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Anna Lapwood invites us to join her on tour and on the way discovers an organ whose pipes look like french fries and one that’s as loud as a jet engine.

Anna travels to the outskirts of Cardiff, Wales to visit Llandaff Cathedral. Unlike the majority of cathedrals in the UK, Llandaff has a new organ rather than one that has been repaired and renovated over the years, meaning that it suits the space to perfection as Anna explains. As well as several recordings featuring that instrument, Anna also shares a Welsh hymn, Grace Williams’s Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes, and music by Welsh composer Karl Jenkins. Director of Music Stephen Moore also explains how such a wonderful instrument came to Llandaff.

Plus, a song by three sisters from Aberystwyth with an amazing blended sound.

A Tandem Production for BBC Radio 3

56 minutes

Last on

Sat 16 Nov 202413:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Lewis Hartsough

    Gwahoddiad [Invitation]

    Lyricist: Ieuan Gwyllt. Music Arranger: Eilir Owen Griffiths.
    • SAIN.

  • Iain Quinn

    Toccata on Victimae Paschali Laudes

    Performer: Stephen Moore.
    • PRIORY.

  • Grace Williams

    Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes (excerpt)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Three Preludes founded on Welsh hymn tunes (II. Rhosymedre)

    Performer: Huw Williams.
    • GUILD.

  • Sorela

    Am ba Hyd (For How Long?)

    Performer: Sorela.
    • SAIN.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Celebratio

    Performer: Martin Setchell.
    • PRIORY.

  • Richard Lloyd

    View me, Lord

    Choir: Llandaff Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Richard Moorhouse.
    • LLANDAFF MUSIC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 3 violins in D major, BWV 1064R: I. Allegro

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Vast Ocean of Light

    Performer: Aaron Shilson. Choir: Choir of Llandaff Cathedral. Conductor: Stephen Moore.
    • REGENT.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Hela'r ysgyfarnog, Hob. XXXIb:33 [Hunting the hare]

    Singer: James Taylor. Ensemble: Münchner Klaviertrio.
    • ORFEO.

  • Trad.

    Calon Lan

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Choir: The Black Mountain Male Chorus. Choir: Risca Male Choir. Conductor: Gareth Jones.
    • DG.

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