Interlude
11.5 'Makers of Modern Wales'
DAVID WILLIAMS
Lesson 1—'Ellis Wynne '
Ellis Wynne with his companion
Sleep visits some typical Welsh scenes, which he afterwards described in his visions of the Sleeping Bard
A dramatic interlude
On a nazy afternoon in summer
Ellis Wynne fell asleep on a hill near his home, and there he had a three-fold vision of the world, death, and hell. His book, ' Visions of the Sleeping Bard is the greatest prose work in the Welsh language, giving ".remarkable vision of the Wales of his day.
'by Katie Griffiths (soprano)
Katie Griffiths , a native of Aberyst Wyth , won numerous prizes in local Eisteddfodau prior to entering the music department of the University College of Wales in 1921. she began a course of study under Sir Walford Davies , and sang regularly at the College weekly concerts and at Gregynog Hall. She has also sung at Churt and at St.
George's Chapel, Windsor. She sang
Gwenllian in the first performance of David de Lloyd's opera, and she has broadcast from London, Cardiff, Swansea, and Aberystwyth.
Fantasia on Sea Shanties played by the London Symphony
Orchestra
Arranged by Beethoven
Sung by Haydn Adams (tenor)