GWAWR OWEN
Côr Caerdydd
Conductor of Côr Caerdydd
Conductor of Côr Caerdydd
Based in Wales’ capital city, Côr Caerdydd was formed by its present conductor, Gwawr Owen, on April 1st 1992 and has become one of Wales’ leading mixed choirs with a very fine competitive record. On its first public appearance in August 1992 Côr Caerdydd won first prize in the Chief Choral competition at the National Eisteddfod in Aberystwyth. The choir has gained first prize at the National Eisteddfod twelve times including the 2018 National Eisteddfod.
Côr Caerdydd has formed a close relationship with Welsh composer Karl Jenkins and regularly work with him on the concert platform. The choir appears on the CD recordings of Requiem and Cantata Memoria and on the DVD of Jenkins’ Mass for Peace, a work which the choir has performed with Jenkins at the Wales Millennium Centre, St. David’s Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall in London and most recently in the Concert for Peace in Berlin last November. The choir was involved in the première of “The Bards of Wales” in Budapest, the première tour of Jenkins’ The Peacemakers, and the televised première of Jenkins’ Cantata Memoria in 2016 to commemorate 50 years since the Aberfan disaster.
Côr Caerdydd has formed a close relationship with Welsh composer Karl Jenkins and regularly work with him on the concert platform. The choir appears on the CD recordings of Requiem and Cantata Memoria and on the DVD of Jenkins’ Mass for Peace, a work which the choir has performed with Jenkins at the Wales Millennium Centre, St. David’s Hall, the Royal Festival Hall, Royal Albert Hall in London and most recently in the Concert for Peace in Berlin last November. The choir was involved in the première of “The Bards of Wales” in Budapest, the première tour of Jenkins’ The Peacemakers, and the televised première of Jenkins’ Cantata Memoria in 2016 to commemorate 50 years since the Aberfan disaster.
Côr Caerdydd has performed in Vienna, Paris, Budapest, Italy, Prague, Romania, at the Interceltic Festival in Aviles, Spain and in October 2017 travelled to Belgium for a series of concerts in Bruges, Brussels and Gent Cathedrals as well as singing in the Last Post ceremony in Ypres and at the grave of Hedd Wyn, the Welsh poet killed in action at Passchendaele.
Concert highlights include two performances at the BBC Proms, Beethoven 9 with Bryn Terfel, Mahler 2 with the BBC NOW, singing at the British Embassy in Paris and numerous appearances at the Wales Millennium Centre. In 2016 the choir performed with Barry Manilow and recorded sound tracks for the Roald Dahl centenary celebrations in Cardiff. Côr Caerdydd has produced two CDs, the most recent in 2012 of choral music from Wales – O Gymru. The CD is a wonderful reflection of the wealth of Wales’ choral heritage with a selection of compositions by Welsh musicians from Ivor Novello to Karl Jenkins and from William Mathias to Paul Mealor. The choir gives many charity concerts throughout each year, sings regularly at the Wales Millennium Stadium before international rugby matches and has appeared on S4C, BBC Television, Classic fm, BBC Radio 2,3,4, Cymru and Wales. Côr Caerdydd appears regularly on S4C, and BBC Television appearances include FA Classic and Songs of Praise. Radio broadcasts include BBC Radio 2’s Sunday Half Hour, Morning Service on BBC Radio 4, and various appearances on BBC Radio 3. |
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12 Ffaith am Gôr Caerdydd
- Dim ond 1 arweinydd parhaol – Gwawr Owen – a fu gan y Côr ers ei sefydlu yn 1992.
- Wedi canu yn y BBC Proms 2 waith.
- Côr wedi codi miloedd o bunnoedd dros y blynyddoedd tuag at wahanol elusennau gan gynnwys bron i £3,000 ym mis Rhagfyr 2016.
- Wedi canu 4 anthem genedlaethol wahanol yn Stadiwm y Mileniwm (Principality) ym Mhencampwriaeth Rygbi’r Byd 2015.
- Cyrhaeddodd y Côr frig y siartiau clasurol yn 2005 ar recordiad o waith Karl Jenkins – Requiem. Hefyd wedi cyrraedd y brig yn 2016 gyda Cantata Memoria Syr Karl Jenkins.
- Ar un adeg roedd 6 Rhian yn canu yn y côr.
- Mae 7 pâr priod yn canu yn y côr ar hyn o bryd.
- Mae’r côr yn ymddangos ar 8 CD – 2 CD gan Gôr Caerdydd, 2 o gerddoriaeth Syr Karl Jenkins, a chryno ddisgiau Wynne Evans, Catrin Finch, Mark Llewelyn Evans a Rhian Lois.
- Un o uchafbwyntiau gyrfa’r Côr oedd canu Symffoni 9 Beethoven gyda Bryn Terfel.
- Mae’r côr wedi bod ar fwy na 10 taith tramor gan gynnwys Vienna, yr Eidal, Paris, Prague, Budapest a Sbaen yn y gorffennol.
- Ym mis Tachwedd (11/2018) bu nifer o’r côr yn canu yn Berlin mewn Cyngerdd Heddwch o dan arweiniad Karl Jenkins a Grant Llewellyn.
- Mae Côr Caerdydd wedi ennill 12 gwaith yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol.