Pendyrus Male Choir headline big charity concert in Llanelli
Review: Pendyrus Male Choir, Lleisiau’r Cwm, Samuel Morris, Andrew Pike and other soloists at Loud Applause charity concert staged at Greenfield Chapel, Llanelli, to raise funds for a new ultrasound scanning machine to diagnose prostate cancer at Prince Philip Hospital. They came, they saw, they sung and they conquered. It takes a brave group of choristers to venture into the choral heartland of Llanelli, home to so many top class choirs. But the men of Pendyrus Male Choir have never shown faint heart. More the 70-strong and with a solid contingent of younger choristers (the envy of other male voice choirs), they were paying only their second visit to Llanelli. Celebrating 90 years of singing in the Rhondda, they have a new lease of life under talented musical director Stewart Roberts. From the opening bars of Llanfair, they set their stall out for a packed house at Greenfield Chapel. It was male voice singing at its very best, with a repertoire which displayed the choir’s stre...
