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A suite in light orchestral style for strings. Erroneously called 'Anglesey Sketches' on some commercial CDs. Available on "British String Miniatures 2", originally released by ASV White Line, WHL 2136. The work has been extensively performed, by ensembles including I Musici de Montréal, Ensemble Cymru and the Royal Ballet Sinfonia. It is available in versions for string orchestra, string octet and string quartet.
Gareth Glyn lives on the island of Anglesey, where the encircling sea has always been indivisible from the mythology, history and everyday life and work of its people. This cycle of short miniatures, in a light music vein, seeks to represent various aspects of the sea as seen from five vantage-points around the coast of Anglesey. The whole work is bound together by recurring musical motifs which change their character according to the prevailing mood.
1. Llanddwyn (Reverie):
Island of the Welsh patron saint of lovers, Dwynwen, whose marriage to Maelon was never to be, and who dedicated her life to God.
2. Malltraeth (Pastorale):
A brisk walk along Cob Malltraeth, a high dyke built to keep out the sea.
3. Penmon (Intermezzo):
From a vantage point by the sacred priory of St Seiriol, old sailing ships and modern yachts can be seen scudding by in Regatta week.
4. Cemaes (Scherzo):
The bustle of children's play and donkey-rides on the beach in midsummer.
5. Moelfre (Elegy):
In remembrance of innumerable souls lost in shipwrecks off this coast, including the Royal Charter with its loss of 452 lives.
Mae Gareth Glyn yn byw ar Ynys Môn, lle mae’r môr ers cyn cof wedi bod yn rhan annatod o chwedloniaeth, hanes a bywyd a gwaith ei thrigolion. Amcan y cylch yma o chwe symudiad byr, mewn arddull ysgafn, yw darlunio gwahanol agweddau o’r môr fel mae’n cael ei weld o bum rhan adnabyddus o’r arfordir. I gydio’r cwbl yn ei gilydd, mae sawl thema gerddorol fer yn ymddangos yma a thraw drwy’r gwaith, gan newid eu cymeriad yn ôl naws y symudiad.
1. Llanddwyn
Ynys santes y cariadon, Dwynwen, na chawsai briodi Maelon, ac a gysegrodd ei bywyd i Dduw.
2. Malltraeth
Tro sydyn ar hyd Cob Malltraeth, a godwyd i gadw’r môr draw.
3. Penmon
O fan gwylio ger priordy Sant Seiriol yn wythnos y Regata, mae llongau a chychod hwylio, hen a newydd, i’w gweld yn mynd heibio ar wîb.
4. Cemaes
Canol haf, ac mae’r plant yn chwarae ac yn mwynhau marchogaeth mulod.
5. Moelfre
Er cof am eneidiau aneirif a gollwyd mewn llongddrylliadau ger y glannau hyn, gan gynnwys y 452 fu farw ar y Royal Charter.
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- Light classical
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