The final performance of the Choir's last Concert Tour to the USA and Canada, was at the Massey Hall in Toronto to a capacity audience, and was part of the Toronto International Music Festival. This was the occasion of the live recording of our CD Live at Massey Hall. It consists of 18 tracks:
| God Save The Queen Hen Wlad fy Nhadau O Canada |
Ye Banks and Braes - Susan Rees and Choir Arr. John Samuel |
| Llanfair (Welsh hymn) Arr. Mansel Thomas (Ascherberg, Hopwood & Crew) | Hela'r Sgyfarnog (Hunting the Hare) Arr. Mervyn Burch (Gwynn Publishing) |
| Sunset Poem (Eli Jenkins' Prayer from Under Milk Wood by Dylan
Thomas) A H D Troyte (Roberton Publications) |
Va Pensiero (Nabucco) Verdi (G Ricordi) |
| How Great Thou Art - Susan Rees and Choir Arr. John Samuel |
La Vergine Degli Angeli (La forza del Destino) Susan Rees and ChoirVerdi (G Ricordi) |
| Ave Maria Bach-Gounod Arr. John Samuel (Frank C. Walsh) |
Bring Him Home (Les Miserables)Claud-Michel
Schonberg (Alain Boublil Music) |
| The Lord's Prayer A H Malotte (G Schirmer) |
If I Loved You / You'll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) Rodgers & Hammerstein (Chappell) |
| Men of Harlech Arr. John Guard (J Curwen) |
Vilia (The Merry Widow) - Susan Rees and Choir Franz Lehar (Glocken Verlag) |
| Ar Hyd y Nos Arr. Harry Evans (Hughes & Son) |
Unwaith Eto'n Nghymru Annwyl - Susan Rees & Choir E D Williams Arr. John Samuel |
| The Londonderry Air (O Danny Boy) Arr. John Samuel |
Gwahoddiad (Welsh Hymn) John Tudor Davies (Hughes & Son) |
Inspirations
Our second CD is a compilation album called Inspirations, a title which came about as a result of a competition, open to local high schools, to design a cover and choose a title for the CD. The competition was won by Adam Griffiths of Pen-y-Dre High School, Merthyr Tydfil, who beat some very stiff opposition from the other entries, all of which were of a very high standard.
At the same price, and with five more tracks than our previous CD, Inspirations represents even better value than usual. The music is drawn from nearly thirty five years of music making by the Dowlais Male Choir and consists of:
| 1. Llanfair | Arr. Mansel Thomas Ascherberg Hopwood & Crew Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2. Men of Harlech | Arr. John Guard J Curwen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3. Sunset Poem (Prayer from 'Under Milk Wood') | A H D Troyte Roberton Publications | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4. Va Pensiero (Nabucco) | Verdi G Ricordi & Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5. La Vergine Degli Angeli (La Forza del Destino) Susan Rees and Choir | Verdi G Ricordi & Co | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6. Panis Angelicus Susan Rees and Choir | César Franck Arr. John Samuel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7. I’ll Walk With God Susan Rees and Choir | Nicholas Brodsky
Warner Bros. Music Ltd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8. Ave Maria | Bach - Gounod Arr..John Samuel Frank C Walsh 9. If I Loved You | (Carousel) Rodgers & Hammerstein
| Chappell & Co. 10. You’ll Never Walk Alone | (Carousel) Rodgers & Hammerstein | Chappell & Co. 11. Feelings | Morris Albert | Arr. Wynford Jones 12. Memory | Andrew Lloyd Webber | Arr. Wynford Jones 13. My Way | Francoise & Revaux | Arr. Wynford Jones 14. ‘A Vuchella | Gabriele d’Annunzio/Paolo Tosti | Arr. John Samuel 15. The Impossible Dream | Mitch Leigh | Shawnee Press inc. 16. Climb Every Mountain | (The Sound of Music) Rodgers & Hammerstein | Arr. Wynford Jones 17. Bring Him Home | (Les Miserables) Claud Michel Schönberg | Alain Boublil Music Ltd. Arr. John Samuel 18. O Chwi Bobloedd | Tomás Luis de Victoria | Ed. By W S Gwyn Williams 19. The Lord’s Prayer | A H Malotte | G Schirmer 20. Tydi a Rhoddaist | Arwel Hughes | T Rowland Hughes 21. Morte Christe | Emrys Jones | P J Beddoe Jones 22. Gwahoddiad | John Tudor Davies | Hughes & Son 23. May Each Day | George Wyle | Robbins Music Corp. |
To purchase this outstanding CD by Paypal (£12.00 including postage and packing) click the 'Buy Now' button. To purchase by cheque or postal order (within the UK only), send a cheque or postal order for £11.50, made payable to Dowlais Male Choir, to Dowlais Male Choir, 31 Penydarren Park, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8YP, not forgetting to include the name of the CD and your address.
News Flash!
Our newest CD, called New Horizons, is going off the shelves like hot cakes.
Not surprising, really, when you look at what's on it.
| What Would I Do Without My Music | Middlebrooks/Belland |
| Hiraeth - Welsh Folk Song | arr. Alwyn Humphreys |
| American Trilogy - Traditional | arr. Mickey Newbury, adapted Alwyn Humphreys |
| Si Hei Lwli Mabi - Welsh Folk Song | arr. Emyr James |
| You Make Me Feel So Young | Josef Myrow/Mack Gordon arr. Clay Warnick |
| Anthem (from Chess) | B.Anderson/B.Ulvaeus arr. Haydn James |
| Martyrs Of The Arena | L. de Rille/J.S.Stallybrass |
| Myfanwy | Dr. Joseph Parry |
| Wedi Pererindod Bywyd | Rev W Adams/Dr. Joseph Parry |
| Bui Doi (from Miss Saigon) | Boubil and Schoenberg |
| Bryn Myrddin | J Morgan Nicholas/Titus Lewis arr. Bryan Davies |
| Rhythm of Life | Cy Coleman/D Fields arr. R Barnes |
| Llef | C H Jones/David Charles arr.Mansel Thomas |
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