given the losses that russia is sustaining at the moment? you mentioned sacrifices, that the finns may be making, and sweden still hasn t fully decided if it sjoining, they had a report on friday suggested that they had good argument, good arguments and the foreign minister of finland saying that they could make the risk of war less likely because it raised the stakes if russia did attack any of the other countries, butjust in terms of the price they pay, already we hear that a russian electricity company may cut off 10% of finland s electricity supplies because suddenly there was a problem about payment, has mysteriously arisen just as this announcement is made. that we hear that putin has threatened to station possibly nuclear armed missiles in kaliningrad, that little
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,
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.
..which means you get that nice echo sound, and the middle row are like the black notes. but i won t demonstrate because i never tune them, because life s too short. this is the triple harp, an instrument only played by a handful of people across the world. i think it s europe s only 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. 0ver 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.