Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau
Pendyrus Male Choir performing Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau, 12th March 2018.
Audio and Video recorded and edited by Ian Bostic.
La Marseillaise
Pendyrus Male Choir performing La Marseillaise, 12th March 2018.
Audio and Video recorded and edited by Ian Bostic.
Pendyrus invited to represent Wales at the Festival Interceltique De Lorient, Northern France.
Wales has the honour this year of being the lead nation for only the 3rd time in the Festival’s 48 year history and Pendyrus Male Choir have been invited to represent Wales at the 2018 ‘Festival Interceltique De Lorient’ in Northern France, they last appeared there in 2011. Pendyrus, who now have in excess of 110 choristers, many of whom are below the age of 21, making them one of the biggest male choir’s in Wales. Their Musical Director, Stewart Roberts said “in as much as Wales is the lead nation at this year’s festival, we are very proud to have received the invitation to appear again”. The last occasion being 2011. The photograph below shows Pendyrus performing in front of some 20,000 in the audience. Stewart Roberts conducts Pendyrus and the massed bands from many Celtic Nations world wide.
Highly successful Tour of Poland – August 21st to 28th 2017
Pendyrus Tour of Poland, August 21st to 28th 2017.
Fond memories of a magnificent experience, superb concert venues and the truly wonderful City of Krakow.
Rhondda Tunnel Society Concert with Pendyrus & Lewis Merthyr Band
Tuesday 7th November at the Parc and Dare Theatre, Treorchy commencing 7:15pm.
Following last year’s hugely successful concert, Pendyrus and Lewis Merthyr Band will again join forces for a night of great Welsh music, opera favourites and items from Musical Theatre.
Other Artists include Treorchy Comprehensive School Choir and Côr y Cwm.
Soloist is the very talented soprano, Sydney Richards..
Come along and support this worthy cause – All proceeds in aid of the Rhondda Tunnel Society.
Live Facebook Videos
Pendyrus has recorded a number of live videos on normal rehearsal nights including:-
‘Bring Him Home’ from Les Mis
‘Myfanwy’ – Joseph Parry
‘What would I do without my music’ arr. Dr. Alwyn Humphreys
To view, please visit Pendyrus Male Choir Facebook Page and select favourite song from the many Pendyrus recordings available.
Pendyrus News 64 years ago !
1953, 64 years ago, Pendyrus win the Male Voice Choir competition in Rhyl. Under the direction of their charismatic and flamboyant founder conductor, Arthur Duggan. Arthur who so often got carried away in his music, took a turn for the worst when competing in a Semi National Eisteddfod at Treorchy in 1934. The test piece was ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’, he got so carried away in the music, fell of the rostrum and down into the audience, the choir continued without him and went on to win the competition. Treorchy Male Choir were placed 2nd. The adjudicators were, Arwel Hughes and Dr. Vaughn Thomas.
Glynne Jones Tribute Concert
Flash back to May 31st 2001. A tribute to the late Glynne Jones, MBE. who for 38 years steered Pendyrus to international fame, taking his beloved Pendyrus Male Choir to heights unimaginable by it’s founder members at their inaugural meeting of May 24th 1924.
Fabulous Annual Pendyrus Gala Concert tonight at Tylorstown Sports Centre.
The packed audience response from last night’s concert was overwhelming, ending with a standing ovation to the 93-strong Pendyrus Choir, Treorchy school choir and our amazing soloists Shân Cothi, Rhys Meirion, Aled Wyn Davies and Sydney Richards. Particular thanks go to the hard work of Bill Richards, Robert Williams, Cyril Jones and many others for making tonight such a success!
We’ve also been inundated with emails, tweets and Facebook messages today congratulating us on our performance, in particular, many congratulations to Stewart Roberts, Gavin Parry and the 93 strong Pendyrus Male Choir who performed an entertaining and varied programme with great style and precision. The sound was of the highest quality with great balance. Well done to Tony Mullins as compere and Rhys Meirion, Aled Wyn Davies and Shân Cothi who performed magnificently. Sydney Richards sang a Sondheim song with great maturity. She was amazing !. The Treorchy Comprehensive School Choir sang Nick Bristow’s arrangements so sensitively and emotionally. It was hairs on the back of the neck time!
Pendyrus 2017 Gala Concert – Fri 4th May
We are often told that the Welsh choral tradition is in decline but in the Rhondda Valley, historically one it’s strongholds, they will have none of it. The Rhondda can still boast five male choirs, and by far the largest and the one with the longest unbroken tradition is the famous Pendyrus choir in the Rhondda Fach.
Founded in 1924, Pendyrus is nearly a hundred years old and has just as many members.
Founded in 1924, Pendyrus is nearly a hundred years old and has just as many members.
On Friday 28th April at 7:15pm in the Rhondda Fach Sports Centre in Tylorstown, where the choir is based, they will be holding their annual Gala Concert which has become one of the highlights of the Rhondda’s musical calendar. Recent guest artists have included major attractions like Rebecca Evans, Katherine Jenkins, John Owen Jones, Rhydian, Lesley Garrett, Gwawr Edwards and Paul Potts.
This year’s concert sees the return of special favourite Shân Cothi who has teamed up with two of the popular ‘Three Welsh Tenors’, Rhys Meirion who is no stranger to sharing the stage with Pendyrus, and Aled Wyn Davies, to form a vocal entertainment group cleverly called ‘2T’s and a Cothi.’
Pendyrus’ Musical Director Stewart Roberts is a great believer in using the annual Gala to showcase the Rhondda’s wealth of young vocal talent, and so also appearing this year will be the Treorchy Comprehensive Senior School Choir, conducted by Nick Bristow, and one of the Rhondda’s emerging young stars, soprano Sydney Richards.
Stewart also wants audiences to appreciate the wide-ranging repertoire that a top class male choir is capable of. He says, ‘While our listeners expect and will get the traditional fare of great Welsh hymns and favourites, what my predecessor at Pendyrus, the legendary Glynne Jones used to call ‘lollipops,’ it’s important that we tackle unfamiliar but no less enjoyable items, as we are this year, by Leoš Janáček and the contemporary Welsh composers Brian Hughes and Robat Arwyn.
This concert is always a sell out, and this year will undoubtedly be no exception but the few remaining tickets are available from billjrichards@sky.com
This year’s concert sees the return of special favourite Shân Cothi who has teamed up with two of the popular ‘Three Welsh Tenors’, Rhys Meirion who is no stranger to sharing the stage with Pendyrus, and Aled Wyn Davies, to form a vocal entertainment group cleverly called ‘2T’s and a Cothi.’
Pendyrus’ Musical Director Stewart Roberts is a great believer in using the annual Gala to showcase the Rhondda’s wealth of young vocal talent, and so also appearing this year will be the Treorchy Comprehensive Senior School Choir, conducted by Nick Bristow, and one of the Rhondda’s emerging young stars, soprano Sydney Richards.
Stewart also wants audiences to appreciate the wide-ranging repertoire that a top class male choir is capable of. He says, ‘While our listeners expect and will get the traditional fare of great Welsh hymns and favourites, what my predecessor at Pendyrus, the legendary Glynne Jones used to call ‘lollipops,’ it’s important that we tackle unfamiliar but no less enjoyable items, as we are this year, by Leoš Janáček and the contemporary Welsh composers Brian Hughes and Robat Arwyn.
This concert is always a sell out, and this year will undoubtedly be no exception but the few remaining tickets are available from billjrichards@sky.com
