In Sounds Celtic #6
We visit Caldey Island and talk to the Monks and Villagers who live and work on the Island
 

In Sounds Celtic #7
We look at the city of Cardiff and the surrounding area of South Wales
 

In Sounds Celtic #8
Our search for some interesting stories of Wales takes us deep inside the mountains of The Brecon Beacons National Park.
 

In Sounds Celtic #9
A portrait of the North Wales coastal resort of Llandudno.
 
 

In Sounds Celtic #10
A portrait of Wrexham and the surrounding area.
 
 

In Sounds Celtic #6 Monks from Caldey Abbey and islanders talk about their life and work on Caldey.

 The Island of Caldey lies some two miles off Tenby, in the county of Pembrokeshire. It is one and a half miles long and three quarters of a mile wide. There are about forty islanders, and a community of 16 monks of the Cistercian order which owns the Island. The old Welsh name for Caldey is Ynys Pyr, after Piro - an early 6th century Abbot. Caldey is also known as Island of the Saints

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Signature tune:  Celtic Groove by Owen Davies & Zac Wallace © Preseli Radio 1997  Music 1: Plain chant from Vigils and Salve Regina -                The monks of Caldey Abbey  Music 2: Verse by Thomas Tomkins -                Organist Mark O'Brien  Music 3: Toccatta in E Minor, by Johann Pachelbel -                 Organist Mark O'Brien  Music 4: Corduroy Breeches -                 Caldey School Children

 
 

Sounds Celtic is produced by : Cynhyrchiadau Preseli Radio Productions

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In Sounds Celtic #7 Cardiff - a portrait of the capital of Wales.

 Cardiff in South East Wales became a boom town of the Industrial Revolution well over a hundred and fifty years ago. It had an important role right from the first century AD when the Romans built their fort at the mouth of the River Taff. But it was the Marquis of Bute who put the city on the map in the early part of the nineteenth century when he opened his first dock and Cardiff became one of the world's busiest ports. And it's right here that a second transformation is taking place, changing the face of the old dock area into a modern waterfront development, linked to the city centre by a new broad boulevard, appropriately named Bute Avenue.

Sounds Celtic is produced by : Cynhyrchiadau Preseli Radio Productions

Music in Sounds Celtic #7 : Normal; Broadcast Copyright rules apply.
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Signature tune:

Celtic Groove by Owen Davies & Zac Wallace © Preseli Radio 1997

Music 1: Flowing Tide - Kilbride © Fflach CD 200H (1' 00")

Music 2: Nkosi Sikelel'i Africa - Côr Meibion Llanelli © Sain SCD 2126 (1'30")

Music 3: Singing in the Cardiff Arms Park from CD Gwlad Gwlad © Sain SCD 6097

Music 4: Syr Harri Ddu - Llio Rhydderch - TELYN - © Fflach CD 196H (2'00")

Music 5: The Cathedral School, Llandaff

        (1) Dacw Mam yn Dwad from Three Welsh Folk Song arr. Alun Hoddinott - Alpha CDPS 417

        (2) Tomorrow Shall be my Dancing Day - Alpha LCS CD 196
 

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Music:
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With co-operation & permission of record companies this recording:
Fflach, Llys-y-Coed, Heol Dinbych-y-Pysgod, Aberteifi, Dyfed,
SA43 3AH, Wales UK  (Tel: +44 (0)1239 614691)
Sain, Llandwrog, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 5TG, Wales, UK
(Tel: +44 (0)1286 831111)

Signature tune: Celtic Groove by Owen Davies & Zac Wallace © Preseli Radio 1997
Cragen Ddur - Côr Meibion Llanelli - Yr Ynys Ddirgel © Sain SCD2126 (1'30")
Y Pural Fesur - Llio Rhydderch - Telyn © Fflach CD196H
Nozvezh Kentañ Ma Eured - Annie Ebrel - a Breton song from Datgan
(traditional songs from Brittany, Ireland, Scotland & Wales) © Fflach CD183H

Sounds Celtic is produced by
Preseli Radio Productions

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Llandudno still retains the elegance of a "Victorian designer resort" from the middle of the last century with many surprises from nearly four thousand years ago and from the present day.

Music:
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With co-operation & permission of record companies this recording:
Fflach, Llys-y-Coed, Heol Dinbych-y-Pysgod, Aberteifi, Dyfed,
SA43 3AH, Wales UK  (Tel: +44 (0)1239 614691)
Sain, Llandwrog, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 5TG, Wales, UK
(Tel: +44 (0)1286 831111)
Black Mountain Records, Dinefwr Castle, Llandeilo, Carmerthenshire SA19 6RT, Wales, UK (Tel: +44 (0)1792 301500)

Signature tune: Celtic Groove by Owen Davies & Zac Wallace
© Preseli Radio 1997
Hunting the Hare - Parc & Dare Brass  Band - Celtic Brass CD4044 © Sain
Suzanne - Bryn Chamberlin - C163G © Fflach
Amen - Côr Meibion Maelgwyn - Y Gwahoddiad
(The Invitatiion)  CDBM 391 Black Mountain Records

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Sounds Celtic #10
A PORTRAIT OF WREXHAM (29' 35")
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A North Wales border town, Wrexham is steeped in history.  The steeple of St. Mary Church is number two in the 18th century poem about Seven Wonders of Wales. A replica of Wrexham steeple stands in Yale University.  Elihu Yale is buried in the churchyard and there are many association with Yale and the surrounding area.  We also have stories about the ironworks where canon for the American War of Independance were made; we learn about bell ringing at Gresford - whose famous peel of eight bells are the seventh Wonder of Wales.
 
 

A canal restaurant barge floats us across the Poncysyllte Viaduct on the Llangollen Canal.

 

We discover there 'could be' ghosts in Chirk Castle;

Music:
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With co-operation & permission of record companies this recording:
Fflach, Llys-y-Coed, Heol Dinbych-y-Pysgod, Aberteifi, Dyfed,
SA43 3AH, Wales UK  (Tel: +44 (0)1239 614691)
Sain, Llandwrog, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL54 5TG, Wales, UK
(Tel: +44 (0)1286 831111)

Signature tune: Celtic Groove by Owen Davies & Zac Wallace  © Preseli Radio 1997
Music 1: Iechyd Da-  Côr Meibion Y Rhos - Ar Eich Cais © Sain SCD4005
Music 2: Twll yn y to - sTrymDingArs - Pawb Drosto'i hun - © Sain SCD2227
Music 3: Jig Owen - Ceri Rhys Matthews & Jonathan Shorland - Pibau © Fflach TRADD CD 202H
 

Associtated  Links:
www.wrexham.gov.uk
www.borderlands.co.uk
www.homecomingwales.com

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