{"id":24524,"date":"2012-02-22T19:26:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T19:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ensemble.cymru\/?p=24524"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:29:25","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T12:29:25","slug":"living-waters-by-gareth-glyn-about-the-piece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ensemble.cymru\/en\/2012\/02\/living-waters-by-gareth-glyn-about-the-piece\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Waters by Gareth Glyn (About the Piece)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p>Seventeen different instruments are used in the programme for Ensemble Cymru\u2019s national tour [March 2012]; this work, commissioned specially for the event, uses 16 of them together.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In searching for a theme, it became evident that the three venues were connected with different bodies of water \u2013 the Usk river in Newport, the Irish Sea by Rhosygilwen and Tudno\u2019s Spring in Llandudno. \u00a0Adding a lake gives the four main kinds of living water in Wales. As water is so central to Welsh mythology, I decided to base the movements of this work on legends connected to the three venues, adding Llangorse Lake near Brecon as the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>Gerald of Wales noted that the birds of that lake would sing only if commanded to do so by the true leader of the land, and no-one else.<\/p>\n<p>Tudno\u2019s Spring is one of many on the Great Orme above Llandudno; Saint Tudno, who gives his name to the town, is connected with a whetstone which would sharpen the blades only of brave men.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9Gareth Glyn 2012<\/p>\n<h3>Supported by<\/h3>\n<p>National Lottery<br \/>\n<a title=\"ARts Council of Wales\" href=\"http:\/\/www.celfcymru.org.uk\">Arts Council of Wales<\/a><br \/>\nWelsh Government<\/p>\n<p><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seventeen different instruments are used in the programme for Ensemble Cymru\u2019s national tour [March 2012]; this work, commissioned specially for the event, uses 16 of them together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[235,657],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-international","category-making-music","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Living Waters by Gareth Glyn (About the Piece) - Ensemble Cymru<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ensemble.cymru\/en\/2012\/02\/living-waters-by-gareth-glyn-about-the-piece\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Living Waters by Gareth Glyn (About the Piece) - Ensemble Cymru\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Seventeen different instruments are used in the programme for Ensemble Cymru\u2019s national tour [March 2012]; 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