THE LONDON WELSH FESTIVAL OF MALE CHOIRS

AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL 3CD

A WELSH

CHORAL

SPECTACULAR

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A Welsh Choral SpectacularThe 2006 London Welsh Festival of Male Choirs

CD1 [61’26]

1 Roman War Song from Rienzi 3’12Music by Richard Wagner arr. Percy Fletcher. Words by George Ellerton. © J. Curwen and Sons Ltd.

2 Humming Chorus from Madama Butterfly 2’43Music by Giacomo Puccini arr. Haydn James. © Haydn James.

3 Sailors’ Chorus from The Flying Dutchman 3’06Music and words by Richard Wagner. Copyright Control.

4 On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine from Giuditta (Judith) 4’32Music 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 2’50Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart arr. Edgardo Levi. Words by Lorenzo da Ponte. © Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew.

6 Chiquitita la Novia (Tiny is the bride) 3’20Traditional arr. Eduardo L. Chavarri. Copyright Control.

7 The Wonder of You 2’34Music and words by Baker Knight arr. Alwyn Humphreys. © Universal / MCA Music Ltd (Random Music Inc / MCA Duchess Music Corp.).

8 Beautiful Dreamer 2’58Music and words by Stephen Collins Foster arr. J.W. Jenkins. Public Domain.Peter Totterdale tenor

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9 Cenarth 2’57Music by Michael J. Lewis arr. David Cresswell. Words by Eluned Phillips. © Michael John Lewis.

0 Aros Mae’r Mynyddau Mawr (The great mountains remain) 3’20Music by Meirion Williams. Words by Ceiriog. © J.B. Cramer & Co. Ltd.

! Si può? Si può? (May I?) from Pagliacci 4’47Music and words by Leoncavallo Ruggero. Public Domain.

@ Love, Could I Only Tell Thee 3’25Music by John Capel. Words by Clifton Bingham. © Chappell Music Ltd.

£ Yma o Hyd (Still here) 3’20Music and words by Dafydd Iwan arr. John Hywel. © Cyhoeddiadau Sain.

$ Pam Fod Eira’n Wyn? (Why is snow white?) 4’37Music and words by Dafydd Iwan. © Cyhoeddiadau Sain.

% Working Man 4’12Music and words by Rita MacNeil arr. Haydn James. © Cramer & Company Ltd.

^ Bugeilio’r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the white wheat) 4’46Traditional 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 4’32Traditional arr. John Rutter and Paul Bateman. © Oxford University Press.

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CD2 [63’47]

1 Organ Symphony (Symphony No. 3): Finale 7’59Music by Camille Saint-Saëns arr. Earle Slocum. © TRN Music Publishing.Timothy Morgan organ, Jeffrey Howard, Annabel Thwaite piano

2 Pantyfedwen 4’03Music by M. Eddie Evans arr. Llifon Hughes-Jones. Words by W. Rhys Nicholas. © Llifon Hughes-Jones.

3 Casatschok 3’12Traditional arr. Lyn Harry. © Lyn Harry.

4 Cymru Fach (Dearest Wales) 2’37Music 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 3’11Music by Ambroise Thomas. Words by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Public Domain.

6 Because 3’04Music by Guy d’Hardelot (Helen Rhodes). Words by Edward Teschemacher. © Warner Chappell Music Ltd.

7 Y Dymestl (The Tempest) 6’04Music by R.S. Hughes. Words by H.M. Edwards. Public Domain.

8 Llef ‘Deus Salutis’ (God of Salvation) 2’36Music by G.H. Jones arr. Mansel Thomas. Words by David Charles. © Cwmni Cyhoeddi Gwynn Cyf.

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9 I’m Gonna Walk 2’07Traditional arr. Alwyn Humphreys. © Patterdale Music Ltd.

0 Some Day My Heart Will Awake from King’s Rhapsody 2’56Music by Ivor Novello. Words by Christopher V. Hassall. © Chappell Music Ltd.

! My Little Welsh Home 2’30Music and words by W.S. Gwynn Williams. © Chappell Music Ltd.

@ Hei-Ho! 2’38Music by Haydn Morris. Words by Crwys. © Snell & Sons Ltd.

£ Là ci darem la mano (We’ll take one another’s hand) from Don Giovanni 3’53Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Words by Lorenzo da Ponte. Public Domain.

$ I’se Weary of Waitin’ 4’06Music and words by Duncan Young arr. Doris Arnold. © Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd.

% Mansions of the Lord 2’59Music by Nick Glennie-Smith. Words by Randall Wallace. © Cherry Lane Music Ltd (Songicon Publ. Inc.).

^ Rachie 2’55Music by Caradog Roberts arr. Alwyn Humphreys © Cyhoeddiadau Curiad. Words by Ap Hefin © Undeb yr Annibynwyr.

& Morte Criste (When I survey the wondrous cross) 4’28Music 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 2’29Music by James James. Words by Evan James. Copyright Control.

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Haydn James conductor

Rebecca Evans soprano CD1 4-6, 9, CD2 0-£, &Jason Howard baritone CD1 0-@, %, CD2 5-7, £, $, &

Dafydd Iwan guest artist CD1 £, $

Jeffrey Howard pianoTimothy Morgan organ

The Band of the Welsh Guards

Major David Cresswell BBCM psm Director of MusicBy 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 2006

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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) 3’48Music by Robert Williams arr. Mansel Thomas. © Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew.

2 O Isis und Osiris (O Isis and Osiris) from The Magic Flute 3’09Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Words by Emanuel Schikaneder. Public Domain.

3 Divine Brahma from The Pearl Fishers 2’56Music by Georges Bizet. Words by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. Public Domain.

4 Granada 3’25Music and words by Agustín Lara. © Latin American Music Publishing.

5 Yfory (Tomorrow) 3’33Music by Robat Arwyn arr. Eric Jones. Words by Geraint Eckley. © Cyhoeddiadau Sain.

6 Calm is the Sea 2’26Music by Heinrich Pfeil. Words by John Guard. Public Domain.

7 African Trilogy: Siyahamba (Zulu) – Shosholoza (Shona) – Sikelele Africa

(South African national anthem) 3’52Traditional arr. Gwyn Arch. © Grove Music.

8 Heaven is My Home 5’35Music © Michael J. Lewis. Words © Thomas Taylor.

9 By Babylon’s Wave 7’48Music 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 5’09Traditional arr. Mickey Newbury and Alwyn Humphreys. © Sony / ATV Music Publishing (UK).

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! My Lord, What a Mornin’ 4’11Traditional arr. R. Lee Gilliam. © G. Schirmer Ltd.

@ Sarah ‘Mi glywaf dyner lais’ (I hear thy tender voice) 3’10Music 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 3’40Music by Charles Gounod. Words by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Public Domain.

$ I Dreamed a Dream from Les Misérables 3’34Music 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) 4’04Music by T. Gwynn Jones arr. R. Emyr Jones. © Cyhoeddiadau Sain.

^ A Cycle of Welsh Hymn Tunes 7’59Builth ‘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) 5’02Music by Jean Sibelius arr. Haydn James. Words by Elfed. © NCB / GEMA.

* Sanctus ‘Glân geriwbiaid a seraffiaid’ (Cherubim and seraphim) 2’42Music by John Richards (Isalaw). Original English words by Richard Mant. Welsh words by Owen Griffith Owen (Alafon).

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( Hen Wlad fy Nhadau (Land of My Fathers) – Welsh National Anthem 2’50Music 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 pianoHuw 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 2004

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Digital recording by Sain

Sound Engineers Richard Harrison, Marty Williams, Chris Chesters, Emyr Bowen (CD1 & CD2); RichardHarrison, Eryl Bryn Davies, Owain Orwig, Marty Williams, Chris Chesters (CD3)Mixed at Sain StudiosEngineer Eryl Bryn DaviesProducer Siwan Lisa EvansRecording Manager Dafydd M. Roberts

With thanks to:Fiona Scott-Lockyer (The Royal Albert Hall), Patrick Hodges and Raymond G. Taylor (London Welsh Male VoiceChoir), Galeri Artists www.fflurwyn.com

For ABC Classics

Executive Producers Martin Buzacott, Robert PattersonEditorial and Production Manager Hilary ShrubbPublications Editor Natalie SheaBooklet Design Imagecorp Pty LtdCover Photo Clive Jones

ABC Classics thanks Gwenan Gibbard, Laura Bell and Virginia Read.

Licensed from Sain (Recordiau) Cyf.

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