virtual performances and recordings, has that kept you sane during lockdown? yeah, there s a world out there. yeah, but i bet you can t wait for things to get back to normal, so performances can resume, things like that. oh, the wind is playing the harp! it sjoining in. yeah, this is the wind playing the strings. ghostly harp notes. well, here s hoping i can play this thing better than the wind. i am not going to lie, cerys, i feel a bit unnatural here. i look the part. you look the part, and that is all that matters. laughs. all right, here we go. i am on the red string. and you get the hand on the other red string, and you play them, and you ve got a little echo. plays harp. like that, and back down again, then here. it s really messing with my eyes, how do you do this without going mad! that was the first bar of a famous welsh tune called pwt ar y bys, which is the one everyone learns first,
so you are well on the way. you ll make a star of me yet, cerys. what a trip! wales has made me feel well and truly welcome. and that s what s really struck me at every turn during this journey the openness of the people i ve met, their history and their hope for the future. next time, in the final leg of our uk series: christa is in northern ireland where she will take to the skies. try her hand at oyster shucking. and explore one of the country s magnificent natural wonders. incredible. legend has it that it came about because of a fight between two giants.
you look the part, and that is all that matters. laughs. all right, here we go. i m on the red string. and then you get the hand on the other red string, and you just play them, and you ve got a little echo. plays harp. like that, and back down again, then here. it s really messing with my eyes! how do you do this without going mad? that was the first bar of a famous welsh tune called pwt ar y bys, which is the one everyone learns first, so you re well on the way. you ll make a star of me yet, cerys. what a trip! wales has made me feel well and truly welcome. and that s what s really struck me at every turn during this journey the openness of the people i ve met, their history and their hope for the future. next time, in the final leg of our uk series: christa
you sane during lockdown? yeah, there s a world out there. yeah, but i bet you can t wait for things to get back to normal, so performances can resume, things like that. oh, the wind is playing the harp! it sjoining in. yeah, this is the wind playing the strings. ghostly harp notes. well, here s hoping i can play this thing better than the wind. i am not going to lie, cerys, i feel a bit unnatural here. i look the part. you look the part, and that is all that matters. laughs. all right, here we go. i am on the red string. and you get the hand on the other red string, and you play them, and you ve got a little echo. plays harp. like that, and back down again, then here. it s really messing with my eyes, how do you do this without going mad! that was the first bar of a famous welsh tune called pwt ar y bys, which is the one everyone learns first, so you are well on the way. you ll make a star of me yet, cerys.
unbroken harping tradition. so it very nearly did die out, but it s great that recently i think there has been a surge in interest in young people. cerys is member of avanc, a welsh folk band formed of young musicians from all over wales. over lockdown they recorded and collaborated remotely, streaming their performances to thousands across social media. would you say doing these virtual performances and recordings, has that kept you sane during lockdown? yeah, there s a world out there. yeah, but i bet you can t wait for things to get back to normal, so performances can resume, things like that. oh, the wind is playing the harp! it sjoining in. yeah, this is the wind playing the strings. ghostly harp notes. well, here s hoping i can play this thing better than the wind. i am not going to lie, cerys, i feel a bit unnatural here. i look the part.