Dal yma nawr
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yrieithyddI got forwarded details of this yesterday and wondered if anyone would be interested in going. It has subtitles for those of you who aren't fluent in Welsh! It's part of the Cambridge Film Festival
STILL HERE NOW (DAL: YMA / NAWR)
Thurs 15 July, 6.00 p.m.
Director: Marc Evans. Starring: Rhys Ifans, Cerys Matthews, Ioan Gruffudd,
John Cale, Siân Phillips, John Cale. Wales 2004. 75 mins. Welsh with
English subtitles.
For centuries the musicality of the Welsh language has lent itself to the oral tradition of song but here Marc Evans (MY LITTLE EYE, TRAUMA) has captured the Welsh lyrical soul with a fascinating and moving documentary exploring Wales¹ ancient poetic culture. DAL:YMA / NAWR takes us on a magical odyssey through 2000 years of Europe's oldest surviving bardic tradition divided into seven different ?verses¹, each capturing the enduring themes of Welsh poetry, from nationalism and external powers to hope, renaissance and romance. The poems themselves form the narrative core of
the film with laments for fallen warriors, love songs, hymns, odes to nature, children's verses and political satires set to a stirring musical score composed by Catatonia's Owen Powell and Bedwyr Humphries. Some of Wales's greatest performing talents read the poems including Siân Phillips, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans while singer-songwriters Cerys Matthews and John Cale perform their own arrangements of two Welsh melodies.
DAL: YMA / NAWR is a stirring celebration of Wales¹ poetic heritage and a tribute to to the lyricism and endurance of the Welsh language.
Print Source: S4C
STILL HERE NOW (DAL: YMA / NAWR)
Thurs 15 July, 6.00 p.m.
Director: Marc Evans. Starring: Rhys Ifans, Cerys Matthews, Ioan Gruffudd,
John Cale, Siân Phillips, John Cale. Wales 2004. 75 mins. Welsh with
English subtitles.
For centuries the musicality of the Welsh language has lent itself to the oral tradition of song but here Marc Evans (MY LITTLE EYE, TRAUMA) has captured the Welsh lyrical soul with a fascinating and moving documentary exploring Wales¹ ancient poetic culture. DAL:YMA / NAWR takes us on a magical odyssey through 2000 years of Europe's oldest surviving bardic tradition divided into seven different ?verses¹, each capturing the enduring themes of Welsh poetry, from nationalism and external powers to hope, renaissance and romance. The poems themselves form the narrative core of
the film with laments for fallen warriors, love songs, hymns, odes to nature, children's verses and political satires set to a stirring musical score composed by Catatonia's Owen Powell and Bedwyr Humphries. Some of Wales's greatest performing talents read the poems including Siân Phillips, Ioan Gruffudd, Matthew Rhys and Rhys Ifans while singer-songwriters Cerys Matthews and John Cale perform their own arrangements of two Welsh melodies.
DAL: YMA / NAWR is a stirring celebration of Wales¹ poetic heritage and a tribute to to the lyricism and endurance of the Welsh language.
Print Source: S4C
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