7 July 2010
Midweek Concert
Y Blewyn Gwyn
Beck Siàn
The historical Cain Valley Hotel, Llanfyllin was the welcoming and very appropriate venue for this enjoyable evening. The quartet Y Blewyn Gwyn, former prize-winners at the Powys Eistedfodd, entertained with beautiful harmonies and blended voices. Their renditions of four part songs and duets from a range of traditional and contemporary composers were appreciated by all, a Welsh translation of the classic hymn “Amazing Grace” being particularly memorable.
Beck Siàn performed in the second half, using her vocal range and expression to good effect in well known songs and in her own compositions. She gave a new perspective to the popular “Waltzing Matilda”, telling the audience that it was in fact a tragic song, not the jolly singalong we are used to. An informative, as well as a very enjoyable, evening, with interval refreshments kindly provided by the Cain Valley.
Margaret Clennatt
Committee Member