NIGEL OWENS AND DOWLAIS MALE CHOIR SING MYFANWY

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  • Опубліковано 16 тра 2014
  • NUMBER ONE RUGBY REFEREE REALISES HIS DREAM
    As we come to the end of the rugby season, perhaps a song from, in our opinion, the World's number one rugby referee.
    We recently recorded this with Nigel Owens for a TV programme.
    He always wanted to sing his favourite song with a Male Voice Choir. We in Dowlais were so pleased to help him realise his ambition.
    Hope you all enjoy listening to a great referee and a great Choir, as together we sing......MYFANWY.

КОМЕНТАРІ • 113

  • @cynthiacooper1624
    @cynthiacooper1624 2 роки тому +8

    My late dad's favorite song. It was played at his funeral. Loved my dad so much. Xxxxxxx

  • @grahammcneil7194
    @grahammcneil7194 Рік тому +8

    Heart lifting Welsh singers anytime,...... just don't tell anyone...i'm a Scotsman.

  • @tudordavies8204
    @tudordavies8204 2 роки тому +8

    This was my father's favourite song. In the words of the late, great Ryan Davies "The greatest love song ever written in any language". Who am I to argue with those two great men.

  • @overopensights
    @overopensights Рік тому +16

    These boys are great, it also reminds me of when in the army at Brecon and going on foot up Dowlias hill toward Tredegar, hoping for a lift to where I lived, and on a Sunday morning. The Dowlais chapel congregations were 'in full song' and as I walked up over Dowliais Hill I could hear the singing, from each chapel, as if to out-do each other. A lovely memory for mine , I was 18, and it was a warm June day in 1956.

  • @annedonnellan6876
    @annedonnellan6876 Рік тому +7

    The pride in heritage is almost palpable 👍👍

  • @brooklynnewyawk
    @brooklynnewyawk Рік тому +7

    One of the most beautiful, saddest and poignant love songs and a lovely job by Nigel Owens and Dowlais Male Voice Choir. Diolch yn fawr.

  • @beryllewis
    @beryllewis 5 місяців тому +3

    Just wonderful, my favourite song which always brings a tear, it's so beautiful. Lovely to hear Nigel again, miss him on the field.

  • @mickthornley7210
    @mickthornley7210 5 років тому +19

    Not only the best rugby referee for decades but what a velvet smooth voice, well impressed 👌

  • @chriswilliams8540
    @chriswilliams8540 Рік тому +9

    Best performance I ever have in my 81years heard. The usual near inaudible roar of bottom bass, is in this performance so nicely balanced with the more prominent alto, and not least the perfect Ballard voice of Mr Owen to capture the pathos. Well done and much thanks.

  • @MerylOshea
    @MerylOshea 2 роки тому +7

    Love this song even more special to hear Nigel and the choir sing , not just a good few but great singer as well x reminds me of my mum and dad so thankyou

  • @jeanturner7444
    @jeanturner7444 Місяць тому +1

    And you will remember it for the rest of your life. My career in that part of Wales is recalled with great nostalgia and for similar reasons

  • @frederickpledge7214
    @frederickpledge7214 5 років тому +15

    This is just my favourite song by a superb choir and of course Nigel Owens. No one can sing this song like the Welsh just so moving.

  • @helend222
    @helend222 Рік тому +6

    Wonderful. Boy oh boy Welsh men can sing like no other nation. Well done.

  • @vanbreda11
    @vanbreda11 3 роки тому +21

    As a South African who at times got very irritated with Nigel Owens on the rugby pitch, I was completely blown away with his wonderful rendition of Myfanwy. Fantastic - Nigel all is forgiven!

  • @U2QuoZepplin
    @U2QuoZepplin 2 роки тому +7

    Love the way they linger on the name Mfanwy. This is truly one of the world's most beautiful songs.

  • @huwellis3184
    @huwellis3184 6 років тому +9

    Not only the Worlds best Ref, also an amazing voice here. Ardderchog Nigel

  • @patgarwood9751
    @patgarwood9751 Рік тому +5

    Just magnificent - thank you for bringing a tear to my eye! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @yvonnewheeler1765
    @yvonnewheeler1765 8 років тому +26

    St Davids day today 2016 I am listening to this with tears streaming down my face so so emotional love the choir Nigels amazing I love love my home Wales

  • @vincentp6518
    @vincentp6518 2 роки тому +5

    Il sait tout faire ce Nigel ! Félicitations de France !

  • @terencejones757
    @terencejones757 8 років тому +16

    Wish I had become a Male Voice Choir member all those years ago.
    Well done Nigel for realising your dream.

  • @pattieforkin
    @pattieforkin 10 років тому +23

    I love this version of Myfanwy, I find it so touching especially Nigel Owens singing it brings tears to my eyes.

  • @Safra62
    @Safra62 2 роки тому +8

    Oooohhhh, goosebumps all over! I'm German and love Welsh hymns!

  • @Vikingshop
    @Vikingshop Рік тому +2

    HOW BEAUTIFUL AND TOUCHING 🙏❤ ✝ PLEASE let us start more MALE choirs in our cities 🙏

  • @moggsy71
    @moggsy71 5 років тому +8

    He is the Eartha Kitt of Welsh male voices!! You can hear the heart... And that is what it is all about!!! the gwlad

  • @glynbriant2713
    @glynbriant2713 2 роки тому +4

    A very talented Man, My Dad was Welsh and i am proud of My link to Wales.

  • @1000000trs
    @1000000trs 4 роки тому +6

    I deeply love welsh choirs: but it never fails to amaze me, than in all those valley, with all that musical heritage, they never find and send ahead that most powerful and essential of all beings : a bl**dy piano tuner.

  • @robertbobbybee
    @robertbobbybee 8 років тому +37

    Absolutely first class , there is nowhere else in the world where you experience the passion of Myfanwy than in Wales with a male voice choir ...and our Nige ,epic .

  • @photo3642u
    @photo3642u 3 роки тому +24

    Myfanwy, one of the most moving pieces of choral music ever! Hearing it sung with so much passion & sincerity, with Nigel Owens solo as a bonus, makes me very emotional, especially in these very difficult times. Full marks to the Welsh Government for being hyper proactive in its effort to protect its people from the scourge of Covid-19. Stay Safe!

    • @rosalinequaintance917
      @rosalinequaintance917 Рік тому +2

      Wonderful l hope youger Welsh men continue to join these choirs, don't loose them.

  • @ObelixBarbatus
    @ObelixBarbatus 2 роки тому +2

    Yes. The best referee ever. Greatest respect from South Africa. And will we forget the memorable John Thaw (Inspector Morse) and "The Remorseful Day."

  • @bigwheel2011
    @bigwheel2011 2 роки тому +3

    Absolutely beautiful

  • @Gwalion
    @Gwalion Рік тому +3

    Nice one boys! Well done Nigel - that couldn't have been easy.

  • @jomaata1399
    @jomaata1399 8 років тому +7

    Great choir really brought tears... Nice one nigel

  • @lisaannebevan1761
    @lisaannebevan1761 Рік тому +1

    Awesome my daughter name brings back so many memories sad and good times ❤️

  • @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo
    @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo 2 роки тому +3

    Cymru am byth I am llanelli boy diolch yn fawr Nigel Owen

  • @lesleyevans8782
    @lesleyevans8782 7 місяців тому

    The best I have ever heard

  • @philippankhurst6680
    @philippankhurst6680 2 роки тому +14

    Agonisingly exquisite. There is music, and there is Welsh music. There are choirs and there are Welsh male voice choirs and there are referees and there is Nigel Owens. A wonderful four and a half minutes. D.Thomas wondered in Under Milk Wood if there were still tenors in Dowlais and thankfully there still are.

  • @SeanMacOirc
    @SeanMacOirc 6 років тому +8

    my goodness, this would break your heart in pieces. God Bless the Welsh, Scots and Irish, suffering nations!

    • @andycap1188
      @andycap1188 5 років тому +3

      Funny that. The only one you NEVER hear mentioned or whose culture is NEVER celebrated is the ENGLISH.

    • @elizabethdiamond2159
      @elizabethdiamond2159 4 роки тому +3

      The working people of England suffer just the same. It is the establishment you resent, surely, not the ordinary folk.

    • @elizabethdiamond2159
      @elizabethdiamond2159 4 роки тому +1

      @@andycap1188 That isn't true. English traditions and songs are carried on in many small villages and in the folk music and dance traditions.

    • @PatrickKelly-lz3pv
      @PatrickKelly-lz3pv 3 роки тому

      @@andycap1188 And yet England are the one nation who's population grows while the other three stagnates

    • @andycap1188
      @andycap1188 3 роки тому

      @@PatrickKelly-lz3pv Population grows perhaps but that is simply further diluting the English identity. The country is a mere shadow of itself 50 or 60 years ago but hey ho, no one's listening to an old duffer like me !

  • @stevemount2441
    @stevemount2441 3 місяці тому

    From an Englishman. Absolutely Beautiful. I cant actually find the words to fully describe it, So "absolutely beautiful" will do for now

  • @robwilliams6177
    @robwilliams6177 3 роки тому +2

    Good Ref.not a bad singer Too. All songs from Wales are fab.Sosban Fach !!

  • @jackomahony5924
    @jackomahony5924 7 років тому +11

    A very nice "TRY" Nigel!!

  • @peadarocolmain4850
    @peadarocolmain4850 5 років тому +13

    Dia dhaoibh ó Bhaile Átha Cliath. Bhí sé sin go hálainn ar fad. (Hello from Dublin, that was absolutely fabulous)

  • @lususnaturae892
    @lususnaturae892 9 років тому +9

    Bloody brilliant.

  • @yolanderees-hopkins4921
    @yolanderees-hopkins4921 6 місяців тому

    Nigel, you made me cry mate.
    Beautiful voice, I promise to never scare you ever again.
    You actually made me cry instead of the other way around.
    Yols xx

  • @alantennant1250
    @alantennant1250 8 місяців тому

    Last evening I spent the evening with my friends who had come to visit me here i Cornwall our conversation turned to Welsh music Choirs and singers my favourite I said is Mafanwy by the Treorchy male voice choir, this morning I find this version which has blown me away , what a voice Nigel Owens has here with the fabulous Dowlais Choir , this is the first time I have heard them , it won’t be the last .

  • @annagallego7302
    @annagallego7302 Рік тому +1

    ❤❤❤beautiful singing

  • @albagobrach
    @albagobrach 10 років тому +5

    Stunning performance

  • @iangrubb6470
    @iangrubb6470 5 років тому +16

    There's 2 religions in Wales. Rugby and singing. And even though I'm English ( With a Welsh grandmother, Auntie and cousins) I believe the Welsh are the best at both. And long may that continue.

    • @ducati916SPS
      @ducati916SPS Рік тому

      Steady on...!! WORLD CUP WINNERS ARE WE.

  • @georgebarker3356
    @georgebarker3356 4 роки тому +4

    Fantastic stuff,well sang Nigel Owens 🏉🏉🏉

  • @beansman2547
    @beansman2547 Рік тому +1

    How Green was my valley nostalgia

  • @pops1507
    @pops1507 Рік тому +2

    Lovely

  • @craigthomas652
    @craigthomas652 4 роки тому +3

    Beautiful! together stronger

  • @margaretmitchell4200
    @margaretmitchell4200 2 роки тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @MrSpookyLover
    @MrSpookyLover 10 років тому +6

    what a hero

  • @alistairmacrae4870
    @alistairmacrae4870 2 роки тому +4

    Absolutely beautiful.

    • @annagallego7302
      @annagallego7302 Рік тому

      More beautiful each time I hear this ❤️❤️❤️

  • @onedrydog
    @onedrydog 8 років тому +3

    Beautiful. Top referee, probably the best and it seems a top singer. I could see the pithead wheel turning.
    Thanks for posting. Brilliant. Glad I found it.

  • @paulhughes6182
    @paulhughes6182 3 роки тому +2

    Brilliant

  • @marklong6839
    @marklong6839 2 роки тому

    Who are the people that hate this absolutely beautiful song

  • @luvperu1
    @luvperu1 8 років тому +3

    Touches the heart !!!

  • @aries22march1954
    @aries22march1954 7 років тому +9

    I thought the Neath male voice choir rendition was the best I'd heard until I heard this one. Superb. I'm English, and I've never heard anything that comes anywhere near Myfanwy. And where did that middle verse come from? Nigel Owens and Dowlais, take a bow!

    • @barrywillerton6803
      @barrywillerton6803 4 роки тому +1

      Wonderful absolutely Wonderful

    • @eileenpritchard9154
      @eileenpritchard9154 2 роки тому

      @@barrywillerton6803
      ABSOLUTELY, 😪😢🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @jimmymcmillan6197
    @jimmymcmillan6197 4 роки тому +3

    Brilliant ❤️❤️

  • @banjoman44
    @banjoman44 4 роки тому +1

    Excellent voice Nigel O.

  • @maldwynwilliams6976
    @maldwynwilliams6976 5 років тому +2

    nice one Nigel perfect

  • @colcot50
    @colcot50 4 роки тому +2

    Well done Nigel

  • @mousetreehouse6833
    @mousetreehouse6833 Рік тому

    Lovely -thank you!
    ❤ from 🇺🇲

  • @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo
    @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo 2 роки тому +1

    Shwmae Nigel 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @dianeturner3469
    @dianeturner3469 8 років тому +6

    fi wedi gwrando ar hyn llawer gwaith,a ma fe yn dod a dagre in llygaid pob tro,da iawn Nigel.x

  • @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo
    @Funkopopsstorewalkthroughsunbo 2 роки тому +2

    Cymru am byth 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @miriamyagud8805
    @miriamyagud8805 6 років тому +2

    lovely

  • @linriddles3336
    @linriddles3336 Рік тому +1

    Beautiful but where are all the younger singers

  • @dickiebird9791
    @dickiebird9791 8 років тому +6

    Nice One Nige..You are most certainly a better ref than singer..But then you can't be number 1 at everything..God Bless You.

  • @markthomasjones9520
    @markthomasjones9520 2 роки тому +2

    CYMRU AM BYTH 🐑🐑🐑❤❤❤🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

  • @Fcutdlady
    @Fcutdlady Місяць тому

    Is there a welshman on earth that can't sing ? I've never heard one sing badly. That was lovely . P.S I'm (dare i say it after the last 6 nations!) irish .

  • @shoutinghorse
    @shoutinghorse 4 роки тому +1

    "Roll away red roll away"

  • @--Mar
    @--Mar Рік тому +2

    Love this white male culture. Real men!

  • @twynauboy5377
    @twynauboy5377 Рік тому +1

    composed by the little boy from Merthyr always,,,,always his words not mine

  • @philc1402
    @philc1402 7 років тому +4

    I think the naysayers are being very unkind. Nigel did a pretty decent job!

    • @davidhickman693
      @davidhickman693 7 років тому

      Phil Coombs

    • @bryntomos
      @bryntomos 7 років тому

      It is one of the worst versions of Myfanwy on you tube musically wise. It's just three cheers for the effort.! The choir are singing with open vowels - no " cover" whatsoever and the soloist is flat.

    • @philc1402
      @philc1402 7 років тому +2

      I bow to your superior knowledge on the subject of vowels, but to my ear, it still sounded OK. Nigel Owens may not be a professional singer, and you may not like how he sounded, but he didn't sing flat, in my opinion.

    • @02887727356
      @02887727356 3 роки тому +1

      @@philc1402 im with you phil

  • @DW-nd4ho
    @DW-nd4ho Рік тому

    🤍❤️💚

  • @nimlinmunro2330
    @nimlinmunro2330 4 роки тому +1

    Welsh are great singers_ _ _ but can anyone translate?

    • @rhysjames8693
      @rhysjames8693 4 роки тому +3

      Why is it anger, O Myfanwy,
      That fills your eyes so dark and clear?
      Your gentle cheeks, O sweet Myfanwy,
      Why blush they not when I draw near?
      Where is the smile that once most tender
      Kindled my love so fond, so true?
      Where is the sound of your sweet words,
      That drew my heart to follow you?
      2. What have I done, O my Myfanwy,
      To earn your frown? What is my blame?
      Was it just play, my sweet Myfanwy,
      To set your poet's love aflame?
      You truly once to me were promised,
      Is it too much to keep your part?
      I wish no more your hand, Myfanwy,
      If I no longer have your heart.
      3. Myfanwy, may you spend your lifetime
      Beneath the midday sunshine's glow,
      And on your cheeks O may the roses
      Dance for a hundred years or so.
      Forget now all the words of promise
      You made to one who loved you well,
      Give me your hand, my sweet Myfanwy,
      But one last time, to say "farewell".
      It's a love song, but it ranks as one of the saddest love songs in the world.

  • @owainieuandavies3001
    @owainieuandavies3001 3 роки тому

    Y

  • @mikeq7134
    @mikeq7134 4 роки тому

    Is there any man in that choir who is less than 70 years old? All-male singing is dying out, the world over. It is moribund in the US. There was a time, alas, when it filled our universities.

  • @user-hl7hs1qx1m
    @user-hl7hs1qx1m 10 місяців тому

    Words tomyvanwy in English

  • @patriciawest6172
    @patriciawest6172 6 років тому +1

    Please translate into English

    • @patriciawest6172
      @patriciawest6172 6 років тому

      Wonderful!

    • @andycap1188
      @andycap1188 6 років тому

      See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myfanwy
      also ua-cam.com/video/pE-39vSOoUE/v-deo.html
      if you love the song. it's a bit special I think.

  • @nigelperry8863
    @nigelperry8863 Рік тому

    Piano ruins this lovely choir and wonderful song. Totally unnecessary!

  • @garetholiver9138
    @garetholiver9138 9 років тому

    I'm sorry to disagree here - but Mr Owen stick to the day job!

    • @aries22march1954
      @aries22march1954 7 років тому +5

      Boo!

    • @MOGGS1942
      @MOGGS1942 3 роки тому +1

      I'm inclined to agree with Gareth, but Nigel was very brave to expose himself, so fair play to him. Chwarae teg.

  • @cynthiacooper1624
    @cynthiacooper1624 2 роки тому +11

    My late dad's favorite song. It was played at his funeral. Loved my dad so much. Xxxxxxx

  • @TC-uq1rc
    @TC-uq1rc Рік тому +1

    Beautiful

  • @alanpaisley8696
    @alanpaisley8696 7 років тому +2

    Brilliant