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Jenkins, Karl - Cantata Memoria - CD

Jenkins, Karl - Cantata Memoria - CD

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‘Cantata Memoria: For the Children / Er mwyn y Plant', by Karl Jenkins, commemorates the Aberfan tragedy of 21 October 1966, when 116 children and 28 adults tragically lost their lives as a coal tip enveloped Pant Glas school in Aberfan, South Wales.

This large-scale choral work – in English, Welsh and Latin – was commissioned by S4C to mark the 50th anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster, & was premiered with these artists at the official Aberfan Charitable Trust Memorial Concert at the Wales Millennium Centre, on 8 October 2016, & simultaneously broadcast on S4C..

Bryn Terfel, Elin Manahan Thomas, Cywair, CF1, Côr Caerdydd, Sinfonia Cymru (featuring Catrin Finch, David Childs, Joo Yeon Sir, Rosy, Jody & Karl Jenkins), Côr Heol y March, Côr y Cwm: Karl Jenkins. DG, 2016.

Pitran, patran

Then silence

Cortège

Lament for the Valley

Lacrimosa Lullaby

Did I hear a bird?

Satin Feathers

And-a-Half

And once upon a time

When the shadow dies

Lux æterna

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