Only Boys Aloud - First public performance of Calon Lan 2010
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- The performance starts with Only Men Aloud... wait for the first public appearance of Only Boys Aloud. Recorded in the Millennium Centre, Cardiff in July 2010.
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Still crying 2 years later……asking GOD’S continued blessings for all of you!
That is beautiful, no wonder they want to keep the language alive and singing
I'm not even Welsh and I've learnt to sing this listening to OBALoud over and over.
Greetings from the Philippines!
I was still working in Wellington, New Zealand when I watched the audition of Only Boys Aloud at Britain's Got Talent on TV. I instantly got hooked to this all male choir from the Valley so I searched them at UA-cam. I learned about the Only Men Aloud too which definitely was my favorite to win at the Last Choir Standing.
Since I became a fan, I watched all the episodes of the All Boys Aloud documentary. Now that I am back in the Philippines from my early retirement as a nurse in NZ, I still listen to these Welsh choir which of course would make me teary eyed remembering my days in NZ. I used to work in an aged care facility and I play their songs to my residents who are Welsh by origin. They loved it because of relatability just like Scots loving Loch Lomond and Irish loving Danny Boy.
Needless to say, I will keep listening to these Welsh choirs over and over again. I'm a fan.
Goosebumps every time - beautiful.
When I first heard them on Britains Got Talent I immediately had goosebumps they were so amazing. I still watch that first performance and I still get goosebumps what a fabulous group of young men. They should be so proud of themselves.
I cannot listen to this without tearing up and I can hardly breathe my chest swells so … just amazing guys. It makes me so proud of my Welsh heritage … my GGG Grandfather Morgan Michael (1783 - 1864) lived in Quarter Coch, Grennnig Road, Glanamman … his son John M. Michael and his wife Margaret Reece emigrated from there to the USA in 1832 to a Welsh community in north central PA. My mother used to take us to a church on Welsh Hill outside of South Gibson, PA to listen to hymns sung in Welsh/Gallic back in the 1940s. I listen to the "UK's Got Talent" audition version of this many evenings to end my day on an emotional high! THANK YOU!!!
Absolutely BEAUTIFUL and impressive. May hear and see this over and over again !!!!
Its great to come back to listening to this masterpiece
Omgoodness - where was I when this happened? I am stunned not just by the amazing voices but the whole meaning of this OBAloud! I just spent the last three hours catching up on all that I missed. Tears in my eyes, this is next level human spirit activity! God Bless You All!
2021. Le plus beau chœur du monde ! Quelle qualité, non seulement dans le choix des chants, mais aussi dans la perfection des voix de ces jeunes gens. Par leur tenue, ils sont un exemple pour tous. Surtout pour les jeunes, qui de nos jours, n'ont plus d'envies. Ces jeunes chanteurs nous redonnent de la joie ! Une grand mère de 72ans.
Love this song! kudos to you Only Boys Aloud! best choir ever! 👏👏👍😍😍
Amazing song with amazing choir!
I'm African and I live in Nigeria but I am sure I can sing Calon Lan better than many Welsh from listening and singing... Love y'all OBA+OMA.
Excelente. Es una presentacion impecable, interactuan de manera asombrosa. Es evitente el trabajo de docentes y estudiantes. Felicitaciones
I wish Only Men Aloud had kept the standard of quality this group of men achieved here. This is quite wonderful and exceptional.
Moving to tears....this C U L T U R E ....BEAUTIFUL !!!!
Arbennig o dda ! I come from the proud largely Welsh speaking area of Ystalyfera. This hymn was sung at the most profound times. What a wonderful arrangement. Diolch i chi !
what does Diolch i chi mean? What does Arbennig o dda mean?
Jane Frizzell Diolch i chi means 'Thanks to you' and 'Arbenning o dda' means especially good.It is of the Welsh language.
Diolch i chi Lee. I am trying to learn some phrases in Welsh. I am writing a story for children about a pony named Calon Lan, who is arbenning o dda pony!
Lee Michael this is a preview of the children's story i am working on. Thank you for helping me with your beautiful language. Jane
janefrizzell.blogspot.com/2016/06/preview-call-me-sarge.html
HI Jane, Congratulations on your beautiful creation . I also find the Hymn Calon Lan very inspiring - I have known it since childhood and to me the hymn is very inclusive and people from all enlightened spiritual paths can relate to it. I wish you every success with your children\s story. Keep me informed. Best, Lee
Within minutes I’m gone STUNNING guys thank you on here it’s there for a lifetime we can always comeback
I have the cd first put out. This gives me cold shivers! Stunning. Barb from New Zealand.
I’d not ask a life that’s easy,
Gold and pearls so little mean,
Rather seek a heart that’s joyful,
Heart that’s honest, heart that’s clean.
(Chorus)Heart that’s clean and filled with virtue,
Fairer far than lilies white,Only pure hearts praise God truly,
Praise him all the day and night.
Delfini29 This is such a beautiful hymn, thanks for some of the words, is there more?
the most beautiful words I have ever heard. thank you.
that is so beutiful.
If you love music, you have to love this. What a great performance! Thank you for posting.
Love this song, kudos to you Only Boys Aloud, best choir ever! 😍
Oh my God.. Guys, you are amazing! Every time i listen to you singing this song i feel tears falling down of my eyes! You are what "influencers" should be.. Please, keep up the good work guys!!
The level of ensemble achieved by the men at the beginning of this, particularly when they're all in unison is spine-tinglingly exciting. A rarity to hear. Well done gentlemen. Keep making music.
When I come back to this recording I confirm my assessment that the first 2' 30" is probably the best ensemble singing OMA achieved. I don't think they've kept up this standard since then. Come back to that level of ensemble excellent gentlemen.
@@KenWAnderson I’ve been watching and listening for 5-6 years now. It’s different smaller, and I miss Ben Smith’s voice but it seems more a matter of different music. They did many of the songs that lends themselves to great arrangements early. I do hope they someday re-record Aberystwyth though. I’d pay an album price for that song alone, sung in a classic-Tim arrangement!!
Gorgeous! They make my heart sing! From Australia, of Welsh/ Cymru descent.
Just totally amazing thank you guys you make so many Welsh people happy
why is this song bringing tears to y eyes even though i don't understand what they're saying
+Hazim Esa If you understood the words, you would have more tears for sure. The song is about rejecting the riches and feelings of a materialistic world, and wishing for nothing but virtuous piety. - Because none but a pure heart can sing....
+markmark63 noted thx
+Hazim Esa same here... the first time I saw OBA's audition at British Got Talent, I was shedding tears while listening to their angelic voices
it happened to me as well, I don't understand the lyrics but it's touching my heart, even the very first time they held the audition.
Same. It's bc men are coming together in unity and unison. Always a beautiful thing. Teaches these men imo to also respect women in some way. Hard to explain.
Just wonderful guys !!!! - wish I had been there X
one of my favourite songs, Calon Lan and Myfanwy
Still love Only Boys Aloud.!! What makes them great, besides this great singing, is that they haven't changed their appearance.!!! Hoping to see the group again.
This gives me goosebumps .... and makes me miss Wales x
their performance really gives me the chill !!!
Nini Kusumo : you certainly are not the only one....time and again !!!!
Nini Kusumo ME TOO....indeed....
I was a teacher who took the children in the 5th & 6th grades and formed a choir. My children had very very little but they gave their
music at Christmas to their families. To the OBA & their direct
Or I can't tell you how beautiful you
Sang! I could see in your handsome faces the love you have
For what you are doing. Each of you have a gift, I see a wonderful
Future for you. Thanks to you and
Your great director.
GOD'S blessings on each and everyone of you and your extended family's! Cry every time I hear this song!
Wow, that was very powerful singing!
I am so proud of my Welsh roots and heritage through my grandmother, who was an immigrant from Cymru--Wales
beautiful song although its in welsh. well sang and congratulation to all members of the choir and congratulations Wales for producing such talents.
Their music just makes me happy 😁
Goodness, how incredibly beautiful, my eyes are leaking. 🎼😢😢😢😁😁😁🥂
Beautiful ❤️ living in England but missing my homeland
holy sheet i just found these guys fracking AWSOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moments of pride for the men and boys assembled.
Beautiful !!!
I like this song and love the performance too..
Each time I'm listening to this piece I sure lost 100 g of water (and not by perspiration or urinating !)
I remember very well the British Got Talent's presentation.
I was thinking : these boys could have turn very badly in their life, due to the economie crisis in their area. The poverty of their parents, the violence they can live in school etc...
And because someone did believe in their abilities, they simply concentrate all this anger into a angelic choir !
I also remember how Timothy Rhys-Evans (their teacher), was so so proud of them, how he was so so confident they will succeed to impress the judges even if the group of this boys was stressed. I remember the beginning of this song, with the 2 solos... no false note, no shaky voice !
Then, the music, with this crescendo associated with this choregraphy when the group integrated the 2 solos to make one and only one group....
Wouah... this union gave me goosebumps ! How great humans can be when they work together for a bigger goal than their little personal life.
That why I alway cry when hearing this song, sang by these boys !
I was part of our school choir who used to sing in the churches around xmas time, our music teacher would say; 'ok boys, I don't want a dry eye in church tonight...
I grew up with this song. I never knew it would become so famous but I am told that. Years ago during the so-called dirty thirties of the depression the unemployed miners of South Wales used to come to London AND SING THIS SONG AND OTHER WELSH HYMNS AND PASS THE HAT as they walked en masse down the middle of the streets to get a little money. That must have been a good sight for the London Welsh in those days.
That was how Paul Robeson met his first Welshmen. He asked them who they were, and why they were there. He asked them, How were the going to get back to Wales, they replied, the same way that they got to London, walking.Mr Robson hired a train, stacked it with provisions and the miners went home via rail. It was love at first sight for all concerned.
My Welsh father, the oldest child in the family, at the age of 14, moved from South Wales to London, England, on an apprenticeship during the early 1930s. He could see 'the writing on the wall'. The family were very poor in Wales as his father had become ill. Both my grandfathers were miners. Dad gave his first pay-packet to his mother who wept on receiving it. Thanks for that information. From Australia.
amazing wow this beautyful and amazing choir
i love this song....
Beautiful
Oh how I wish I had known this OMA/OBA performance had happened in July, 2010. We were on holiday there at the time. I WOULD have found a way to get my way inside the Millen. Cen for this.
So sweet & fabulous!
I love this song very much altho I don't understand a single word.
Im from Indonesia love yuuu
Now you know why the call Wales the land of song x
I could listen all day
Fabulous. Fabulous. Fabulous.
I never tire of watching and listening to this one. Got several glimpses of Josh Jones, Luke, Iori, and Emyr this time ... and able to identify you. :)
Overwhelming. thanks :-)!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Carys Matthews does a great version of the song. And I love love it, I want it played at my funeral
I don't ask for a luxurious life,
the world's gold or its fine pearls,
I ask for a happy heart,
an honest heart, a pure heart.
A pure heart full of goodness
Is fairer than the pretty lily,
None but a pure heart can sing,
Sing in the day and sing in the night.
If I wished for worldly wealth,
It would swiftly go to seed;
The riches of a virtuous, pure heart
Will bear eternal profit.
(Chorus)
Evening and morning, my wish
Rising to heaven on the wing of song
For God, for the sake of my Saviour,
To give me a pure heart.
(Chorus)
vishnu krishnan.r Thank you so much, it is beautiful 🙏
vishnu krishnan.
Thank you for sharing . Its very inspiring.
Thank u , Gbu
Thank you for the trabslation now we can join the choir if we can sing or mime like I do
From the beginning they were the best
..great symphonie...
Belo muito belo magnífico
The best song in the world evet
Magical
WIsh I had been there !!!!! XX
Best song evet
Pure heart
Eventually, such awesome performances can make a culture kinda famous :)) This time, welsh language, I guess :)
would like to find the music to calon lan. and translation as well.
Giles Stroud it's easy to find on UA-cam
I wish I could sing like them
you already do in your heart to have a wish like that
❤
I shall never be a singer or a Welshman that I regret ! You can now renew & build a new Wales . Yes Together !
2:29 is that Lloyd Langford the Welsh comedian?
The people of Wales thank you
Seek a joyful heart
Did the Audience know before this performance that that OBA was present and going to join in with OMA?
And did the OMA know that OBA is behind them? :))
Where are the boys?
Go to 2:23, this was the very first public performance for the boys, they were kept behind the screen and it was a total surprise for the audience who had no idea they would be performing. This was part of an S4C televison series featuring Only Men Aoud. When that screen lifted to reveal OBA the atmosphere was totally unbelievable.
"He who sings prays twice"!
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Thekids
I am Welsh but hate the Welsh language with a vengeance when it spoken but, when I hear these lads singing in Welsh. I can't help but feeling so proud. Cymru am byth..
Why do you hate it? When I was in Wales on holiday I had to stop and listen to people talking as it is such a lovely sing-song language belonging to the true British people.
Hail holy queen
Missed being a member of a choral group...
Soms is de stem van een zanger van een andere sexe een mooie variaie of aanvulling op het thema, helaas, dat vind ik hier erg tegenvallen, ze vult mijn inziens weinig aan en komt er soms zelfs niet eens boven uit... ik ben het eens met voorgaande commentaren dat OBA dat niet nodig heeft en kan volstaan met eigen zangers..
Sometimes the voice of a singer of another sex is a beautiful variety or addition to the theme, unfortunately, I find that very disappointing here, she fills in my opinion little and sometimes even not even above ... I am the agree with previous comments that OBA does not need it and can suffice with its own singers ..
I wish my school taught Welsh instead of French.
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The English cannot understand the words let alone the meaning of your song ! Sod em !
Victor Hunt It's easy enough to find the English lyrics. Not understanding a word of Welch. I can follow along and know how beautiful a song this is...
Many Welsh can’t either.
George Carlin
If a boy turns up.but can't sing is he turned away
No, most join as complete novices and are taught the techniques of singing and how to read music.
Are some of olny boys aloud gay
I love this song
Belo muito belo magnífico