Trawsfynydd

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0:00:00 > 0:00:05- Welcome to Trawsfynydd and welcome - to Dechrau Canu Dechrau Canmol.

0:00:08 > 0:00:12- # Soli Deo gloria

0:00:12 > 0:00:16- # Soli Deo gloria

0:00:19 > 0:00:24- # Soli Deo gloria #

0:00:36 > 0:00:40- We join a cymanfa ganu - at Moreia Chapel, Trawsfynydd.

0:00:40 > 0:00:43- Iwan Morgan will lead the service...

0:00:43 > 0:00:46- ..and Sylvia Ann Jones - is at the organ.

0:00:46 > 0:00:50- We begin with O Llefara Addfwyn Iesu - Mae Dy Eiriau Fel Y Gwin...

0:00:50 > 0:00:52- ..sung to the hymn tune Hyfrydol.

0:04:12 > 0:04:16- WJ Gruffydd, Elerydd...

0:04:16 > 0:04:18- ..composed the next hymn.

0:04:18 > 0:04:24- It's a hymn which depicts - God's prowess as Creator...

0:04:24 > 0:04:28- ..during the four seasons - of the year.

0:04:28 > 0:04:30- He composed the hymn...

0:04:30 > 0:04:36- ..at the behest of a music teacher - at Ysgol Y Preseli, Crymych...

0:04:36 > 0:04:39- ..called John Osborne Thomas.

0:04:39 > 0:04:41- It appears that it was first sung...

0:04:42 > 0:04:45- ..by Y Preseli's school choir...

0:04:45 > 0:04:49- ..during the 1950s.

0:04:49 > 0:04:52- "Y mae Duw yn neffro'r gwanwyn.

0:04:52 > 0:04:56- "Dwed yr haf a'i fwyn diriondeb.

0:04:56 > 0:05:00- "Gwelir Duw yn lliwio'r hydref."

0:05:00 > 0:05:05- And the final verse, - "Y mae Duw yng ngrym y gaeaf."

0:08:10 > 0:08:14- Tomos Heddwyn Griffiths is a singer - from the Trawsfynydd area.

0:08:14 > 0:08:17- A member of - North Wales' Only Boys Aloud...

0:08:17 > 0:08:20- ..he will now perform Fel Yr Hydd.

0:08:31 > 0:08:36- # As the deer panteth for the water

0:08:36 > 0:08:42- # So my soul longs after you

0:08:42 > 0:08:47- # You alone are my heart's desire

0:08:47 > 0:08:52- # And I long to worship you

0:08:53 > 0:08:58- # You alone are my strength, - my shield

0:08:58 > 0:09:04- # To you alone may my spirit yield

0:09:04 > 0:09:09- # You alone are my heart's desire

0:09:09 > 0:09:15- # And I long to worship you

0:09:21 > 0:09:26- # I want you more - than gold or silver

0:09:26 > 0:09:31- # Only you can satisfy

0:09:32 > 0:09:37- # You alone are the real joy giver

0:09:37 > 0:09:43- # And the apple of my eye

0:09:43 > 0:09:49- # You alone are my strength, - my shield

0:09:49 > 0:09:54- # To you alone may my spirit yield

0:09:55 > 0:09:59- # You alone are my heart's desire

0:10:00 > 0:10:06- # And I long to worship you

0:10:12 > 0:10:17- # You're my friend - and you're my brother

0:10:17 > 0:10:23- # Even though you are King

0:10:23 > 0:10:29- # I love you more than any other

0:10:29 > 0:10:34- # So much more than anything

0:10:35 > 0:10:41- # You alone are my strength, - my shield

0:10:41 > 0:10:47- # To you alone may my spirit yield

0:10:47 > 0:10:52- # You alone are my heart's desire

0:10:53 > 0:11:00- # And I long to worship you #

0:11:04 > 0:11:07- Referred to - as Emyn Dyfed (Dyfed's Hymn)...

0:11:08 > 0:11:11- ..with the words, - I Galfaria Trof Fy Wyneb...

0:11:11 > 0:11:16- ..TH Parry-Williams - regarded it as a powerful hymn...

0:11:18 > 0:11:21- ..and like a few other - religious songs...

0:11:21 > 0:11:24- ..it is too literary conscious.

0:11:25 > 0:11:29- However, despite the criticism, - there's no doubt...

0:11:30 > 0:11:35- ..that the images depicted - are very powerful.

0:11:37 > 0:11:41- Out of respect for the musician, - John Price from Rumney...

0:11:41 > 0:11:48- ..Daniel Protheroe - named this hymn tune Price.

0:11:48 > 0:11:52- I Galfaria Trof Fy Wyneb.

0:11:52 > 0:11:57- Pen Calfaria, - Dry fy nagrau'n ffrwd o hedd.

0:14:21 > 0:14:25- A question uttered by - the Virgin Mary was used...

0:14:25 > 0:14:31- ..when John Elias from Anglesey - composed this next hymn.

0:14:32 > 0:14:36- By fulfilling - a familial duty one morning...

0:14:37 > 0:14:42- ..the aged preacher - read from the Book of Isiah...

0:14:43 > 0:14:45- ..chapter 53...

0:14:47 > 0:14:51- ..which emphasises - how the scriptures...

0:14:51 > 0:14:54- ..speak to the individual's heart...

0:14:55 > 0:14:59- ..and adapt themselves - to a person's situation.

0:15:00 > 0:15:04- And noticing, - like the Virgin Mary...

0:15:04 > 0:15:09- ..that we break a pure law - and God's heart...

0:15:10 > 0:15:13- ..we'll receive mercy for our sins.

0:15:15 > 0:15:19- Through his grace he accepts - each of us into God's family.

0:18:43 > 0:18:47- Before the final hymn, I'd like - to thank the people of Traws...

0:18:47 > 0:18:49- ..for their welcome.

0:18:49 > 0:18:53- We'll return to the area - before the end of the series.

0:18:53 > 0:18:58- We end with "Mi dafla 'maich oddi ar - fy ngwar wrth deimlo dwyfol loes"...

0:18:58 > 0:19:00- ..sung to the hymn tune Tyddewi.

0:19:00 > 0:19:02- Goodbye from Trawsfynydd.

0:24:08 > 0:24:10- S4C Subtitles by Adnod Cyf.

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