Discography


Côr Godre'r Aran - Byd O Heddwch / World In Union
Track 5: Surge Illuminare. B.Hughes.

Musical Director: Eirian Owen
Accompanist: Rona Jones
© Sain.Wales.com 01286 831 111 Ref: Sain SCD2394

See Review by John Quinn

Cantorion Cynwrig 1968 - 81 / The Cynwrig Singers 1968 - 81

Music Director: J.Brian Hughes
Piano: Rona Jones, Colin Jones Organ: Colin Jones, Geoffrey Knowles
Soloists: Elfed Lewis, Pamela Davies
Tracks 1,2,3,4,6,7, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21

© Sain.Wales.com 01286 831 111 Ref: Sain SCD2282

Other CD's which feature music by Brian Hughes

'Rachmaninov to Rutter' - CDBM323
'Jonah'

'Sirenians' - SCD2420
Four Welsh Folk Songs, Epitaph

'Canenon Jeremy' - SCD2266
'Bring us in good ale'

Rhos Male Voice Choir - 'Spectrum' - RMVCD1
'Lisa Lân', 'The Case of the Stolen Pig', 'Y March Glas'

'Pembrokeshire Youth Choir' - SCDC2082
Psalm Verses.

'Gloria' - SCD2201
'Te Deum' - Foxglove Records

'National Youth Choir of Wales' - HAVPCD227
'Aderyn'

'Cor Merched Edeyrnion' - Sain SCD2201
'Gloria'

'Celticae' - Sain SCD2490
Tenor voice with orchestra. Arrangements of Celtic songs.

Performances

North Wales International Music Festival.
St.Asaph Cathedral, September 2005

St.John Roberts Requiem. Requiem for tenor solo, mixed and
male chorus, violin solo, percussion and piano.
Conductor, Brian Hughes.
Trelawnyd Male Voice Choir, Sirenian Singers.

Last Night Of The Welsh Proms.
St.David's Hall, Cardiff July 2003.

Commissioned first performance of Tanau based on the 1943 I.D.Hooson poem.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
Buy As You View Cory Band.

Pren Planedig.
A Work for Soprano Soloist, Male Voice Chorus and Orchestra.

Commissioned and published by Laudamus
(Consortium of Hogia'r Ddwylan, Godre'r Aran and Rhos Male Voice Choirs).
Supported by "Arts For All" Lottery Grant, Wrexham Borough Council
and Gwyned Council.

Requiem for John Roberts.

A Requiem for tenor solo, mixed and male chorus, violin solo, percussion and piano.
Commissioned by Traws-Newid with funds provided by
The Arts Council of Wales & Cronfa Arbrofol Eryri.

First Performance - Eglwys St.Madryn, Trasfynydd. March 26th 2005.

List of Work By Category

All works with piano accompaniment unless otherwise stated.

SATB Chorus

Parrot
Music for Tomorrow Night unacc.
Deilen
Noa unacc. Arr of spiritual pub. Robertson
Liw Nos 11pt. mixed choir
Mae’n gret efo het unacc.
Jesu of a maid unacc.
March Glas arr.
Epitaph unacc.
Cwsg Hir
Adar a) Ceiliog ffesant
b) Y Gylfinir
c) Yr Aderyn
Geni Crist unacc. Pub. Curiad
Ffair Abergele
Noa original composition pub. Curiad
I wraig fonheddig Neuadd Harlech unacc.
Crist gwyn
Cilmeri pno. + tpt. + hrp. + perc.
Caneuon dwys a digri unacc. Pub. Curiad
Terfysg
Melangell with bell
Psalm Verses, with organ pub. Samuel King
Fragments unacc.
Music when soft voices die
Gwrandawed pob enaid
Ar fore dydd Nadolig arr. Of folk song
Jonah unacc.

Male Chorus TTBB

Jonah unacc. Pub Roberton
Noa arr of spiritual unacc.
Bywyd Y Bugail pub. Curiad
Alison Gross
Omnes gentes Psalm 47 pub. Curiad
Tom, Tom the piper’s son pno. duet
Gwyniad
Y Cobler Coch
Dominus regit me Psalm 23 pub. Curiad
Hwb i’r galon arr. of folk song
Rex Israel pno. + 2 tpts.
Lisa Lan arr. Pub. Curiad
A ei di’r deryn du? Arr. of folk song
Hen Ferchetan
Surge Illuminare (from Pren Planedig)
Die ehre Gottes arr. From Beethoven pub. Curiad
Fidele unacc.
Tyger Tyger

Female Choir SSAA

Deryn y Bwn arr of folk song unacc, pub Gwynn
Carmina Sirenum pno + ft
Gloria pno.2vlns.clt.perc
Blodeuwedd 2hrps
Psalm 137 unacc
A Hymn to the Virgin – Velud Maris Stella unacc.
Lament for Bosnia unacc pub. King
Ar Fore Dydd Nadolig arr of folk song unacc, pub Curiad
Myn Mair arr of folk song unacc
Hen Benillion unacc

Children’s Choir – Treble voices

Yr Hogyn Pren dur.25 mins
It is for man pno.duet dur.22mins
Wil
It was a lover and his lass
Mis y Mel pno + perc
There was an old man pno +unacc versions Pub. Curiad
Five Japanese Nursery Songs
Tair o ganeuon i blant a) Y fflam
b) Y ddwy wydd Dew
c) Guto Benfelyn
Y ci coch Pub. Samuel King
Gai fenthyg ci? Pub.Samuel King
I’m owre young to marry yet

Songs With Piano

Soprano
Three Shakespearean Songs a) Fear no More
b) Under the Greenwood tree
c) Fall fathom five

Mezzo
Heaven – Haven ( mezzo or contralto)
Huna blentyn arr. For mezzo + pno with optional TTBB chorus
Y Ceiliog

Tenor
Cathl i’r eos
Rhyfel
E – pistol

Baritone
Bring us in good ale
Day after Day
Lavernock
Pili pala
The Hippopotamus
Y Ceiliog ( baritone or mezzo)
Darkness comes psalming 6 poems by Dylan Thomas
Myfanwy arr. For voice and pno/orch.

Instrumental Music

Sonatina for flute and piano
Quando for clarinet and piano
Quintet (Vln,clt,hrn,cello,pno)
Hen ferchetan (hrn, string qt, soprano)
Pieces for Miriam, three arrangements of Celtic tunes for flute and piano, pub. Samuel King
Arithmetical Bagatelles for piano duet

Orchestral Works

Dadl Dau Full symphony orch dur. 5 min
What’s next Full symphony orch dur. 6 min
Strata String qt & large orchestra dur. 8 min
Tanau Orchestra & Brass band dur. 17 min

Opera

Stars and Shadows - Large cast and chamber orchestra

Choral and Orchestral

Salm i’r Creaduriaid dur. 25 mins
Te Deum Sop & bar soloists, SATB chorus and large orchestra dur.55 mins
Pren Planedig Sop soloist, TTBB chorus, Fl, clt, hrn, hrp, pno, perc, 6 cellos dur. 50 min
Requiem Tenor soloist, SATB & TTBB chorus, vln, pno, perc dur. 58 min
Bells of Paradise dur. 40 mins. Sop. solo, SATB choir, orch (2 F, 2 O, 2 Cl, 2 Bsn, 2 Hrn, 2 Tpt, 3 Tbnes, Organ, Perc., Harp, Strings).

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