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This Week's Guest:
Bryn Terfel
Sunday 21 September
Repeated
Friday 26 September | | |  |
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Picture by Simon Fowler
This week Sue Lawley's castaway is the Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.
Still only in his thirties he’s sung at the world’s biggest opera houses and can pick and choose where he works and the productions he wants to star in.
He began singing in his first competitions at the age of three. Born into a farming family in the tiny village of Pentglas in North Wales which has only a handful of houses, one shop and one church. He was brought up singing at Chapel and regularly competed and won the National Eistedfodd cultural event.
His first language was Welsh and as a young child he had to communicate with English children camping on his parents land in the summer holidays with sign language. It was from those children he eventually learnt the language and by watching television.
As a teenager he considered being a fireman or a policeman but he won a scholarship to the Guildhall in London and the rest his history. Since then he’s performed and recorded all the great operatic works as well as a number of ‘cross over’ cds of hits from musicals and also an album in Welsh.
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1. 'One for My Baby'
Performer Frank Sinatra
Composer H Arlen. J Mercer
Publisher Harvin Music Corp
CD Title Frank Sinatra -The Reprise Years
Track 11
Label Reprise
Rec No 7599 26522 2
2. 'Myfanwy'
Performer The Treorchy Male Choir conducted by John Cynan Jones
Composer Mynddog-Parry
Publisher Unknown
CD Title The Pride of Wales
Track Side 2 track 6
Label HMV
Rec No CLP 3653
3. 'Denn Alles Fleisch es ist wie Gras'/Because all Flesh is Grass
Performer Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with the Eric Ericson Chamber Choir and the Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Claudio Abbado
Composer Brahms
Publisher Deutsche Grammophon
CD Title Brahms: German Requiem op.45
Track CD1 track 2
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Rec No 2894375172
4. 'Hello'
Performer Lionel Ritchie
Composer Lionel Ritchie
Publisher Motown Records
CD Title The All Time Greatest Love Songs
Track CD2 track 1
Label Columbia
Rec No MOODCD 71/A & B
5. 'Englishman in New York'
Performer Sting
Composer Sting
Publisher Magnetic Publishing
CD Title Nothing Like the Sun
Track 3
Label A & M
Rec No CDA 6402
6.' Part of the 2nd movement of Brahms's Symphony No.1 in C Minor'
Performer Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa
Composer Brahms
Publisher Deutsche Grammophon
CD Title Brahms Symphony No 1
Track LP side 1 track 2
Label Deutsche Grammophon
Rec No 2530 889
7. 'Adiemus'
Performer Miriam Stockley and the London Philharmonic conducted by Karl Jenkins
Composer Karl Jenkins
Publisher Virgin Records
CD Title Adiemus - Songs of Sanctuary
Track 1
Label Venture
Rec No CDVE 925
8. 'Return to Sender'
Performer Elvis Presley
Composer Otis Blackwell/Winfield Scott
Publisher BMG records
CD Title Elvis Presley - 16 Top Tracks
Track 1
Label RCA
Rec No CD 90112
Record: Return to Sender
Book: 'Angela Ashes' - Frank McCourt
Luxury: Millenium Centre in Cardiff
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