Bwriad y gynhadledd hon yw archwilio’r datblygiadau diwylliannol oedd yn gysylltiedig â Deiniol a’i Gadeirlan ym Mangor, yn y flwyddyn y mae Cadeirlan Bangor yn dathlu 1500 o flynyddoedd. Fel canolfan diwylliant Gymraeg, roedd sawl bardd ac ysgolor yn gysylltiedig â’r Gadeirlan, a bydd y papurau ar ddechrau’r diwrnod yn edrych ar sawl enghraifft o’r rhain. Gan ddechrau gyda Deiniol ei hun, cawn drosolwg o’r farddoniaeth yn trafod Deiniol a’r darlun o’r sant mewn barddoniaeth. Dilynir hyn gan dri phapur gan feirdd oedd yn gysylltiedig â’r Gadeirlan, a’u gwaith hwy: Dafydd ap Gwilym, bardd pwysicaf Cymru’r oesoedd canol, yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar ddeg; yna Edmwnd Prys (1542–1623) a Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), y ddau yn glerigwyr yn ogystal â bod yn feirdd, a’r ddau wedi eu coffau yng Nghapel Mair.
Bydd y prynhawn yn cloi gyda thrafodaeth gyffrous o wydr lliw yn y Gadeirlan a gwydr lliw ledled Cymru sy’n dangos Deiniol, ynghyd â lansiad llyfr ar Ddeiniol mewn Gwydr Lliw.
Dros ginio bydd perfformiadau cerddorol o gyfansoddiadau newydd yn dangos dylanwad y Gadeirlan a’r traddodiad barddol ar gerddoriaeth hefyd.
Mynediad a lluniaeth am ddim, gyda chefnogaeth garedig y Gadeirlan (rhodd awgrymedig: £5)
The aim of this symposium is to examine cultural developments linked to Deiniol and his Cathedral at Bangor, in this year when Bangor Cathedral is celebrating 1500 years. As a centre of Welsh culture, there are several poets and scholars linked to the Cathedral, and the papers at the start of the day will look at various examples of these. Starting with Deiniol himself, we will have an overview of medieval poetry to Deiniol and the figure of the saint in Welsh poetry. This will be followed by three papers on poets who were linked to the Cathedral, and their work: Dafydd ap Gwilym, Wales’s foremost medieval poet, in the fourteenth century; then Edmwnd Prys (1542–1623) and Goronwy Owen (1723–1769), both ordained clerics as well as poets, and both are commemorated in the Lady Chapel.
Over lunch there will be musical performances of new compositions showing the influence the Cathedral and the Welsh bardic tradition has had on music as well.
The afternoon will close with an exciting discussion of stained glass at the Cathedral and stained glass windows all over Wales depicting Deiniol, along with the launch of the book on Deiniol in Stained Glass.
Entrance and refreshment free, with the kind support of the Cathedral (suggested donation: £5)
[There will be simultaneous translation for the papers given in Welsh]
