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‘Precious Memories’
Celebrating 50 years of choral music making.
The album has over 40 tracks recorded between 1965 and 2015.
We have been privileged to have nurtured and utilised local talent in our performances over the last “Fifty Precious Years”.
Over forty unforgettable tracks are featured, with songs old and new.
From Martyrs of the Arena
to Myfanwy, and Bring Him Home
from Babylon’s Wave
and Crossing The Plain
to Calon Lan.
We couldn’t leave out Nidaros, so that’s also included.
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Recorded at: Market Square United Reformed Church, Merthyr Tydfil
Recording: Tim Lewis, Ryan St John & Shaun Davies
Mixing: Tim Lewis
Backing Track: David Last
Front Cover Photo: John Carter-Evans ARPS WAPF
Produced by: Wroxton Productions
Musical Director: David Last
Accompanist:
Darya Brill-Williams
Guest Accompanist: Jonathan Gulliford
Soloists:
Anne Collins & Geraint Jones
- Rachie – Caradog Roberts/Henry Lloyd, arr. Alwyn Humphreys
- Y Darlun – Davey Davies/T Rowland Hughes, arr. Jeffrey Howard
- Hyfrydol – RH Pritchard/William Williams, arr. Chris Hazell
- Autumn Leaves – Joseph Kosma/Johnny Mercer, arr. Emrys Williams
- Hava Nagila – arr. Bryan Davies
- Every Time I Feel The Spirit – arr. Alan Simmons
- Easter Hymn from Cavalleria Rusticana – Pietro Mascagni/E Weatherly, arr. Owain Arwel Hughes
- Blaenwern – WP Rowlands/Daniel James, arr. Alwyn Humphreys
- Morte Criste – Emrys Jones/Issac Watts
- Let It Be Me – Gilbert Bécaud/Mann Curtis, arr. Haydn James
- A Roman War Song from Rienzi – Wagner/Ellertson, arr. Percy E Fletcher
- Unwaith Eto’n Nghymru Annwyl – TD Edwards/Dyfed Lewis, arr. Alwyn Humphreys
- Amen – (This Little Light) arr. Geraint Roberts
- Ar Lan Y Môr – arr. David Last
- May Each Day – Mort Green/George Wyle, arr. David Last
Recorded at:
Hope and Market Square United Church Merthyr Tydfil
on 21st and 22nd May 2005
Cover Design: Grahame Clark and Mike Edwards
Musical Director: Stewart Roberts
Accompanist: Huw Evans
Drums:
Chris Black
Harpist: Osian Rowlands
Organist: Derry Prothero
Additional Piano:
Maureen Prothero
Soloists: Mark Williams & Geraint Jones
- What Would I Do Without My Music – Middlebrooks/Belland
- Hiraeth – arr. Alwyn Humphreys
- An American Trilogy – arr. Mickey Newbury, adapted Alwyn Humphreys
- Si Hei Lwli Mabi – arr. Emyr James
- You Make Me Feel So Young – Josef Myrow/Mack Gordon, arr. Clay Warnick
- Anthem from Chess – B Anderson/B Ulvaeus/Tim Rice, arr. Haydn James
- Martyrs Of The Arena – L de Rille.JS Stallybrass
- Myfanwy – Joseph Parry
- Wedi Pererindod Bywyd – Joseph Parry
- Bui Doi from Miss Saigon - Boublil/Schönberg
- Bryn Myrddin – J Morgan Nicholas/Titus Lewis, arr. Bryan Davies
- The Rhythm Of Life – Cy Coleman/Dorothy Fields, arr. Richard Barnes
- Llef (Deus Salutis) – CH Jones/David Charles, arr. Mansel Thomas
First released May 1999, remastered and reissued 2008
Cover design: Adam Griffiths
Remastering: Ryan St John & Shaun Daves
Recorded by
Canadian Broadcasting Co.: Tracks 1-5, 8, 17, 19 and 22
Recorded by
The Music Factory: Tracks 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15, 20, 21 and 23
Recorded by: Sain Recording Co. Ltd.: Tracks 11-13, 16 and 18
Soloist: Susan Rees
- Llanfair – Robert Williams/William Williams, arr. Mansel Thomas
- Men Of Harlech – arr. John Guard
- Sunset Poem (Prayer from Under Milk Wood) – AHD Troyte/Dylan Thomas
- Va Pensiero from Nabucco – Giuseppe Verdi/Temistocle Solera, arr. Sydney Northcote
- La Vergine Degli Angeli from La Forza Del Destino – Giuseppe Verdi/Francesco Maria Plave
- Panis Angelicus – César Franck, arr. John Samuel
- I’ll Walk With God – Nicholas Brodsky/Paul Francis Webster
- Ave Maria – Charles Gounod/JS Bach, arr. John Samuel
- If I Loved You from Carousel – Rodgers/Hammerstein
- You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel – Rodgers/Hammerstein
- Feelings – Morris Albert, arr. Wynford Jones
- Memory from Cats – Andrew Lloyd Webber/TS Eliot, arr. Wynford Jones
- My Way – Claude François/Jacques Revaux/Paul Anka, arr. Wynford Jones
- A Vuchella – Francesco Paolo Tosti/Gabriele d’Annunzio
- The Impossible Dream from Man Of La Mancha – Joe Darion/Mitch Leigh
- Climb Every Mountain from The Sound Of Music – Rodgers/Hammerstein, arr. Wynford Jones
- Bring Him Home from Les Misérables – Boublil/Schönberg, arr. John Samuel
- O Chwi Bobloedd – Tomás Luis de Victoria, ed. WS Gwynn Williams
- The Lord’s Prayer – Albert Hay Malotte, arr. Carl Deis
- Tydi A Roddaist – Arwel Hughes/T Rowland Hughes
- Morte Criste – Emrys Jones/Issac Watts
- Gwahoddiad – Lewis Hartsough/Ieuan Gwyllt, arr. John Tudor Davies
- May Each Day – Mort Green/George Wyle
Recorded by: Canadian Broadcasting Co.
Digital editing by: Roger Butler MMus (Wales)
at the Studio of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Recorded live at: Massey Hall, Toronto, Canada on 4th June 1993
Musical Director: John Samuel
Accompanist: Annette Moore
Soloist:
Susan Rees
- God Save The Queen/Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau/O Canada
- Llanfair – Robert Williams/William Williams, arr. Mansel Thomas
- Sunset Poem (Prayer from Under Milk Wood) – AHD Troyte/Dylan Thomas
- How Great Thou Art – Carl Gustav Boberg/Stuart K Hine, arr. John Samuel
- Ave Maria Charles – Gounod/JS Bach, arr. John Samuel
- The Lord’s Prayer – Albert Hay Malotte, arr. Carl Deis
- Men Of Harlech – arr. John Guard
- Ar Hyd Y Nos – arr. Harry Evans
- The Londonderry Air – arr. John Samuel
- Ye Banks And Braes – arr. John Samuel
- Hela’r Sgyfarnog – arr. Mervyn Burtch
- Va Pensiero from Nabucco Giuseppe – Verdi/Temistocle Solera, arr. Sydney Northcote
- La Vergine Degli Angeli from La Forza Del DestinoGiuseppe – Verdi/Francesco Maria Plave
- Bring Him Home from Les Misérables – Boublil/Schönberg, arr. John Samuel
- If I Loved You/You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel – Rodgers/Hammerstein
- Vilia from The Merry Widow – Franz Lehár/Viktor Léon/Leo Stein
- Unwaith Eto’n Nghymru Annwyl – ED Williams, arr. John Samuel
- Gwahoddiad – Lewis Hartsough/Ieuan Gwyllt, arr. John Tudor Davies