5016886259321

Power And The Passion (Importe

Male Choirs Various

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Format: CD

Cat No: SCD2593

Release Date:  23 March 2009

Label:  Sain

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5016886259321

Genres:  Folk  

  • Description

    All the choral highlights from the 21st London Welsh Festivals of Male Choirs live from the Albert Hall, London.

    Concerts don't just happen. Planning this Festival, the 21st, began over two and a half years ago. The fifteen choirs making up the 2008 Festival Choir were sent the music, and started the hard work. The non-Welsh choirs had to contend with a programme containing one third of the repertoire in the Welsh language, whilst our friends from Slovenia also had to learn the remaining two thirds in English. That one exception was an item in Italian, which everyone had to wrestle with.

    This double CD contains all of the choral items from the actual concert, such was the quality of the singing. The icing on this musical cake was the presence of two fine soloists, the rising operatic soprano Gwawr Edwards, and internationally renowned tenor Gwyn Hughes Jones.

    Fresh from winning the European championship, the Cory Band made a welcome debut, Annabel Thwaite was on the piano for the first time, whilst Jeffrey Howard achieved a long-held ambition to play a solo item and accompany the choirs on the mighty Albert Hall organ.

    Many of the audience present felt that this was the best ever Festival; all I know is that, in making my ninth appearance as conductor, it was a privilege to be part of a truly wonderful evening with some superb singing and playing.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. God Save The Queen
      • 2. Cadwyn O Emyn-Donau Cymreig (Côr)
      • 3. Va Pensiero (Côr)
      • 4. Buddugoliaeth (Côr)
      • 5. Arafa Don (Côr)
      • 6. Elen Fwyn (Gwyn Hughes Jones)
      • 7. I Dreamed A Dream (Côr)
      • 8. Bring Him Home (Côr)
      • 9. Do You Hear The People Sing? (Côr)
      • 10. Where Eagles Sing (Band Y Cory)
      • 11. The Laughing Song (Gwawr Edwards)
      • 12. Shine Through My Dreams (Gwawr Edwards)
      • 13. Memory (Côr)
      • 14. Ai Am Fod Haul Yn Machlud (Côr/David Williams)
      • 15. Love Could I Only Tell Thee (Côr)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Toccata From 5th Organ Symphony (Jeffrey Howard)
      • 2. Prayer (Côr)
      • 3. The Creation (Côr)
      • 4. Pan Ddaw’r Nos (Gwawr Edwards)
      • 5. Ah! Je Veux Vivre (Gwawr Edwards)
      • 6. You’ll Never Walk Alone (Côr + Gwawr Edwards)
      • 7. Ysbryd Y Nos (Côr)
      • 8. Sit Down
      • 9. You’re Rocking The Boat (Côr)
      • 10. Recondita Armonia (Gwyn Hughes Jones)
      • 11. Catari! Catari! (Gwyn Hughes Jones)
      • 12. Give Me That Old Time Religion (Côr)
      • 13. Y Darlun (Côr)
      • 14. Nessun Dorma! (Gwyn Hughes Jones)
      • 15. Hywel! Be Ti’n Geisio Yma (Gwyn Hughes Jones/Gwawr Edwards)
      • 16. Gwahoddiad (Côr)
      • 17. God’s Choir (Côr)
      • 18. Blaenwern (Pawb)
      • 19. Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Pawb)