3 o Ganeuon Byrion [PDF]

Three Little Welsh Songs - for high voice (soprano) and piano. The three texts are englynion, perhaps the Welsh-language equivalent of the haiku - these poems are very compact, each only four lines long, but they are packed full of vivid imagery and beautiful symbolism. Each poem features a shared rhyme at the end of each line, and the language is very playful with words smashed together to form new ideas. First performed by Esyllt Thomas and Zoë Smith at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol.

Lliwiau'r Hydref - Autumn Colours
Yr Hebog - The Hawk
Cyfnos - Twilight

c. 5 minutes - includes English literal translation and singable transliteration

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