My darling wife passed away 4 years ago. She was born in Wales and this was her favorite anthem ever. She was often singing this when she was cooking or cleaning. When I hear this beautiful anthem I always think of her.It was played at her funeral and everyone was in tears 😢.
You and your wife have beautiful souls. Our Celtic roots mean that everything will be rejoined, it's the very nature of our existence. I promise you that she is still around, tutting at your every mistake. 🏴❤️
Wales is my adopted motherland, having lived here over 26 years, more than half my life. I love all things Welsh and I love this anthem. It's the most beautiful in the world, and makes me cry everytime. Beautiful anthem, beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful heritage. Diolch yn fawr !
I'm a Welsh-descended American and love this anthem as well. I also can't help but cry every time I hear it--can't quite figure out why? Consequently even though I know the Welsh words by heart as well as the English translation of those words, I get so emotional I am unable to sing it! I also get very emotional when I hear Yma o Hyd as well as Calon Lan. All truly mind-blowing emotional songs.
I'm English and have spent much time in beautiful Wales! The people, the music, the culture, the kindness, humour & hospitality are legendary! Also is their innate love of their homeland, seen clearly here, in that whilst the choir have their music, the audience don't need it to join in with gusto, from the oldest to the youngest, they ALL know the words by heart!! If THIS is the. terrible "nationalism", so derided & scorned by the progressives today, then love of one's homeland is no sin!! Love & warm support to Wales & her great people from an equally patriotic English friend & admirer!!
a Yank from AlabamaI have never had another country's national anthem affect me like this. When I saw a violinist singing it while playing away, I knew this was something special. Young and old, it was almost mystical. special. Everybody was into it and I loved it!
Dis Seker, sing Kan hulle doen, luister net hoe Klim die tenore uit, my man was altyd in vervoering, graag self ook gesing, hoe mis ek sy teenwoordigheid.
As a kiwi you cannot beat the Welsh voices whether they be a male choir or mixed have the most beautiful singing voices I have ever heard. Kudos for this vid and tyvm for posting. You Welsh absolutely ROCK.😇😇😇👍👍👍👏👏👏
I am not even Welsh (or British at all), but I really admire the Welsh for their brilliant folk song traditions and for their commitment to their language, their country and their proud Celtic heritage in general. This version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is the most beautiful rendition of any national anthem I have ever seen or heard, adorably mixing together a great choir, orchestra and professional solists with all the public joining in. "Cymru am byth"!
I'm Scottish and I absolutely love this. The harp sets a prelude to a fanfare introduction to get both choir and audience ready to Belt it Out. Never have I seen an anthem sung with such gusto and pride. I wish Scotland had an anthem this good... Maybe one day.
@@BavonWW Says who. They can at least sing, and have an anthem they love, not one which was foisted upon them at another time. They are bloody marvellous !
I was 15 when I heard this anthem for the first time (watching the 5 nations rugby tournament ) and since, and now I'm 65, for me is the best anthem in the world. God bless you . Greetings from Catalonia
Perhaps it is most deeply in music that national expression can be conveyed and felt, as it is perhaps also with "Els Segadors" for Catalans, which I heard for the first time only two years ago. My blood connection with Wales is only through my great-great-great-grandmother (in the 1840's!) but I have a sense of still belonging whenever I listen to this so beautiful Welsh National Anthem.
From Scotland - Well Done Wales - great country - I served with many Welshmen in my years in the Royal Navy Submarine Service - They could always be trusted -loyal and true..
Without understanding the Welsh words, it is impossible for me NOT to see and feel the joy, determination and pride of the singing and playing of this anthem! Thank for sharing this with me today!
BRAVO I have heard many national anthems, but never have I heard one so proudly sung and performed by an orchestra. Did not know the words but the love of your nation has shown thru and has brought tears to this old mans eyes. Thank You God Bless the world and may HE come soon to save us from our political leaders and judges who continue to destroy the very fabric of humanity! Pax+
The true beauty of this song, translated: This land of my fathers is dear to me Land of poets and singers, and people of stature Her brave warriors, fine patriots Shed their blood for freedom (Chorus) Nation! Nation! I am true to my Nation! As long as the sea serves as a wall for this pure, dear land May the language endure for ever. Old land of the mountains, paradise of the poets, Every valley, every cliff a beauty guards; Through love of my country, enchanting voices will be Her streams and rivers to me. (Chorus) Though the enemy have trampled my country underfoot, The old language of the Welsh knows no retreat, The spirit is not hindered by the treacherous hand Nor silenced the sweet harp of my land.
After more than 40 years I've decided to start learning the language. My grandad was first language Welsh but never past it to my dad. It is bloody hard but beautiful at the same time.
Oh, yes? The Scots have mostly spoken English for at least six hundred years, and their unique culture thrives quite well, thank you! Welsh is spoken by less than 20 percent of the population of Wales, but Wales remains as Welsh as ever. A language is only one part of a national culture.
Not true. Ireland and Scotland are both worldwide brands, but they do it all in English. What happens is that they adapt English to their own ends (which is how dialects arise), to the point where it becomes a part of their own distinctive cultures. If Wales somehow no longer had the Welsh language, they could still find other ways in which to be excellent in their own culture, just as Ireland and Scotland have. Go to the South Wales valleys, which are no longer Welsh-speaking heartlands, and you'll still find a brilliant, vibrant culture like nowhere else in Britain.
@@benheneghan8621 Ireland (and Scotland) have their own cultures yes, but they are not Gaelic cultures. The Gaelic cultures of the now English speaking parts of those countries died after the loss of the language. The largest and most important part of any culture is the language. The sounds and music of language tell you who a people are.
I sang tenor in St. David’s Society of Minnesota, and by far this one of the best singable national anthems. It was a thrill learning to sing in the Welsh language.
Yeah, it's not just that the Welsh are good singers when singing the anthem. It's a blast to sing, who doesn't love belting out the Gwlad! Gwlad! part?? It's a song that inspires you to be passionate.
This is my absolute favourite - bold, beautiful and unbendingly courageous. This is a true inspiration to all the oppressive peoples in the world, including our fellow Hongkongers!
How inspiring it was to see everyone, old and young proudly singing their national anthem unlike so many these days standing blankly some chewing gum and their anthem is played. One of the most beautiful National Anthems.
This may well be the most beautiful national anthem in the world. It speaks on an absolutely universal level. Honour and glory to Wales, but if anyone anywhere were to ask, what is it like to love one's country? - play this, and say, it is like THIS.
Being from Northern Ireland I feel we can never have an anthem that would unite us because of the old British/Irish conundrum. So this has always been my spiritual anthem. Nothing inspires me like this. God bless Wales 🏴 .
With this covid-19 pandemic ravaging the United Kingdom the best song to sing or to listen to is nothing like the Welsh Anthem. So inspiring and motivating in these trying times indeed. In my next life definitely l would humbly ask the Lord to be Welsh... although l know it's only God who determines our destiny. This is an Anthem worth to listen and sing along with. I have no regrets in participating in the singing. All the love from Zambia.
@@gordonsmith8899 l had neighbours who were from Cardiff, Wales. They had the patience to teach me Welsh and later in my adulthood visited them in Cardiff....what an experience it was indeed.
I would fall in love with anybody who has heart like the heart of this song. It is all heart, not swaggering making it the greatest anthem in the world.
I know that the Welsh love to sing. It’s in theire blood. Many years ago I was a lorrie driver in Belgium. And on a nice summer morning I was driving on the E17 motorway to Antwerp (traffic was slow due to congestion) a lorrie drove past me, the cab window open and the driver was singing loudly, not a modern song he heard on the radio, but it was a beautiful song with words I couldn’t understand. At first I tought that maybe he had a few drinks. But then I read the company’s name and adres on the cab door (I can’t remember what is was). What I do remember was the name “Wales” at the bottom of the adres and the Welsh flag proudly painted on the cab door. It was a sight I never forgot.
I am welsh and basically fluent and I encourage anyone who admires this anthem to put the lyrics into google translate and read them, they are very touching and is a perfect reflection of our country. Y gelf hon sy’n fy ngweneud my flach o fod yo Gymraeg ♥️♥️
I have done this and am still weeping. We, the English, had oppressed the Welsh for so long, but all it did was make them stronger. You'd think we would have learned from this! I'm coming back Welsh, I hope ❤
I'm Croat and I love this anthem, it's so beautiful so I learned the first stanza and chorus. I also like the fact that Cornish and Bretons also use the same melody and keep in touch with old brythonic roots. Bro Gozh ma Zadou also sounds nice, especially by Nolwenn Leroy, this version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is amazing. Cymru
It brought tears to my eyes! Congratulations conductor Jeffrey Howard and thank you for this majestic rendition of the beatiful Welsh anthem! God bless you!
Wow, sends shivers down my spine! Makes you proud to have Welsh blood in you. I LOVE the way that even one of the violinists is joining in with the choir and public singing!
I can only say that Jeff Howard has a magic touch when it comes to arranging for large forces like this. I'm biased, he was my harmony and Aural tutor at college, but the man is a genius (quite literally), you should search out his other arrangements, there are MANY....
I am half Welsh and am looking forward to singing this in Cardiff in June at the Singer of the World final (although I get very choked up). Theres no other national anthem to touch it.
If we had an anthem to be proud of I'd sing it with gusto, but our Australian anthem is awful and needs to be changed. I would love ours to be "I am Australian". It takes into account all our variations of background and our country as well.
In Australia you have Iva Davies! Iva is Welsh-Australian and Great Southern Land must be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Iva even has that soaring Welsh voice, full of emotion. Gorgeous!
A proud Welshman living in Cornwall, I listen to this nearly every weekend, especially after a beer. Superb anthem. I love my home nation, though I’m also a proud Brit
I am American but my one set of my 2nd Gr grandparents were born in Wales and emigrated to the U.S 18 years I married a Welsh woman and have lived here dine Oct 2003. I have heard this anthem many times and I agree with Sogal it’s a Beautiful anthem . One of the most beautiful and stirring anthems I have ever heard
One of the greatest things to come out Wales. More impressive than your Rugby team coached by Kiwi. Very rare aspect. Where else would you see one of the lead violinists singing this great tune, whilst playing for the choir? My admiration to her.
If you are ever feeling a bit down it is guaranteed the Welsh will cheer you up with their fantastic singing, This arrangement is the best I have heard for a long time great arrangement by the Conductor Jeffrey Howard I love it
Totally agree with you! This is the best version I've ever heard of the beautiful Welsh Anthem as well! I'm not Welsh but I find Hen wlad fy nhadau definitely one of the most beautiful anthems in the world, if not THE most beautiful!
I love this concert. The singers while all singing together show their individual joy of the music. The orchestra is magnificent. I'm a little obsessed with this concert and watch it nearly every day at the moment. I'm learning Welsh and trying to sing along.
It is wonderful to see all the audience standing and singing along with the Choir. I left Wales when I was five in '56 and the Anthem still sends shivers up my arms and the hair on the back of my neck. It is a beautiful Anthem.
Absolutely beautiful to this Welshman in exile in Scotland by choice lol takes me back so many years to the sirhowy valley tredegar and Blackwood at my dear late grandparents home in Holly Bush cymru am Byth eirioed rhiwn siwr
So true the first time I heard this in the Quiet Man to Beth a cried along to n when her sons came home that did me in Poppa Ford did himself n the Emerald Isle Proud wonderful cast Bless their Beautiful Heavenly Souls 🙋🏼♀️
This is rare. It’s not often you hear “Mae Hen Wlad Fynghadau” sung in its entirety. It’s usually only the 1st verse & chorus. And that’s something that makes this performance extra special
No1 anthem in the world makes you feel proud even if you are not from Wales.
It is the best anthem in the world. The Welsh people must be so proud of their heritage and country. God bless these wonderful people 🙏
Deolch yn fawr!
diolch yn fawr iawn! (thanks alot!)
Diolch yn fawr André 🙂
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Was in 1 Royal Welsh. This is fantastic. Takes me back to the best days of my life
My darling wife passed away 4 years ago. She was born in Wales and this was her favorite anthem ever. She was often singing this when she was cooking or cleaning. When I hear this beautiful anthem I always think of her.It was played at her funeral and everyone was in tears 😢.
I'm sorry for your loss :(
Dear Brain Harris, I am so sad for your great loss and your grief 😢.
So sorry for your loss and will keep you in my prayers. I studied nursing in Swansea, Wales for 3 years and learnt this anthem.
You and your wife have beautiful souls. Our Celtic roots mean that everything will be rejoined, it's the very nature of our existence. I promise you that she is still around, tutting at your every mistake. 🏴❤️
I love the fact that when the Welsh sing their anthem their faces light up with such joy, it shows their love for the country.
Must be the donkey years of oppression and ridicule off England that does it. Cymru Rydd! 🏴
I Love Wales too and when the National Anthem is sung it bring tears to my eyes really does
and they aren't brainwashed to hate theres
How can your face not light up hearing this?
and tears of pride in our eyes.
I lived in Wales for 7 years and I feel like an adopted Welshman and it makes me proud when I sing Yr hen wlad fynhadu at the top of my voice
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I have been living in Wales for 4 years and feel very proud when listening to it. I'm learning the lyrics and can sing it soon.
I love this so much. It brings back my grandmother, a Cardiff lass, who taught me this song. Wales remained in her heart till the end. ❤❤❤
Wales is my adopted motherland, having lived here over 26 years, more than half my life. I love all things Welsh and I love this anthem. It's the most beautiful in the world, and makes me cry everytime. Beautiful anthem, beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful heritage. Diolch yn fawr !
we're not the English if you love Wales we will call you our brother.
@@thedude2916 well said!! second that!!
Michael, we are happy to have you as one of us!!
I'm a Welsh-descended American and love this anthem as well. I also can't help but cry every time I hear it--can't quite figure out why? Consequently even though I know the Welsh words by heart as well as the English translation of those words, I get so emotional I am unable to sing it! I also get very emotional when I hear Yma o Hyd as well as Calon Lan. All truly mind-blowing emotional songs.
I'm English and have spent much time in beautiful Wales! The people, the music, the culture, the kindness, humour & hospitality are legendary! Also is their innate love of their homeland, seen clearly here, in that whilst the choir have their music, the audience don't need it to join in with gusto, from the oldest to the youngest, they ALL know the words by heart!! If THIS is the. terrible "nationalism", so derided & scorned by the progressives today, then love of one's homeland is no sin!!
Love & warm support to Wales & her great people from an equally patriotic English friend & admirer!!
As a proud English man I have to say this is the finest anthem in the world
Don't understand a word of Welsh but just love this anthem. I am an Englishman of many years but listen to this anthem at least twice a week.
Google the English lyrics, it'll give you and insight as to why our anthem means so much to us.. 👍
Every time I hear this anthem my Welsh roots are stirred .
a Yank from AlabamaI have never had another country's national anthem affect me like this. When I saw a violinist singing it while playing away, I knew this was something special. Young and old, it was almost mystical. special. Everybody was into it and I loved it!
I cannot remember ever seeing a violin player singing in an orchestra before. As you say, special.
Hi Harlan I’m glad you like our anthem . Greetings from anglesey north wales 🏴🏴🏴
Tony Owen Ynys Môn? Haha dwi o Pen Llŷn.
Helo ydi pawb yn iawn yn pen Lyn 👍🏴
God Bless you Harlan! Greetings from Wales.
Three things you never, ever do
>Run with scissors
>Play in traffic
>Challenge a Welshman to a singing contest
Dis Seker, sing Kan hulle doen, luister net hoe Klim die tenore uit, my man was altyd in vervoering, graag self ook gesing, hoe mis ek sy teenwoordigheid.
Lol
@@marinamostert6870 Amen
Love the way the audience sings so enthusiastically. Love and pride for their country.
Even members of the orchestra sing along ....
That's PRIDE .... LUV from Washington State USA 🇺🇸🏴
I agree and I also live WA state
As a Scot i never tire of listening to this and hearing those wonderful Welsh voicez
Being of Welsh heritage in Australia I connect to the absolute heart of this anthem.
Every person in the room looks beautiful.
As a kiwi you cannot beat the Welsh voices whether they be a male choir or mixed have the most beautiful singing voices I have ever heard. Kudos for this vid and tyvm for posting. You Welsh absolutely ROCK.😇😇😇👍👍👍👏👏👏
No right-thinking KIWI would ever claim to beat you at singing. I don't know how the Kiwi Coaches go at singing your beautiful Anthem..
Even the singers with word sheets don't look at them. They sing from the heart and it sends chills down this kiwi spine everytime I hear it.
We kinda love you guys, too. Xxxxx J
I am not even Welsh (or British at all), but I really admire the Welsh for their brilliant folk song traditions and for their commitment to their language, their country and their proud Celtic heritage in general. This version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is the most beautiful rendition of any national anthem I have ever seen or heard, adorably mixing together a great choir, orchestra and professional solists with all the public joining in. "Cymru am byth"!
Dioch yn fawr Christoffer.
Christoffer Bugge Harder come on Wales (Wales V Ireland 16/03/2019/)
This is pretty moving even though I do not understand a word of it. wow.
Love how the audience is singing along, full throated with nothing held back.
Diolch yn fawr ❤❤
@@mckendreecochran1176 Singing is in the blood & DNA of Welsh people. They sing, not only with their voices, but from their hearts.
Only the Welsh can sing like this. Beautiful ♥️🎶♥️
I know how great it is to be Welsh when I here this so very proud
I'm Scottish and I absolutely love this. The harp sets a prelude to a fanfare introduction to get both choir and audience ready to Belt it Out. Never have I seen an anthem sung with such gusto and pride. I wish Scotland had an anthem this good... Maybe one day.
Whenever I listen to this Welsh national anthem, I cry for no reason. Wonderful national anthem .
kenji suzuki same im Welsh so yeah
The Welsh have an eternity of tears to cry, believe me. They'll be crying long after Judgement Day.
cry bitch cry
@@samleboeuf6993 na chdi
@@BavonWW Says who. They can at least sing, and have an anthem they love, not one which was foisted upon them at another time. They are bloody marvellous !
I was 15 when I heard this anthem for the first time (watching the 5 nations rugby tournament ) and since, and now I'm 65, for me is the best anthem in the world. God bless you .
Greetings from Catalonia
Perhaps it is most deeply in music that national expression can be conveyed and felt, as it is perhaps also with "Els Segadors" for Catalans, which I heard for the first time only two years ago. My blood connection with Wales is only through my great-great-great-grandmother (in the 1840's!) but I have a sense of still belonging whenever I listen to this so beautiful Welsh National Anthem.
Soc catalano-gales i aquest himne es top. CYMRU AM BYTH.
As a proud All Blacks supporter, I have to say that while they can't play rugby for sh*t, they can sing the pants off anyone!!
Thank you. We sang it as a rally in Cardiff in solidarity with Catalonia in 2017.
Marianne
This is the very best performance ever of a national anthem worldwide !
This is fantastic. By far and away the best national anthem in world!
Yes I agree, this brings tears to my eyes every time I listen. And what a fantastic choir and orchestra, it is so uplifting!
Joe O'Beirne why do you say that?
@@richardshantz5084 I agree and I’m not Welch lump in the throat time ❤️
No one sings like a Welsh man or woman. Gorgeous, full throated magic
Everyone likes their own best!
From Scotland - Well Done Wales - great country - I served with many Welshmen in my years in the Royal Navy Submarine Service - They could always be trusted -loyal and true..
Diolch y fawr - I seved with uncountable numbers of Scots during my 35 years in the Army, top men even the naughty ones!
My respects to both of you from an old SA Navy sparker - with Welshmen Bunters ("flag flappers") and Scots engineering officers, you just can't lose!
As an ex-Wafu & a Ganges lad, Thanks, Diolch
Love the Scots....from WalesX
@@johnjones-ri2lb Yes, I was on the Ganges over half a century ago. A bracing experience!!!!!!!!
Without understanding the Welsh words, it is impossible for me NOT to see and feel the joy, determination and pride of the singing and playing of this anthem! Thank for sharing this with me today!
Absolutely mind blowing! I am Welsh heritage! Live in Sydney, wow I cant stop listening to it!
Good good!
Oh Wales. Your national anthem is a thing of beauty to the ears and heart ♥️!
Heart and soul, singing
@@desj2584 I'm a proud Scot yet I agree with Janet . I love to hear this anthem sung proudly by the Welsh. Slainte!
Proud nation,i love their anthem.With love from South Africa
A wonderful and great Anthem of Wales.Greetings from Germany.
BRAVO
I have heard many national anthems, but never have I heard one so proudly sung and performed by an orchestra.
Did not know the words but the love of your nation has shown thru and has brought tears to this old mans eyes.
Thank You
God Bless the world and may HE come soon to save us from our political leaders and judges who continue to destroy the very fabric of humanity!
Pax+
I've never heard the Welsh anthem before. So powerful, so beautiful. I can feel the pride from those singing.
me too !!
yes, it is beautiful.
The true beauty of this song, translated:
This land of my fathers is dear to me
Land of poets and singers, and people of stature
Her brave warriors, fine patriots
Shed their blood for freedom
(Chorus)
Nation! Nation! I am true to my Nation!
As long as the sea serves as a wall for this pure, dear land
May the language endure for ever.
Old land of the mountains, paradise of the poets,
Every valley, every cliff a beauty guards;
Through love of my country, enchanting voices will be
Her streams and rivers to me.
(Chorus)
Though the enemy have trampled my country underfoot,
The old language of the Welsh knows no retreat,
The spirit is not hindered by the treacherous hand
Nor silenced the sweet harp of my land.
The first sentence of the third verse in particular is, alas, only too true.
Makes me even more proud of my Welsh heritage to hear this beautiful rendition! Cymru am byth!
I'm Welsh and I love the anthem, I love the costume, I love the language (although I can't speak it fluently), I love the flag 🏴
After more than 40 years I've decided to start learning the language. My grandad was first language Welsh but never past it to my dad. It is bloody hard but beautiful at the same time.
And again I say, one of the most beautiful National Anthems written and by this incredible choir.
I am of Welsh heritage and this stirs me greatly. Thanks so very much.
What a beautiful anthem. A peaceful, love of land, proud people. Thank God for the Welsh and example to the world. Thank you..
Welsh massed choirs singing 'Land of My Fathers' is the most stirring anthem. The bigger the choir the better
🏴Greetings from Germany. We were 2 times for holiday in Wales. It is a wonderful country. 🏴
Vielen Dank! Diolch yn fawr!
Without its language, a culture quickly fades and disappears. Bravo Wales! Keep strong.
Oh, yes? The Scots have mostly spoken English for at least six hundred years, and their unique culture thrives quite well, thank you! Welsh is spoken by less than 20 percent of the population of Wales, but Wales remains as Welsh as ever. A language is only one part of a national culture.
Not true. Ireland and Scotland are both worldwide brands, but they do it all in English. What happens is that they adapt English to their own ends (which is how dialects arise), to the point where it becomes a part of their own distinctive cultures. If Wales somehow no longer had the Welsh language, they could still find other ways in which to be excellent in their own culture, just as Ireland and Scotland have. Go to the South Wales valleys, which are no longer Welsh-speaking heartlands, and you'll still find a brilliant, vibrant culture like nowhere else in Britain.
But, of course, Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau is nevertheless the best national anthem in the world.
Welsh language is a hobby for the middle classes and a trap for the poor
@@benheneghan8621 Ireland (and Scotland) have their own cultures yes, but they are not Gaelic cultures. The Gaelic cultures of the now English speaking parts of those countries died after the loss of the language.
The largest and most important part of any culture is the language. The sounds and music of language tell you who a people are.
As an Anglo-Welshman I love this anthem...uplifting to the soul
I sang tenor in St. David’s Society of Minnesota, and by far this one of the best singable national anthems. It was a thrill learning to sing in the Welsh language.
Does your group post videos on youtube? Would love to hear you sing Mae Hen Wlad Fy’n Nhadau :)
Yeah, it's not just that the Welsh are good singers when singing the anthem. It's a blast to sing, who doesn't love belting out the Gwlad! Gwlad! part?? It's a song that inspires you to be passionate.
This is my absolute favourite - bold, beautiful and unbendingly courageous. This is a true inspiration to all the oppressive peoples in the world, including our fellow Hongkongers!
You get such a wonderful feeling listening to it. Stirring, beautiful and definitely the best National Anthem of all.
ALL the other countries of the WORLD disagree with you. Well done Einstein.
@@jimosullivan1389you on a mission to listen to every anthem then?
@@aljones75 You like many people conflate things....like opinions and facts.
How inspiring it was to see everyone, old and young proudly singing their national anthem unlike so many these days standing blankly some chewing gum and their anthem is played. One of the most beautiful National Anthems.
I am afraid many members of our football team belong to the blank looks and gum-chewing brigade :-(
This may well be the most beautiful national anthem in the world. It speaks on an absolutely universal level. Honour and glory to Wales, but if anyone anywhere were to ask, what is it like to love one's country? - play this, and say, it is like THIS.
I agree, what a song and what a fabulous recording.
Wow
Wow
I haven't heard it explained as well as that. Brilliant.
Being from Northern Ireland I feel we can never have an anthem that would unite us because of the old British/Irish conundrum.
So this has always been my spiritual anthem.
Nothing inspires me like this.
God bless Wales 🏴 .
Oh my beloved WALES 💓💓💓💪💪💪💪 greetz and best wishes from Bavaria/ Germany
With this covid-19 pandemic ravaging the United Kingdom the best song to sing or to listen to is nothing like the Welsh Anthem. So inspiring and motivating in these trying times indeed. In my next life definitely l would humbly ask the Lord to be Welsh... although l know it's only God who determines our destiny. This is an Anthem worth to listen and sing along with. I have no regrets in participating in the singing. All the love from Zambia.
Do they speak a lot of Welsh in Zambia?
@@gordonsmith8899 l had neighbours who were from Cardiff, Wales. They had the patience to teach me Welsh and later in my adulthood visited them in Cardiff....what an experience it was indeed.
God Bless you! Greetings from Wales. IESU BENDIGEDIG! (Wonderful Jesus)
Glorious. Got to be the best out of all the British anthems.
I would fall in love with anybody who has heart like the heart of this song.
It is all heart, not swaggering making it the greatest anthem in the world.
Very moving...... I almost cried listening to this!
I know that the Welsh love to sing. It’s in theire blood. Many years ago I was a lorrie driver in Belgium. And on a nice summer morning I was driving on the E17 motorway to Antwerp (traffic was slow due to congestion) a lorrie drove past me, the cab window open and the driver was singing loudly, not a modern song he heard on the radio, but it was a beautiful song with words I couldn’t understand. At first I tought that maybe he had a few drinks. But then I read the company’s name and adres on the cab door (I can’t remember what is was). What I do remember was the name “Wales” at the bottom of the adres and the Welsh flag proudly painted on the cab door. It was a sight I never forgot.
It is always great reading stories like that!
Gromi
Caesar commented that the Britons sang in 'two voices' - ie harmony.
@@gordonsmith8899 Unfortunately we were always fighting each other, instead of uniting against the common enemy!!
@Gromit, what a lovely story, thank you for sharing it with us!
I am welsh and basically fluent and I encourage anyone who admires this anthem to put the lyrics into google translate and read them, they are very touching and is a perfect reflection of our country. Y gelf hon sy’n fy ngweneud my flach o fod yo Gymraeg ♥️♥️
I have done this and am still weeping. We, the English, had oppressed the Welsh for so long, but all it did was make them stronger. You'd think we would have learned from this! I'm coming back Welsh, I hope ❤
So beautiful n this is the National Anthem that bring us to heaven.....tks Welsh. Love from Indonesian
Next life I want to be Welsh and sing it all life long
Dito my friend 🏴
Bravo1 but only if you can't be Irish!
this is the UKs best anthem so glad my Dad was Welsh and taught it to me
I'm Croat and I love this anthem, it's so beautiful so I learned the first stanza and chorus. I also like the fact that Cornish and Bretons also use the same melody and keep in touch with old brythonic roots. Bro Gozh ma Zadou also sounds nice, especially by Nolwenn Leroy, this version of Hen wlad fy nhadau is amazing.
Cymru
My father was born in Wales. In times gone by the Welsh had to fight to keep their language, their hills, and their vales..
It brought tears to my eyes! Congratulations conductor Jeffrey Howard and thank you for this majestic rendition of the beatiful Welsh anthem! God bless you!
"While the sea is a wall to the most pure loved land"... (I love that line)
Surely it's one of the most beautiful renditions of the Welsh anthem! Greetings from Brazil
Wow, sends shivers down my spine! Makes you proud to have Welsh blood in you. I LOVE the way that even one of the violinists is joining in with the choir and public singing!
I had never heard this arrangement before, absolutely criminal it's stayed hidden away all this time
I can only say that Jeff Howard has a magic touch when it comes to arranging for large forces like this. I'm biased, he was my harmony and Aural tutor at college, but the man is a genius (quite literally), you should search out his other arrangements, there are MANY....
I am half Welsh and am looking forward to singing this in Cardiff in June at the Singer of the World final (although I get very choked up). Theres no other national anthem to touch it.
I left Wales almost 40 years ago but I'll carry the land of my birth in my heart til the day I die.
Even the musicians are singing. I wish my country was so proud of itself (Australia).
@tony biddle fuck off and worship your German royal family with its shit anthem
If we had an anthem to be proud of I'd sing it with gusto, but our Australian anthem is awful and needs to be changed. I would love ours to be "I am Australian". It takes into account all our variations of background and our country as well.
In Australia you have Iva Davies! Iva is Welsh-Australian and Great Southern Land must be one of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Iva even has that soaring Welsh voice, full of emotion. Gorgeous!
A proud Welshman living in Cornwall, I listen to this nearly every weekend, especially after a beer. Superb anthem. I love my home nation, though I’m also a proud Brit
I love my own Irish anthem, but I love this more!
The music is quite moving, but the treat is seeing the faces of the Welsh people.
As someone with English Heritage, I feel the beauty and pride of Wales everytime I hear this song. Cymru am byth!
South African too " Baie baie mooi "
@ Keith: stem saam 🇿🇦
I am English born to an English mother and Welsh father. I have great pride in my Welsh heritage and love the language.
@@jasonhurd9305 Who said it was??
Proud to be Welsh! 🏴🏴🏴
Respect 🏴🏴
What a stunning beautiful rendition of this beautiful song. I love it and want to keep playing it. Sung from the soul 💞💞
I am American but my one set of my 2nd Gr grandparents were born in Wales and emigrated to the U.S 18 years I married a Welsh woman and have lived here dine Oct 2003. I have heard this anthem many times and I agree with Sogal it’s a Beautiful anthem . One of the most beautiful and stirring anthems I have ever heard
One of the greatest things to come out Wales. More impressive than your Rugby team coached by Kiwi. Very rare aspect. Where else would
you see one of the lead violinists singing this great tune, whilst playing for the choir? My admiration to her.
If you are ever feeling a bit down it is guaranteed the Welsh will cheer you up with their fantastic singing, This arrangement is the best I have heard for a long time great arrangement by the Conductor Jeffrey Howard I love it
Totally agree with you! This is the best version I've ever heard of the beautiful Welsh Anthem as well! I'm not Welsh but I find Hen wlad fy nhadau definitely one of the most beautiful anthems in the world, if not THE most beautiful!
Barry Pugh excellent comments about the land where The Messiah walked when he visited aboard his uncle Joseph of Aramathia trading ships
I love this concert. The singers while all singing together show their individual joy of the music. The orchestra is magnificent. I'm a little obsessed with this concert and watch it nearly every day at the moment. I'm learning Welsh and trying to sing along.
It is wonderful to see all the audience standing and singing along with the Choir. I left Wales when I was five in '56 and the Anthem still sends shivers up my arms and the hair on the back of my neck. It is a beautiful Anthem.
One of the greatest National Anthem in the World today!
can't see us Australians singing our national Anthem with such passion, especially with lines such as "girth by sea"!
I love massed crowd singing Waltzing Matilda at Footy with the Seekers Tops Mate
I love the looks on their faces; they certainly know they are doing something lovely and great!
overopensights, Godliness is on their faces
This is so glorious the Welsh national anthem. What an ecstatic performance too!
Absolutely beautiful to this Welshman in exile in Scotland by choice lol takes me back so many years to the sirhowy valley tredegar and Blackwood at my dear late grandparents home in Holly Bush cymru am Byth eirioed rhiwn siwr
One of the great songs ever composed...way ahead of many of those surrounding countries.
Tom, as a Welsh person I find you comment provocative. What does 'way ahead' mean? Who are the surrounding countries you wish to demean?
Look at the emotional and pleased facial expressions. Very moving anthem.
And when you hear it full voice stood in the Millennium Stadium ahead of a national game....
each time I heard this song I can not stop my tears!
Why do I have to cry when I hear this? Beautiful anthem and beautiful people who can sing like this.
Long may the Welsh language endure!
So true the first time I heard this in the Quiet Man to Beth a cried along to n when her sons came home that did me in Poppa Ford did himself n the Emerald Isle Proud wonderful cast Bless their Beautiful Heavenly Souls 🙋🏼♀️
Sung with feeling, and meaning, unlike many singings of national anthems where they just want to get it over with and go get another beer. Beautiful
Unfortunately America is failing in this regard Son and you obviously are correct...
This is one of the most inspirational performances of the National Anthem I havce heard.
God bless the Welsh people, their language and culture! They're a proud part of the Celtic peoples.
The profound Majesty of the Human Voice . …. God Bless Wales and the United Kingdom !
Nothing better than the Welsh in full voice.
One of the most stirring pieces of music I have ever heard. Those people meant what they were singing.
Wow - awesome. Never heard it before, but it's so beautiful!
This is rare. It’s not often you hear “Mae Hen Wlad Fynghadau” sung in its entirety. It’s usually only the 1st verse & chorus. And that’s something that makes this performance extra special
That’s why I programmed it. I wanted people to hear and sing all the verses!
The Irish love the Welsh when they sing. It is magnificent. Not so much when they beat us in Cardiff.
After listening to their national anthem, I didn't much care, it was all about the craic :) great atmosphere.
I HAVE COME BACK THREE YEARS TO SEE THIS VID TO SEE THAT BEAUTIFUL LOOKING LADY LOVE FROM NEW YORK CITY XX