NUMBER ONE RUGBY REFEREE REALISES HIS DREAM As we come to The end of The rugby season, perhaps a song from, in our opinion, The World's number one rugby referee. We recently recorded this with Nigel Owens for a TV programme. He always wanted to sing h...  moreNUMBER ONE RUGBY REFEREE REALISES HIS DREAM As we come to The end of The rugby season, perhaps a song from, in our opinion, The World's number one rugby referee. We recently recorded this with Nigel Owens for a TV programme. He always wanted to sing his favourite song with a Male Voice Choir. We in Dowlais were so pleased to help him realise his ambition. Hope you all enjoy listening to a great referee and a great Choir, as togeTher we sing......MYFANWY.  

Les Sirènes' competition-winning performance of Oh Soldier, Soldier - arr. Robert Latham, from The Grand Final of The 2012 Choir of The Year competition held at London's Royal Festival Hall on 28 October, broadcast on BBC4. Conductor - andrew Nunn Acc...  moreLes Sirènes' competition-winning performance of Oh Soldier, Soldier - arr. Robert Latham, from The Grand Final of The 2012 Choir of The Year competition held at London's Royal Festival Hall on 28 October, broadcast on BBC4. Conductor - andrew Nunn Accompanist - Fionnuala Ward  

The second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of The WhiteBoys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to Their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully acc...  moreThe second piece in Samuel Barber's Reincarnations, Op. 16 Anthony O’Daly was a member of The WhiteBoys, a group that resisted encroachments on peasants’ rights to Their land with a mixture of rent strikes and violence. In 1820, Daly was wrongfully accused of shooting at a local landowner and condemned to hang. Although The local population acclaimed him as a hero and attempted to help him escape The gallows, he went quietly to his death. "Anthony! Since your limbs were laid out, The stars do not shine! The fish leap, not out in The waves! On our meadows, The dew does not fall in The morn, for O’Daly is dead!" Barber’s song feels like a huge public outpouring of grief. It begins with The basses repeating Anthony’s name on a drone whilst The upper voices sing a keening melody, and The piece builds to hysteria as The sopranos and altos take over The chanted name. There are also suggestions that Raftery’s poem is not a lament but a traditional poet’s curse, calling down retribution in response to Raftery’s...    less

Pie' Jesu is The 7th movement of The Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana RuTherford © 2011 Choir Aahs SATB, Flute, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRuTherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

Agnus Dei is The 6th movement of The Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana RuTherford © 2011 Choir Aahs SATB, Oboe, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRuTherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

Kyrie Eleison is The 2nd movement of The Requiem Aeternam Pacem 9/11 composed by Diana RuTherford © 2011. Choir Aahs SATB, Flute, Violin and Cello. Please visit my website DianaRuTherford.com for sheet music and contact information.

"Voz", de Ernesto Mateo, interpretado por el coro femenino del CSMC dirigido por Nikoleta Popova. Poema de Víctor Landeira. Imagen: "Reflection Nebula", por NASA y The Hubble Heritage Team (STScl)