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0:00:00 > 0:00:04- Season's greetings from - St Padarn's Church, Llanberis...
0:00:04 > 0:00:08- ..and a warm welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:14 > 0:00:19- # Soli Deo gloria
0:00:22 > 0:00:27- # Soli Deo gloria #
0:00:39 > 0:00:43- Tonight, we sing - some of our most popular carols.
0:00:44 > 0:00:48- We'll enjoy listening - to Rhys Meirion...
0:00:49 > 0:00:52- ..Gwawr Edwards, Cor Glanaethwy...
0:00:53 > 0:00:57- ..readings from Maureen Rhys - and John Ogwen...
0:00:58 > 0:01:03- ..and special performances from Bryn - Terfel and Hannah Stone in Vienna.
0:04:29 > 0:04:33- Cor Glanaethwy is one - of our most successful choirs.
0:04:33 > 0:04:36- They continue to enchant - and entertain us...
0:04:37 > 0:04:40- ..in Wales, Britain - and further afield.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42- They have followers - around the world.
0:04:43 > 0:04:46- They are here tonight - to perform Seren Wen.
0:04:50 > 0:04:57- # It's a night without moon or stars
0:04:58 > 0:05:04- # It's Christmas Eve
0:05:04 > 0:05:11- # And the silent birds in the trees
0:05:11 > 0:05:17- # Huddle together trembling
0:05:18 > 0:05:25- # Sleep closes around like a curtain
0:05:25 > 0:05:31- # And I go as if in a dream
0:05:32 > 0:05:38- # On tiptoe to peep
0:05:38 > 0:05:45- # At the baby in the crib
0:05:45 > 0:05:51- # He who is born - the light of the world
0:05:52 > 0:05:59- # Is smiling at us
0:05:59 > 0:06:08- # And encouraging us to smile
0:06:09 > 0:06:15- # Shining star, shining star
0:06:16 > 0:06:29- # We need you tonight - to light up the world
0:06:42 > 0:06:48- # Come along with me
0:06:49 > 0:06:55- # It's Christmas Eve
0:06:55 > 0:07:02- # There are no footsteps - on the streets
0:07:02 > 0:07:08- # And the shops are closed
0:07:08 > 0:07:15- # We're going on a journey now
0:07:15 > 0:07:22- # On the magic wings of imagination
0:07:22 > 0:07:29- # To peep through the door
0:07:29 > 0:07:36- # At the cradle of the Saviour
0:07:36 > 0:07:41- # He who is born - the light of the world
0:07:43 > 0:07:50- # Is smiling at us
0:07:50 > 0:07:57- # And encouraging us to smile
0:08:00 > 0:08:06- # Shining star, shining star
0:08:06 > 0:08:17- # We need you tonight - to light up the world
0:08:18 > 0:08:25- # Shining star, shining star
0:08:25 > 0:08:41- # We need you tonight - to light up the world #
0:08:44 > 0:08:48- Now in those days a decree - went out from Caesar Augustus...
0:08:48 > 0:08:51- ..to register all the empire - for taxes.
0:08:52 > 0:08:54- This was the first registration...
0:08:54 > 0:08:57- ..taken when Quirinius - was governor of Syria.
0:08:58 > 0:09:03- Everyone went to his own - town to be registered.
0:09:03 > 0:09:07- So Joseph also went up from - the town of Nazareth in Galilee...
0:09:07 > 0:09:11- ..to Judea, to the city - of David called Bethlehem...
0:09:11 > 0:09:15- ..because he was of the house - and family line of David.
0:09:15 > 0:09:17- He went to be registered - with Mary...
0:09:17 > 0:09:21- ..who was promised in marriage to - him and who was expecting a child.
0:09:21 > 0:09:25- While they were there, the time - came for her to deliver her child.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- And she gave birth to her - firstborn son and wrapped him...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33- ..in strips of cloth - and laid him in a manger...
0:09:33 > 0:09:37- ..because there was no place - for them in the inn.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31- Next, we can enjoy scenes - from a real Christmas card...
0:12:31 > 0:12:34- ..as we travel - to Austria's capital, Vienna.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39- Waiting for us is Bryn Terfel - and the harpist Hannah Stone.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43- We can enjoy the Austrian carol - Still Still Still.
0:13:03 > 0:13:08- # Stille, stille, stille
0:13:09 > 0:13:14- # Weil's Kindlein schlafen will
0:13:15 > 0:13:20- # Maria tut es niedersingen
0:13:21 > 0:13:27- # Ihre keusche Brust darbringen
0:13:27 > 0:13:32- # Still, still, still
0:13:32 > 0:13:39- # Weil Kindlein schlafen will
0:13:40 > 0:13:45- # Sleep, sleep, sleep
0:13:46 > 0:13:51- # My precious Baby sleep
0:13:51 > 0:13:57- # The Angels are all music making
0:13:58 > 0:14:04- # By the Manger jubilating
0:14:04 > 0:14:09- # Sleep, sleep, sleep
0:14:10 > 0:14:16- # My precious Baby sleep
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- # Still, still, still
0:14:43 > 0:14:48- # Let Baby sleep its fill
0:14:48 > 0:14:54- # Maria sings a lullaby sweet
0:14:54 > 0:15:00- # And lays her true heart - at Your feet
0:15:00 > 0:15:05- # Still, still, still
0:15:06 > 0:15:12- # Let Baby sleep its fill
0:15:32 > 0:15:38- # Schlaf, schlaf, schlaf
0:15:38 > 0:15:43- # Mein liebes Kindlein, schlaf
0:15:43 > 0:15:49- # Die Englein tun schon musizieren
0:15:50 > 0:15:56- # Bei dem Kindlein jubilieren
0:15:57 > 0:16:02- # Schlaf, schlaf, schlaf
0:16:02 > 0:16:10- # Mein liebes Kindlein, schlaf
0:16:20 > 0:16:24- # Schlaf
0:16:26 > 0:16:39- # Liebes Kindlein, schlaf
0:16:39 > 0:16:45- # Schlaf #
0:16:49 > 0:16:51- Was it a morning like this - in Bethlehem
0:16:51 > 0:16:54- Peaceful on mountain and meadow?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Was it a morning like this - in Bethlehem
0:16:56 > 0:16:59- Two thousand years ago?
0:16:59 > 0:17:04- Were people like us rushing, - every soul to their own city
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- Without time to stop and wonder
0:17:07 > 0:17:10- At the birth of Jesus Christ?
0:17:10 > 0:17:13- Were shepherds like us watching
0:17:13 > 0:17:16- Their flock on a mountainside
0:17:16 > 0:17:19- Before standing still to stare
0:17:19 > 0:17:23- Silently at the wonder of the night?
0:17:24 > 0:17:26- Was Herod a person like me
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- Who tried to silence all life?
0:17:30 > 0:17:32- Searching only for his benefit
0:17:32 > 0:17:35- While claiming to search for God.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39- Did people like us visit Jesus
0:17:40 > 0:17:43- In his cradle in Bethlehem?
0:17:43 > 0:17:46- Do people like us forget
0:17:47 > 0:17:50- That's there's still a reason - for Jesus' birth?
0:20:07 > 0:20:11- Next a performance - by soprano Gwawr Edwards.
0:20:11 > 0:20:17- She's chosen to perform a piece - from Berlioz' Christmas Oratorio...
0:20:17 > 0:20:21- ..L'enfance du Christ, - Christ's childhood.
0:20:21 > 0:20:25- The shepherds sing - Dyner Arglwydd Gwylia Drosom.
0:20:33 > 0:20:40- # Blessed Jesus, we implore Thee
0:20:40 > 0:20:48- # With humble love and holy fear
0:20:48 > 0:20:55- # In the land that lies before Thee
0:20:55 > 0:21:04- # Forget not us who linger here!
0:21:04 > 0:21:12- # May the shepherd's lowly calling
0:21:12 > 0:21:20- # Ever to Thy heart be dear!
0:21:21 > 0:21:28- # May the shepherd's lowly calling
0:21:28 > 0:21:37- # Ever to Thy heart be dear
0:21:37 > 0:21:47- # Ever to Thy heart be dear! #
0:22:00 > 0:22:02- If you had the chance tonight
0:22:03 > 0:22:07- Who would you cast for yourself - in the Nativity?
0:22:07 > 0:22:09- The first birth of all.
0:22:10 > 0:22:14- Would you be a shepherd - on the cold mountains
0:22:14 > 0:22:16- Giving your lamb to Jesus?
0:22:16 > 0:22:19- Presenting it at his cradle.
0:22:20 > 0:22:22- Would you be a Wise Man
0:22:22 > 0:22:26- The richest bringing - the most valuable gift
0:22:26 > 0:22:29- And giving it to the smallest being?
0:22:29 > 0:22:32- Would you be an innkeeper - with no room at the inn
0:22:33 > 0:22:37- Leaving only a stable - as a home for Heaven's King?
0:22:38 > 0:22:42- Would you be an angel, - pure and perfect
0:22:42 > 0:22:46- Tonight proclaiming the message - warmly in song?
0:22:47 > 0:22:50- Would you be one of those - continuing with your life
0:22:51 > 0:22:55- Without hearing in your heart - about the birth of our Saviour?
0:22:56 > 0:23:00- Would you be Herod tonight, - wandering to the cradle
0:23:00 > 0:23:02- To turn day into night
0:23:03 > 0:23:06- And silencing every birth?
0:23:06 > 0:23:09- If you had the chance tonight
0:23:09 > 0:23:13- Who would you cast for yourself - in the Nativity?
0:23:13 > 0:23:16- The first birth of all.
0:25:51 > 0:25:55- And there were shepherds - living out in the fields nearby...
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- ..keeping watch - over their flocks at night.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- An angel of the Lord - appeared to them...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04- ..and the glory of the Lord - shone around them...
0:26:05 > 0:26:07- ..and they were terrified.
0:26:07 > 0:26:09- But the angel said to them...
0:26:10 > 0:26:12- .."Do not be afraid.
0:26:12 > 0:26:19- "I bring you good news that will - cause great joy for all the people.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24- "Today in the town of David - a Saviour has been born to you
0:26:24 > 0:26:27- "He is the Messiah, the Lord.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30- "This will be a sign to you.
0:26:30 > 0:26:37- "You will find a baby wrapped - in cloths and lying in a manger."
0:26:38 > 0:26:42- Suddenly a great company - of the heavenly host...
0:26:42 > 0:26:46- ..appeared with the angel, - praising God and saying...
0:26:46 > 0:26:49- .."Glory to God - in the highest heaven...
0:26:50 > 0:26:56- "..and on earth peace - to those on whom his favour rests."
0:29:42 > 0:29:45- We return - to join the Glanaethwy choir...
0:29:46 > 0:29:50- ..and an ensemble - will perform Cefin Roberts' words...
0:29:50 > 0:29:53- ..to Delwyn Sion's music - - Alaw Mair.
0:29:56 > 0:30:03- # I wonder what lullaby - Mary sang her blessed baby
0:30:03 > 0:30:07- # As he cried
0:30:07 > 0:30:12- # Mmmm
0:30:12 > 0:30:19- # Was the melody plaintive? - Did it provoke tears?
0:30:19 > 0:30:28- # Or was it cheerful and light - like flakes of snow?
0:30:29 > 0:30:35- # I wonder what games the mothers - played to amuse their children
0:30:35 > 0:30:39- # In the land of Judah
0:30:39 > 0:30:44- # Mmmm
0:30:44 > 0:30:50- # Was your little child so different
0:30:51 > 0:30:59- # Amidst the injustice of humanity?
0:31:00 > 0:31:05- # What was your melody, Mary?
0:31:06 > 0:31:09- # Your melody, Mary?
0:31:10 > 0:31:15- # Your melody, Mary?
0:31:16 > 0:31:20- # What was your melody, Mary
0:31:20 > 0:31:23- # To the king
0:31:23 > 0:31:32- # Who lived by the Word of God?
0:31:32 > 0:31:38- # I wonder how many times - the heart of Mary, the mother
0:31:38 > 0:31:42- # Beat in a sea of anxieties
0:31:42 > 0:31:47- # Mmmm
0:31:47 > 0:31:53- # Did she, I wonder, - feel the futility of it all
0:31:55 > 0:31:58- # As she fled from the enemy
0:31:58 > 0:32:02- # With the enemy everywhere?
0:32:03 > 0:32:08- # Mary, - how could one comprehend your pain?
0:32:08 > 0:32:12- # Comprehend your pain?
0:32:12 > 0:32:18- # Comprehend your pain?
0:32:18 > 0:32:23- # Mary, - how could one comprehend your pain?
0:32:23 > 0:32:29- # As you saw the baby
0:32:29 > 0:32:34- # On the cross?
0:32:45 > 0:32:50- # What was your melody?
0:32:54 > 0:32:58- # What was your melody?
0:33:01 > 0:33:06- # What was your melody?
0:33:06 > 0:33:13- # Who composed it
0:33:15 > 0:33:28- # Mary? #
0:33:31 > 0:33:36- Many of us have enjoyed S4C's - recent series Deuawdau Rhys Meirion.
0:33:36 > 0:33:41- It's a pleasure to welcome - one of the faces of Dechrau Canu...
0:33:42 > 0:33:45- ..to sing a duet with Gwawr Edwards.
0:33:45 > 0:33:49- They will perform - Daeth Crist I'n Plith.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03- # Joy to the World, - the Lord is come!
0:34:03 > 0:34:09- # Let earth receive her King
0:34:09 > 0:34:13- # Let every heart prepare Him room
0:34:13 > 0:34:15- # And Heaven and nature sing
0:34:16 > 0:34:18- # And Heaven and nature sing
0:34:19 > 0:34:23- # And Heaven, and Heaven, - and nature sing.
0:34:29 > 0:34:33- # Joy to the World, - the Saviour reigns!
0:34:33 > 0:34:38- # Let men their songs employ
0:34:39 > 0:34:44- # While fields and floods, - rocks, hills and plains
0:34:44 > 0:34:49- # Repeat the sounding joy, - repeat the sounding joy,
0:34:49 > 0:34:54- # Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy
0:34:59 > 0:35:04- # No more let sins and sorrows grow
0:35:04 > 0:35:09- # Nor thorns infest the ground
0:35:09 > 0:35:14- # He comes to make - His blessings flow
0:35:15 > 0:35:17- # Far as the curse is found
0:35:17 > 0:35:19- # Far as the curse is found
0:35:20 > 0:35:25- # Far as, far as, - the curse is found
0:35:30 > 0:35:35- # He rules the world - with truth and grace
0:35:35 > 0:35:40- # And makes the nations prove
0:35:40 > 0:35:45- # The glories of His righteousness
0:35:45 > 0:35:48- # And wonders of His love
0:35:48 > 0:35:50- # And wonders of His love
0:35:50 > 0:35:55- # And wonders, wonders, of His love
0:35:55 > 0:35:57- # And wonders of His love
0:35:58 > 0:36:00- # And wonders of His love
0:36:00 > 0:36:09- # And wonders, wonders, - of His love #
0:36:12 > 0:36:17- There are some messages - that cannot safely be transported
0:36:17 > 0:36:21- To their journey's end - by words of any language.
0:36:21 > 0:36:25- These messages are too important - for the sounds of the world
0:36:26 > 0:36:30- They always come quietly, quietly - to the pure heart.
0:36:31 > 0:36:36- Through the Christmas hustle - and the fuss from the town's shops
0:36:36 > 0:36:42- You can hear, if you listen, - the old message of Heaven's light.
0:36:42 > 0:36:47- It will come in a ray of joy - from a distant star
0:36:47 > 0:36:53- Whispering about peace - in hope of a better love.
0:36:53 > 0:36:57- When you receive the message, - you will see as you open it
0:36:58 > 0:37:03- That there is a new chapter - and a place for your story.
0:37:03 > 0:37:09- The story that shines brightly - the history that's a journey
0:37:09 > 0:37:14- The words that are love, - the message that gives hope.
0:40:09 > 0:40:13- Let's return to the opera house - in Vienna...
0:40:13 > 0:40:16- ..to enjoy the sounds - of Hannah Stone's harp...
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- ..and the voice of Bryn Terfel.
0:40:30 > 0:40:35- # In the bleak mid-winter
0:40:36 > 0:40:41- # Frosty wind made moan
0:40:41 > 0:40:47- # Earth stood hard as iron
0:40:47 > 0:40:52- # Water like a stone
0:40:53 > 0:40:57- # Snow had fallen, snow on snow
0:40:58 > 0:41:03- # Snow on snow
0:41:05 > 0:41:10- # In the bleak mid-winter
0:41:10 > 0:41:15- # Long ago
0:41:24 > 0:41:30- # Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him
0:41:30 > 0:41:36- # Nor earth sustain
0:41:36 > 0:41:42- # Heaven and earth shall flee away
0:41:42 > 0:41:47- # When He comes to reign
0:41:48 > 0:41:53- # In the bleak mid-winter
0:41:53 > 0:41:59- # A stable-place sufficed
0:41:59 > 0:42:05- # The Lord God Almighty
0:42:05 > 0:42:11- # Jesus Christ
0:42:21 > 0:42:26- # What can I give Him
0:42:26 > 0:42:31- # Poor as I am?
0:42:32 > 0:42:37- # If I were a shepherd
0:42:37 > 0:42:42- # I would bring a lamb
0:42:43 > 0:42:48- # If I were a wise man
0:42:48 > 0:42:54- # I would do my part
0:42:54 > 0:43:00- # Yet what I can, I give Him
0:43:00 > 0:43:07- # Give my heart
0:43:09 > 0:43:26- # Give my heart #
0:43:30 > 0:43:34- Holly, a harp, a roaring fire
0:43:34 > 0:43:35- And wonderful carols
0:43:35 > 0:43:38- The world is awash with song
0:43:38 > 0:43:41- Because of the new-born son.
0:43:56 > 0:44:03- # Soundly sleeps Judea
0:44:03 > 0:44:09- # Deep in tender dreams
0:44:10 > 0:44:15- # Only gentle breezes
0:44:15 > 0:44:23- # And softly flowing streams
0:44:23 > 0:44:29- # Break the perfect silence
0:44:29 > 0:44:36- # On this holy night
0:44:36 > 0:44:43- # Murmuring glad tidings
0:44:43 > 0:44:49- # As their song takes flight
0:44:49 > 0:44:56- # As their song takes flight
0:44:56 > 0:45:03- # Praise be given, He is come!
0:45:04 > 0:45:11- # Sound the trumpet, strike the drum
0:45:11 > 0:45:15- # Soul, take wing
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- # Loudly, sing
0:45:18 > 0:45:31- # Born this night is Christ the King
0:45:39 > 0:45:45- # Wise men bring their treasures
0:45:45 > 0:45:51- # To the lowly stall
0:45:52 > 0:45:57- # Shepherds kneel in wonder
0:45:57 > 0:46:03- # Before the Lord of All
0:46:04 > 0:46:10- # Kings and lowly vassals
0:46:10 > 0:46:16- # Join the swelling throng
0:46:16 > 0:46:23- # All as one united
0:46:23 > 0:46:29- # Praising Him in song
0:46:29 > 0:46:37- # Praising Him in song
0:46:37 > 0:46:44- # Praise be given, He is come!
0:46:45 > 0:46:53- # Sound the trumpet, strike the drum
0:46:53 > 0:46:56- # Soul, take wing
0:46:56 > 0:46:59- # Loudly, sing
0:46:59 > 0:47:13- # Born this night is Christ the King
0:47:20 > 0:47:28- # Brightly dawns the sunrise
0:47:28 > 0:47:34- # On this day of days
0:47:34 > 0:47:40- # Sending out the good news
0:47:40 > 0:47:47- # In a dazzling blaze
0:47:48 > 0:47:54- # And all who hear the anthem
0:47:54 > 0:48:00- # Add their joyful voice
0:48:00 > 0:48:07- # Let the song redouble!
0:48:07 > 0:48:14- # All the world rejoice!
0:48:14 > 0:48:22- # All the world rejoice!
0:48:22 > 0:48:29- # Praise be given, He is come!
0:48:29 > 0:48:37- # Sound the trumpet, strike the drum
0:48:37 > 0:48:40- # Soul, take wing
0:48:41 > 0:48:45- # Loudly, sing
0:48:45 > 0:48:59- # Born this night is Christ the King
0:48:59 > 0:49:13- # Christ the king #
0:49:15 > 0:49:17- Our time here is drawing to a close.
0:49:18 > 0:49:21- We hope you have enjoyed - our Christmas celebration.
0:49:21 > 0:49:25- Thanks for your company and enjoy - the rest of the festive season.
0:49:25 > 0:49:29- We end with the carol - "Clywch lu'r nef yn seinio'n un...
0:49:30 > 0:49:33- "..henffych eni Ceidwad dyn."
0:49:33 > 0:49:36- From Llanberis, merry Christmas.
0:53:46 > 0:53:48- S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.
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