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Fel yr eglura Simon Holt, "Mae’r darn, 'Centauromachy', (concerto dwbl i’r Clarinét yn A a’r flügelhorn) wedi’i seilio ar y syniad o ddynfeirch. Mathau o greaduriaid mytholegol ydi dynfeirch sydd fel petai ganddyn nhw gorff dyn hyd at ei ganol wedi’i asio wrth bedrain ceffyl yn y man lle byddai pen a gwddw’r ceffyl fel arfer. Anifeiliaid rhyfeddol ydyn nhw yn eu hanfod sy’n cyfuno ar yr un pryd ddwy anian ar wahân mewn un corff. Hyn efallai sy’n rhoi cyfrif am, ar y naill law, eu doethineb, sy’n eu gwneud yn athrawon deallus, ar yr un pryd â’u gwneud nhw’n fyrbwyll ac yn chwantus, ym magl rhyw fath o limbo rhwng eu dwy anian gynhenid: yn wyllt ac eto’n gallu ymddwyn yn wâr. Chiron (athro Achilles) a gyfrifir yn bennaeth y dynfeirch oll ac mae i’w glywed mewn breuddwyd yn yr ail symudiad. Mae’n hysbys fod dynfeirch yn ddiotwyr sy’n gallu ymddwyn yn ffyrnig ac yn gamweddus. Mae Chiron, fodd bynnag, yn hynod o ddeallus ac yn garedig. Bu brwydr unwaith rhwng y Dynfeirch a’r Lapithiaid ac mae’r frwydr yma i’w chlywed yn y pedwerydd symudiad. Daw’r darn i ben mewn Elegeia i Chiron, a fu farw’n ei aberthu ei hun fel y gallai dyn gael y defnydd o dân."
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Simon Holt explains "The piece, 'Centauromachy', (a double concerto for Clarinet in A and flugelhorn) is based on the idea of centaurs. Centaurs are a species of mythical creature that appear to have the torso of a man joined at the waist to the hind quarters of a horse at where the horse's head and neck would normally be. They are essentially fantastical beasts that combine, simultaneously, two distinct natures in one body. This may account for, on the one hand, their wisdom, making them intelligent teachers, whilst also making them impulsive and lustful, trapped in a kind of limbo between their two inherent natures: wild and yet capable of civilised behaviour. Chiron (who was the teacher of Achilles) is held as the superior of all centaurs and he features in a dreaming state in the second movement. Centaurs are well known for being heavy drinkers capable of violent and delinquent behaviour. Chiron, however, is highly intelligent and kind. There was once a battle between the Centaurs and the Lapiths and this battle features in the fourth movement. The piece ends with an Elegeia for Chiron, who died sacrificing himself in order that man may obtain the use of fire. "
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