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0:00:29 > 0:00:31- 2016 marks the 70th anniversary...
0:00:31 > 0:00:36- ..of the Llangollen International - Musical Eisteddfod.
0:00:36 > 0:00:39- The years have flown by, - and tonight we are really galloping.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- The William Tell Overture - opens our concert here tonight.
0:03:53 > 0:03:57- The International Pavilion is a - special stage for our first soloist.
0:03:57 > 0:04:02- The baritone from Pant Glas - is happy to be back here this year.
0:08:30 > 0:08:34- A solo about the magnificence - and richness of Heavenly light...
0:08:34 > 0:08:38- ..from Das Rheingold, - one in a ring of operas by Wagner.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44- Tenor Joseph Calleja - hails from the island of Malta.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47- He's made a real impression - on the opera stages of the world.
0:08:48 > 0:08:52- Over the years, he has built up - quite a friendship with Bryn Terfel.
0:11:39 > 0:11:43- The tragic clown from the opera - I Pagliacci performs...
0:11:44 > 0:11:47- ..despite the tears - and the heartbreak.
0:11:47 > 0:11:50- More from this musical feast - after a short break.
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0:12:06 > 0:12:10- Eilir Owen Griffiths, the Musical - Director of the Eisteddfod...
0:12:11 > 0:12:14- ..has composed a new work - for the celebrations.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16- This is Fanfare for Peace.
0:15:18 > 0:15:20- How does it feel - to be back at Llangollen?
0:15:20 > 0:15:23- You must feel - very comfortable here.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25- Amazing.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28- Two years ago, I was performing - in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd...
0:15:29 > 0:15:30- ..a very different piece.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34- It was a frightening idea - of a concert...
0:15:34 > 0:15:38- ..to put on such a show on - over two days.
0:15:38 > 0:15:40- Today is a bit easier.
0:15:40 > 0:15:45- It's a concert - of about two and a half hours.
0:15:46 > 0:15:47- What's the connection...
0:15:48 > 0:15:51- ..between you and the Maltese - tenor, Joseph Calleja.
0:15:51 > 0:15:56- He came to the Faenol - early in his career.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58- It was our second year - at the Faenol.
0:15:59 > 0:16:04- I was then invited - to his amazing concert in Malta.
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- We have sung together many times - on the opera stages of the world.
0:19:51 > 0:19:56- The tenor, Faust, and the baritone - Mephistopheles, the devil himself.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01- These two friends are delighted to - be singing together in Llangollen.
0:20:02 > 0:20:07- Applause also for Sinfonia Cymru, - conducted by Gareth Jones.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10- More classics will follow - after the break.
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0:22:29 > 0:22:32- What a face, and what a voice!
0:22:32 > 0:22:36- Bryn Terfel singing - the Golden Calf solo from Faust...
0:22:36 > 0:22:40- ..thrilling the audience here - at the International Pavilion.
0:22:40 > 0:22:43- We now welcome back the tenor, - Joseph Calleja...
0:22:44 > 0:22:48- ..singing Why Do You Wake Me? - by Massenet.
0:25:30 > 0:25:35- I'm backstage for a quick word with - the Maltese tenor, Joseph Calleja.
0:25:35 > 0:25:36- Welcome to Wales.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39- Is it good to be back here?
0:25:40 > 0:25:42- It's always good - to come back to Wales.
0:25:42 > 0:25:45- I have many memories which go back - quite a number of years.
0:25:45 > 0:25:48- Actually back 20 years - to when I was eighteen.
0:25:48 > 0:25:52- It's a beautiful country, - the weather has been cooperating...
0:25:52 > 0:25:54- ..so looking forward to the night.
0:25:54 > 0:25:57- What were you doing here - when you were eighteen?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Auditioning for Cardiff - Singer of the World...
0:26:00 > 0:26:01- ..and the Welsh National Opera.
0:26:11 > 0:26:15- Your relationship with Bryn Terfel - also goes back a few years.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18- Yes, it's a platonic marriage - made in heaven.
0:26:18 > 0:26:19- Beautiful.
0:31:52 > 0:31:58- Surely there isn't a finer duet, - the Pearl Fishers' Duet by Bizet.
0:31:58 > 0:32:03- Bryn Terfel and Joseph Calleja - certainly had the audience hooked...
0:32:03 > 0:32:06- ..and they now receive - the applause.
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0:32:20 > 0:32:25- Eirlys Myfanwy Davies, you have fond - memories of the Llangollen stage.
0:32:25 > 0:32:27- Yes, very fond memories.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30- I have competed here - for many years...
0:32:30 > 0:32:33- ..and I'm back this year - for the big gala concert.
0:32:33 > 0:32:37- It's because you won a special - competition here two years ago.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40- Yes, the 2014 Voice of the Future.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44- I was invited to sing - at this year's gala concert.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46- It's a privilege and a huge honour.
0:38:47 > 0:38:49- Eirlys Myfanwy Davies...
0:38:49 > 0:38:53- ..with the romantic solo, My Heart - Opens Itself to Your Voice...
0:38:53 > 0:38:55- ..from the opera, - Samson and Delilah.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Cavalleria Rusticana is well-known - as one of a pair of operas Cav/Pag.
0:39:03 > 0:39:06- These days, they're almost always - performed together.
0:39:06 > 0:39:10- The Sinfonia Cymru orchestra, - conducted by Gareth Jones...
0:39:10 > 0:39:14- ..will now perform the famous - Intermezzo from this work.
0:42:38 > 0:42:44- The famous Intermezzo - from Cavalleria Rusticana.
0:42:48 > 0:42:51- Tenor Joseph Calleja - is warmly welcomed back...
0:42:52 > 0:42:56- ..who will now sing - Federico's Lament by Cilea.
0:47:15 > 0:47:18- A smile after the lament.
0:47:18 > 0:47:22- The Maltese tenor is obviously - a favourite here in Wales.
0:47:22 > 0:47:25- We still have more musical - favourites coming your way.
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0:47:41 > 0:47:46- Bryn Terfel has managed to bridge - the gap between opera and musicals.
0:47:46 > 0:47:50- From his popular performances - of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs...
0:47:50 > 0:47:53- ..to his thrilling interpretation - of Sweeney Todd...
0:47:54 > 0:47:57- ..and more recently, - Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof.
0:47:58 > 0:48:02- Today, I am a horse.
0:48:02 > 0:48:03- Dear God.
0:48:04 > 0:48:08- Did you have to make my poor - old horse lose his shoes...
0:48:08 > 0:48:11- ..just before the Sabbath?
0:48:11 > 0:48:12- That wasn't very nice.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16- It's enough you pick on me.
0:48:17 > 0:48:22- Bless me with five daughters, - a life of poverty.
0:48:23 > 0:48:28- But what have you got - against my horse?
0:48:32 > 0:48:35- Sometimes I think...
0:48:35 > 0:48:38- ..when it's too quiet up there...
0:48:40 > 0:48:42- ..you say to yourself...
0:48:43 > 0:48:50- .."Let's see what kind of mischief - can I play on my friend, Tevye?"
0:48:56 > 0:49:05- Dear God, you made many, - many, many many rich people.
0:49:07 > 0:49:14- I realize, of course, - it's no shame to be poor.
0:49:17 > 0:49:20- But it's no great honour either!
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- So, what would have been - so terrible...
0:49:28 > 0:49:36- ..if I had a small fortune?
0:49:38 > 0:49:40- # If I were a rich man
0:49:40 > 0:49:45- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:49:45 > 0:49:49- # All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
0:49:49 > 0:49:51- # If I were a wealthy man
0:49:52 > 0:49:55- # I wouldn't have to work hard
0:49:55 > 0:49:59- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:50:00 > 0:50:03- # If I were a biddy biddy rich
0:50:03 > 0:50:07- # Idle-diddle-didle-didle man
0:50:08 > 0:50:16- # I'd build a big tall house - with rooms by the dozen
0:50:16 > 0:50:18- # Right in the middle of the town
0:50:19 > 0:50:24- # A fine tin roof - with real wooden floors below
0:50:25 > 0:50:29- # There would be one long staircase - just going up
0:50:30 > 0:50:33- # And one even longer coming down
0:50:33 > 0:50:38- # And one more going nowhere, - just for show
0:50:42 > 0:50:47- # I'd fill my yard with chicks - and turkeys and geese and ducks
0:50:47 > 0:50:50- # For the town to see and hear
0:50:50 > 0:50:55- # Squawking just as noisily - as they can
0:50:56 > 0:51:01- # And each loud "squawk" - "honk" "quack"
0:51:01 > 0:51:04- # Would land like a trumpet - on the ear
0:51:04 > 0:51:09- # As if to say - "Here lives a wealthy man"
0:51:15 > 0:51:17- # If I were a rich man
0:51:17 > 0:51:21- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:51:22 > 0:51:26- # All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
0:51:26 > 0:51:28- # If I were a wealthy man
0:51:29 > 0:51:31- # I wouldn't have to work hard
0:51:32 > 0:51:36- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:51:36 > 0:51:40- # If I were a biddy biddy rich
0:51:40 > 0:51:43- # Idle-diddle-didle-didle man
0:51:44 > 0:51:52- # I'd see my wife, my Golde, - looking like a rich man's wife
0:51:53 > 0:51:55- # With a proper double chin
0:51:55 > 0:52:00- # Supervising meals - to her heart's content
0:52:02 > 0:52:06- # I'd see her putting on airs - and strutting like a peacock
0:52:06 > 0:52:09- # Oy, what a happy mood she's in
0:52:10 > 0:52:14- # Screaming at the servants, - day and night
0:52:19 > 0:52:25- # The most important men in town - would come and fawn on me!
0:52:25 > 0:52:28- # They will ask me to advise them
0:52:29 > 0:52:31- # Like a Solomon the Wise
0:52:32 > 0:52:35- # "If you please, Reb Tevye..."
0:52:35 > 0:52:38- # "Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."
0:52:39 > 0:52:43- # Posing problems - that would cross a rabbi's eyes!
0:52:43 > 0:52:51- # Bye bye, bye, bye, - bye bye, bye, bye, bye
0:52:51 > 0:52:54- # And it won't make - one bit of difference
0:52:54 > 0:52:57- # If I answer right or wrong
0:52:58 > 0:53:03- # When you're rich, - they think you really know!
0:53:06 > 0:53:13- # If I were rich, - I'd have the time that I lack
0:53:13 > 0:53:17- # To sit in the synagogue and pray
0:53:17 > 0:53:21- # Maybe have a seat - by the Eastern wall
0:53:23 > 0:53:28- # And I'd discuss the holy books - with the learned men
0:53:28 > 0:53:31- # Seven hours every day
0:53:31 > 0:53:38- # This would be - the sweetest thing of all
0:53:50 > 0:53:52- # If I were a rich man
0:53:52 > 0:53:56- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:53:57 > 0:54:00- # All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
0:54:00 > 0:54:02- # If I were a wealthy man
0:54:03 > 0:54:04- # I wouldn't have to work hard
0:54:05 > 0:54:09- # Ya ha deedle deedle, - bubba bubba deedle deedle dum
0:54:09 > 0:54:13- # Lord who made the lion - and the lamb
0:54:14 > 0:54:18- # You decreed I should be what I am
0:54:19 > 0:54:25- # Would it spoil - some vast eternal plan?
0:54:26 > 0:54:38- # If I were a wealthy man #
0:54:40 > 0:54:45- A little dance off the stage - as the fiddler raises the roof.
0:54:48 > 0:54:52- The first Musical Director - of the Llangollen Eisteddfod...
0:54:52 > 0:54:53- ..was W S Gwynn Williams.
0:54:54 > 0:54:55- Our soloists this evening...
0:54:56 > 0:54:59- ..will pay homage to this local - musician, publisher and composer...
0:55:00 > 0:55:04- ..who was so prominent - in establishing the Eisteddfod.
0:55:20 > 0:55:28- # I am dreaming of the mountains - of my home
0:55:28 > 0:55:37- # Of the mountains - where in childhood I would roam
0:55:37 > 0:55:41- # I have dwelt 'neath southern skies
0:55:42 > 0:55:46- # Where the summer never dies
0:55:46 > 0:55:54- # But my heart - is in the mountains of my home
0:56:02 > 0:56:09- # I can see the little - homestead on the hill
0:56:09 > 0:56:17- # I can hear the magic music - of the Rhyl
0:56:17 > 0:56:21- # There is nothing to compare
0:56:21 > 0:56:26- # With the love that once was there
0:56:26 > 0:56:36- # In that lonely little homestead - on the hill
0:56:44 > 0:56:51- # I can see the quiet churchyard - down below
0:56:51 > 0:56:59- # Where the mountain breezes - wander to and fro
0:56:59 > 0:57:04- # And when God my soul will keep
0:57:05 > 0:57:10- # It is there I want to sleep
0:57:10 > 0:57:23- # With those dear old folks - that loved me long ago #
0:57:44 > 0:57:47- There are seven decades - of history here.
0:57:47 > 0:57:51- Tonight, you are paying homage - to W S Gwynn Williams...
0:57:51 > 0:57:54- ..who was so key - in establishing this festival.
0:57:54 > 0:57:57- Joe is going to sing - Little Welsh Home...
0:57:58 > 0:58:01- ..and I will sing Tosturi Duw.
0:58:01 > 0:58:05- The last time I sang it was - at the annual local eisteddfod...
0:58:06 > 0:58:07- ..in the early 1970s.
0:58:07 > 0:58:09- I hope I can remember - all the words.
0:58:11 > 0:58:16- # Mae ehangder yn ei dostur
0:58:16 > 0:58:21- # Fel ehangder mawr y mor
0:58:21 > 0:58:25- # Mae tiriondeb at bechadur
0:58:25 > 0:58:30- # Yng nghyfiawnder Arglwydd Ior
0:58:30 > 0:58:35- # Nid oes man lle teimlir galar
0:58:35 > 0:58:40- # Fel yn nefoedd Duw ei hun
0:58:41 > 0:58:46- # Nid oes lle i fethiant daear
0:58:46 > 0:58:51- # Fel yn nefoedd Duw ei hun- - Wrong line.
0:59:01 > 0:59:05- # Dyma ras i fil o fydoedd
0:59:05 > 0:59:09- # Cymaint a'n bydysawd ni
0:59:10 > 0:59:13- # Dyma ddigon yn oes-oesoedd
0:59:14 > 0:59:19- # I'r preswylwyr penna'u bri
0:59:20 > 0:59:24- # Cans mae cariad Duw'n helaethach
0:59:25 > 0:59:29- # Na mesurau meddwl dyn
0:59:30 > 0:59:35- # Ac mae calon yr Anfeidrol
0:59:35 > 0:59:41- # Yn rhyfeddod nef ei hun
0:59:50 > 0:59:55- # Ond cyfyngir ar ei gariad
0:59:55 > 1:00:00- # Gan derfynau ofer dyn
1:00:00 > 1:00:04- # A mawrygir ei fanylrwydd
1:00:04 > 1:00:10- # Gydag aidd nis mynn Ei hun
1:00:11 > 1:00:16- # Pe bai'n cariad ninnau'n symlach
1:00:17 > 1:00:22- # Digon fyddai'i air i ddyn
1:00:23 > 1:00:29- # Byddai bywyd oll yn heulwen
1:00:30 > 1:00:38- # Ym melyster Duw ei hun
1:00:39 > 1:01:01- # Ym melyster Duw ei hun #
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1:04:47 > 1:04:48- O Sole Mio.
1:04:48 > 1:04:53- Bryn Terfel's good friend, Joseph - Calleja, is smiling broadly.
1:04:53 > 1:04:56- When do the two of you - get to work together?
1:04:57 > 1:04:59- We have a lot of fun on stage.
1:05:00 > 1:05:02- Joe loves pulling your leg.
1:05:03 > 1:05:06- We shall see what happens - on stage today.
1:05:18 > 1:05:21- # Anything you can do, - I can do better
1:05:22 > 1:05:25- # I can do anything better than you
1:05:25 > 1:05:25- # No, you can't
1:05:25 > 1:05:26- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:05:26 > 1:05:27- # No, you can't
1:05:27 > 1:05:28- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:05:28 > 1:05:29- # No, you can't
1:05:29 > 1:05:31- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can, yes, I can
1:05:32 > 1:05:35- # Anything you can be - I can be greater
1:05:35 > 1:05:38- # Sooner or later, - I'm greater than you
1:05:38 > 1:05:39- # No, you're not
1:05:39 > 1:05:40- # No, you're not- - # Yes, I am
1:05:40 > 1:05:41- # No, you're not
1:05:41 > 1:05:42- # No, you're not- - # Yes, I am
1:05:42 > 1:05:43- # No, you're not
1:05:43 > 1:05:45- # No, you're not- - # Yes, I am, yes, I am
1:05:45 > 1:05:49- # I can shoot a partridge - with a single cartridge
1:05:49 > 1:05:52- # I can get a sparrow - with a bow and arrow
1:05:53 > 1:05:55- # I can live on bread and cheese
1:05:55 > 1:05:56- And only on that?
1:05:56 > 1:05:57- And only on that?- - # Yes!
1:05:57 > 1:05:58- So can a rat.
1:05:59 > 1:06:02- # Anything you can sing, - I can sing higher
1:06:03 > 1:06:05- # I can sing any note - higher than you
1:06:05 > 1:06:06- # No, you can't
1:06:06 > 1:06:07- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:06:07 > 1:06:07- # No, you can't
1:06:07 > 1:06:08- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:06:09 > 1:06:09- # No, you can't
1:06:09 > 1:06:10- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:06:11 > 1:06:14- # No, you can't, ha, ha, ha
1:06:15 > 1:06:25- # Yes, I can
1:06:25 > 1:06:30- # Yes, he can
1:06:39 > 1:06:42- # Anything you can wear, - I can wear better
1:06:42 > 1:06:45- # In what you wear, - I'd look better than you
1:06:45 > 1:06:46- # In my coat
1:06:46 > 1:06:47- # In my coat- - # In your vest
1:06:47 > 1:06:47- # In my shoes
1:06:47 > 1:06:49- # In my shoes- - # In your hat
1:06:49 > 1:06:50- # No, you can't
1:06:50 > 1:06:52- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can, yes, I can
1:06:53 > 1:06:56- # Any note you can hold, - I can hold longer
1:06:56 > 1:06:59- # I can sing any note - longer than you
1:06:59 > 1:07:00- # No, you can't
1:07:00 > 1:07:01- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:07:01 > 1:07:01- # No, you can't
1:07:01 > 1:07:02- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:07:03 > 1:07:03- # No, you can't
1:07:03 > 1:07:04- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:07:05 > 1:07:15- # Yes, I can
1:07:15 > 1:07:21- # Yes, you can
1:07:38 > 1:07:43- # Any note you can sing, - I can sing sweeter
1:07:44 > 1:07:51- # I can sing any note - sweeter than you
1:07:52 > 1:07:56- # No, you can't
1:07:56 > 1:07:59- # Yes, I can
1:08:00 > 1:08:03- # No, you can't
1:08:04 > 1:08:07- # Yes, I can
1:08:08 > 1:08:10- # No, you can't
1:08:10 > 1:08:11- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:08:12 > 1:08:13- # No, you can't
1:08:13 > 1:08:14- # No, you can't- - # Yes, I can
1:08:14 > 1:08:18- # No, you can't, can't, can't
1:08:20 > 1:08:25- # Yes, I can, can, can
1:08:26 > 1:08:27- # No, you can't #
1:08:27 > 1:08:34- # No, you can't #- - # Yes, I can #
1:08:37 > 1:08:39- Bryn Terfel and Joseph Calleja...
1:08:39 > 1:08:42- ..proving that they're both - as good as each other.
1:08:46 > 1:08:50- It has been an unforgettable - night here in Llangollen...
1:08:51 > 1:08:53- ..a real night of celebration.
1:08:56 > 1:09:00- The tenor and baritone have no - immediate plans to leave the stage.
1:12:36 > 1:12:42- A passionate rendition of Granada - brings tonight's concert to a close.
1:12:43 > 1:12:45- What a concert!
1:12:45 > 1:12:47- Bryn Terfel, Joseph Calleja...
1:12:48 > 1:12:52- ..Sinfonia Cymru, - conducted by Gareth Jones...
1:12:52 > 1:12:56- ..not forgetting the mezzo-soprano, - Eirlys Myfanwy Davies.
1:12:57 > 1:13:01- The audience here tonight - has been absolutely thrilled.
1:13:01 > 1:13:06- From the International Pavilion in - Llangollen, it's goodnight from us.
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