the morriston orpheus choir

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1 the morriston orpheus choir The glory of the Welsh male choir tradition Joy Amman Davies MUSICAL DIRECTOR 2CD

2 CD1 TO WHERE YOU ARE 1 Soon and Very Soon 4 00 ANDRAÉ CROUCH ARR. JACK SCHRADER DAYBREAK MUSIC LTD 2 Aberystwyth 2 54 JOSEPH PARRY / D. TECWYN EVANS (VERSE 1) & CHARLES WESLEY (VERSE 2), ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS PATTERDALE MUSIC LTD 3 Stars from Les Misérables 3 06 CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG / ALAIN BOUBLIL & HERBERT KRETZMER, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA LIMITED Rhydian baritone 4 The Fields of Athenry 4 51 PETE ST JOHN ARR. JOY AMMAN DAVIES CELTIC SONGS 5 En Route 3 07 VASILIJ PAVLOVICH SOLOVEV-SEDOJ / MIKHAIL ALEKSANDROVICH DUDIN TRANSL. DAVID DAVIES, ARR. LYN HARRY COPYRIGHT CONTROL 6 To Where You Are 4 18 RICHARD N. MARX / LINDA THOMPSON, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA LIMITED / CHRYSALIS MUSIC 2

3 7 Easter Hymn from Cavalleria rusticana 4 56 PIETRO MASCAGNI / GUIDO MENASCI & GIOVANNI TARGIONI TOZZETTI, ARR. OWAIN ARWEL HUGHES ORIANA PUBLICATIONS LIMITED Catrin Aur soprano 8 Stand By Me 3 02 MIKE STOLLER / BENJAMIN NELSON & JERRY LEIBER, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS SONY/ATV MUSIC PUBLISHING (UK) LTD 9 Sunshine in My Soul 2 52 JOHN R. SWEENEY / ELIZA E. HEWITT, ARR. JOHN F. COATES CHESTER MUSIC (SHAWNEE PRESS INC.) 10 How Great Thou Art 3 44 TRAD. ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS / STUART K. HINE SALVATIONIST PUBLISHING AND SUPPLIES LTD / THANKYOU MUSIC LTD (KINGSWAY MUSIC LTD) 11 Bui Doi from Miss Saigon 4 14 CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG / ALAIN BOUBLIL & RICHARD MALTBY WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA LIMITED Rhydian baritone 12 Mansions of the Lord 3 21 NICK GLENNIE-SMITH / RANDALL WALLACE VIXEN MUSIC UK LTD 3

4 13 Mor Hawddgar Yw Dy Bebyll (How Lovely Are Thy Dwellings) 3 23 ERIC MOELFRYN JONES / PSALM 84 CYHOEDDIADAU CURIAD 14 A Red Red Rose 3 30 JAMES QUITMAN MULHOLLAND / ROBERT BURNS (PUBLIC DOMAIN) 15 You ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel 2 28 RICHARD RODGERS / OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS IMAGEM MUSIC Rhydian baritone 16 Canwn Moliannwn (Praise) 5 04 ROBAT ARWYN ARR. JOY AMMAN DAVIES / HARRI SIÔN, PONT-Y-PŴL (VERSE 1), JOHN ELIAS O FÔN (VERSES 2 & 3), DYFED (EVAN REES) (VERSE 4) CYHOEDDIAUDAU SAIN THE MORRISTON ORPHEUS CHOIR Joy Amman Davies B.Mus (Hons) LTCL Musical Director Accompanists Jo Scullin B.A. (Hons) Alice Reed B.A. (Hons) TRACKS 1, 2, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16 With Leslie Ryan B.A. (Hons) (Mus) LCCMD organ TRACKS 2, 7, 10, 13 Peter Williams M.Mus keyboards, synthesisers & sequencers TRACKS 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 15 4

5 CD2 NELLA FANTASIA 1 Nella Fantasia 4 12 ENNIO MORRICONE / CHIARA FERRAU, ARR. JOY AMMAN DAVIES EMI VIRGIN MUSIC LTD 2 Deus Salutis (Llef) 2 39 DAVID CHARLES, ARR. MANSEL THOMAS CWMNI CYHOEDDI GWYNN CYF. 3 Deep River 3 56 TRADITIONAL, ARR. LESLIE RYAN CYHOEDDIADAU SAIN 4 Let All Men Sing 2 20 KEITH CHRISTOPHER PEERMUSIC (UK) LTD (HAL LEONARD PUBL. CORP.) 5 Gwŷr Harlech (Men of Harlech) 1 34 TRADITIONAL, ARR. MANSEL THOMAS CHANDOS MUSIC LTD 6 The Rose 4 00 AMANDA MCBROOM, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA 7 Y Delyn Aur (The Golden Harp) 5 17 WILLIAM WILLIAMS PANTYCELYN, ARR. D. PUGHE EVANS SNELL & SONS LTD 5

6 8 I ll Walk with God from The Student Prince 2 58 NICHOLAS BRODSZKY / PAUL FRANCIS WEBSTER, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA (HARMS INC.) Andrew Rees tenor 9 The Prayer 4 16 CAROLE BAYER SAGER / DAVID FOSTER, ARR. JOY AMMAN DAVIES WARNER/CHAPPELL NORTH AMERICA 10 Nidaros 9 07 DANIEL PROTHEROE / HENRY W. LONGFELLOW SNELL & SONS LTD 11 Cabaret 1 52 JOHN KANDER / FRED EBB, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS CARLIN MUSIC CORP. (TIMES SQUARE MUSIC PUBLISHING) 12 One Day I ll Fly Away 3 27 JOE SAMPLE / WILL JENNINGS, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD 13 Comrades in Arms from Les Enfants de Paris 5 09 ADOLPHE CHARLES ADAM / GEORGE LINLEY BANKS AND SON (MUSIC) LTD 6

7 14 Lisa Lân (Fair Lisa) 2 46 TRADITIONAL, ARR. JOHN BRIAN HUGHES CYHOEDDIADAU CURIAD 15 Abide with Me 4 05 WILLIAM HENRY MONK ARR. GWYN L. WILLIAMS / HENRY FRANCIS LYTE (COPYRIGHT CONTROL) 16 Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò) 3 51 FRANCESCO SARTORI / LUCIO QUARANTOTTO, ARR. ALWYN HUMPHREYS SUGAR SONGS UK LIMITED Adriano Graziani tenor, Natalya Romaniw soprano THE MORRISTON ORPHEUS CHOIR Joy Amman Davies B.Mus (Hons) LTCL Musical Director Accompanists Mike Williams B.Mus (Hons) Jo Scullin B.A. (Hons) With Leslie Ryan B.A. (Hons) (Mus) LCCMD organ Peter Williams keyboards, synthesisers & sequencers Wyn Pearson guitar 7

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9 THE MORRISTON ORPHEUS CHOIR A BRIEF HISTORY The Morriston Orpheus Choir has been entertaining audiences at home and abroad for over 75 years. Formed in 1935 by Ivor E. Sims, in its early days it concentrated primarily on competitions and local concerts. It achieved its first success at the Royal National Eisteddfod in Machynlleth in 1937, going on to win at the National on six further occasions. Over the years the focus of the Choir has changed and successive Musical Directors have developed and broadened the repertoire. Variety is now the hallmark of the Choir s performances. Whilst it no longer takes part in competitions, its members in the 21st century do not forget the eminence which their predecessors achieved, and they constantly strive to maintain the musical excellence in which audiences delight. Within the United Kingdom the Choir is in constant demand, with around 25 engagements a year, including many devoted to assisting national and local good causes. Described by the then First Minister for Wales, Rhodri Morgan, as Ambassadors for Wales, the Choir regularly undertakes concert tours overseas and has been received enthusiastically in a number of visits to major cities in North America, New Zealand and Australia, including standing ovations at its appearances in the Sydney Opera House and New York s Carnegie Hall. The Choir features regularly on TV and its recordings, which number more than 60 (as well as featuring on more than 100 compilation CDs and LPs), are in great demand on radio programs. Perhaps not surprisingly, the Choir has a long-standing policy of encouraging young Welsh singers through an annual competition organised by the Morriston Orpheus Choir Supporters Association (MOCSA). More details about the Competition and the Choir in general may be found on the Choir website. 9

10 CD1 Recorded at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, January Orchestral and rhythm section arrangements by Peter Williams. Additional instruments and overdubs recorded by Peter Williams at his home studio in Swansea. Produced by Peter Williams Sound engineering by Sion Alun Jones Edited and mixed by Siwan Lisa Evans CD2 Recorded at Brangwyn Hall, Swansea & The Acoustic Hall, Swansea Metropolitan University between November and December Orchestral and rhythm section arrangements by Peter Williams. Additional instruments and overdubs recorded by Peter Williams at his studio in Swansea. Thanks to the students on the Music Technology BSc course at Swansea Metropolitan University for their assistance during the recording. Thanks to Swansea Metropolitan University for the use of The Acoustic Hall. Produced by Peter Williams Sound engineering by Sion Alun Jones & Eryl B. Davies Edited & mixed by Siwan Lisa Evans Photography by Phil Rees 10

11 ABC Classics Robert Patterson, Laura Bell, Natalie Shea, Virginia Read Booklet design adapted by Imagecorp Pty Ltd ABC Classics thanks Gwenan Gibbard and Jonathan Villanueva Licensed from Sain (Recordiau) Cyf CD1; 2009 CD2 Sain (Recordiau) Cyf. MCPS 2012 Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Universal Music Group, under exclusive licence. Made in Australia. All rights of the owner of copyright reserved. Any copying, renting, lending, diffusion, public performance or broadcast of this record without the authority of the copyright owner is prohibited. 11

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