we were luckily asked to do some archive filming this year at trac’s beam in ynys mon in september, and a few people dropped in for us to film in the yurt, again low tech hd cams with camera mics only.
The Ffwrnes Gerdd (Musical Furnace) series will be broadcast on Friday and Saturday, 19 and 20 April (9.00pm) as part of a unique co-production between S4C and the Arts Council of Wales to give Welsh traditional music the platform it deserves.
The programme, an original idea by Gerard KilBride and produced by ffilmiau’r ffwrnes, continues the tunechain series and features a wide variety of styles and performances by different performers in the beguiling atmosphere of the Ffwrn café and restaurant at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.
The musicians given the opportunity to choose their favourite songs and melodies were Gwyneth Glyn, Cass Meurig, Lowri Evans, Ryland Teifi, Stephen Rees, Huw Roberts, Kizzy Crawford, Oliver Wilson-Dickson, Gwilym Bowen, Gareth Bonello, Richard James, Katell Keineg, Angharad Jenkins, Patrick Rimes, Gwenan Gibbard, Brychan Llyr and Lisa Jên, with additional web only appearances by Bob Evans, Bernard KilBride, Mike Lease, Idris Jones, Gareth Westacott.