Saturday, July 11, 2020

Eisteddfod premieres Global Peace Message



* Terry Waite giving his online peace address as part of the Global Peace Message.


* Mererid Hopwood reading her poem Harmoni a Heddwch for the Eisteddfod’s first Global Peace Message


 *  Jools Holland performing lines from Harmoni a Heddwch as part of the Global Peace Message.


Floella Benjamin reading lines from Harmoni a Heddwch as part of the Global Peace Message.


* Elan Catrin Parry performing in the Global Peace Message.


* Sir Bryn Terfel.


* Online Mixed Choirs Competition Winners 2020: Stellenbosch University Choir, South Africa, performing Christopher Tin’s Baba Yetu in 2018 at Llangollen.

Thursday is traditionally Peace Day at Llangollen which culminates in the Rotary International Peace Award and Parade of Nations on stage. 

This provided the inspiration for the online premiere of what is the Eisteddfod’s first ever Global Peace Message,which  included a specially commissioned poem Harmoni a Heddwch, by Mererid Hopwood and a peace address from the Eisteddfod’s President, Terry Waite.  

The poem was spoken by Hopwood and special guests Jools Holland, Floella Benjamin and Bryn Terfel.

It also featured children from YsgolRhostyllen, St Giles School Wrexham and YsgolDinas Bran, and the first performance of a new piece of music, sung by Wrexham soprano, Elan Catrin Parry.

The Welsh Centre for International Affairs’ Young Peacemakers Awards celebrates young people who have contributed to peace and global citizenship in their school, local community or overseas. 

Due to Covid-19, this year’s competition was moved online.  The winners of the six categories were announced on Thursday during a virtual ceremony where Year 6 pupils from Ysgol Acrefair came second place in the Young Peacemakers category.

The Llangollen.TV online 2020 Mixed Choirs winner was South Africa’s Stellenbosch University Choir, who swept the board in 2018 coming 1st place in the Mixed, Youth and Open Choir categories.  

Their winning performance of Christopher Tin’s Baba Yetu in an arrangement by AndrĂ© van der Merwe, can be viewed on Llangollen.TV.


As Llangollen Online moves into the weekend Saturday will celebrate the usual finale to the Eisteddfod competitions with a special feature on the last 25 years of Choir of the World.

Throughout the weekend the winners of the Llangollen TV online categories for Folk Choirs, More Choirs and the Best Moment will also be announced.

Finally on Sunday evening viewers can enjoy two items of TV coverage. BBC 2 Wales will be showing highlights of the 2019 event at 6.30pm, followed by a new documentary at 7.30pm on S4C which featuring best moments from Eisteddfod concerts and competitions.

* For more information visit www.llangollen.net

Global Peace Message https://youtu.be/3uokLPXInxs

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