Allen Raine: The Radical?
A talk by Dr Rita Singer / Sgwrs gan Dr Rita Singer
On the 28th March Dr Rita Singer delivered a talk entitled Allen Raine: The Radical? as part of the Allen Raine opera research and development project. The talk took place in the vestry of Blaenannerch Chapel and provided an insight into the life and work of the novelist followed by a more in depth analysis of the novel Queen of the Rushes which is set during the time of the 1904 methodist revival, initiated by the young charismatic preacher Evan Roberts, who also features as a character in the novel. Following Dr Singer’s talk those assembled were given the opportunity to view the Chapel and to hear about its history and its congregations’ hopes for its future in a short talk from Chapel elder Margaret Daniel. The event concluded with the singing of the revival hymn Dyma Gariad Fel y Moroedd by Gwilym Hiraethog. The singing was led by Margaret Daniel who also played the organ and the hymn was sung to the tune Ebenezer also known as Tôn y botel.
Margaret Daniel yn cyflwyno hanes Capel Blaenannerch / Margaret Daniel addresses the Allen Raine Opera Study Group
Ar 28ain Mawrth rhoddodd Dr Rita Singer sgwrs o deitl ‘Allen Raine: The Radical?’ fel rhan o brosiect ymchwil a datblygu ‘Allen Raine: the Opera?’. Bu’r sgwrs yn festri Capel Blaenannerch a rhoddodd gipolwg ar fywyd a gwaith y nofelydd fictorianaidd Allen Raine. Cafodd wedyn dadansoddiad manylach o’r nofel Queen of the Rushes sydd wedi’i gosod yn ystod cyfnod diwygiad Methodistaidd 1904 a gychwynnwyd gan y pregethwr ifanc carismatig Evan Roberts sydd hefyd yn ymddangos fel cymeriad yn y nofel. Yn dilyn sgwrs Dr Singer cafodd y rhai a oedd wedi ymgynnull gyfle i weld y Capel ac i glywed am ei hanes a gobeithion ei gynulleidfaoedd ar gyfer ei ddyfodol mewn sgwrs fer gan flaenor y Capel, Margaret Daniel. Daeth y digwyddiad i ben gyda chanu emyn y diwygiad Dyma Gariad Fel y Moroedd gan Gwilym Hiraethog. Arweiniwyd y canu gan Margaret Daniel oedd hefyd yn canu’r organ a chanwyd yr emyn i’r dôn Ebeneser a adnabyddir hefyd fel Tôn y botel.
Rhan o brosiect ‘Allen Raine: the Opera?’ a chyllidwyd gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru / Part of the project ‘Allen Raine: the Opera?’ funded by the Arts Council of Wales.