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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- On the most important Sunday - for Christians...
0:00:03 > 0:00:07- ..we celebrate the Resurrection - at St David's Church, Cardiff.
0:00:07 > 0:00:10- Welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:12 > 0:00:16- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:16 > 0:00:21- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:24 > 0:00:29- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:41 > 0:00:45- The programme features performances - by Huw Euron...
0:00:48 > 0:00:49- ..and Caryl Hughes.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56- We'll hear appropriate readings...
0:00:58 > 0:01:02- ..and contemplate the significance - of Easter Sunday.
0:01:05 > 0:01:06- This is a day to rejoice...
0:01:07 > 0:01:10- ..and that's reflected - in our first hymn.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13- Crist A Orchfygodd - Fore'r Trydydd Dydd.
0:01:14 > 0:01:18- The powerful music is from - Handel's oratorio, Judas Maccabeus.
0:01:18 > 0:01:22- Richard Vaughan conducts, - with Ieuan Jones at the organ.
0:04:44 > 0:04:48- "On the first day of the week, - very early in the morning...
0:04:48 > 0:04:53- "..the women took the spices they - had prepared and went to the tomb.
0:04:54 > 0:04:57- "They found the stone - rolled away from the tomb...
0:04:58 > 0:05:03- "..but when they entered, they did - not find the body of the Lord Jesus.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08- "While they were wondering - about this...
0:05:09 > 0:05:13- "..suddenly, two men in clothes - that gleamed like lightning...
0:05:13 > 0:05:14- "..stood beside them.
0:05:14 > 0:05:20- "In their fright, the women bowed - down with their faces to the ground.
0:05:20 > 0:05:22- "But the men said to them...
0:05:23 > 0:05:27- "..'Why do you look for the living - among the dead?
0:05:28 > 0:05:29- "'He is not here.
0:05:30 > 0:05:31- "'He has risen.
0:05:33 > 0:05:37- "'Remember how he told you, while - he was still with you in Galilee...
0:05:37 > 0:05:43- "'..the Son of Man must be delivered - over to the hands of sinners...
0:05:43 > 0:05:48- "'..be crucified and on - the third day be raised again.'"
0:08:00 > 0:08:02- Next, we have a performance.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06- Were You There - When You Crucified My Lord...
0:08:06 > 0:08:10- ..is one of those spirituals - sung by the slaves in the USA.
0:08:10 > 0:08:16- Interestingly, this was one - of Mahatma Gandhi's favourite songs.
0:08:16 > 0:08:21- It has been recorded - by a wide variety of singers...
0:08:21 > 0:08:23- ..from Johnny Cash to Jessye Norman.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27- We'll hear it sung - in a Welsh translation.
0:08:27 > 0:08:31- Lle'r Oe't Ti - Pan Groeshoeliwyd F'Arglwydd Pur.
0:08:31 > 0:08:34- To perform it, here's Huw Euron.
0:08:45 > 0:08:54- # Were you there - when they crucified my Lord?
0:08:56 > 0:09:07- # Were you there - when they crucified my Lord?
0:09:08 > 0:09:14- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:09:14 > 0:09:22- # Sometimes it causes me to tremble
0:09:23 > 0:09:30- # Tremble, tremble
0:09:31 > 0:09:42- # Were you there - when they crucified my Lord?
0:09:58 > 0:10:10- # Were you there - when they laid him in the tomb?
0:10:10 > 0:10:23- # Were you there - when they laid him in the tomb?
0:10:25 > 0:10:32- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:10:32 > 0:10:41- # Sometimes it causes me to tremble
0:10:42 > 0:10:49- # Tremble, tremble
0:10:51 > 0:11:05- # Were you there - when they laid him in the tomb?
0:11:06 > 0:11:16- # Were you there - when he rose up from the dead?
0:11:18 > 0:11:31- # Were you there - when he rose up from the dead?
0:11:32 > 0:11:39- # Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
0:11:39 > 0:11:49- # Sometimes it causes me to tremble
0:11:49 > 0:11:57- # Tremble, tremble
0:11:58 > 0:12:16- # Were you there - when he rose up from the dead? #
0:12:20 > 0:12:24- "The large stone was rolled away - from the mouth of the borrowed tomb
0:12:26 > 0:12:30- "And his body shone white - over Jerusalem and Rome
0:12:32 > 0:12:36- "A brilliant white, - beyond the brightness of this earth
0:12:37 > 0:12:41- "Like a cloud washed in the purity - of heaven's mists
0:12:43 > 0:12:48- "But on his hands - were red wounds like roses
0:12:48 > 0:12:53- "The scars of his love, - the sweepings of our surfeit
0:12:55 > 0:12:58- "The third day, - beyond our understanding
0:12:58 > 0:13:01- "Assuaging our thoughts - with his sanctity
0:13:02 > 0:13:09- "After we stared and realized - the injustice of Good Friday."
0:16:26 > 0:16:28- Next, Elfed's translation...
0:16:28 > 0:16:32- ..of Irish hymnist C F Alexander's - There Is A Green Hill Far Away...
0:16:33 > 0:16:36- ..sung by the mezzo-soprano - Caryl Hughes.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38- The hymn-tune is Lloyd.
0:16:38 > 0:16:41- Draw Draw Ymhell Mae Gwyrddlas Fryn.
0:16:55 > 0:17:01- # There is a green hill far away
0:17:02 > 0:17:06- # Without a city wall
0:17:07 > 0:17:13- # Where the dear Lord was crucified
0:17:13 > 0:17:20- # Who died to save us all
0:17:21 > 0:17:27- # We may not know, we cannot tell
0:17:28 > 0:17:33- # What pains he had to bear
0:17:33 > 0:17:40- # But we believe it was for us
0:17:40 > 0:17:47- # He hung and suffered there
0:17:48 > 0:17:55- # He died that we might be forgiven
0:17:56 > 0:18:01- # He died to make us good
0:18:01 > 0:18:08- # That we might go at last to heaven
0:18:08 > 0:18:14- # Saved by his precious blood.
0:18:17 > 0:18:23- # There was no other good enough
0:18:24 > 0:18:29- # To pay the price of sin
0:18:30 > 0:18:37- # He only could unlock the gate
0:18:37 > 0:18:44- # Of heav'n and let us in
0:18:54 > 0:19:01- # Oh, dearly, dearly has he loved!
0:19:01 > 0:19:07- # And we must love him too
0:19:07 > 0:19:14- # And trust in his redeeming blood
0:19:15 > 0:19:23- # And try his works to do #
0:19:27 > 0:19:29- "One moment, despair
0:19:29 > 0:19:32- "Them the stone was rolled away
0:19:33 > 0:19:34- "The empty tomb
0:19:34 > 0:19:37- "The stranger - appearing from the shadows
0:19:38 > 0:19:42- "And the familiar voice - calling my name
0:19:44 > 0:19:49- "One moment, tears, - and the next, laughter
0:19:50 > 0:19:55- "One moment, death, - and the next, life
0:19:56 > 0:20:00- "And now my heart leaps with joy
0:20:01 > 0:20:03- "This is not the end
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- "Merely the beginning."
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- It was the poet Alafon - who provided the translation...
0:22:55 > 0:22:59- ..of the renowned hymn Rock Of Ages, - by Augustus Montague Toplady.
0:22:59 > 0:23:03- The words of Craig Yr Oesoedd - are also the basis...
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- ..for a powerful duet - by George T Llewellyn.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10- He was a successful baritone - from Port Talbot.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- This was apparently - his first attempt at composition...
0:23:14 > 0:23:17- ..and, possibly, his only attempt.
0:23:17 > 0:23:19- It's sung for us by Huw Euron.
0:23:30 > 0:23:36- # Rock of Ages, cleft for me
0:23:36 > 0:23:40- # Let me hide myself in Thee
0:23:41 > 0:23:46- # Let the water and the blood
0:23:47 > 0:23:52- # From Thy riven side which flowed
0:23:53 > 0:23:59- # From Thy riven side which flowed
0:24:00 > 0:24:06- # Be of sin the double cure
0:24:06 > 0:24:17- # Save me from its guilt and power
0:24:29 > 0:24:35- # Not the labour of my hands
0:24:35 > 0:24:41- # Can fulfil Thy law's demands
0:24:42 > 0:24:47- # Could my zeal no respite know
0:24:47 > 0:24:53- # Could my tears forever flow
0:24:54 > 0:25:01- # Could my tears forever flow
0:25:01 > 0:25:07- # All could never sin erase
0:25:08 > 0:25:19- # Thou must save, and save by grace
0:25:32 > 0:25:37- # Nothing in my hands I bring
0:25:38 > 0:25:43- # Simply to Thy cross I cling
0:25:43 > 0:25:49- # Naked, come to Thee for dress
0:25:49 > 0:25:54- # Helpless, look to Thee for grace
0:25:55 > 0:26:00- # Foul, I to the fountain fly
0:26:01 > 0:26:09- # Wash me, Saviour, or I die
0:26:10 > 0:26:22- # Wash me, Saviour, or I die
0:26:38 > 0:26:43- # While I draw this fleeting breath
0:26:44 > 0:26:51- # When mine eyes - shall close in death
0:26:51 > 0:26:57- # When I soar to worlds unknown
0:26:57 > 0:27:02- # See Thee on Thy judgment throne
0:27:03 > 0:27:09- # Rock of Ages, cleft for me
0:27:09 > 0:27:17- # Let me hide myself in Thee
0:27:17 > 0:27:24- # Rock of Ages, cleft for me
0:27:25 > 0:27:41- # Let me hide myself in Thee #
0:27:44 > 0:27:47- "An explosion of true love came
0:27:47 > 0:27:50- "Through Jesus, our leading treasure
0:27:51 > 0:27:53- "He destroyed the great walls
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- "Of the proud castles - of this world's giants.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00- He put his hand - in the hand of the sick
0:28:00 > 0:28:03- "Brought peace to poor houses
0:28:04 > 0:28:07- "Where there was evil, - the cross's grace
0:28:07 > 0:28:12- "Where there was injustice, - reconciliation shone
0:28:12 > 0:28:16- "He is the man, more than anyone, - who holds the integrity of life
0:28:17 > 0:28:19- "His love and support - are beyond compare
0:28:20 > 0:28:22- "It is a pleasure to praise him
0:28:23 > 0:28:26- "The ingenious critics do us harm
0:28:27 > 0:28:31- "The affluent men disparage him
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- "He is the one, - the unassuming brother
0:28:34 > 0:28:36- "Who shall become mankind's sun."
0:31:32 > 0:31:36- William Gomez was a guitarist - and composer from Gibraltar.
0:31:36 > 0:31:39- Shortly before his death in 2000...
0:31:39 > 0:31:42- ..he composed - an arrangement of Ave Maria.
0:31:42 > 0:31:47- Hail Mary, Full Of Grace, - The Lord Is With You.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49- It's a wonderful piece.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Here to perform it is Caryl Hughes.
0:32:00 > 0:32:07- # Ave, Ave Maria
0:32:08 > 0:32:15- # Llena, llena eres de gracia
0:32:16 > 0:32:22- # Bendita eres Tu - entre todas las mujeres
0:32:23 > 0:32:26- # Y bendito es el fruto
0:32:27 > 0:32:33- # De tu vientre, Jesus
0:32:34 > 0:32:40- # Ave, Ave Maria
0:32:42 > 0:32:50- # Llena, llena eres de gracia
0:32:50 > 0:32:56- # Bendita eres Tu - entre todas las mujeres
0:32:57 > 0:33:01- # Y bendito es el fruto
0:33:01 > 0:33:07- # De tu vientre, Jesus
0:33:09 > 0:33:11- # Santa
0:33:11 > 0:33:16- # Santa Maria
0:33:16 > 0:33:20- # Santa Maria
0:33:21 > 0:33:26- # Madre de Dios
0:33:27 > 0:33:33- # Ruega por nosotros pecadores
0:33:34 > 0:33:38- # Ahora yen la hora
0:33:38 > 0:33:46- # De nuestra muerte, Amen
0:34:03 > 0:34:10- # Bendita eres Tu - entre todas las mujeres
0:34:11 > 0:34:15- # Y bendito es el fruto
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- # De tu vientre, Jesus
0:34:22 > 0:34:25- # Santa
0:34:26 > 0:34:30- # Santa Maria
0:34:30 > 0:34:34- # Santa Maria
0:34:34 > 0:34:40- # Madre de Dios
0:34:41 > 0:34:47- # Ruega por nosotros pecadores
0:34:48 > 0:34:52- # Ahora yen la hora
0:34:52 > 0:34:59- # De nuestra muerte, Amen
0:35:00 > 0:35:04- # Amen
0:35:07 > 0:35:17- # Amen #
0:35:25 > 0:35:27- "A face in a mirror
0:35:27 > 0:35:32- "Man is a pale grey reflection - of God's brilliance
0:35:33 > 0:35:35- "Attempting to flee from himself
0:35:36 > 0:35:39- "And faced by the mirror - in every direction
0:35:41 > 0:35:45- "Propelling him through the veins - of life like rushing red blood
0:35:46 > 0:35:50- "Hounding him - through the hills of disobedience
0:35:51 > 0:35:56- "And like an insatiable worm - through the knots of withered wood.
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- "Father, amid the suffering, - show us the effigy of humanity
0:36:02 > 0:36:06- "And on the cross, - hurriedly obliterate the spectre
0:36:06 > 0:36:10- "So that may rise from the ashes - a lily-white and rosy glow
0:36:11 > 0:36:14- "The burning column of the new man
0:36:14 > 0:36:19- "So white-hot that his image - could not be recognized."
0:39:49 > 0:39:51- "There in the ground his body lay
0:39:52 > 0:39:55- "Light of the world - by darkness slain."
0:39:56 > 0:39:57- On Easter Sunday...
0:39:57 > 0:40:02- ..we turn from the horrific - public events of Good Friday.
0:40:03 > 0:40:05- We turn - from the bustle of the crowd...
0:40:05 > 0:40:09- ..and the sound of them - jeering and mocking Jesus...
0:40:09 > 0:40:11- ..while he was dying on the cross.
0:40:11 > 0:40:15- We turn to the peace - and stillness of the garden.
0:40:17 > 0:40:22- Today, on Easter Sunday, we travel - with the women to the dark tomb.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25- They were quiet, - with tears in their eyes...
0:40:26 > 0:40:28- ..hearts heavy with grief...
0:40:28 > 0:40:31- ..their lives - torn apart by the cross.
0:40:32 > 0:40:36- We tend to think of death - and the grave as a failure.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39- As the end, - the end of life's journey.
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- The end of a relationship, - the end of dreams, the end of hope.
0:40:44 > 0:40:47- The grave is so final.
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- With Jesus and his truth - crucified and buried in the tomb...
0:40:52 > 0:40:56- ..who was left to challenge lives - and comfortable religion?
0:40:58 > 0:41:02- With Jesus and his light - crucified and laid in the tomb...
0:41:02 > 0:41:06- ..and the stone - rolled safely across the entrance...
0:41:06 > 0:41:11- ..who was left to show the nature - of God's sacrificial love...
0:41:11 > 0:41:15- ..and to challenge mankind's - selfishness and self-interest?
0:41:16 > 0:41:21- When the women arrived at the tomb, - the stone had been moved...
0:41:21 > 0:41:24- ..and they did not find - the body of the Lord Jesus.
0:41:25 > 0:41:28- The empty tomb - and the resurrection of Jesus...
0:41:28 > 0:41:33- ..shows us that God isn't willing - to let the truth be buried.
0:41:33 > 0:41:37- The truth insists on being heard.
0:41:38 > 0:41:43- Jesus said, "I am the way, - the truth and the life."
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- The tomb shows - that God's truth cannot be buried.
0:41:48 > 0:41:51- Neither can his light be confined.
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- Deceit and darkness - do not carry the day...
0:41:55 > 0:42:00- ..but the truth and the light - that belongs to us and the world...
0:42:00 > 0:42:02- ..through the resurrection of Jesus.
0:42:03 > 0:42:06- "There in the ground his body lay
0:42:06 > 0:42:10- "Light of the world - by darkness slain
0:42:10 > 0:42:14- "Then bursting forth in glorious day
0:42:14 > 0:42:16- "Up from the grave he rose again!"
0:44:59 > 0:45:02- "If then you have been - raised with Christ...
0:45:02 > 0:45:05- "..seek the things - that are above...
0:45:05 > 0:45:09- "..where Christ is seated - at the right hand of God.
0:45:09 > 0:45:13- "Set your minds - on things that are above...
0:45:13 > 0:45:16- "..not on things that are on earth.
0:45:16 > 0:45:22- "For you have died, and your life - is hidden with Christ in God.
0:45:23 > 0:45:27- "When Christ - who is your life appears...
0:45:28 > 0:45:33- "..then you also - will appear with him in glory.
0:49:16 > 0:49:20- The end is approaching, - and we have one hymn remaining.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23- I hope you have felt - the spirit of Easter today...
0:49:23 > 0:49:27- ..and have been blessed - by the performances and hymns...
0:49:28 > 0:49:30- ..from St David's Church in Cardiff.
0:49:30 > 0:49:32- We end with the congregation...
0:49:33 > 0:49:37- ..singing the immortal words - of Thomas Jones from Denbigh...
0:49:37 > 0:49:38- ..Mi Wn Fod Fy Mhrynwr Yn Fyw.
0:49:39 > 0:49:40- From us all, goodbye.
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