Editing Llandaff Cathedral (section)

==Music==

=== Choirs ===
For many years, the cathedral had the traditional Anglican [[choir]] of boys and men, and more recently the Girl Choristers. The boys and girls are educated at [[the Cathedral School, Llandaff|the Cathedral School]], the only dedicated choir school in the Church in Wales, .<ref name=school>{{cite web|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/music.htm |title=Music at Llandaff Cathedral |publisher=Llandaff Cathedral |access-date=9 April 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070322102446/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/music.htm |archive-date=22 March 2007 }}</ref>

The Cathedral Choir consists of boys and alto, tenor and bass parts, and sing on Sundays at the Choral Eucharist and at Choral Evensong. The full choir also sings on Thursdays for [[Evensong]], with the boys singing alone on Tuesdays and the lower voices on Fridays. The Girl Choristers and Schola Cantorum keep the choral tradition going through the week, with full [[SATB]] services for Evensong on Mondays and Wednesdays, directed by the Master of Choristers of the Cathedral School.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Cathedral School Girl Choristers|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/music-2/the-girl-choristers/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=llandaffcathedral.org.uk}}</ref> The Girl Choristers occasionally sing with the Cathedral Choir, and have sung at large services, including a National Service of Remembrance, on Remembrance Sunday in 2018.

In addition, the parish choir sings at the weekly Parish [[Eucharist]], and is a mixed choir of boys, girls, men and women.<ref name="school" /> The cathedral has a [[ring of bells|ring]] of twelve bells (with an additional "flat sixth", to make thirteen in total) hung for [[change-ringing]], located in the Jasper tower. The current bells were installed in 1992, replacing a previous ring of ten.<ref name="CathedralHistory" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cccbr.org.uk/dove/detail.php?searchString=llandaff&numPerPage=10&searchAmount=%3D&searchMetric=cwt&sortBy=Place&sortDir=Asc&DoveID=LLANDAFF|title=Dove details: Llandaff Cath, Metropolitical, and Parish Ch of SS Peter & Paul|work=Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers|publisher=[[Central Council for Church Bell Ringers]]|date=27 August 2007|access-date=10 October 2007}}</ref>{{efn|Browne Willis' 1719 account of the structure described a long-ruined tower situated southwest of the cathedral, which held a large bell known as St Peter's bell. It was removed by [[Jasper Tudor, Duke of Bedford|Jasper]] and taken to [[Exeter]], where it was exchanged for five smaller bells which were then hung in the Jasper tower.{{sfn|Willis|1719|p=3}} The bell was taken to [[Exeter Cathedral]] circa 1484.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/saturdaymagazin02educgoog|quote=llandaff cathedral.|title=Llandaff Cathedral|date=27 September 1834|journal=The Saturday Magazine|page=[https://archive.org/details/saturdaymagazin02educgoog/page/n125 115]|access-date=8 April 2016}}</ref>}} Only one other church in Wales has a ring of twelve bells; the cathedral is the only church in Cardiff with a set of twelve bells.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-252104821/good-chimes-rachel-conner-went-to-llandaff-cathedral|title=Good Chimes|author=Conner, Rachel|work=South Wales Echo|date=22 March 2011|access-date=|url-access=|via=|archive-date=8 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808093435/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-252104821/good-chimes-rachel-conner-went-to-llandaff-cathedral|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In December 2013, five days before Christmas, the cathedral chapter announced that all salaried adult members of the choir (altos, tenors and basses) were being made redundant, along with the assistant organist. The cathedral was in the midst of a financial crisis, and the chapter intended to save £45,000 a year by taking these measures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-25460945|title=BBC News announcement of redundancies at Llandaff Cathedral|work=BBC News|date=20 December 2013|access-date=21 December 2013}}</ref>

=== Recordings ===
In 2012 the cathedral premiered its own [[record label]], with a recording called ''Majestas''. The music focuses on the new cathedral organ and the Llandaff Cathedral choir. The recording's title was taken from the [[Jacob Epstein]] sculpture in the cathedral's nave that was part of the post-war renewal of the structure. Proceeds from sales of the record were donated to African charities.<ref>{{cite web|date=22 December 2012|title=New Record Label From Llandaff Cathedral|url=http://www.planethugill.com/2012/12/new-record-label-from-llandaff-cathedral.html|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Planet Hugill}}</ref>

In August 2018, a recording of the 2010–13 Nicholson Organ was released. The organ is played by the Director of Music, Stephen Moore, and is called ''Deo Gracias''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Deo Gracias – Stephen Moore plays The Nicholson Organ of Llandaff Cathedral {{!}} Britain's Premier Church Music Label|url=https://www.prioryrecords.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=2336&search=llandaf|access-date=2020-09-23|website=www.prioryrecords.co.uk}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

In December 2018, the cathedral launched a recording of its Cathedral Choir called ''Nadolig yn Llandaf'', showcasing seasonal music for [[Advent]] to [[Christmas]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nadolig yn Llandaf|url=https://www.regent-records.co.uk/product_details_359.htm|access-date=2020-09-23|website=regent-records.co.uk}}</ref> This was the first CD of the cathedral's choir since ''Majestas'' in 2012.

=== Organs ===

==== Main organs ====
The first organ at Llandaff was built in 1861 by [[Gray and Davison]]. In the late 1800s, this organ was antiquated, and its pipes were moved to St. Mary's Church, Usk.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Cardiff|url=http://www.nicholsonorgans.co.uk/pf/cardiff-llandaff/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Nicholson & Co. Ltd}}</ref>

The second organ was built in 1900 by [[Robert Hope-Jones|Hope-Jones]] with [[Norman and Beard]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Main Organ Builders 1900 Hope Jones/Norman & Beard |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11801|access-date=2020-09-23|website=National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR npor.org.uk}}</ref> This organ was rebuilt in 1937 by [[Hill, Norman and Beard]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Survey date: 1938 Main Organ |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11802|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> It received significant renovations by its builders after wartime damage to the cathedral; it was never entirely satisfactory from this point onwards,<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2018-10-18|title=Visit to Llandaff Cathedral Pipe Organ|url=https://viscountorgans.net/visit-to-llandaff-cathedral/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=Viscount Organs}}</ref> even before a 2007 [[lightning strike]] made it unusable.<ref name="pipe" /><ref name=":1" /> Originally it had been planned to install a new organ at that time, but the costs of about £1,000,000 were deemed to be too high in the austere climate of [[post-war Britain]].<ref name="OrganAppeal" />

Organ manufacturer [[Nicholson & Co Ltd]] began installation of a new organ in autumn 2008<ref name="OrganAppeal" /> and although not fully completed, it was brought to a playable stage by Easter 2010. Its inaugural performance was the [[Gloria in excelsis Deo|Gloria]] of [[Louis Vierne]]'s [[Messe solennelle (Vierne)|Messe solennelle]], performed at the [[Easter Vigil]] service on 3 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|year=2010|title=The Cathedral Organ Appeal|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100731125753/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|archive-date=31 July 2010|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral}}</ref> Proceeds from the 2011 Llandaff Festival of Music were donated to the cathedral for the completion of the new organ.<ref>{{cite news|date=25 June 2011|title=Preview: Llandaff Festival of Music|work=Wales Online|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/preview-llandaff-festival-of-music-1829358|access-date=9 April 2016}}</ref> The remaining stops were added in the late summer of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|year=2013|title=Cathedral Organ Appeal|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131027041615/http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/Organ%20Appeal.htm|archive-date=27 October 2013|access-date=9 April 2016|publisher=Llandaff Cathedral}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Main Organ- Organ maintained Photographs of this organ |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=E01476|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> It was the first entirely new organ for a British cathedral since the Coventry installation in the 1960s.<ref name="OrganAppeal" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The Cathedral Organ|url=http://www.llandaffcathedral.org.uk/music-2/the-cathedral-organ/|access-date=2020-09-23|website=llandaffcathedral.org.uk}}</ref>{{efn| A specification can be seen [[:Image:Llandaff Cathedral Nicholson Organ Spec.pdf|here]].}}

==== Lady Chapel organs ====
Two chamber organs have been used in the Lady Chapel at the east end of the cathedral. The first, built in 1946 by [[Hill, Norman and Beard]], had two manuals and pedals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Survey date: 1946 Lady Chapel Organ no longer present |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=R01308|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> This was replaced in 1960 with a single manual chamber organ built by [[Henry Willis & Sons]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The National Pipe Organ Register – NPOR Survey date: 1998 Lady Chapel Photographs of this organ |url=https://npor.org.uk/NPORView.html?RI=N11908|access-date=2020-09-23|website=npor.org.uk}}</ref> which remains there today.{{See|List of musicians at Welsh cathedrals}}