Fri, July 14th, 2017

Llandeilo Music Festival

Posted in the Concert Reports Category

To continue celebrations for their 40th anniversary the Cantorion John S Davies Singers will give the opening concert at St Teilo’s Church, Llandeilo on 15 July 2017. There will be choral classic favourites along with two new works written especially for them by Welsh composers Eric Jones and Meirion Wynn Jones.
Huw Tregelles Williams accompanies on organ and John S Davies is Conductor.
Tickets £15 from: Julia Jones 01269 594303 e mail: juliajones.heelappeal@tesco.net
A programme of praise and celebration.
Part 1.
Perger Pralundium Anton Bruckner
Locus iste
Ave Maria

The Lord is my Shepherd John Rutter
Let the people praise thee, O God William Mathias

Justorum animae C.V. Stanford
Beati quorum via
Messe Basse Gabriel Fauré

Beati mortui Mendelssohn
Above all praise and majesty
O Lux beata

Te Deum Eric Jones
(For the John S Davies Singers on the occasion of their Fortieth anniversary,and the opening concert of the Llandeilo Music Festival, 2017).

Part 2
Let thy hand be strengthened Handel
Ave Verum Corpus Corelli
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden Bach

O Vos Omnes Pablo Casals
Nun Danket J Crüger
The Lamb John Tavener

Tyddewi John Francis arr. Richard Elfyn Jones
O! tyrd ar frys, Iachawdwr mawr Meirion Wynn Jones
( text of both the above by William Williams, Pantycelyn in this the three
hundredth anniversary of his birth).
The composition by Meirion Wynn Jones has been written for the Singers and the
Llandeilo Music Festival.

Evening Hymn H Balfour Gardiner