Welsh Regional Anthem for Wind Quintet

‘Hen Wlad fy Nhadau’ has never been officially declared the national anthem of Wales.  But there was an incident that some (perhaps optimistically) believe served that purpose. An eisteddfod was held at the Royal Albert Hall in 1887 and predictably it ended with the singing of ‘Hen Wlad fy Nhadau’.  In the royal box was the Prince of Wales, eldest son of Queen Victoria and heir to the throne. It did not go unnoticed that at the sounding of the very first chord, he had risen to his feet as a mark of respect.  This was surely a sign: Wales, a country with no administrative autonomy but possessed of an unambiguous cultural identity, now had its own national anthem.