Rhos Male Voice Choir -- Music From The Welsh Mines 1957

The Rhos Male Voice Choir, recorded 4 May 1957 in St. Mark's Church, St. Johns Wood, London; conducted by Edward Jones, with John Tudor Davies, organ; issued on a Delyse Recording Company long-play disc, number ECB3142.
The selections presented here are--
1) Llef, a hymn in which the poet asks for the strength of Jesus to guide him through the wilderness;
2) Ar Doriad Dydd, a song that begins with the lover meeting his beloved at dawn, full of life and joy, but ends with the lover bewailing the death of his beloved;
3) Laudamus (Bryn Calfaria), a hymn of praise to the sacrifice of the cross, the blood making conquerors of the weak and overcoming the might of giants.
Rhos is short for Rhosllannerchrugog, the Heath of Heathery Moorland, having a population then of approximately 11,000, almost entirely Welsh-speaking. The members of the Choir embody two traditions generally associated with Wales-- mining and singing.
Singing in the Land of Song was already a distinctive tradition 900 years ago. Giraldus Cambrensis-- Gerald of Wales-- writing during the twelfth century about Welsh music, says, "In their musical concerts they do not sing in unison like the inhabitants of other countries, but in many different parts; so that in a company of singers, which one very frequently meets with in Wales, you will hear as many different parts and voices as there are performers, who will at length unite, with organic melody, in one consonance.... And what is still more wonderful, the children, even from their infancy, sing in the same manner."
Many adjectives can be applied to a performance such as presented here, but a single adjective seems most appropriate-- magnificent.

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[helmuthoorn]

Makes you feel like kneeling down and pray the LORD for forgiveness and mercy.

The men who sang this had to put their life in His hands every working day.

And you hear it !

[julesbenjamin]

@Pugophile You're a Philistine!

[cupjock]

None can sing with the HEART of the Welsh, and their singing never sounds better than with the support of a sensitive ORGAN accompaniment in the right environment -- a Welsh Chapel.

[sheiladavies11]

Sung fronm the heart, so meaningful as only the Welsh can do, very moving to listen to.

[TomekHujek631]

Just Great  nice vid man

[injamaven]

This is the ultimate. The descant breaks your heart.

[emilebradford]

Everybody on Youtube isn't as sympathetic to those four brave miners who died in their mine in the village of Cilybebyll as the rest of the UK is,

put "Margaret Thatcher leaving Number ten for the last time" in the search box and see what 'RichardElden' has said.

This another moron who should be prosecuted for his hate filled words.

[redips59]

And they still,do it.

[mashmegan]

My uncle was in this choir for over 40 years and loved it its all he used to talk about, he died in april but he had the best life traveling with the choir to places i will never see. they sound amazing, just cant beat a welsh male voice choir.x

[placesNspaces]

@BlaiddDrwg2009 Why part? Learn to value self, and be whole.

[andrebishop22]

The only philistine is a person who does not believe in Jehovia. Who worships his hands and espeically money.