Welcome to Cerddoriaeth Celtica, a companion piece for the Starlight Radio Dreams series “Celtica”. When we conceived of Celtica the desire was to create an adventure serial which used music as part of the action and story. From using music to power Celtica’s magic tools to musical numbers for the big moments, Celtica does exactly that. And Cerddoriaeth Celtica lets us further explore the beauty of Celtic music, both as part of the serial and just for its own sake.
In this episode of Cerddoriaeth Celtica, Karolyn Blake, co writer for Celtica and the actor behind the title character, sings “Rhyfelgyrch Gwŷr Harlech” and discusses one of the great heroes of Wales, Owain Glyndŵr, the last Welshman to call himself Tywysog Cymru (Prince of Wales). In the serial Celtica, this song was the basis for King Wulfric’s rallying speech to the Britons who had joined the Roman army. We hope it inspires you to fight for your freedoms, whether that’s at the polls or marching in the streets.
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Host and Artist- Karolyn Blake
Co host: Grant Blake
Producer: Ansel Burch
Translation by Karolyn Blake and Euryn Dyfed
Historical sources:
Documentary “The Story of Wales” BBC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbRIMjO22y8&list=PL72jhKwankOgCdrNZXKeciurUHYov2k88&index=2
Canolfan Owain Glyndŵr Centre http://www.canolfanglyndwr.org/index.php
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