Welsh Choral Spectacular

Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Notes: Composition written: 1933.
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1933

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Marriage of Figaro :: Voi, che sapete (You ladies who know what love is)

Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 50 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: 1786

Traditional : Chiquitita la Novia (Tiny is the bride)

Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
Form: Vocal

Knight, Baker : The Wonder of You

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 33 sec.

Foster, Stephen : Beautiful dreamer

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Peter Totterdale (Organ); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1862

Lewis, Michael J. : Cenarth, song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Williams, Meirion : Aros Mae'r Mynyddau Mawr (The Great Mountains Remain), for voice & piano

Performers: Jason Howard (Baritone); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 20 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Leoncavallo, Ruggero : Pagliacci :: Si può? Si può? (May I?)

Performers: Jason Howard (Baritone); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 46 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Written: 1892

Capel, J.M. : Love, Could I Only Tell Thee

Performers: Jason Howard (Baritone); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Vocal
Written: 1896

Iwan, Dafydd : Yma o hyd (Here we remain), song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 19 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Iwan, Dafydd : Pam Fod Eira'n Wyn? (Why is snow white?), song

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

MacNeil, Rita : Working Man, song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 11 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Vocal

Welsh Traditional : Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (Watching the White Wheat), folk song

Performers: Pete Lewis (Flute); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 45 sec.
Period Time: Renaissance

Traditional, American : When the Saints Go Marching In

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: by 1900

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Organ Symphony (Symphony no 3) :: Finale

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Annabel Thwaite (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 7 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Orchestral
Written: 1886

Evans, M. Eddie : Pantyfedwen ("Tydi a wnaeth y wyrth")

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 2 sec.

Traditional : Casatschok, song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
Form: Vocal

Richards, David : Cymru fach

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 37 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Thomas, Ambroise : Hamlet :: O vin, dissipe la tristesse (O wine, dispel the sadness)

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Jason Howard (Baritone)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1868

d'Hardelot, Guy : Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1902

Hughes, R.S. : Y Dymestl (The Tempest), song

Performers: Jason Howard (Baritone); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 6 min. 4 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Vocal

Jones, Hugh Griffith : Llef, for chorus, organ & piano

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 36 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Choral

Traditional : I'm Gonna Walk, song

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 7 sec.
Form: Vocal

Novello, Ivor : Some Day My Heart Will Awake

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Williams, W.S. Gwynn : My little Welsh Home, song

Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Morris, Haydn : Hei-Ho!, song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Don Giovanni :: Là ci darem la mano (We'll take one another's hand)

Performers: Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Jason Howard (Baritone); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1787

Young, Duncan : I'se Weary of Waitin', song

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 5 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

Glennie-Smith, Nick : Mansions of the Lord

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 59 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Vocal

Roberts, Caradog : Rachie ("I bob un sy'n ffyddlon")

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 2 min. 54 sec.

Jones, Emrys : Morte Criste (When I survey the wondrous cross), song

Performers: Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Rebecca Evans (Soprano); Jason Howard (Baritone)
Conductor: Haydn James
Running Time: 4 min. 27 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal

James, Evan : Hen wlad fy nhadau (National Anthem, Wales)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
Conductor: Haydn James
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with James James.
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Form: Choral
Written: 1856

Williams, Robert : Hail the Day that Sees Him Rise (Gwyn a Gwridog, Hawddgar Iawn), hymn (Tune :: "Llanfair")

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Written: circa 1837

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : The Magic Flute :: O Isis und Osiris (O Isis and Osiris)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
Period Time: Classical
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1791

Bizet, Georges : The Pearl Fishers :: Divine Brahma

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 2 min. 56 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1863

Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970) : Granada

Performers: Wynne Evans (Tenor); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
Period Time: Modern
Form: Vocal
Written: 1932

Arwyn, Robat : Yfory, for chorus

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Pfeil, Heinrich : Still ruht der See (Calm Is the Sea), song

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Arch, Gwyn : African Trilogy, medley for tenor & men's chorus

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Wynne Evans (Tenor)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.

Lewis, Michael J. : Heaven Is My home, for chorus

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Fflur Wyn (Soprano); Huw Llywlyn (Organ); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 5 min. 35 sec.
Period Time: Modern

Gounod, Charles : By Babylon's Wave, for men's chorus

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 7 min. 48 sec.
Period Time: Romantic

Humphreys, Alwyn : An American Trilogy, medley for chorus

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Mickey Newbury (1940 - 2002).
Running Time: 5 min. 9 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Traditional Spiritual : My Lord, What a Morning

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 4 min. 10 sec.

Arnold, Samuel [Composer] : Sarah (Mi glywaf dyner lais)

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 3 min. 10 sec.
Period Time: Classical

Gounod, Charles : Romeo and Juliet :: Je veux vivre (I want to live in this dream)

Performers: Fflur Wyn (Soprano); Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Notes: Composition written: 1865-71.
Running Time: 3 min. 39 sec.
Period Time: Romantic
Form: Opera/Operetta
Written: 1865-1871

Boublil, Alain : I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with Claude-Michel Schönberg (1944 - ).
Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Jones, T. Gwynn : Diolch I'r Ior (Thank You My Lord)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Llywlyn (Organ); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 4 min. 3 sec.

Humphreys, Alwyn : Cylch o Emyn-Donau :: A Cycle of Welsh Hymn-Tunes, for men's chorus

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 7 min. 58 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary

Sibelius, Jean : Finlandia Hymn (Finlandia Hymni), for chorus & organ (or harmonium), Op. 113/12

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
Period Time: Post Romantic
Form: Choral
Written: 1938

Richards, John : Sanctus (Glân geriwbiaid a seraffiaid), song

Performers: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
Period Time: Contemporary
Form: Vocal

James, Evan : Hen wlad fy nhadau (National Anthem, Wales)

Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
Notes: This work was written in collaboration with James James.
Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
Form: Choral
Written: 1856

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