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The Elizabethan Madrigal Singers is a choir that was founded by Walter Ryan in 1950 at
Aberystwyth University.
History
The history of 'The Mads' (as the choir is often known) has been chronicled recently in a book by Dale Webb, and an online archive has been created paying homage to the past 60 years. This brings together pictures, newspaper articles and sound files that have been found in both private collections and at the
National Library of Wales. While the Mads have appeared in local newspapers, and continue to do so. They have also appeared on
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programmes (''Songs for the Asking'') and on radio.
The choir has a rich history of concerts in and around the
Aberystwyth area. The Elizabethan Madrigal Singers also continue to tour regularly. Having in the past visited Russia, Iceland, the US, the Seychelles and most of Europe. In November 2010 the choir had the privilege of singing on the pitch in Cardiff's
Millennium Stadium at the start of the Wales vs South Africa rugby game.
Notable past members and associates
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William Mathias
William James Mathias CBE (1 November 1934 – 29 July 1992) was a Welsh composer noted for choral works.
Biography
Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began co ...
- Member and wrote 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' for Mads in 1954.
*Jayne Davies - Vice-President of the
Llangollen International Eisteddfod
The Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod is a music festival which takes place every year during the second week of July in Llangollen, North Wales. It is one of several large annual Eisteddfodau in Wales. Singers and dancers from arou ...
.
*Mervyn Williams - former head of music at
BBC Wales
*Haydn James - former Musical Director of The London Welsh
Male Voice Choir
A men's chorus or male voice choir (MVC) (German: ''Männerchor''), is a choir consisting of men who sing with either a tenor or bass voice, and whose music is typically arranged into high and low tenors (1st and 2nd tenor), and high and low bass ...
, current Musical Director for the
Welsh Rugby Union and the
British and Irish Lions rugby union team.
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Aneirin Hughes
Aneirin Hughes (born Aneurin Hughes, 8 May 1958) is a Welsh actor and singer known for playing Chief Superintendent Brian Prosser in the BBC4 Welsh police drama ''Hinterland''. He won a Best Actor BAFTA Cymru (or BAFTA Wales) for his appearance ...
- Actor, singer and conductor.
Recent performances
Haydn James has been Musical Director at the Welsh Rugby Union and asked the Mads and ex-members to perform at the Millennium Stadium for the Wales v. South Africa Rugby Union match on 13 November 2010.
The Elizabethan Madrigal Singers regularly take their music overseas, recently travelling to
Krakow, Poland, in June 2015. Previous tours include
Martin, Slovakia
Martin (; sk, Turčiansky Svätý Martin until 1950, hu, Turócszentmárton, German: ''Turz-Sankt Martin'', Latin: ''Sanctus Martinus / Martinopolis'') is a city in northern Slovakia, situated on the Turiec river, between the Malá Fatra and ...
in 2014,
Burgos
Burgos () is a city in Spain located in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It is the capital and most populated municipality of the province of Burgos.
Burgos is situated in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, on the confluence of ...
, Spain in 2013,
Friedrichshafen
Friedrichshafen ( or ; Low Alemannic: ''Hafe'' or ''Fridrichshafe'') is a city on the northern shoreline of Lake Constance (the ''Bodensee'') in Southern Germany, near the borders of both Switzerland and Austria. It is the district capital (''K ...
, Germany, in 2012 and
Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
in 2011.
In addition to annual tours, in 2012 'The Mads' were invited to perform at Aberystwyth University's graduation ceremonies every year, continuing a tradition that was established in the choir's infancy. Their most recent tour took them to
Prague, Czech Republic
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oc ...
2016 and they are currently planning a tour to Germany 2018.
References
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Welsh choirs
Musical groups established in 1950
Aberystwyth University
University choirs
1950 establishments in Wales