Ar Hyd y Nos (English: All Through the Night) is a Welsh folksong sung to a tune that was first recorded in Edward Jones' Musical and Poetical Relics of the Welsh Bards (1784). The Welsh lyrics were written by John Ceiriog Hughes, and have been translated into several languages, including English (most famously by Harold Boulton[) and Breton. One of the earliest English versions was by Thomas Oliphant in 1862.

The melody was used by John Gay in The Beggar's Opera. It is also used in the hymn "Go My Children With My Blessing."

The song is highly popular with traditional Welsh male voice choirs, and is sung by them at festivals in Wales and around the world.

The song is also sometimes considered a Christmas carol, and as such has been performed by many artists on Christmas albums, including Olivia Newton-John and Michael McDonald, who sang it as a duet on Newton-John's 2007 album Christmas Wish. Cerys Matthews sang it solo on her 2010 album Tir.

American spiritual singer Anthony Brown recorded the English version by Sir Harold Boulton on his 2006 album Each Other's Light, Songs Of Peace, Hope And Justice.

All Through The Night

T. J. Powell was known as the “Welsh Sousa” and one of the few composers in the world to write exclusively for the brass band medium. His compositions number nearly 50 and include marches, suites, fantasias, waltzes, solos and ensembles with band accompaniment and brass trios, quartets and quintets.  About half of his music is published and several of his fine marches have been published for military band as well as brass band.  Powell wrote 14 or 15 marches and all are suitable for contesting purposes.  His series of marches named after Welsh Castles have been especially popular; Castell Coch, Castell Caerdydd, Castell Caerffili, etc.

Castell Coch
Some five miles to the north of Cardiff Castle stands Castell Coch or 'Red Castle'. It is perched dramatically on a wooded hillside above the valley of the River Taff. This castle is a medieval fantasy realised by the Marquis of Bute and William Burges who, in 1877, built onto the foundations of an earlier thirteenth century fortification. Their magnificent castle had its own vineyard where altar wine was produced. The vineyard has gone now but the castle remains as it was over 100 years ago, a monument to the romantics who created it and a very interesting place for any tourist to spend a few hours in its sleepy surrounds.


Castell Coch

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Suite - The Seasons High Summer

"Gabriel's Oboe" is the main theme for the 1986 film The Mission directed by Roland Joffé. The theme was written by Italian composer Ennio Morricone, and has since been arranged and performed several times by artists such as Yo-Yo Ma, Holly Gornik, and Brynjar Hoff, among others. The theme has been called "unforgettable" and a "celebrated oboe melody"

Gabriel's Oboe

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