A WELSH CHORAL SPECTACULAR

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1 A WELSH CHORAL SPECTACULAR THE LONDON WELSH FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 3CD

2 A Welsh Choral Spectacular The 2006 London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs CD1 [61 26] 1 Roman War Song from Rienzi 3 12 Music by Richard Wagner arr. Percy Fletcher. Words by George Ellerton. J. Curwen and Sons Ltd. 2 Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly 2 43 Music by Giacomo Puccini arr. Haydn James. Haydn James. 3 Sailors Chorus from The Flying Dutchman 3 06 Music and words by Richard Wagner. Copyright Control. 4 On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine from Giuditta (Judith) 4 32 Music by Franz Lehár. Original German words by Paul Knepler and Beda Fritz Löhner. English words by Geoffrey Dunn. Glocken Verlag. 5 Voi, che sapete (You ladies who know what love is) from The Marriage of Figaro 2 50 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Edgardo Levi. Words by Lorenzo da Ponte. Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew. 6 Chiquitita la Novia (Tiny is the bride) 3 20 Traditional arr. Eduardo L. Chavarri. Copyright Control. 7 The Wonder of You 2 34 Music and words by Baker Knight arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Universal / MCA Music Ltd (Random Music Inc / MCA Duchess Music Corp.). 8 Beautiful Dreamer 2 58 Music and words by Stephen Collins Foster arr. J.W. Jenkins. Public Domain. Peter Totterdale tenor 2

3 9 Cenarth 2 57 Music by Michael J. Lewis arr. David Cresswell. Words by Eluned Phillips. Michael John Lewis. 0 Aros Mae r Mynyddau Mawr (The great mountains remain) 3 20 Music by Meirion Williams. Words by Ceiriog. J.B. Cramer & Co. Ltd.! Si può? Si può? (May I?) from Pagliacci 4 47 Music and words by Leoncavallo Ruggero. Public Love, Could I Only Tell Thee 3 25 Music by John Capel. Words by Clifton Bingham. Chappell Music Ltd. Yma o Hyd (Still here) 3 20 Music and words by Dafydd Iwan arr. John Hywel. Cyhoeddiadau Sain. $ Pam Fod Eira n Wyn? (Why is snow white?) 4 37 Music and words by Dafydd Iwan. Cyhoeddiadau Sain. % Working Man 4 12 Music and words by Rita MacNeil arr. Haydn James. Cramer & Company Ltd. ^ Bugeilio r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the white wheat) 4 46 Traditional arr. R. Maldwyn Price and Paul Bateman. Words attrib. Wil Hopkin. Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Cyf. C. Sgt Pete Lewis flute & When the Saints Go Marching In 4 32 Traditional arr. John Rutter and Paul Bateman. Oxford University Press. 3

4 CD2 [63 47] 1 Organ Symphony (Symphony No. 3): Finale 7 59 Music by Camille Saint-Saëns arr. Earle Slocum. TRN Music Publishing. Timothy Morgan organ, Jeffrey Howard, Annabel Thwaite piano 2 Pantyfedwen 4 03 Music by M. Eddie Evans arr. Llifon Hughes-Jones. Words by W. Rhys Nicholas. Llifon Hughes-Jones. 3 Casatschok 3 12 Traditional arr. Lyn Harry. Lyn Harry. 4 Cymru Fach (Dearest Wales) 2 37 Music by David Richards arr. Henry E. Geehl. Words by Elfed. Edwin Ashdown Ltd. 5 Ô vin, dissipe la tristesse (O wine, dispel the sadness) from Hamlet 3 11 Music by Ambroise Thomas. Words by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Public Domain. 6 Because 3 04 Music by Guy d Hardelot (Helen Rhodes). Words by Edward Teschemacher. Warner Chappell Music Ltd. 7 Y Dymestl (The Tempest) 6 04 Music by R.S. Hughes. Words by H.M. Edwards. Public Domain. 8 Llef Deus Salutis (God of Salvation) 2 36 Music by G.H. Jones arr. Mansel Thomas. Words by David Charles. Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Cyf. 4

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6 9 I m Gonna Walk 2 07 Traditional arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Patterdale Music Ltd. 0 Some Day My Heart Will Awake from King s Rhapsody 2 56 Music by Ivor Novello. Words by Christopher V. Hassall. Chappell Music Ltd.! My Little Welsh Home 2 30 Music and words by W.S. Gwynn Williams. Chappell Music Hei-Ho! 2 38 Music by Haydn Morris. Words by Crwys. Snell & Sons Ltd. Là ci darem la mano (We ll take one another s hand) from Don Giovanni 3 53 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Words by Lorenzo da Ponte. Public Domain. $ I se Weary of Waitin 4 06 Music and words by Duncan Young arr. Doris Arnold. Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd. % Mansions of the Lord 2 59 Music by Nick Glennie-Smith. Words by Randall Wallace. Cherry Lane Music Ltd (Songicon Publ. Inc.). ^ Rachie 2 55 Music by Caradog Roberts arr. Alwyn Humphreys Cyhoeddiadau Curiad. Words by Ap Hefin Undeb yr Annibynwyr. & Morte Criste (When I survey the wondrous cross) 4 28 Music by Emrys Jones. Words by Isaac Watts. EMI Publishing Ltd (Lawrence Wright Music Co. Ltd). * Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) Welsh National Anthem 2 29 Music by James James. Words by Evan James. Copyright Control. 6

7 Haydn James conductor Rebecca Evans soprano CD1 4-6, 9, CD2 0-, & Jason Howard baritone CD1 %, CD2 5-7,, $, & Dafydd Iwan guest artist CD1, $ Jeffrey Howard piano Timothy Morgan organ The Band of the Welsh Guards Major David Cresswell BBCM psm Director of Music By permission of Colonel A.J.E. Malcolm OBE The London Welsh Male Voice Choir with Brymbo Male Choir Burlington Welsh Male Chorus Canadian Orpheus Male Choir Côr Meibion Caron Corby Male Voice Choir Côr Meibion De Cymru Glasgow Philharmonic Male Voice Choir Côr y Gyrlais Morriston RFC Male Voice Choir Mynyddislwyn Male Choir Metropolitan Male Choir of South Australia Côr Meibion Trelawnyd Wycombe Orpheus Male Choir Recorded live in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 21 October

8 The 2004 London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs CD3 [78 53] 1 Llanfair Gwyn a gwridog hawddgar iawn (Hail the day that sees him rise) 3 48 Music by Robert Williams arr. Mansel Thomas. Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew. 2 O Isis und Osiris (O Isis and Osiris) from The Magic Flute 3 09 Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Words by Emanuel Schikaneder. Public Domain. 3 Divine Brahma from The Pearl Fishers 2 56 Music by Georges Bizet. Words by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Public Domain. 4 Granada 3 25 Music and words by Agustín Lara. Latin American Music Publishing. 5 Yfory (Tomorrow) 3 33 Music by Robat Arwyn arr. Eric Jones. Words by Geraint Eckley. Cyhoeddiadau Sain. 6 Calm is the Sea 2 26 Music by Heinrich Pfeil. Words by John Guard. Public Domain. 7 African Trilogy: Siyahamba (Zulu) Shosholoza (Shona) Sikelele Africa (South African national anthem) 3 52 Traditional arr. Gwyn Arch. Grove Music. 8 Heaven is My Home 5 35 Music Michael J. Lewis. Words Thomas Taylor. 9 By Babylon s Wave 7 48 Music by Charles Gounod arr. Percy E. Fletcher. Words by Henry Farnie, based on Psalm 137. Public Domain. 0 An American Trilogy: Dixie Battle Hymn of the Republic All My Trials 5 09 Traditional arr. Mickey Newbury and Alwyn Humphreys. Sony / ATV Music Publishing (UK). 8

9 ! My Lord, What a Mornin 4 11 Traditional arr. R. Lee Gilliam. G. Schirmer Sarah Mi glywaf dyner lais (I hear thy tender voice) 3 10 Music by Samuel Arnold arr. G. Peleg Williams. Words by Lewis Hartsough, translated by John Roberts (Ieuan Gwyllt). G. Peleg Williams. Je veux vivre (I want to live in this dream) from Romeo and Juliet 3 40 Music by Charles Gounod. Words by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Public Domain. $ I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables 3 34 Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Original French words by Alain Boublil. English words by Herbert Kretzmer. Alain Boublil Overseas. % Diolch i r Iôr (Thanks be to the Lord) 4 04 Music by T. Gwynn Jones arr. R. Emyr Jones. Cyhoeddiadau Sain. ^ A Cycle of Welsh Hymn Tunes 7 59 Builth Rhagluniaeth fawr y Nef (Great providence of Heaven) Music by David Jenkins arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Words by David Charles. Curiad. Trewen Mi wn fod fy Mhrynwr yn fyw (I know that my Redeemer liveth) Music by David Emlyn Evans arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Words by Thomas Jones. Curiad. Blaenwern Nid wy n gofyn bywyd moethus (I ask not for ease and riches) Music by William Penfro Rowlands arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Words by Daniel James (Gwyrosydd). Undeb yr Annibynwyr. & Finlandia Rho i mi r hedd (Be still, my soul) 5 02 Music by Jean Sibelius arr. Haydn James. Words by Elfed. NCB / GEMA. * Sanctus Glân geriwbiaid a seraffiaid (Cherubim and seraphim) 2 42 Music by John Richards (Isalaw). Original English words by Richard Mant. Welsh words by Owen Griffith Owen (Alafon). 9

10 ( Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) Welsh National Anthem 2 50 Music by James James arr. Alwyn Humphreys. Words by Evan James. Alwyn Humphreys MBE conductor Fflur Wyn soprano 8, Wynne Evans tenor 4, 7 Huw Llywelyn baritone 8, % Jeffrey Howard piano Huw Tregelles Williams OBE organ The Chamber Orchestra of Wales David Thomas leader The London Welsh Male Voice Choir with Aberhonddu and District Male Choir Australian Welsh Male Choir Boston Saengerfest Men s Chorus Builth Male Voice Choir Canoldir Male Choir Cardiff Arms Park Choir Dursley Male Voice Choir Filton Male Voice Choir Hereford Police Male Voice Choir Hong Kong Welsh Male Voice Choir Kenfig Hill Male Choir The 1st Slovene Choral Society LIRA Côr Meibion Maesteg a r Cylch Côr Meibion Penybontfawr The Primorska Academic Choir Vinko Vodopivec Recorded live in the Royal Albert Hall, London, on 23 October

11 Digital recording by Sain Sound Engineers Richard Harrison, Marty Williams, Chris Chesters, Emyr Bowen (CD1 & CD2); Richard Harrison, Eryl Bryn Davies, Owain Orwig, Marty Williams, Chris Chesters (CD3) Mixed at Sain Studios Engineer Eryl Bryn Davies Producer Siwan Lisa Evans Recording Manager Dafydd M. Roberts With thanks to: Fiona Scott-Lockyer (The Royal Albert Hall), Patrick Hodges and Raymond G. Taylor (London Welsh Male Voice Choir), Galeri Artists For ABC Classics Executive Producers Martin Buzacott, Robert Patterson Editorial and Production Manager Hilary Shrubb Publications Editor Natalie Shea Booklet Design Imagecorp Pty Ltd Cover Photo Clive Jones ABC Classics thanks Gwenan Gibbard, Laura Bell and Virginia Read. Licensed from Sain (Recordiau) Cyf CD3, 2006 CD1 & CD2 Sain (Recordiau) Cyf 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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