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Performance TitleWelsh Association of Male Choirs - Millennium Festival of Massed Male Voices
Performance Date11 March 2000
Performance DaySaturday
Performance Time19:00
Main PerformersFflur Wyn - vocal,
Huw Tregelles Williams - organ
Rachel Bartels - harp
Oliver Galletta - bassoon
Secondary PerformersBryan Davies - piano
Orchestra or BandSymphony Orchestra of the Welsh College of Music and Drama
ChoirsCor Meibion Abercynon,
Cor Meibion Dyffryn Aman,
Bargoed Male Voice Choir,
Cor Meibion Blaenporth,
The Bournemouth Male Voice Choir,
Bournemouth Orpheus Male Choir,
Bryncoch Male Voice Choir
Cor Meibion Caerfyrddin
Cor Meibion Cwmann a'r Cylch
Cor Meibion y Faerdref
Garndiffaeth Gleemen Male Voice Choir
The Gwalia Singers
Haverfordwest Male Voice Choir
Cor yr hen - blwyf
Cor Meibion Llandybie
Llantrisant Male Choir
Cor Meibion Mynydd Mawr
Ogmore Valley Male Voice Choir
Oxford Welsh Male Voice Choir
Penarth Male Choir
Port Talbot Cymric Male Choir
Rhayader and District Male Voice Choir
Rhymney Silurian Male Choir
Tenby Male Choir
Whitland and District Male Choir
ConductorsAlun John
Set List'Sanctus' from The Requiem,Cherubini (Choir),
'Chorus of Hebrew Slaves' from Nabucco, Verdi (Choir),
'Adele's Laughing Song' from Die Fledermaus, Strauss (Fflur Wyn),
'Solveig's Song', Grieg (Fflur Wyn),
'Comrades in Arms', Adolphe Adams (Choir),
'Do You Hear The People Sing' from Les Miserables, Schoenberg, arr. Konrad Jones (Choir),
'Selected Items (Orchestra),
'Pilgrim's Chorus' from Tannhauser, Wagner,
'Romance for Bassoon and Orchestra', Elgar (Oliver Galletta),
The Funeral March of a Marionette for Bassoon and Piano', Gounod (Oliver Galletta),
'Cole Porter Medley', arr. A Simmons (Choir)
INTERVAL
Introduction (Chairman),
'Calon Lan (All in Welsh) (Audience),
'Heriwn, Wynebwn y Wawr' (Choir),
'Sundance', William Matthias (Rachel Bartels),
'Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn' trad., arr. John Thomas (Rachel Bartels),
'Dawnsior' Penrhyd (Welsh Folk Dancers)
'Where Shall I Be',arr. B Davies (Choir),
'Ar Hyd y Nos', arr. H Evans (Choir),
'Cor Iau Newyddion Da' (Childrens Choir),
'Fantasia on Famous Welsh Air', arr. M Thomas (Choir),
'Llanfair', arr. M Thomas (Choir),
'Grand Finale',
We'll Keep a Welcome',
'Nos Da',
'Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau'
Performance NotesA varied evening of hymns, popular songs and well known opera choruses.

World premiere of 'Heriwn, Wynebwn y Wawr' commissioned for the Welsh Association of Male Choirs (South Wales Branch) by Mr Gareth Glyn of North Wales, one of Wales's top music composers.
Related Archival MaterialProgramme (RAHE/1/2000/13)
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Catalogue
Reference NumberTitleDate
RAHE/1/2000/13Welsh Association of Male Choirs - Millennium Festival of Massed Male Voices 11 March 2000
Work
Ref NoTitleNo of Performances
UpoledadivovWelsh Association of Male Choirs - Millennium Festival of Massed Male Voices 1
Performers
CodeName of Performer(s)
DS/UK/4752Williams; Huw Tregelles (fl 1986-); OBE; Welsh organist, musical director
DS/UK/966University of Glamorgan; Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.; 1949-; Welsh music and drama conservtoire
DS/UK/6927Williams; Huw Tregelles (fl 1970s-); Welsh musical director, conductor, organist
DS/UK/14329Wyn; Fflur (1970s-); Welsh soprano
DS/UK/14330Galletta; Oliver (1981-); English bassoonist
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