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Cytgan won the youth choir competition at the National Eisteddfod at Meifod in 2003. The choir also brought the 2005 Llandeilo Music Festival to a close, and reached the final round of the S4C Cor Cymru 2005 mixed choir competition. The choir's CD, ‘Cytgan’, which was released by Fflach Records, has also been successful.
The choir was formed by Tim Rhys-Evans, a classically trained singer and former musical director of Welsh National Youth Opera. It originally had 15 members and is based in Cardiff. [citation needed] Following Last Choir Standing, the choir signed a five-record deal with Universal Music and released their first album. [2]
Many Welsh composers have been commissioned to write new works for the orchestra, such as Grace Williams, David Wynne, Daniel Jones, Arwel Hughes, former member Karl Jenkins, and founder member of the orchestra Alun Hoddinott. (Two dozen pairs of clogs were needed for the Orchestra's premiere of Karl Jenkins' Scenes From Wales in 2000). [1]
The choir's self-titled debut album was released in November 2012. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] " Calon Lân " went into the number one position on the iTunes classical singles chart [ citation needed ] and the choir developed a list of TV and radio credits, including This Morning , Songs of Praise , Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: Christmas Special , All Star ...
The words sung in Welsh to "Rachie" are typically I Bob Un Sydd Ffyddlon, [4] and were written by Henry Lloyd (1870-1946), who is better known by his bardic name Ap Hefin. [5] [1] The lyrics are a call to battle, this can also be seen in the English translation. The words express a similar call to arms as does the hymn "Onward, Christian Soldiers".
WNO Youth Opera (WNYO) (Welsh: Opera Ieuenctid WNO) is a training and performance programme for young singers aged between 8 and 25. It forms part of the youth wing of Welsh National Opera , with Youth Opera groups in South Wales (Cardiff), North Wales (Llandudno) and Birmingham.
The Pontarddulais Male Choir (Welsh: Côr Meibion Pontarddulais) is a Welsh male voice choir from Pontarddulais near Swansea, Wales. It is the most successful choir in Wales and is internationally renowned having performed in many parts of Europe as well as Canada and the United States.
Timothy Rhys-Evans MBE FRWCMD (born c. 1972) [1] is a Welsh conductor and best known as the founder and musical director of the choir Only Men Aloud! [2] and Only Boys Aloud. He also formed the children's choir Only Kids Aloud in 2012. [3] Rhys-Evans, from New Tredegar, was a vocal tutor at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. [4]