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0:00:00 > 0:00:03- From the Preseli Hills - and Mynachlog-ddu...
0:00:03 > 0:00:06- ..welcome to - Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:13 > 0:00:17- # Soli Deo gloria
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0:00:37 > 0:00:41- We begin the programme - with a jubilant hymn.
0:00:41 > 0:00:44- "Gorfoleddwn heddiw - a moliannus lef...
0:00:45 > 0:00:49- "..rhown yn ewyllysgar - fawl mewn anthem gref."
0:04:00 > 0:04:03- It was a verse from Psalm 81...
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- ..which inspired - JJ Williams, Morriston...
0:04:06 > 0:04:10- ..to write the hymn, - Ynot, Arglwydd, Gorfoleddwn.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12- Verse seven of the psalm reads...
0:04:12 > 0:04:16- .."In your distress you called - and I rescued you.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- "I answered you - out of a thundercloud."
0:04:19 > 0:04:23- TR Williams, composer - of the hymn tune Pant-Gwyn...
0:04:23 > 0:04:27- ..was a prolific musician in his - home county of Caernarvonshire...
0:04:27 > 0:04:29- ..in the Edwardian era.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37- The famous preacher, - David Jones Treborth...
0:06:38 > 0:06:43- ..is the owner of one of the most - memorable couplets in our hymnary.
0:06:43 > 0:06:47- "Mae Duw yn llond pob lle, - presennol ym mhob man."
0:06:48 > 0:06:52- It was first published in 1848.
0:06:52 > 0:06:55- It's sung to the hymn tune Maelor...
0:06:55 > 0:06:58- ..written by - John Hughes, Dolgellau...
0:06:58 > 0:07:01- ..who worked tirelessly - as a conductor...
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- ..a music arranger and - editor of the Baptists' hymn book.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32- Edmwnd Prys, like his fellow student - at Cambridge, William Morgan...
0:08:33 > 0:08:34- ..was a gifted linguist.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37- Like his friend - at St John's College...
0:08:38 > 0:08:42- ..he went on to enjoy a successful - career within the Anglican Church.
0:08:42 > 0:08:47- "Disgwyliaf o'r mynyddoedd draw, - ble daw im help 'wyllysgar"...
0:08:47 > 0:08:51- ..comes from his most prominent - work, Salmau Can, from 1621.
0:08:52 > 0:08:56- In this case, it's Psalm 121 - that's been turned into verse.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01- Benjamin Williams, Llandudno, is the - author of the hymn tune, Deganwy.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55- Though the words - of Morgan Rhys, Cilycwm, are old...
0:10:55 > 0:11:00- ..they're just as powerful as - they were at the end of the 18thC.
0:11:00 > 0:11:05- The one word which stands out - throughout the hymn is Dewch (Come).
0:11:05 > 0:11:09- "Dewch at yr Iesu, - mae'i freichiau'n aros i'ch derbyn."
0:11:09 > 0:11:13- The priest, JD Edwards, - was the first to publish...
0:11:13 > 0:11:18- ..a book of hymn tunes for the - Anglican Church in Wales in 1839.
0:11:18 > 0:11:23- It was in that book that - the hymn tune 'Lovely' appeared...
0:11:23 > 0:11:26- ..which has - since been renamed Rhosymedre.
0:13:26 > 0:13:28- Pedr Fardd, Caernarvonshire...
0:13:28 > 0:13:32- ..was very active in spreading - the Christian gospel in Liverpool...
0:13:33 > 0:13:35- ..in the early 19th century.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37- He was a literary writer - and hymnist...
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- ..who published - many pamphlets and booklets...
0:13:41 > 0:13:45- ..for the Calvinistic Methodist - Sunday schools in the city.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48- The hymn tune Hursley - has its origins in Austria...
0:13:48 > 0:13:51- ..at the end of the 18th century.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54- The music travelled to London - in the Victorian era...
0:13:55 > 0:13:58- ..and it was there that it was given - a new English name.
0:15:51 > 0:15:53- Elfed's contribution...
0:15:53 > 0:15:58- ..to Wales' Christian, literary - and cultural life is substantial.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01- Decades before - the Revival took hold of him...
0:16:02 > 0:16:04- ..Elfed had won - the Eisteddfod Crown...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- ..with his pryddest, - Y Sabath Yng Nghymru...
0:16:08 > 0:16:10- ..as well as the Bardic Chair.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13- He wrote a hymn, - urging his fellow Christians...
0:16:14 > 0:16:18- ..not to become disheartened in - their work building God's kingdom...
0:16:19 > 0:16:21- ..here on Earth.
0:16:21 > 0:16:26- Ieuan Gwyllt rescued the German - hymn tune Alexander from oblivion...
0:16:26 > 0:16:31- ..by including it in his book - of congregational tunes in 1859.
0:18:17 > 0:18:22- The words of Yn Y Dwys Ddistawrwydd - originate in South Africa.
0:18:22 > 0:18:26- Nantlais translated the words - of missionary Emily Grimes.
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- Haydn Jones, Penygroes, - Carmarthenshire...
0:18:29 > 0:18:32- ..composed - the Maesybryn hymn tune...
0:18:32 > 0:18:37- ..which was first published in - Llawlyfr Moliant Newydd in 1955.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49- Some wonderful singing there - from Bethel Chapel, Mynachlog-ddu.
0:20:49 > 0:20:54- I hope you've enjoyed the cymanfa - and will join us again next week.
0:20:54 > 0:20:59- We end the programme with Mary Owen, - Llansawel's uplifting hymn.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02- Dyma Gariad Pwy A'i Traetha? - Anchwiliadwy Ydyw Ef.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06- From everyone here - in Mynachlog-ddu, goodbye.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12- S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.
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