Gweddi'r Orsedd

by Bragod

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Gorsedd Prayer / Gweddi’r Orsedd

by Edward Williams / Iolo Morganwg 1746 -1826.

Bragod created this music used in the Turner Prize nominated installation by Welsh arts collective Gentle/Radical. Hear Iolo Morganwg's great Welsh peace poem Gweddi’r Orsedd performed in the bardic tradition with voice and crwth.

Bragod’s setting of Gweddi’r Orsedd was commissioned for the opening of the New Library, Llantwit Major, as part of the Landscapes of Faith Festival in 2021.

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Gweddi’r Orsedd

Duw dy Nawdd;
Ag yn nawdd, Nerth;
Ag yn nerth, Pwyll;
Ag ym mhwyll, Gwybod;
Ag yng ngwybod, Gwirionedd;
Ag yng ngwirionedd, Cyfiawnder;
Ag yng nghyfiawnder, Cariad;
Ag yng nghariad, caru Duw;
Ag yng ngharu Duw, caru pob byw.

Gorsedd Prayer

God [give] your Protection;
And in protection, Strength;
And in strength, Discretion;
And in discretion, Knowledge;
And in knowledge, Truth;
And in truth, Justice;
And in justice, Love;
And in love, Loving God;
And in loving God, Loving every living thing.

credits

released September 29, 2021
Crwth: Robert Evans
Voice: Mary-Anne Roberts
Recorded by Mikey Inderikey
at St Peter’s Church, Old Cogan, Vale of Glamorgan.

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Bragod Cardiff, UK

Renowned fiddler, harp maker and expert on medieval Welsh string music, Robert Evans, plays the crwth, a medieval bowed lyre which he has revived. Mary-Anne Roberts from Trinidad mines her carnival, storytelling, dance and theatre backgrounds to sing poetry audaciously while dancing the binary patterns of ancient Welsh music: the universe made audible. ... more