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0:00:04 > 0:00:08- Tonight, an unique event takes place - at the Wales Millennium Centre.
0:00:08 > 0:00:13- A brand new composition, - Cantata Memoria...
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- ..by Sir Karl Jenkins - and Mererid Hopwood.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21- It's a commission by S4C - to remember the Aberfan disaster.
0:00:21 > 0:00:26- On the stage tonight, there are - international and Welsh talents...
0:00:26 > 0:00:32- ..world-famous singers, superb - choirs and able instrumentalists.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36- Everyone's here to commemorate - the 50th anniversary of an event...
0:00:36 > 0:00:40- ..which is seared - in the nation's memory.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- There's a very special audience - here tonight.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- Amongst them, there are members - of the children's families...
0:00:48 > 0:00:52- ..and the adults who lost - their lives half a century ago.
0:00:52 > 0:00:57- Tonight is a tribute to them and - to the close community of Aberfan.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01- We'll start with a male voice choir - that was established...
0:01:01 > 0:01:04- ..soon after the disaster, - the Ynysowen Male Voice Choir.
0:01:05 > 0:01:09- Joining them are the choirs - of two local junior schools...
0:01:09 > 0:01:13- ..the young voices - of Ynysowen a Rhyd y Grug.
0:01:18 > 0:01:21- # Look at the world
0:01:21 > 0:01:23- # Everything all around us
0:01:24 > 0:01:26- # Look at the world
0:01:26 > 0:01:29- # And marvel every day
0:01:30 > 0:01:33- # Look at the world
0:01:33 > 0:01:36- # So many joys and wonders
0:01:36 > 0:01:41- # So many miracles along our way
0:01:42 > 0:01:48- # Praise to thee O Lord - for all creation
0:01:48 > 0:01:54- # Give us thankful hearts - that we may see
0:01:54 > 0:02:00- # All the gifts we share - and every blessing
0:02:01 > 0:02:05- # All things come of thee
0:02:11 > 0:02:14- # Look at the earth
0:02:14 > 0:02:17- # Bringing forth fruit and flower
0:02:17 > 0:02:22- # Look at the sky, - the sunshine and the rain
0:02:24 > 0:02:26- # Look at the hills
0:02:27 > 0:02:30- # Look at the trees and mountains
0:02:30 > 0:02:35- # Valley and flowing river, - field and plain
0:02:35 > 0:02:41- # Praise to thee O Lord - for all creation
0:02:41 > 0:02:48- # Give us thankful hearts - that we may see
0:02:48 > 0:02:54- # All the gifts we share - and every blessing
0:02:54 > 0:02:58- # All things come of thee
0:03:05 > 0:03:07- # Think of the spring
0:03:08 > 0:03:10- # Think of the warmth of summer
0:03:11 > 0:03:17- # Bringing the harvest - before the winter's cold
0:03:17 > 0:03:20- # Everything grows
0:03:20 > 0:03:23- # Everything has a season
0:03:23 > 0:03:28- # 'Til it is gathered - to the Father's fold
0:03:29 > 0:03:35- # Praise to thee O Lord - for all creation
0:03:35 > 0:03:41- # Give us thankful hearts - that we may see
0:03:41 > 0:03:47- # All the gifts we share - and every blessing
0:03:47 > 0:03:51- # All things come of thee
0:03:58 > 0:04:00- # Every good gift
0:04:01 > 0:04:03- # All that we need and cherish
0:04:03 > 0:04:09- # Comes from the Lord - in token of his love
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- # We are his hands
0:04:13 > 0:04:16- # Stewards of all his bounty
0:04:16 > 0:04:21- # His is the earth - and his the heavens above
0:04:22 > 0:04:27- # Praise to thee O Lord - for all creation
0:04:27 > 0:04:33- # Give us thankful hearts - that we may see
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- # All the gifts we share - and every blessing
0:04:40 > 0:04:44- # All things come of thee
0:04:46 > 0:04:54- # All things come of thee #
0:05:08 > 0:05:11- A number of authors - have composed pieces...
0:05:11 > 0:05:14- ..especially for this event tonight.
0:05:14 > 0:05:16- Amongst them, the bard Ifor ap Glyn.
0:05:16 > 0:05:20- Here in the Wales Millennium Centre, - reading Llythyr Mam-gu...
0:05:20 > 0:05:25- ..is one of our foremost actresses, - Dame Sian Phillips.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28- "My dearest granddaughter
0:05:28 > 0:05:32- "No, "Annwyl Wyres"
0:05:34 > 0:05:38- "You've asked me to write what I - remember for your school project
0:05:38 > 0:05:42- "So I suppose you'll want me - to do it in Welsh
0:05:43 > 0:05:47- "My love, - I don't know what to tell you
0:05:49 > 0:05:53- "Silence is a hard habit to break
0:05:53 > 0:05:57- "Right from day one, this wasn't - something we talked about
0:05:57 > 0:05:59- "It was a non-subject
0:05:59 > 0:06:02- "It's strange - when you think about it
0:06:02 > 0:06:06- "While the whole world and his wife - were talking about us
0:06:06 > 0:06:10- "With their editorials - and their news items and so on
0:06:10 > 0:06:13- "And while the poets - were writing poems about us
0:06:13 > 0:06:17- "And all those words - were washing over us
0:06:18 > 0:06:20- "We said nothing
0:06:20 > 0:06:22- "We said nothing
0:06:24 > 0:06:29- "So how much should you know?
0:06:30 > 0:06:32- "It's part of your history
0:06:32 > 0:06:34- "Our family's history
0:06:36 > 0:06:39- "But I can't share my guilt with you
0:06:40 > 0:06:44- "For making the child I lost - go to school that morning
0:06:45 > 0:06:48- "I wish I'd never shared that - with your Bampy even
0:06:48 > 0:06:53- "And that I felt guilty - for having a child that lived
0:06:54 > 0:06:58- "But I wouldn't have had you - otherwise, would I?
0:06:58 > 0:07:00- "None of this makes sense
0:07:02 > 0:07:05- "There are pictures that - you ought to see from afterwards
0:07:06 > 0:07:08- "The photographer came over - from America
0:07:08 > 0:07:13- "And he was here for weeks after - the disaster - Rapoport his name was
0:07:13 > 0:07:15- "Look at his pictures
0:07:16 > 0:07:21- "He took one - of the first baby born afterwards
0:07:21 > 0:07:23- "The first wedding
0:07:23 > 0:07:25- "The first smiles
0:07:25 > 0:07:29- "And how many hundreds have - there been since then, thank God?
0:07:30 > 0:07:33- "Those pictures show us carrying on
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- "Because we had to
0:07:38 > 0:07:41- "But there are things - that those photos can't show
0:07:41 > 0:07:44- "Like candles in pockets
0:07:45 > 0:07:48- "Your aunty was afraid of the dark
0:07:48 > 0:07:52- "I would light a candle for her - in the cemetery - lots did
0:07:52 > 0:07:56- "It was like a second home to us - for a long time afterwards
0:07:56 > 0:07:59- "I would take extra candles - in my coat pocket
0:07:59 > 0:08:03- "In case somebody else's - had burnt down to nothing
0:08:04 > 0:08:09- "These are things - I will carry with me 'til I die
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- "But do you have a right to them?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18- "Because it was so terrible
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- "Should you feel like so many before - you that it's your duty to comment
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- "To sympathise, to identify?
0:08:30 > 0:08:33- "You can't, my love
0:08:33 > 0:08:37- "But I don't want you to forget, - either
0:08:38 > 0:08:41- "I can only give your aunty flowers
0:08:42 > 0:08:45- "But I'll share what I can with you
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- "I'll give you all the memories - that I can"
0:08:55 > 0:08:58- Sian Phillips - reading Llythyr Mam-gu.
0:08:59 > 0:09:00- Next is some folk singing.
0:09:01 > 0:09:05- Here's Elin Manahan Thomas - and Catrin Finch's interpretation...
0:09:05 > 0:09:08- ..of the Welsh melody, - Beth Yw'r Haf I Mi?
0:09:46 > 0:09:50- # Beth yw'r haf i mi?
0:09:50 > 0:09:55- # Dim ond gaeaf llwm - a dagrau'n lli'
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- # Er pan gollais di
0:09:59 > 0:10:05- # Nid yw'r hirddydd haf yn ddim i mi
0:10:05 > 0:10:10- # Gariad bach, er cilio'n ffol
0:10:10 > 0:10:15- # Dwed y doi di'n eto'n ol
0:10:16 > 0:10:27- # Nid yw'r haf i mi'n - ddim ond hirlwm er pan gollais di
0:10:38 > 0:10:46- # Trist yw'r galon fach - pan fo swn y gwynt ym mrigau'r coed
0:10:47 > 0:10:55- # Wedi'r canu'n iach, - rwyf yn disgwyl clywed swn dy droed
0:10:56 > 0:11:00- # Gariad bach, er crwydro 'mhell
0:11:01 > 0:11:06- # Tyrd yn ol i gyfarch gwell
0:11:07 > 0:11:10- # Trist yw'r galon fach
0:11:10 > 0:11:17- # Ni bu hiraeth mwy ar neb erioed
0:11:55 > 0:12:04- # Beth yw'r haf i mi - os yw'r fron yn glaf o dan ei chlwy
0:12:04 > 0:12:13- # Beth yw'r haf i mi - os yw'r galon fach ar dorri'n ddwy
0:12:14 > 0:12:18- # Gariad bach, er cilio'n ffol
0:12:18 > 0:12:24- # Dwed y doi di eto'n ol
0:12:25 > 0:12:31- # Yna bydd i ni hyfryd haf
0:12:31 > 0:12:41- # A dyddiau dedwydd mwy #
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0:13:04 > 0:13:07- Young singer Mabli Tudur - feels very much at home...
0:13:07 > 0:13:10- ..onstage in the theatre - and in the world of musical theatre.
0:13:11 > 0:13:15- She was part of the Les Miserables - cast here in 2015.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18- Tonight, she performs - Hywel Gwynfryn's translation...
0:13:18 > 0:13:21- ..of a work by Beth Nielsen Chapman, - I Find Your Love.
0:13:27 > 0:13:34- # Rwy'n gweld dy wen - ble bynnag 'r af
0:13:36 > 0:13:41- # A swn dy lais - yng ngwynt yr haf
0:13:44 > 0:13:51- # Yng ngolau'r lloer a swn y lli
0:13:52 > 0:13:58- # Mae'th gariad o fy amgylch i
0:14:00 > 0:14:07- # The sun, the sky, the rolling sea
0:14:07 > 0:14:13- # All conspire to comfort me
0:14:16 > 0:14:23- # From sorrow's edge - life's beauty seems
0:14:24 > 0:14:30- # To find your love in everything
0:14:51 > 0:14:58- # Er maint y boen, - rwy'n credu'n gryf
0:14:59 > 0:15:05- # Bydd cariad yn fy nghynnal i
0:15:06 > 0:15:12- # Even as I fall apart
0:15:12 > 0:15:19- # Even through - my shattered heart
0:15:22 > 0:15:30- # I'll catch your smile - on someone's face
0:15:31 > 0:15:40- # Amazing grace #
0:15:50 > 0:15:53- Mabli Tudur closing - the first part of the concert...
0:15:53 > 0:15:56- ..to commemorate the 50th - anniversary of the Aberfan disaster.
0:15:57 > 0:15:59- The audience eagerly awaits...
0:15:59 > 0:16:03- ..the first public performance - of Cantata Memoria.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06- You can certainly sense - the anticipation here backstage.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10- There are three choirs here - - Cor Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion...
0:16:10 > 0:16:14- ..Cor Heol y March and Cor y Cwm, - who are all part of the performance.
0:16:15 > 0:16:17- You must be amongst - the youngest here.
0:16:17 > 0:16:21- How do you feel before - performing this important work?
0:16:21 > 0:16:23- We feel lucky.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26- Lucky. OK. - Is it a difficult piece to perform?
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- It was hard to learn the words.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31- But we're used to it now.
0:16:31 > 0:16:33- What about the older girls?
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- When you think about the story - behind this composition...
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- ..what goes through your minds - when you perform?
0:16:41 > 0:16:43- You feel the tension...
0:16:43 > 0:16:46- ..and the experience - those people went through.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52- You can also see clips from the time - on the screen behind.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54- You can really feel it.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57- Is it a difficult work?
0:16:57 > 0:17:00- Yes, because of the subject matter. - But it's amazing to perform.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03- How do you feel - about being a part of this?
0:17:03 > 0:17:04- It's fantastic.
0:17:04 > 0:17:09- It's an amazing experience for - all of us to sing in such a venue.
0:17:10 > 0:17:14- We wish you all the best - with your performance.
0:17:15 > 0:17:16- Before the performance...
0:17:16 > 0:17:21- ..let's hear from the two people - who created this amazing work.
0:17:21 > 0:17:25- I don't think I would have been able - to start writing...
0:17:25 > 0:17:29- ..without having been to Aberfan - to meet a group of villagers.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32- That was an important step.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34- I then felt a little bit - more confident...
0:17:35 > 0:17:37- ..that we were on the right track.
0:17:37 > 0:17:43- We were both determined - to produce a dignified work.
0:17:44 > 0:17:48- Mererid and I discussed it - and we thought we'd have a male...
0:17:48 > 0:17:51- ..one man, one woman who would kind - of - not literally...
0:17:52 > 0:17:57- ..but who kind of spoke for a man - and a woman, a father and a mother.
0:17:57 > 0:17:59- Bryn was the obvious choice.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03- The other one I wanted to use - was Elin Manahan Thomas.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07- She has this purity of voice, - an innocence if you like.
0:18:07 > 0:18:11- It will undoubtedly be emotional - - we'll be singing to families...
0:18:11 > 0:18:15- ..who have lost children - and members of the family.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19- I hope everyone will appreciate - the intensity, the power...
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- ..the hope and the light - of the Cantata.
0:18:22 > 0:18:23- I hope it raises spirits.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27- The first public performance - of Cantata Memoria...
0:18:27 > 0:18:29- ..will start in a few minutes.
0:18:29 > 0:18:33- It's nice to be able to speak to - Mererid Hopwood. How's your heart?
0:18:33 > 0:18:36- It's beating rather strongly!
0:18:36 > 0:18:39- I have nothing else to do tonight...
0:18:39 > 0:18:41- ..except sit back - and watch the singers...
0:18:41 > 0:18:44- ..the young children - and the musicians.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48- I'm sure they're very nervous. - I heard them performing yesterday.
0:18:48 > 0:18:51- Karl Jenkins is an absolute genius.
0:18:51 > 0:18:54- What kind of experience - has it been to work with him?
0:18:54 > 0:19:00- It has been a wonderful experience. - He's a very down-to-earth man.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05- We've worked together very closely - and we've got on very well.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11- We were both extremely determined - to do our very best.
0:19:12 > 0:19:14- We've seen photographs - of you both in Aberfan...
0:19:15 > 0:19:17- ..visiting the cemetery - and the memorial garden.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20- That visit must have had - an effect on you.
0:19:20 > 0:19:25- You feel like a different person - when you leave.
0:19:25 > 0:19:28- There is something very special - about it.
0:19:28 > 0:19:31- It's such an important part - of our history as a nation.
0:19:31 > 0:19:34- We must remember it...
0:19:34 > 0:19:39- ..even though we would prefer for it - not to be a part of our history.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41- We are here to remember.
0:19:41 > 0:19:45- The bell is ringing - to tell you to take your seats.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49- Best wishes to everyone involved.
0:19:49 > 0:19:53- When you join us after the break, we - will hear the first performance...
0:19:54 > 0:20:00- ..of Cantata Memoria: - For the children of Aberfan.
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