Welsh Choral Spectacular

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Album Summary

Performers

• Jason Howard (Baritone)
• Pete Lewis (Flute)
• Annabel Thwaite (Piano)
• Huw Williams (Organ)
• Wynne Evans (Tenor)
• Fflur Wyn (Soprano)
• Huw Llywlyn (Organ)
• Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
• Timothy Morgan (Organ)
• Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
• Peter Totterdale (Organ)

Conductors

• Humphreys, Alwyn
• James, Haydn

Ensemble

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Composers

• Rita MacNeil (1944 - 2013)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)
• Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
• Hugh Griffith Jones (1849 - 1919)
• Haydn Morris (1891 - 1965)
• Caradog Roberts
• Robert Williams (1781 - 1821)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Robat Arwyn
• Traditional
• Charles Gounod (Composer) (1818 - 1893)
• Michael J. Lewis (Composer)
• Samuel Arnold (Composer) (1740 - 1802)
• J.M. Capel
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957)
• Welsh Traditional
• M. Eddie Evans
• Guy d'Hardelot (circa 1858 - 1936)
• Ivor Novello (1893 - 1951)
• Duncan Young
• Emrys Jones
• Georges Bizet (1838 - 1875)
• Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948)
• Heinrich Pfeil (1835 - 1899)
• Baker Knight
• Alwyn Humphreys
• Meirion Williams
• Alain Boublil (1941 - )
• Dafydd Iwan (1943 - )
• John Richards
• American Traditional
• David Richards (Sax)
• R.S. Hughes (1855 - 1893)
• W.S. Gwynn Williams (1896 - 1978)
• Nick Glennie-Smith (Film Composer) (1951 - )
• Evan James
• Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883)
• Agustín Lara (1897 - 1970)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Gwyn Arch
• Stephen Foster (1826 - 1864)
• Traditional Spiritual
• Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857 - 1919)
• T. Gwynn Jones

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: The Royal Albert Hall.

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Works Details

Wagner, Richard : Rienzi :: Roman War Song

• Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
• Conductor: Haydn James
• Running Time: 3 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1838-1840

Puccini, Giacomo : Madama Butterfly :: Humming Chorus

• Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
• Conductor: Haydn James
• Notes: Composition written: 1904.
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1904

Wagner, Richard : The Flying Dutchman :: Sailors' Chorus

• Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ)
• Conductor: Haydn James
• Notes: Composition written: 1841.
• Running Time: 3 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1841

Franz Lehár (1870 - 1948) : Giuditta (Judith) :: On My Lips Every Kiss is Like Wine

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

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

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

MacNeil, Rita : Working Man, song

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

Traditional, American : When the Saints Go Marching In

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

Novello, Ivor : Some Day My Heart Will Awake

• Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); 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); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone); Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Timothy Morgan (Organ); Jason Howard (Baritone); Rebecca Evans (Soprano)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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); Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano)
• Conductor: Alwyn Humphreys
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1932

Arwyn, Robat : Yfory, for chorus

• Performers: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Wynne Evans (Tenor); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Fflur Wyn (Soprano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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: Huw Williams (Organ); Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Llywlyn (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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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: Jeffrey Howard (Piano); Huw Williams (Organ)
• 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