Meibion Maelgwn Male Voice Choir often promise a varied repertoire and at their 42nd annual concert they did not disappoint.
Propelled by the powerhouses that are the Three Welsh Tenors, the 900-strong audience was alternately given renditions by the Tenors and the choir of works by artists as diverse as Richard Wagner and Simon and Garfunkel, and from Guiseppe Verdi to Leonard Cohen.
The choir took to the stage then one or more of Rhys Meirion, Aled Hall and Alun Rhys-Jenkins, in tailored, dark grey suits, would then come on to thunder, soothe and soar.
Perhaps charismatic Aled Hall’s restrained Myfanwy stood out but Rhys Meirion also charmed us with his melifluous tones on The Holy City.
Not to be outdone, I particularly enjoyed Maelgwn male voice choir’s Do You Hear the People Sing from Les Miserables.
Then there was their staple but unfailingly moving version of
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