known - when my counsellors told me
0:20:07 > 0:20:09- # That he had been born
0:20:09 > 0:20:13- # How could I have known - that he wouldn't take a swipe at me?
0:20:13 > 0:20:17- # I had the power
0:20:17 > 0:20:20- # And if you don't know - what power means
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- # Power means striking fear
0:20:23 > 0:20:26- # Consider the fear you can strike
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- # The only people that fear you - are innocent women
0:20:32 > 0:20:37- # Or a couple of typists - in a dust-covered office
0:20:37 > 0:20:42- # You're aware of how this power - can frighten you
0:20:42 > 0:20:49- # Power can send you insane
0:20:49 > 0:20:56- # Consider if you had - this extreme power
0:20:58 > 0:21:06- # The power I had in Canaan
0:21:06 > 0:21:09- # And in Lidice
0:21:10 > 0:21:15- # And in Budapest
0:21:17 > 0:21:25- # And Buchenwald
0:21:28 > 0:21:35- # The circumstances, my friends
0:21:36 > 0:21:42- # Control our actions #
0:21:49 > 0:21:51- APPLAUSE
0:22:06 > 0:22:10- Fferm Yr Anifail is another - of Gareth Glyn's compositions.
0:22:10 > 0:22:13- This work appeals to young people...
0:22:13 > 0:22:16- ..because the message in the song - is relevant.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20- We can empathize with the message - he's trying to convey.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- It gives us a better understanding.
0:22:23 > 0:22:27- # Hear the whispers
0:22:27 > 0:22:30- # On the breeze
0:22:31 > 0:22:34- # Hear the murmuring
0:22:34 > 0:22:38- # In the trees
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- # Hear the leaves
0:22:41 > 0:22:44- # Speaking the words
0:22:45 > 0:22:51- # "Freedom came to stay"
0:22:52 > 0:22:55- # Hear the cuffs
0:22:55 > 0:22:58- # Hear the bridles
0:22:58 > 0:23:01- # Hear the shackles
0:23:02 > 0:23:04- # Loosening
0:23:04 > 0:23:08- # Hear the sound of feet
0:23:08 > 0:23:12- # Hear the breathing
0:23:12 > 0:23:19- # The enemy has fled
0:23:26 > 0:23:30- # The pressure
0:23:30 > 0:23:33- # Has eased
0:23:33 > 0:23:37- # There's hope
0:23:37 > 0:23:39- # In the soil
0:23:40 > 0:23:43- # There's lightness
0:23:44 > 0:23:46- # In the headland
0:23:47 > 0:23:49- # Celebration
0:23:50 > 0:23:53- # On the mountain pasture
0:23:53 > 0:23:57- # Hear the cuffs
0:23:57 > 0:23:59- # Hear the bridles
0:24:00 > 0:24:03- # Hear the shackles
0:24:03 > 0:24:05- # Loosening
0:24:06 > 0:24:09- # Hear the sound of feet
0:24:09 > 0:24:12- # Hear the breathing
0:24:12 > 0:24:24- # The enemy has fled
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- # Freedom, freedom
0:24:28 > 0:24:30- # Sweet the honeysuckle
0:24:30 > 0:24:32- # Full of hope
0:24:32 > 0:24:34- # Oppression driven out
0:24:34 > 0:24:39- # Freedom
0:24:41 > 0:24:44- # Hear the chains
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- # Cast away
0:24:47 > 0:24:49- # Hear the bars
0:24:49 > 0:24:53- # Tumbling down
0:24:53 > 0:24:56- # Hear the chorus
0:24:56 > 0:24:59- # In the fields
0:24:59 > 0:25:05- # Today is the wondrous day
0:25:05 > 0:25:08- # Hear the cuffs
0:25:08 > 0:25:11- # Hear the bridles
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- # Hear the shackles
0:25:15 > 0:25:17- # Loosening
0:25:18 > 0:25:21- # Hear the sound of feet
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- # Hear the breathing
0:25:24 > 0:25:29- # The enemy has fled
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- # Freedom
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- # Freedom
0:25:36 > 0:25:41- # Freedom #
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- APPLAUSE
0:25:52 > 0:25:53- .
0:25:56 > 0:25:56- 888
0:25:56 > 0:25:58- 888- - 888
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- APPLAUSE
0:32:18 > 0:32:22- Llanrwst, the solo for a tenor - with piano accompaniment...
0:32:22 > 0:32:26- ..is one of the most familiar - and well-known pieces.
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- It's been sung many times - by different tenors.
0:32:30 > 0:32:32- It's a very simple song.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36- The music came almost instantly - after reading my father's words.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- It was written the year he died.
0:32:39 > 0:32:43- There's a sad and bitter-sweet - emotion in the words.
0:32:44 > 0:32:49- The words convey a longing - and I sense a longing for my father.
0:32:57 > 0:33:05- # No night did pass across this vale
0:33:05 > 0:33:15- # When I was not a bead of dew
0:33:15 > 0:33:24- # Desiring the cool spring of dawn
0:33:25 > 0:33:40- # Over blades of grass - abroad the vast expanse
0:33:47 > 0:33:55- # No summer - slipped through the keyhole
0:33:56 > 0:34:03- # That I wasn't grateful for it
0:34:03 > 0:34:11- # To recall the lake - between Geirionnydd and the town
0:34:12 > 0:34:24- # And the sun's colour is reflected
0:34:34 > 0:34:38- # The mountain's backdrop
0:34:39 > 0:34:45- # Lies between me and the grey town
0:34:45 > 0:34:54- # Where the prospect of summer - shades behind the gate
0:34:54 > 0:35:04- # And the bridge - dips its toes in the river
0:35:04 > 0:35:24- # As lovers meander across it #
0:35:34 > 0:35:36- APPLAUSE
0:35:44 > 0:35:47- We're singing an anthology - from the musical Branwen.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- Gareth Glyn composed it - with his wife.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- I was fortunate to be - in the original production...
0:35:54 > 0:35:56- ..with Anglesey Youth Theatre.
0:35:56 > 0:36:00- It's a privilege to sing it tonight - on the composer's birthday.
0:36:00 > 0:36:03- His son, Peredur, - is singing with the choir.
0:36:04 > 0:36:06- He plays the part of Efnisien.
0:36:06 > 0:36:09- Look out for him. - It's some performance!
0:36:13 > 0:36:16- # We often have feasts in Aberffraw
0:36:17 > 0:36:19- # But this was the greatest of all
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- # Any minor excuse will do - for feasting
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- # But we had good reason - for this celebration
0:36:27 > 0:36:30- # An important visitor - came with the fleet
0:36:30 > 0:36:33- # And in the court, - he'll receive a warm welcome
0:36:33 > 0:36:36- # He asks for the hand - of our princess
0:36:37 > 0:36:41- # This is going to be a big night
0:36:42 > 0:36:45- # We'll celebrate, we'll drink
0:36:45 > 0:36:48- # We'll sing - through the night until dawn
0:36:49 > 0:36:52- # The meat is roasting, - the mead is flowing
0:36:52 > 0:36:58- # Everyone's welcome at the feast
0:36:58 > 0:37:01- # At the feast
0:37:01 > 0:37:06- # At the feast
0:37:12 > 0:37:15- # That's it, it's all over, - let's return to Ireland
0:37:16 > 0:37:18- # Our king feels let down - so go with heads bowed
0:37:19 > 0:37:21- # We won't stay any longer, - we won't stay any longer
0:37:21 > 0:37:23- # You have insulted us
0:37:24 > 0:37:28- # Listen to me, it's all over, - let's return to Ireland
0:37:28 > 0:37:31- # You have shamed our King, - go home disappointed
0:37:31 > 0:37:34- # You have shamed our King, - go home disappointed
0:37:34 > 0:37:37- # You have insulted us
0:37:38 > 0:37:45- # Oh, my dearest horses
0:37:45 > 0:37:51- # They have all been slaughtered
0:37:52 > 0:37:58- # I can never replace them
0:37:58 > 0:38:05- # I'll never find horses like these
0:38:07 > 0:38:12- # What happened? Are you insane?
0:38:12 > 0:38:16- # This is a massacre
0:38:17 > 0:38:21- # You should wise up - - why did you do this?
0:38:21 > 0:38:26- # On the day of my wedding
0:38:26 > 0:38:31- # What came over you? - Are you insane?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- # I didn't do it, it's not my doing
0:38:35 > 0:38:38- # I didn't touch them, - I didn't harm them
0:38:38 > 0:38:40- # I didn't do it, it's not my doing
0:38:40 > 0:38:42- # Don't wrongly accuse me
0:38:42 > 0:38:45- # I didn't do it, it's not my doing
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- # I didn't touch them, - I didn't harm them
0:38:48 > 0:38:50- # I didn't do it, it's not my doing
0:38:50 > 0:38:52- # Don't wrongly accuse me
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- FOUR SOLOISTS REPEAT THEIR LINES
0:39:49 > 0:39:54- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:39:54 > 0:40:00- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:40:01 > 0:40:12- # Across my back to the other side
0:40:13 > 0:40:18- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:40:19 > 0:40:24- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:40:24 > 0:40:36- # To the greatest victory of all
0:40:36 > 0:40:42- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:40:43 > 0:40:48- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:40:48 > 0:41:00- # Across my back to the other side
0:41:01 > 0:41:06- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:41:07 > 0:41:12- # If you want to be a leader, - be a bridge
0:41:13 > 0:41:27- # The greatest victory of all #
0:41:28 > 0:41:30- APPLAUSE
0:41:42 > 0:41:43- .
0:41:45 > 0:41:45- 888
0:41:45 > 0:41:47- 888- - 888
0:41:48 > 0:41:53- Hedydd Yn Yr Haul - was the first piece I composed.
0:41:54 > 0:41:58- I had just started at university - at the time, back in 1970.
0:41:59 > 0:42:04- I admired the work of my father, - T Glynne Davies...
0:42:04 > 0:42:06- ..as a poet and novelist.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09- I selected sections of - Hedydd Yn Yr Haul...
0:42:09 > 0:42:11- ..one of his long poems...
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- ..to be performed by a narrator - and chamber orchestra.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18- Here's an anthology of the poem.
0:42:18 > 0:42:22- The "hedydd" - the young man, and - the "clacwydd" - the chapel deacon.
0:42:23 > 0:42:27- They have different views - of Sunday afternoon worship.
0:42:33 > 0:42:36- This was my Wales.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- A Wales full of chatter.
0:42:43 > 0:42:46- As if everyone's fate - was to cry and suffer in pain.
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- As if everyone - had to fight for light.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- As if everyone had to pay a penny - for a college brick.
0:42:59 > 0:43:04- As if everyone had a conscience - about other people's sins.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17- My Wales was full of little people.
0:43:17 > 0:43:18- In navy blue suits.
0:43:19 > 0:43:25- Talking of traditions, drunk - on heritage which was only wind.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39- A nation that gathered outside - the gate after the service.
0:43:39 > 0:43:43- A cigarette, prohibited for an hour, - at their lips at last.
0:43:43 > 0:43:47- Chatting about those who used - to talk about right and wrong.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50- "You should remember so-and-so...
0:43:50 > 0:43:53- "..who put the world - to rights in an instant."
0:44:00 > 0:44:03- Everyone convinced that their own - was the good life.
0:44:03 > 0:44:08- This life gave meaning to - the constant drone of the universe.
0:44:08 > 0:44:12- Then a general chat - about the seasons and the weather.
0:44:12 > 0:44:16- "It would rain tomorrow - which was good for the garden"...
0:44:16 > 0:44:19- .."And how terrible - people could be."
0:44:20 > 0:44:22- People...
0:44:22 > 0:44:24- ..were objects.
0:44:24 > 0:44:28- They preferred bingo, - prostitutes and a pint.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31- They refused everlasting hope - in a chapel...
0:44:31 > 0:44:37- ..an eisteddfod, a harmonium, - family life and Irish tenors.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40- Not like us...
0:44:40 > 0:44:44- ..with heritage - coursing through our veins.
0:44:44 > 0:44:48- Tradition sprung roots - under our soft feathered hats.
0:44:48 > 0:44:52- The chapel gate after a service - was the place to be.
0:44:57 > 0:44:59- "True enough, my son.
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- "It was like that during your time.
0:45:02 > 0:45:06- "You made glory sound like a sin."
0:45:06 > 0:45:09- Think about it.
0:45:09 > 0:45:11- Twilight towards the end of summer.
0:45:12 > 0:45:13- The nights drawing in.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17- A chill in the air outside.
0:45:17 > 0:45:20- Enough daylight to attract flies.
0:45:20 > 0:45:26- We would be out, in navy blue suits, - if you insist.
0:45:26 > 0:45:29- Out come the smokes and the stories.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32- A trip down memory lane.
0:45:32 > 0:45:37- The preacher and his preaching, - his text and his sermon.
0:45:38 > 0:45:43- Before returning home for supper - and a sing-song at the piano.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45- Before bedtime.
0:45:45 > 0:45:47- True enough.
0:45:47 > 0:45:52- It was good to be - one of the disciples...
0:45:55 > 0:45:56- ..for a day.
0:46:07 > 0:46:09- APPLAUSE
0:46:20 > 0:46:23- I'm singing Bwydo'r Adar...
0:46:23 > 0:46:27- ..a story of the singer - feeding the birds.
0:46:27 > 0:46:31- The birds return - after the snows of winter.
0:46:31 > 0:46:36- I describe the little birds - as they come to search for crumbs.
0:46:42 > 0:46:48- # When the snow comes with the dawn
0:46:48 > 0:46:51- # To cover lawn and chimney
0:46:52 > 0:46:56- # No bird will suffer any need
0:46:56 > 0:47:00- # We'll give them food aplenty
0:47:00 > 0:47:06- # A spade becomes the robin's perch
0:47:06 > 0:47:11- # And in the birch a sparrow
0:47:12 > 0:47:16- # Two blue tits quarrel by the door
0:47:17 > 0:47:21- # One more stands by the window
0:47:21 > 0:47:26- # Magpies and jackdaws - join the crowd
0:47:26 > 0:47:30- # And starlings loudly chatter
0:47:30 > 0:47:35- # It seems that every single bird
0:47:35 > 0:47:39- # Has heard about our larder
0:47:50 > 0:48:00- # And on those green and easy days
0:48:00 > 0:48:14- # When springtime pays a visit
0:48:15 > 0:48:21- # The joy of birdsong's - heard all day
0:48:21 > 0:48:24- # The joy of birdsong
0:48:24 > 0:48:27- # The joy of birdsong
0:48:27 > 0:48:33- # The joy of birdsong's - heard all day
0:48:34 > 0:48:40- # They're paying for their banquet #
0:48:42 > 0:48:44- APPLAUSE
0:48:56 > 0:49:01- We're singing Dryw Bach Drwg - by Gareth Glyn.
0:49:02 > 0:49:03- In the song...
0:49:03 > 0:49:09- ..the wren makes up a story - about a fire in the forest.
0:49:09 > 0:49:14- It tells all the forest's - inhabitants and they all leave.
0:49:15 > 0:49:19- The lion hears about the story.
0:49:20 > 0:49:25- It doesn't like what he's heard and - knows there's no fire in the forest.
0:49:25 > 0:49:27- It doesn't kill the wren...
0:49:28 > 0:49:33- ..but punishes it by forcing it - to live in the brambles.
0:49:37 > 0:49:45- # Early one morning - the wren complained
0:49:46 > 0:49:56- # "Indeed, indeed, life is boring!"
0:49:57 > 0:50:02- # He dropped from the branch - down next to a rabbit
0:50:02 > 0:50:05- # And said in her ear, - "Did you hear?
0:50:05 > 0:50:07- # "Hush!
0:50:08 > 0:50:12- # "There's a fire in the forest!
0:50:12 > 0:50:15- # "Great raging flames - are spreading through the trees
0:50:15 > 0:50:18- # "It's coming this way, - go, run at once
0:50:18 > 0:50:26- # "There's a fire in the woods, - the worst fire ever!"
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- # Off went the rabbit, - like lightning through the woods
0:50:40 > 0:50:48- # "Why are you running?" - said a spiky hedgehog in amazement
0:50:51 > 0:50:55- # "Oh, come on!" said the rabbit, - "Look lively
0:50:55 > 0:51:00- # "There's a fire in the woods, - the worst fire ever!"
0:51:00 > 0:51:06- # The hedgehog became a spiky ball - and it rolled after the rabbit
0:51:11 > 0:51:18- # The rumours about fiery flames - spread among all the animals
0:51:18 > 0:51:24- # And everyone fled - the fluffy - little bunny, the big fat elephant
0:51:25 > 0:51:29- # The bear and the turkey - and the eagle
0:51:29 > 0:51:30- # And all the birds
0:51:31 > 0:51:35- # And the camel and the tiger, - who roared ferociously
0:51:35 > 0:51:37- # The clever little monkey, - the fat buffalo
0:51:38 > 0:51:44- # And the King - the lion!
0:51:51 > 0:52:00- # Said the lion authoritatively
0:52:01 > 0:52:11- # "I demand to know - who made up this story?
0:52:12 > 0:52:16- # "We must question him thoroughly
0:52:17 > 0:52:21- # "Then punish him!"
0:52:23 > 0:52:27- # The answer came from the buffalo - and the clever little monkey
0:52:27 > 0:52:29- # And the bull and the camel
0:52:30 > 0:52:32- # And the eagle and the turkey
0:52:32 > 0:52:37- # The bear and the elephant - and the fox and the hedgehog
0:52:40 > 0:52:42- # The story was traced back
0:52:43 > 0:52:48- # To a fluffy little bunny - and silly little bird
0:53:00 > 0:53:09- # Everyone listened to hear - what the lion would say
0:53:09 > 0:53:21- # What punishment - would the king mete out?
0:53:26 > 0:53:30- # After pausing a moment, - he closed one eye
0:53:30 > 0:53:37- # And an idea came to him
0:53:38 > 0:53:43- # "Silly little wren! - There's no point killing you
0:53:44 > 0:53:51- # "I like to hear your song - in the morning
0:53:52 > 0:54:02- # "So you shall live, - if you really are sorry
0:54:04 > 0:54:13- # "But you must spend - your time wisely
0:54:13 > 0:54:27- # "And live among brambles - for the rest of your life!"
0:54:30 > 0:54:34- # And that was the end - of the hullabaloo
0:54:34 > 0:54:46- # Of the silly little bird - who told lies #
0:54:48 > 0:54:50- APPLAUSE
0:55:01 > 0:55:02- .
0:55:05 > 0:55:05- 888
0:55:05 > 0:55:07- 888- - 888
0:55:09 > 0:55:14- Mabinogi was written - for a chamber ensemble.
0:55:15 > 0:55:18- It's based on the four branches - of the Mabinogion...
0:55:18 > 0:55:21- ..and depicts the stories - in instrumental music.
0:55:22 > 0:55:25- Pwyll, Pendefig Dyfed - reflects the story...
0:55:25 > 0:55:28- ..of Pwyll - trying to capture Rhiannon.
0:55:28 > 0:55:32- Even though she's riding slowly - and he's racing at a canter...
0:55:32 > 0:55:34- ..he is unable to capture her.
0:55:34 > 0:55:37- The music portrays his frustration.
0:58:16 > 0:58:18- APPLAUSE
0:58:27 > 0:58:31- We're singing a song - called Ffair Machynlleth.
0:58:31 > 0:58:35- It's one of Gareth Glyn's - most recent compositions.
0:58:35 > 0:58:39- It tells of the hustle and bustle - of Machynlleth Fair.
0:58:39 > 0:58:42- The different stalls - and places to eat.
0:58:44 > 0:58:51- There's a section in the middle - with a lot of chatter.
0:58:52 > 0:58:57- It's a challenging piece - but we enjoy singing it.
0:58:57 > 0:59:01- # It doesn't matter where you go
0:59:01 > 0:59:06- # I know you'll never find
0:59:06 > 0:59:11- # A place like
0:59:11 > 0:59:17- # A place like Machynlleth Fair
0:59:19 > 0:59:21- # Stalls line the high street
0:59:21 > 0:59:23- # Everyone poking thumbs and fingers
0:59:23 > 0:59:25- # In the vegetables, - fruit and picture frames
0:59:26 > 0:59:28- # In china and crockery
0:59:28 > 0:59:31- # Nuts and ointments and bedlinen
0:59:31 > 0:59:33- # Games, puzzles and petticoats
0:59:33 > 0:59:34- # Petticoats
0:59:36 > 0:59:39- # You can buy axes, - dog food and buckets
0:59:39 > 0:59:41- # And bright curtains for your home
0:59:41 > 0:59:44- # Batteries for watches, - necklaces and marbles
0:59:44 > 0:59:45- # And bibs for babies
0:59:46 > 0:59:51- # Locks, nails, honey and sweets
0:59:51 > 0:59:55- # Charming treasures
0:59:56 > 0:59:57- # And cakes
0:59:59 > 1:00:00- # Cakes
1:00:01 > 1:00:02- # Cakes
1:00:02 > 1:00:06- # I'll have a great time - on the dodgems
1:00:07 > 1:00:12- # Which whizz right by
1:00:18 > 1:00:22- # I'll have a ride - on the merry-go-round
1:00:22 > 1:00:26- # I'm bound to feel dizzy
1:00:28 > 1:00:33- # The helter-skelter makes me scream
1:00:33 > 1:00:48- # As I slide all the way down
1:00:52 > 1:01:03- # Looking for love from a lucky lad
1:01:03 > 1:01:14- # Or a cuddle from a lucky lady
1:01:14 > 1:01:18- # Standing and chatting - next to the Indian food stall
1:01:19 > 1:01:26- # Standing and chatting - next to the Indian food stall
1:01:27 > 1:01:31- # Standing and chatting
1:01:32 > 1:01:36- # And a stolen kiss in the dark
1:01:43 > 1:01:50- # The excitement grows
1:01:50 > 1:01:56- # As night falls
1:01:56 > 1:02:05- # But that's another story
1:02:12 > 1:02:14- # Stalls line the high street
1:02:14 > 1:02:16- # Everyone poking thumbs and fingers
1:02:17 > 1:02:20- # In the vegetables, - fruit and picture frames
1:02:20 > 1:02:21- # In china and crockery
1:02:21 > 1:02:23- # Nuts, ointments and bedlinen
1:02:24 > 1:02:25- # The games, puzzles, - batteries for watches
1:02:26 > 1:02:29- # Necklaces and marbles, - locks, nails, honey and sweets
1:02:29 > 1:02:34- # Charming treasures
1:02:35 > 1:02:36- # And cakes
1:02:40 > 1:02:44- # It doesn't matter where you go
1:02:44 > 1:02:50- # I know you'll never find
1:02:50 > 1:02:55- # A place like
1:02:55 > 1:03:07- # Machynlleth Fair #
1:03:09 > 1:03:10- APPLAUSE
1:03:19 > 1:03:23- The next piece is an anthology - of a collection for a harp soloist.
1:03:24 > 1:03:26- It's called Chwarae Plant.
1:03:26 > 1:03:30- This piece is not child's play - for the harpist.
1:03:30 > 1:03:35- The title refers to toys children - used to make for themselves.
1:05:49 > 1:05:51- APPLAUSE
1:06:03 > 1:06:07- All the performers gather - at the end of the concert...
1:06:07 > 1:06:09- ..to sing Iesu Yw.
1:06:10 > 1:06:15- Male voice choirs, mixed choirs, - children's choirs, youth choirs...
1:06:15 > 1:06:18- ..ensembles, organ, - soloists and brass bands.
1:06:18 > 1:06:20- It will be a great finale.
1:06:22 > 1:06:24- Somehow or other...
1:06:24 > 1:06:29- ..it combines everything we love - as a Welsh nation.
1:06:29 > 1:06:32- There's something inherently Welsh - in the performance.
1:06:33 > 1:06:37- Everyone sings together - amateurs, - children and professionals.
1:07:05 > 1:07:11- # Soundly sleeps Judea
1:07:12 > 1:07:18- # Deep in tender dreams
1:07:18 > 1:07:24- # Only gentle breezes
1:07:24 > 1:07:30- # And softly flowing streams
1:07:31 > 1:07:37- # Break the perfect silence
1:07:37 > 1:07:43- # On this holy night
1:07:43 > 1:07:50- # Murmuring glad tidings
1:07:50 > 1:07:56- # As their song takes flight
1:07:56 > 1:08:02- # As their song takes flight
1:08:02 > 1:08:05- # Praise be given
1:08:05 > 1:08:08- # He is come!
1:08:09 > 1:08:11- # Sound the trumpet
1:08:11 > 1:08:15- # Strike the drum
1:08:16 > 1:08:19- # Soul, take wing
1:08:19 > 1:08:22- # Loudly sing
1:08:22 > 1:08:34- # Born this night is Christ the King
1:08:41 > 1:08:47- # Wise men bring their treasures
1:08:47 > 1:08:53- # To the lowly stall
1:08:54 > 1:09:00- # Shepherd kneel in wonder
1:09:00 > 1:09:05- # Before the Lord of all
1:09:06 > 1:09:13- # Kings and lowly vassals
1:09:13 > 1:09:19- # Join the swelling throng
1:09:19 > 1:09:26- # All as one united
1:09:26 > 1:09:32- # Praising Him in song
1:09:32 > 1:09:38- # Praising Him in song
1:09:38 > 1:09:41- # Praise be given
1:09:41 > 1:09:44- # He is come!
1:09:45 > 1:09:47- # Sound the trumpet
1:09:47 > 1:09:52- # Strike the drum
1:09:52 > 1:09:55- # Soul, take wing
1:09:55 > 1:09:58- # Loudly sing
1:09:58 > 1:10:11- # Born this night is Christ the King
1:10:17 > 1:10:23- # Brightly dawns the sunrise
1:10:23 > 1:10:29- # On this day of days
1:10:30 > 1:10:35- # Sending out the good news
1:10:35 > 1:10:41- # In a dazzling blaze
1:10:41 > 1:10:47- # And all who hear the anthem
1:10:47 > 1:10:53- # Add their joyful voice
1:10:54 > 1:11:00- # Let the song redouble!
1:11:01 > 1:11:06- # All the world rejoice!
1:11:06 > 1:11:12- # All the world rejoice!
1:11:13 > 1:11:16- # Praise be given
1:11:17 > 1:11:20- # He is come!
1:11:20 > 1:11:23- # Sound the trumpet
1:11:23 > 1:11:27- # Strike the drum
1:11:28 > 1:11:31- # Soul, take wing
1:11:31 > 1:11:34- # Loudly sing
1:11:34 > 1:11:47- # Born this night is Christ the King
1:11:47 > 1:12:02- # Christ the King #
1:12:02 > 1:12:04- APPLAUSE
1:13:00 > 1:13:03- S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.
1:13:03 > 1:13:04- .