My darling wife passed away 4 years ago. She was born in Wales and this was her favorite anthem ever. She was often singing this when she was cooking or cleaning. When I hear this beautiful anthem I always think of her.It was played at her funeral and everyone was in tears 😢.
You and your wife have beautiful souls. Our Celtic roots mean that everything will be rejoined, it's the very nature of our existence. I promise you that she is still around, tutting at your every mistake. 🏴❤️
Dis Seker, sing Kan hulle doen, luister net hoe Klim die tenore uit, my man was altyd in vervoering, graag self ook gesing, hoe mis ek sy teenwoordigheid.
Wales is my adopted motherland, having lived here over 26 years, more than half my life. I love all things Welsh and I love this anthem. It's the most beautiful in the world, and makes me cry everytime. Beautiful anthem, beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful heritage. Diolch yn fawr !
I'm a Welsh-descended American and love this anthem as well. I also can't help but cry every time I hear it--can't quite figure out why? Consequently even though I know the Welsh words by heart as well as the English translation of those words, I get so emotional I am unable to sing it! I also get very emotional when I hear Yma o Hyd as well as Calon Lan. All truly mind-blowing emotional songs.
a Yank from AlabamaI have never had another country's national anthem affect me like this. When I saw a violinist singing it while playing away, I knew this was something special. Young and old, it was almost mystical. special. Everybody was into it and I loved it!
I am not even Welsh (or British at all), but I really admire the Welsh for their brilliant folk song traditions and for their commitment to their language, their country and their proud Celtic heritage in general. This version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is the most beautiful rendition of any national anthem I have ever seen or heard, adorably mixing together a great choir, orchestra and professional solists with all the public joining in. "Cymru am byth"!
I'm English and have spent much time in beautiful Wales! The people, the music, the culture, the kindness, humour & hospitality are legendary! Also is their innate love of their homeland, seen clearly here, in that whilst the choir have their music, the audience don't need it to join in with gusto, from the oldest to the youngest, they ALL know the words by heart!! If THIS is the. terrible "nationalism", so derided & scorned by the progressives today, then love of one's homeland is no sin!! Love & warm support to Wales & her great people from an equally patriotic English friend & admirer!!
From Scotland - Well Done Wales - great country - I served with many Welshmen in my years in the Royal Navy Submarine Service - They could always be trusted -loyal and true..
@@BavonWW Says who. They can at least sing, and have an anthem they love, not one which was foisted upon them at another time. They are bloody marvellous !
As a kiwi you cannot beat the Welsh voices whether they be a male choir or mixed have the most beautiful singing voices I have ever heard. Kudos for this vid and tyvm for posting. You Welsh absolutely ROCK.😇😇😇👍👍👍👏👏👏
I was 15 when I heard this anthem for the first time (watching the 5 nations rugby tournament ) and since, and now I'm 65, for me is the best anthem in the world. God bless you . Greetings from Catalonia
Perhaps it is most deeply in music that national expression can be conveyed and felt, as it is perhaps also with "Els Segadors" for Catalans, which I heard for the first time only two years ago. My blood connection with Wales is only through my great-great-great-grandmother (in the 1840's!) but I have a sense of still belonging whenever I listen to this so beautiful Welsh National Anthem.
The true beauty of this song, translated: This land of my fathers is dear to me Land of poets and singers, and people of stature Her brave warriors, fine patriots Shed their blood for freedom (Chorus) Nation! Nation! I am true to my Nation! As long as the sea serves as a wall for this pure, dear land May the language endure for ever. Old land of the mountains, paradise of the poets, Every valley, every cliff a beauty guards; Through love of my country, enchanting voices will be Her streams and rivers to me. (Chorus) Though the enemy have trampled my country underfoot, The old language of the Welsh knows no retreat, The spirit is not hindered by the treacherous hand Nor silenced the sweet harp of my land.
After more than 40 years I've decided to start learning the language. My grandad was first language Welsh but never past it to my dad. It is bloody hard but beautiful at the same time.
I'm Scottish and I absolutely love this. The harp sets a prelude to a fanfare introduction to get both choir and audience ready to Belt it Out. Never have I seen an anthem sung with such gusto and pride. I wish Scotland had an anthem this good... Maybe one day.
I know that the Welsh love to sing. It’s in theire blood. Many years ago I was a lorrie driver in Belgium. And on a nice summer morning I was driving on the E17 motorway to Antwerp (traffic was slow due to congestion) a lorrie drove past me, the cab window open and the driver was singing loudly, not a modern song he heard on the radio, but it was a beautiful song with words I couldn’t understand. At first I tought that maybe he had a few drinks. But then I read the company’s name and adres on the cab door (I can’t remember what is was). What I do remember was the name “Wales” at the bottom of the adres and the Welsh flag proudly painted on the cab door. It was a sight I never forgot.
I sang tenor in St. David’s Society of Minnesota, and by far this one of the best singable national anthems. It was a thrill learning to sing in the Welsh language.
Yeah, it's not just that the Welsh are good singers when singing the anthem. It's a blast to sing, who doesn't love belting out the Gwlad! Gwlad! part?? It's a song that inspires you to be passionate.
Oh, yes? The Scots have mostly spoken English for at least six hundred years, and their unique culture thrives quite well, thank you! Welsh is spoken by less than 20 percent of the population of Wales, but Wales remains as Welsh as ever. A language is only one part of a national culture.
Not true. Ireland and Scotland are both worldwide brands, but they do it all in English. What happens is that they adapt English to their own ends (which is how dialects arise), to the point where it becomes a part of their own distinctive cultures. If Wales somehow no longer had the Welsh language, they could still find other ways in which to be excellent in their own culture, just as Ireland and Scotland have. Go to the South Wales valleys, which are no longer Welsh-speaking heartlands, and you'll still find a brilliant, vibrant culture like nowhere else in Britain.
@@benheneghan8621 Ireland (and Scotland) have their own cultures yes, but they are not Gaelic cultures. The Gaelic cultures of the now English speaking parts of those countries died after the loss of the language. The largest and most important part of any culture is the language. The sounds and music of language tell you who a people are.
How inspiring it was to see everyone, old and young proudly singing their national anthem unlike so many these days standing blankly some chewing gum and their anthem is played. One of the most beautiful National Anthems.
This may well be the most beautiful national anthem in the world. It speaks on an absolutely universal level. Honour and glory to Wales, but if anyone anywhere were to ask, what is it like to love one's country? - play this, and say, it is like THIS.
With this covid-19 pandemic ravaging the United Kingdom the best song to sing or to listen to is nothing like the Welsh Anthem. So inspiring and motivating in these trying times indeed. In my next life definitely l would humbly ask the Lord to be Welsh... although l know it's only God who determines our destiny. This is an Anthem worth to listen and sing along with. I have no regrets in participating in the singing. All the love from Zambia.
@@gordonsmith8899 l had neighbours who were from Cardiff, Wales. They had the patience to teach me Welsh and later in my adulthood visited them in Cardiff....what an experience it was indeed.
I am welsh and basically fluent and I encourage anyone who admires this anthem to put the lyrics into google translate and read them, they are very touching and is a perfect reflection of our country. Y gelf hon sy’n fy ngweneud my flach o fod yo Gymraeg ♥️♥️
I have done this and am still weeping. We, the English, had oppressed the Welsh for so long, but all it did was make them stronger. You'd think we would have learned from this! I'm coming back Welsh, I hope ❤
Without understanding the Welsh words, it is impossible for me NOT to see and feel the joy, determination and pride of the singing and playing of this anthem! Thank for sharing this with me today!
Being from Northern Ireland I feel we can never have an anthem that would unite us because of the old British/Irish conundrum. So this has always been my spiritual anthem. Nothing inspires me like this. God bless Wales 🏴 .
BRAVO I have heard many national anthems, but never have I heard one so proudly sung and performed by an orchestra. Did not know the words but the love of your nation has shown thru and has brought tears to this old mans eyes. Thank You God Bless the world and may HE come soon to save us from our political leaders and judges who continue to destroy the very fabric of humanity! Pax+
This is my absolute favourite - bold, beautiful and unbendingly courageous. This is a true inspiration to all the oppressed peoples in the world, including our fellow Hongkongers!
I'm Croat and I love this anthem, it's so beautiful so I learned the first stanza and chorus. I also like the fact that Cornish and Bretons also use the same melody and keep in touch with old brythonic roots. Bro Gozh ma Zadou also sounds nice, especially by Nolwenn Leroy, this version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is amazing. Cymru
If we had an anthem to be proud of I'd sing it with gusto, but our Australian anthem is awful and needs to be changed. I would love ours to be "I am Australian". It takes into account all our variations of background and our country as well.
In Australia you have Iva Davies! Iva is Welsh-Australian and Great Southern Land must be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Iva even has that soaring Welsh voice, full of emotion. Gorgeous!
Wow, sends shivers down my spine! Makes you proud to have Welsh blood in you. I LOVE the way that even one of the violinists is joining in with the choir and public singing!
I would fall in love with anybody who has heart like the heart of this song. It is all heart, not swaggering making it the greatest anthem in the world.
If you are ever feeling a bit down it is guaranteed the Welsh will cheer you up with their fantastic singing, This arrangement is the best I have heard for a long time great arrangement by the Conductor Jeffrey Howard I love it
Totally agree with you! This is the best version I've ever heard of the beautiful Welsh Anthem as well! I'm not Welsh but I find Hen wlad fy nhadau definitely one of the most beautiful anthems in the world, if not THE most beautiful!
I am half Welsh and am looking forward to singing this in Cardiff in June at the Singer of the World final (although I get very choked up). Theres no other national anthem to touch it.
One of the greatest things to come out Wales. More impressive than your Rugby team coached by Kiwi. Very rare aspect. Where else would you see one of the lead violinists singing this great tune, whilst playing for the choir? My admiration to her.
I can only say that Jeff Howard has a magic touch when it comes to arranging for large forces like this. I'm biased, he was my harmony and Aural tutor at college, but the man is a genius (quite literally), you should search out his other arrangements, there are MANY....
My dad came from Wales and because of him I have a love for the Welsh rugby team. When the anthem is sung at the Millennium Stadium the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. Even after attending the games for many years it still has the same effect on me.
A proud Welshman living in Cornwall, I listen to this nearly every weekend, especially after a beer. Superb anthem. I love my home nation, though I’m also a proud Brit
Absolutely beautiful to this Welshman in exile in Scotland by choice lol takes me back so many years to the sirhowy valley tredegar and Blackwood at my dear late grandparents home in Holly Bush cymru am Byth eirioed rhiwn siwr
It brought tears to my eyes! Congratulations conductor Jeffrey Howard and thank you for this majestic rendition of the beatiful Welsh anthem! God bless you!
I am American but my one set of my 2nd Gr grandparents were born in Wales and emigrated to the U.S 18 years I married a Welsh woman and have lived here dine Oct 2003. I have heard this anthem many times and I agree with Sogal it’s a Beautiful anthem . One of the most beautiful and stirring anthems I have ever heard
It is wonderful to see all the audience standing and singing along with the Choir. I left Wales when I was five in '56 and the Anthem still sends shivers up my arms and the hair on the back of my neck. It is a beautiful Anthem.
I love this concert. The singers while all singing together show their individual joy of the music. The orchestra is magnificent. I'm a little obsessed with this concert and watch it nearly every day at the moment. I'm learning Welsh and trying to sing along.
So true the first time I heard this in the Quiet Man to Beth a cried along to n when her sons came home that did me in Poppa Ford did himself n the Emerald Isle Proud wonderful cast Bless their Beautiful Heavenly Souls 🙋🏼♀️
My father spoke Welsh and didn’t learn English until he went to school. I don’t remember him singing it ( Mum said he and his brother often sang in Welsh. I wish I had known him , he died when I was 3 . It’s lovely to hear that with everyone sing. I hope everyone in Wales speaks Welsh.
