Band Cymru

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== Broadcast ==
== Broadcast ==
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Rondo Media for S4C, 27 March 2014 to present
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Rondo Media for S4C, 27 March 2014 to 19 May 2018 (18 episodes in 3 series)
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as ''Band Ieuenctid Cymru'', 2016 to present
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as ''Band Ieuenctid Cymru'', 21 May 2016 to 21 April 2018 (3 episodes)
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== Synopsis ==
== Synopsis ==
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Wales isn't just the land of song. This is a biennial competition for brass, wind, and jazz bands. Heats show the range of each band, with the best returning for the final.
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Wales isn't just the land of song. This was a biennial competition for brass, wind, and jazz bands. Heats show the range of each band, with the best returning for the final.
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A youth section was added in 2016, and this is contested annually.
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A youth section was added in 2016; this was held in 2017, independently of the main series.
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''Band Cymru'' was not re-commissioned for 2020; this decision was taken before the pandemic developed.
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== Champions ==
== Champions ==
2014 The Cory Band <br>
2014 The Cory Band <br>
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2016 Tredegar Town Band
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2016 Tredegar Town Band<br>
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2018 The Cory Band
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== Web links ==
== Web links ==
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[http://www.s4c.cymru/en/music/band-cymru/ S4C site] (in English) <!--Prefer to BBC page, as BBC doesn't acknowledge 2016 or 2017 series-->
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[http://web.archive.org/web/20160930020655/http://www.s4c.cymru/en/music/band-cymru/ S4C programme page] (in English, from 2018, via Internet Archive) <!--Prefer to BBC page, as BBC doesn't acknowledge 2016 or 2017 series-->
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05zyx2g BBC programme page]
[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05zyx2g BBC programme page]
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Current revision as of 20:06, 28 August 2024

Contents

Host

Morgan Jones and Elin Llwyd

Broadcast

Rondo Media for S4C, 27 March 2014 to 19 May 2018 (18 episodes in 3 series)

as Band Ieuenctid Cymru, 21 May 2016 to 21 April 2018 (3 episodes)

Synopsis

Wales isn't just the land of song. This was a biennial competition for brass, wind, and jazz bands. Heats show the range of each band, with the best returning for the final.

A youth section was added in 2016; this was held in 2017, independently of the main series.

Band Cymru was not re-commissioned for 2020; this decision was taken before the pandemic developed.

The information we have for this programme is uncertain or incomplete. If you have any other information to add to this entry, please send it to us using the Feedback form below. Thank you!

Champions

2014 The Cory Band
2016 Tredegar Town Band
2018 The Cory Band

Band Ieuenctid Cymru

2016 Greater Gwent Youth Brass Band
2018 Band Jazz Ysgol Tryfan

Web links

S4C programme page (in English, from 2018, via Internet Archive)

BBC programme page

See also

Côr Cymru, a choir competition, held in odd-numbered years.

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