<strong>THE RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR</strong></br></br>
CONDUCTED BY: <strong>Edward Jones</strong></br>
ORGAN: <strong>John Tudor Davis</strong></br>
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Welsh National Anthem</br></br>
Ave Verum</br></br>
Llef</br></br>
Ar Doriad Dydd</br></br>
Myfanwy</br></br>
Tydi A. Roddaist</br></br>
Laudamus</br></br>
Hiraeth</br></br>
23rd Psalm</br></br>
Welsh National Anthem</br>
When the singing miners of Rhos Male Voice Choir came to London to make this record in St. Mark’s Church, St. Johns Wood, some of them wore bandages. The previous night there had been and accident – fortunately a minor one, - in the colliery where they work. Others carried the scars of a more distant date. All of them carried tragic memories of the Gresford pit disaster which shocked the nation in 1934 and resulted in the loss of 266 lives.
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They are the inheritors of the sufferings and heroisms which that terrible tragedy brought to their village homes. Among them are the men who today hew coal where their fathers and brothers perished. Others are from the neighbouring pits of Hafod and Bersham. They are inheritors, too, of the musical tradition sustained with remarkable continuity. Out of this village, from time to time, have emerged the finest voices, as well as the ablest composers, which the Land of Song have ever produced.
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Rhosllannerchrugog, the Health of Heathery Moorland, Rhos for short, makes the halting intrusion of the Industrial Revolution into the Welsh Borderland. Not only has this straggling village one for the longest names in the country, it is the largest in the area, covering over half a square mile, bordered on its eastern side by Offa’s Dyke. Despite the proximity to the Sassenach, its population of about 11,000 has remained almost entirely Welsh-speaking.
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In this record, the choir’s selection of songs runs the gamut of the native talent for self-expression. Despite its disciplined artistry, so apparent in the rarefied monasticism of “Ave Verum”, this singing is no emotion recollected in tranquillity. It is a present, living experience which is discriminating listener can share to the full. As in “Laudamus” the Blood of the Cross elevates the frail and the puny to Conqueror’s stature, so in “Myfanwy”, the plaint of unrequited love attains a fine poignancy. Here indeed, is the artistic talent bearing the indelibly engraved hallmark of suffering and heroism translated for all time into a song.</br>
When the singing miners of Rhos Male Voice Choir came to London to make this record in St. Mark’s Church, St. Johns Wood, some of them wore bandages. The previous night there had been and accident – fortunately a minor one, - in the colliery where they work. Others carried the scars of a more distant date. All of them carried tragic memories of the Gresford pit disaster which shocked the nation in 1934 and resulted in the loss of 266 lives.
</br></br>
They are the inheritors of the sufferings and heroisms which that terrible tragedy brought to their village homes. Among them are the men who today hew coal where their fathers and brothers perished. Others are from the neighbouring pits of Hafod and Bersham. They are inheritors, too, of the musical tradition sustained with remarkable continuity. Out of this village, from time to time, have emerged the finest voices, as well as the ablest composers, which the Land of Song have ever produced.
</br></br>
Rhosllannerchrugog, the Health of Heathery Moorland, Rhos for short, makes the halting intrusion of the Industrial Revolution into the Welsh Borderland. Not only has this straggling village one for the longest names in the country, it is the largest in the area, covering over half a square mile, bordered on its eastern side by Offa’s Dyke. Despite the proximity to the Sassenach, its population of about 11,000 has remained almost entirely Welsh-speaking.
</br></br>
In this record, the choir’s selection of songs runs the gamut of the native talent for self-expression. Despite its disciplined artistry, so apparent in the rarefied monasticism of “Ave Verum”, this singing is no emotion recollected in tranquillity. It is a present, living experience which is discriminating listener can share to the full. As in “Laudamus” the Blood of the Cross elevates the frail and the puny to Conqueror’s stature, so in “Myfanwy”, the plaint of unrequited love attains a fine poignancy. Here indeed, is the artistic talent bearing the indelibly engraved hallmark of suffering and heroism translated for all time into a song.</br>
<strong>THE RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR</strong></br></br>
CONDUCTED BY: <strong>Edward Jones</strong></br>
ORGAN: <strong>John Tudor Davis</strong></br>
</br>
Welsh National Anthem</br></br>
Ave Verum</br></br>
Llef</br></br>
Ar Doriad Dydd</br></br>
Myfanwy</br></br>
Tydi A. Roddaist</br></br>
Laudamus</br></br>
Hiraeth</br></br>
23rd Psalm</br></br>
Welsh National Anthem</br>
<strong>THE RHOS MALE VOICE CHOIR</strong></br></br>
CONDUCTED BY: <strong>Edward Jones</strong></br>
ORGAN: <strong>John Tudor Davis</strong></br>
</br>
Welsh National Anthem</br></br>
Ave Verum</br></br>
Llef</br></br>
Ar Doriad Dydd</br></br>
Myfanwy</br></br>
Tydi A. Roddaist</br></br>
Laudamus</br></br>
Hiraeth</br></br>
23rd Psalm</br></br>
Welsh National Anthem</br>
Originally recorded in 1957 on the Delyse , this extremely powerful collection of songs that have been enhanced by high quality digitally re-mastering and lovingly restored to its former glory … Moochin’ About is proud to release these stunning recordings for the first time ever on CD…
The Rhos Male Voice Choir are from the village of Rhosllannerchrugog (Rhos), some five miles south-west of Wrexham, North Wales. Formed in 1891 the choir has, since then, been in the forefront of male voice singing. It is widely recognised as being one of Wales’ foremost choirs and its record in the competitive field is second to none.
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