Dilys Elwyn-Edwards and Morfydd Owen
Donald Macleod's celebration to mark 80th anniversary of the series continues with stories about two more Welsh composers, Morfydd Owen and Dilys Elwyn-Edwards.
Donald Macleod's celebration to mark 80th anniversary of the series continues with stories about two more Welsh composers, Morfydd Owen and Dilys Elwyn-Edwards.
Composer of the Week has been produced in Cardiff since 1999, so it's fitting that Donald is celebrating Welsh composers in this anniversary series. Following on from a live concert given in the BBC's Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff Bay, with the BBC Singers, Donald continues the story of Welsh music with programmes featuring music by Grace Williams, Hilary Tann, Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards and Rhian Samuel. This quintet of composers were all born in Wales, and much of their music finds inspiration in their Welsh roots. Collectively, their stories will take us from the 1890s to the present day.
Today Donald's guest is Welsh music specialist Geraint Lewis. Together they chart the extraordinary life of a composer with a small but distinguished output, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards and one of Wales's most promising young talents, Morfydd Owen, who died in tragic circumstances at the age of just 26 in 1918, the year Dilys Elwyn-Edwards was born.
Morfydd Owen: Beti Bwt (Welsh Impressions)
Zoe Smith, piano
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: The Cloths of Heaven
Bryn Terfel, baritone
Malcolm Martineau, piano
Morfydd Owen: My luv's like a red, red rose
BBC Singers
Ellie Slorach, conductor
Libby Burgess, piano
Morfydd Owen: Nocturne for orchestra in D flat major
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Sondergaard, conductor
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: Lullaby for piano
Jocelyn Freeman, piano
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: Laudate Dominum
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: All that's past
BBC Singers
Ellie Slorach, conductor
Dilys Elwyn-Edwards: Caneuon y Tri Aderyn
I: Y Gylfinir
II: Tylluanod
III: Mae hiraeth yn y Môr
Elin Manahan-Thomas, soprano
Jocelyn Freeman, piano
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Morfydd Owen's Llwyn Owen, arr. Edward-Rhys Harry
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Morfydd Llwyn Owen
Welsh Impressions, No 4, Beti Bwt
Performer: Zoe Smith.- TY CERDD : TCR025.
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
The cloths of heaven
Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.- BRYN TERFEL: SILENT NOON ENGLISH SONGS.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMAPHON.
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Morfydd Llwyn Owen
My luv's like a red, red rose
Performer: Libby Burgess. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach. -
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Morfydd Llwyn Owen
Nocturne
Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. -
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
Lullaby
Performer: Jocelyn Freeman.- Ty Cerdd TCR019.
- Ty Cerdd.
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
Laudate Dominum
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach. -
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
All that's past
Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach. -
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Dilys Elwyn-Edwards
Caneuon y Tri Aderyn
Performer: Jocelyn Freeman. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas.- Ty Cerdd TCR019.
- Ty Cerdd.
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Broadcast
- Tue 26 Sep 2023 12:00BBC Radio 3
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