The song Calon Lân has a simple message that a pure, good heart is worth more than all the riches of the world. Why does the hymn mean so much to the people of Wales - and beyond? Show more Calon ...

Students at Bryntirion Comprehensive School in Bridgend have been learning the traditional Welsh hymn Calon Lan as part of a challenge by BBC Wales.

The council said Ysgol Calon Lan's 100 additional places will help meet rising demand for special school education and reduce the need for some pupils to go to independent and out-of-county schools.

This is the moment the crowd sang Calon Lân as they waited to see the Prince and Princess of Wales. A group of children in the crowd at Pontypridd started to sing the beloved Welsh hymn and that ...

TEENAGE singing prodigy Faryl Smith has told how her Welsh grandparents helped her secure a £2.3m contract with major record label Universal.

Calon Lan, which was written in the 1890s by Daniel James, means "pure heart" in Welsh. Wales made it two wins from two , although faced spirited opposition from Portugal, who were making their ...

Wales were pitch perfect as they arrived at the World Cup as Warren Gatland's side delivered an impressive version of Calon Lan and columnist Dan Biggar took a star turn.. As they had done at ...

This is the moment the crowd sang Calon Lân as they waited to see the Prince and Princess of Wales. A group of children in the crowd at Pontypridd started to sing the beloved Welsh hymn and that ...

Only Boys Aloud’s reworking of traditional Welsh hymn Calon Lan has knocked Luciano Pavarotti’s Nessun Dorma off the top of the Official Classical Singles Chart. The World’s Biggest Boyband ...

Hollywood star Taron Egerton stuns audience with rendition of Calon Lân on American chat show. ... Jamie Foxx and stunned the crowd when he belted out the famous Welsh hymn Calon Lân mid ...

Students at Bryntirion Comprehensive School in Bridgend have been learning the traditional Welsh hymn Calon Lan as part of a challenge by BBC Wales.

The special school will be called Ysgol Calon Lan in recognition of the Welsh hymn penned by Daniel James in the 1890s and set to the music of John Hughes, both of whom lived in Swansea. Ysgol Calon ...