Year: 2018
Instrumentation: Solo Guitar
Duration: 11″
Performance History: Commissioned by Welsh guitarist Chris Roberts, premiered July 2019 and toured around the UK & Ireland in Autumn 2019. Available on Chris’ solo album, Adra. Adra is available to order from Tŷ Cerdd. USA premiere at the 21c Guitar Conference in Indiana in March 2022, performed by Trevor Babb.
About: Hiraeth am nefoedd is a response to Welsh Harp music found in the Robert ap Huw Manuscript, and uses the melodic and harmonic material of these pieces, employing structural references to the binary form they are founded on. This commission is part of an ongoing project by Chris concerning the preservation, understanding and transcribing of Welsh Harp music. More information on this can be found at Chris’ blog.

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Genesis Cradle
Longways I
met a Lass
Rusted Sugar
Pollen, Blood,
and Seaspray
Three Words
for Light
Brechfa Forest
Carmarthen
Music for
Chairs
Building the
Tower
Ceaselessly into
the Past
When Aslan
shakes his mane
Shards on
a Beach
Hiraeth am
nefoedd
The Testimony
of John Paton
On a Stone
Pillow
Testimony
Eyewitnesses of
His Majesty
Buzzards
Kibroth
Hattaavah