As part of Maynard Abercych's AFON project local folk musicians Ceri Owen Jones and Elsa Davies invited us to the Afon Cych river to listen... The father of the family who once lived at 2 Penrhiw, Benjamin Jones, was Arweinydd y Gân, a leader of song, at Capel Bryn Seion, Pontseli (near Abercych). Informed by old styles of spiritual singing, two hymns from Capel Bryn Seion were given new settings, one arranged from an older river hymn and another composed at 2 Penrhiw during their residency there earlier this year. Through sacred song, we celebrated Afon Cych and the life around it with an offering to the river.
Fel rhan o brosiect AFON Maynard Abercych gwahoddodd cerddorion gwerin lleol Ceri Owen Jones ac Elsa Davies ni i 'r Afon Cych i wrando... Tad y teulu a fu unwaith yn byw yn 2 Penrhiw oedd Arweinydd y Gân, arweinydd canu, yng Nghapel Bryn Seion, Pontseli (ger Abercych). Wedi’u llywio gan hen ddulliau o ganu ysbrydol, rhoddwyd gosodiadau newydd i ddau emyn o Gapel Bryn Seion, un wedi’i threfnu o emyn afon hŷn ac un arall a gyfansoddwyd yn 2 Penrhiw yn ystod eu preswyliad yno yn gynharach eleni. Trwy gân gysegredig, dathlasom Afon Cych a’r bywyd o’i chwmpas gydag offrwm i’r afon.
