Performances of "Complete Works" (continued)
The choir has many concerts throughout the year
It was a work by Mervyn's predecessor and indeed, teacher, David Wynne that took us to yet another musical peak. Scored for brass septet and a great deal of percussion, Owain ab Urien, must stand among our greatest achievements.
It is written in sixth-century Welsh and studying the work gave us much insight into the history of both the language and the Welsh people. We performed the work in the atmospheric Great Hall at Caerphilly Castle as part of the centenary celebration concert for a remarkable Welsh composer, David Wynne.
Richard Roderick Jones, who had written Her Triumph for us, passed on to me a short suite of pieces he had written as a commission from Cwmbran Male Choir. Psalmody was to be a most useful short suite that we have sung on many occasions, including the 1994 tour of California, and indeed, of which we have made a splendid recording.
Most recently, the male choir working with Crosskeys College Choral Society sang Verdi's opera Nabucco. We learned the work alongside fulfilling our regular and busy concert schedule. This was yet another huge achievement for the choir and yet another unique experience.
To have learned, sung and experienced all of these works has been amongst the most memorable occasions for choristers and director alike. It has offered the choir a tremendous diversity of vocal styles and accompaniments and certainly helped raise the standard and indeed, the reputation of Risca Male Choir
Martin Hodson
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