Performer Name: Daniel Morden
Show Name: HIRAETH- stories and music
Show Description
Using specially composed music, Welsh history, traditional stories and poetry, DANIEL MORDEN and guitarist TOBY HAY explore that most elusive of states, hiraeth. In doing so they raise universal issues of displacement and dispossession. Daniel is an internationally-renowned storyteller and author. In 2017 he was awarded the Hay Festival Medal. He has toured Wales with THE DEVIL'S VIOLIN. Toby is known for his beautiful, lyrical and magical instrumental music 'There is a sadness at what has gone here, but not a nostalgia. The world’s dew gleams on this music.' ROBERT MCFARLANE
I can bring a few lights if you need me to
We like to arrive three hours in advance
at the moment, only photos and a promo video
Daniel Morden is a Welsh storyteller in the oral tradition. Morden retells traditional stories from various cultures, in particular the Celtic and the ancient Greek. He has performed all over the world, in schools and theatres, at festivals and on the radio. He is also an award-winning author of such books as DARK TALES FROM THE WOODS. In 2017 he was awarded the Hay Festival Medal for Drama.
'To experience Daniel Morden in full flight is an amazing thing. He combines the skills of the Troubadour, the actor, the bard, the standup comedian and the preacher in the pulpit. One of the UK’s greatest storytellers.'
IAN MACMILLAN, RADIO 3