Nos galan - John Rutter, Elin Manahan Thomas, The Cambridge Singers, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Описание: 'Nos galan' - John Rutter (arr.)
From the album ‘A Christmas Festival’

Composer John Rutter (arr.)
Conductor John Rutter
Soprano Elin Manahan Thomas
Choir The Cambridge Singers
Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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The merry, dance-like tune of this carol is widely familiar to the text 'Deck the hall with boughs of holly', but the original Welsh text is unrelated to it, though it does share a New Year theme.

LYRICS:
Oer yw’r gwr sy’n methu caru
Hen fynyddoedd annwyl Cymru.
Iddo ef a’u car gynhesaf,
Gwyliau llawen flwyddyn nesaf.

I’r helbulus oer yw’r biliau
Sydd yn dyfod yn y gwyliau.
Gwrando bregeth mewn un pennill:
Byth na waria fwy na’th ennill!!

Oer yw’r eira ar Eryri
Er fod gwrthban gwlanen arni.
Oer yw’r bobl na ofalan
Gwrdd a’i gilydd ar Nos Galan.

Cold is he who cannot love
The dear old mountains of Wales.
He who loves them most warmly
Will have a merry holiday next year.

To the disorganised, cold are the bills
Which mount up in the holiday season.
Here’s a sermon in just one sentence:
Don’t spend more than you earn!

Cold is the snow on Snowdon
Even though she is snuggled in her woollen blanket.
Cold are those who do not make the effort
To gather together on New Year’s Eve!
(tr. Elin Manahan Thomas)

A Christmas Festival
Based on the annual 'Christmas Festival' concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, John Rutter directs the Cambridge Singers, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and the award-winning Farnham Youth Choir alongside guest soloists Melanie Marshall, Clara Sanabras and Elin Manahan Thomas, for an unforgettable festival of Christmas music.

John Rutter, English composer and conductor, is associated with choral music throughout the world. His recordings with the Cambridge Singers (the professional chamber choir he set up in 1983) have reached a wide global audience, many of them featuring his own music in definitive versions. Among John’s best-known choral works are Gloria, Requiem, Magnificat, Mass of the Children, and Visions, together with many church anthems, choral songs and Christmas carols.

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