Welsh trumpeter and composer Tomos Williams brings the third and final chapter of his acclaimed Cwmwl Tystion project to Wales Millennium Centre for an exclusive performance at Llais 2026.
Meaning “cloud of witnesses”, the project takes its name from the work of Welsh poet Waldo Williams and uses music and visual art to examine significant moments in the history of Wales.
The performance brings together jazz, heavy rock and Welsh folk music, accompanied by live visuals created by longtime collaborator Simon Proffitt.
The programme reflects on historical subjects including the Welsh Not, the Aberfan disaster, the 1984 Miners’ Strike, the displacement of communities at Mynydd Epynt and Wales’s identity as a nation of sanctuary.
It also explores the close relationship between African American singer, actor and activist Paul Robeson and the people of Wales. Robeson’s solidarity with Welsh mining communities became an important connection between Black American history and the political and cultural history of Wales.
Tomos Williams has assembled a group of Welsh and international musicians for the performance. The company includes vocalists Nia Lynn and Eadyth Crawford, Brooklyn bassist Melvin Gibbs, Irish guitarist Chris Guilfoyle and drummer Mark O’Connor.
The concert will be the final one-off performance of Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy and also celebrates the release of the project’s album.
By placing Welsh history in conversation with jazz, visual culture and the story of Paul Robeson, the event offers a distinctive contribution to Black History Month and to wider conversations about solidarity, memory and national identity.
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