Cyngerdd Gala Llangollen

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-2016 marks the 70th anniversary...

-..of the Llangollen International

-Musical Eisteddfod.

-The years have flown by,

-and tonight we are really galloping.

-The William Tell Overture

-opens our concert here tonight.

-The International Pavilion is a

-special stage for our first soloist.

-The baritone from Pant Glas

-is happy to be back here this year.

-A solo about the magnificence

-and richness of Heavenly light...

-..from Das Rheingold,

-one in a ring of operas by Wagner.

-Tenor Joseph Calleja

-hails from the island of Malta.

-He's made a real impression

-on the opera stages of the world.

-Over the years, he has built up

-quite a friendship with Bryn Terfel.

-The tragic clown from the opera

-I Pagliacci performs...

-..despite the tears

-and the heartbreak.

-More from this musical feast

-after a short break.

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-Eilir Owen Griffiths, the Musical

-Director of the Eisteddfod...

-..has composed a new work

-for the celebrations.

-This is Fanfare for Peace.

-How does it feel

-to be back at Llangollen?

-You must feel

-very comfortable here.

-Amazing.

-Two years ago, I was performing

-in Sondheim's Sweeney Todd...

-..a very different piece.

-It was a frightening idea

-of a concert...

-..to put on such a show on

-over two days.

-Today is a bit easier.

-It's a concert

-of about two and a half hours.

-What's the connection...

-..between you and the Maltese

-tenor, Joseph Calleja.

-He came to the Faenol

-early in his career.

-It was our second year

-at the Faenol.

-I was then invited

-to his amazing concert in Malta.

-We have sung together many times

-on the opera stages of the world.

-The tenor, Faust, and the baritone

-Mephistopheles, the devil himself.

-These two friends are delighted to

-be singing together in Llangollen.

-Applause also for Sinfonia Cymru,

-conducted by Gareth Jones.

-More classics will follow

-after the break.

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-What a face, and what a voice!

-Bryn Terfel singing

-the Golden Calf solo from Faust...

-..thrilling the audience here

-at the International Pavilion.

-We now welcome back the tenor,

-Joseph Calleja...

-..singing Why Do You Wake Me?

-by Massenet.

-I'm backstage for a quick word with

-the Maltese tenor, Joseph Calleja.

-Welcome to Wales.

-Is it good to be back here?

-It's always good

-to come back to Wales.

-I have many memories which go back

-quite a number of years.

-Actually back 20 years

-to when I was eighteen.

-It's a beautiful country,

-the weather has been cooperating...

-..so looking forward to the night.

-What were you doing here

-when you were eighteen?

-Auditioning for Cardiff

-Singer of the World...

-..and the Welsh National Opera.

-Your relationship with Bryn Terfel

-also goes back a few years.

-Yes, it's a platonic marriage

-made in heaven.

-Beautiful.

-Surely there isn't a finer duet,

-the Pearl Fishers' Duet by Bizet.

-Bryn Terfel and Joseph Calleja

-certainly had the audience hooked...

-..and they now receive

-the applause.

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-Eirlys Myfanwy Davies, you have fond

-memories of the Llangollen stage.

-Yes, very fond memories.

-I have competed here

-for many years...

-..and I'm back this year

-for the big gala concert.

-It's because you won a special

-competition here two years ago.

-Yes, the 2014 Voice of the Future.

-I was invited to sing

-at this year's gala concert.

-It's a privilege and a huge honour.

-Eirlys Myfanwy Davies...

-..with the romantic solo, My Heart

-Opens Itself to Your Voice...

-..from the opera,

-Samson and Delilah.

-Cavalleria Rusticana is well-known

-as one of a pair of operas Cav/Pag.

-These days, they're almost always

-performed together.

-The Sinfonia Cymru orchestra,

-conducted by Gareth Jones...

-..will now perform the famous

-Intermezzo from this work.

-The famous Intermezzo

-from Cavalleria Rusticana.

-Tenor Joseph Calleja

-is warmly welcomed back...

-..who will now sing

-Federico's Lament by Cilea.

-A smile after the lament.

-The Maltese tenor is obviously

-a favourite here in Wales.

-We still have more musical

-favourites coming your way.

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-Bryn Terfel has managed to bridge

-the gap between opera and musicals.

-From his popular performances

-of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs...

-..to his thrilling interpretation

-of Sweeney Todd...

-..and more recently,

-Tevye from Fiddler on the Roof.

-Today, I am a horse.

-Dear God.

-Did you have to make my poor

-old horse lose his shoes...

-..just before the Sabbath?

-That wasn't very nice.

-It's enough you pick on me.

-Bless me with five daughters,

-a life of poverty.

-But what have you got

-against my horse?

-Sometimes I think...

-..when it's too quiet up there...

-..you say to yourself...

-.."Let's see what kind of mischief

-can I play on my friend, Tevye?"

-Dear God, you made many,

-many, many many rich people.

-I realize, of course,

-it's no shame to be poor.

-But it's no great honour either!

-So, what would have been

-so terrible...

-..if I had a small fortune?

-# If I were a rich man

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# All day long I'd biddy biddy bum

-# If I were a wealthy man

-# I wouldn't have to work hard

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# If I were a biddy biddy rich

-# Idle-diddle-didle-didle man

-# I'd build a big tall house

-with rooms by the dozen

-# Right in the middle of the town

-# A fine tin roof

-with real wooden floors below

-# There would be one long staircase

-just going up

-# And one even longer coming down

-# And one more going nowhere,

-just for show

-# I'd fill my yard with chicks

-and turkeys and geese and ducks

-# For the town to see and hear

-# Squawking just as noisily

-as they can

-# And each loud "squawk"

-"honk" "quack"

-# Would land like a trumpet

-on the ear

-# As if to say

-"Here lives a wealthy man"

-# If I were a rich man

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# All day long I'd biddy biddy bum

-# If I were a wealthy man

-# I wouldn't have to work hard

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# If I were a biddy biddy rich

-# Idle-diddle-didle-didle man

-# I'd see my wife, my Golde,

-looking like a rich man's wife

-# With a proper double chin

-# Supervising meals

-to her heart's content

-# I'd see her putting on airs

-and strutting like a peacock

-# Oy, what a happy mood she's in

-# Screaming at the servants,

-day and night

-# The most important men in town

-would come and fawn on me!

-# They will ask me to advise them

-# Like a Solomon the Wise

-# "If you please, Reb Tevye..."

-# "Pardon me, Reb Tevye..."

-# Posing problems

-that would cross a rabbi's eyes!

-# Bye bye, bye, bye,

-bye bye, bye, bye, bye

-# And it won't make

-one bit of difference

-# If I answer right or wrong

-# When you're rich,

-they think you really know!

-# If I were rich,

-I'd have the time that I lack

-# To sit in the synagogue and pray

-# Maybe have a seat

-by the Eastern wall

-# And I'd discuss the holy books

-with the learned men

-# Seven hours every day

-# This would be

-the sweetest thing of all

-# If I were a rich man

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# All day long I'd biddy biddy bum

-# If I were a wealthy man

-# I wouldn't have to work hard

-# Ya ha deedle deedle,

-bubba bubba deedle deedle dum

-# Lord who made the lion

-and the lamb

-# You decreed I should be what I am

-# Would it spoil

-some vast eternal plan?

-# If I were a wealthy man #

-A little dance off the stage

-as the fiddler raises the roof.

-The first Musical Director

-of the Llangollen Eisteddfod...

-..was W S Gwynn Williams.

-Our soloists this evening...

-..will pay homage to this local

-musician, publisher and composer...

-..who was so prominent

-in establishing the Eisteddfod.

-# I am dreaming of the mountains

-of my home

-# Of the mountains

-where in childhood I would roam

-# I have dwelt 'neath southern skies

-# Where the summer never dies

-# But my heart

-is in the mountains of my home

-# I can see the little

-homestead on the hill

-# I can hear the magic music

-of the Rhyl

-# There is nothing to compare

-# With the love that once was there

-# In that lonely little homestead

-on the hill

-# I can see the quiet churchyard

-down below

-# Where the mountain breezes

-wander to and fro

-# And when God my soul will keep

-# It is there I want to sleep

-# With those dear old folks

-that loved me long ago #

-There are seven decades

-of history here.

-Tonight, you are paying homage

-to W S Gwynn Williams...

-..who was so key

-in establishing this festival.

-Joe is going to sing

-Little Welsh Home...

-..and I will sing Tosturi Duw.

-The last time I sang it was

-at the annual local eisteddfod...

-..in the early 1970s.

-I hope I can remember

-all the words.

-# Mae ehangder yn ei dostur

-# Fel ehangder mawr y mor

-# Mae tiriondeb at bechadur

-# Yng nghyfiawnder Arglwydd Ior

-# Nid oes man lle teimlir galar

-# Fel yn nefoedd Duw ei hun

-# Nid oes lle i fethiant daear

-# Fel yn nefoedd Duw ei hun

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-Wrong line.

-# Dyma ras i fil o fydoedd

-# Cymaint a'n bydysawd ni

-# Dyma ddigon yn oes-oesoedd

-# I'r preswylwyr penna'u bri

-# Cans mae cariad Duw'n helaethach

-# Na mesurau meddwl dyn

-# Ac mae calon yr Anfeidrol

-# Yn rhyfeddod nef ei hun

-# Ond cyfyngir ar ei gariad

-# Gan derfynau ofer dyn

-# A mawrygir ei fanylrwydd

-# Gydag aidd nis mynn Ei hun

-# Pe bai'n cariad ninnau'n symlach

-# Digon fyddai'i air i ddyn

-# Byddai bywyd oll yn heulwen

-# Ym melyster Duw ei hun

-# Ym melyster Duw ei hun #

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-O Sole Mio.

-Bryn Terfel's good friend, Joseph

-Calleja, is smiling broadly.

-When do the two of you

-get to work together?

-We have a lot of fun on stage.

-Joe loves pulling your leg.

-We shall see what happens

-on stage today.

-# Anything you can do,

-I can do better

-# I can do anything better than you

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

-

-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can, yes, I can

-# Anything you can be

-I can be greater

-# Sooner or later,

-I'm greater than you

-# No, you're not

-# No, you're not

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-# Yes, I am

-# No, you're not

-# No, you're not

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-# Yes, I am

-# No, you're not

-# No, you're not

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-# Yes, I am, yes, I am

-# I can shoot a partridge

-with a single cartridge

-# I can get a sparrow

-with a bow and arrow

-# I can live on bread and cheese

-And only on that?

-And only on that?

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-# Yes!

-So can a rat.

-# Anything you can sing,

-I can sing higher

-# I can sing any note

-higher than you

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't, ha, ha, ha

-# Yes, I can

-# Yes, he can

-# Anything you can wear,

-I can wear better

-# In what you wear,

-I'd look better than you

-# In my coat

-# In my coat

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-# In your vest

-# In my shoes

-# In my shoes

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-# In your hat

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can, yes, I can

-# Any note you can hold,

-I can hold longer

-# I can sing any note

-longer than you

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# Yes, I can

-# Yes, you can

-# Any note you can sing,

-I can sing sweeter

-# I can sing any note

-sweeter than you

-# No, you can't

-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't

-# No, you can't

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-# Yes, I can

-# No, you can't, can't, can't

-# Yes, I can, can, can

-# No, you can't #

-# No, you can't #

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-# Yes, I can #

-Bryn Terfel and Joseph Calleja...

-..proving that they're both

-as good as each other.

-It has been an unforgettable

-night here in Llangollen...

-..a real night of celebration.

-The tenor and baritone have no

-immediate plans to leave the stage.

-A passionate rendition of Granada

-brings tonight's concert to a close.

-What a concert!

-Bryn Terfel, Joseph Calleja...

-..Sinfonia Cymru,

-conducted by Gareth Jones...

-..not forgetting the mezzo-soprano,

-Eirlys Myfanwy Davies.

-The audience here tonight

-has been absolutely thrilled.

-From the International Pavilion in

-Llangollen, it's goodnight from us.

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