大象传媒

Fifty years ago this month, 116 children and 28 adults died in the Welsh village of Aberfan when a mountain of coal waste collapsed; engulfing a primary school and nearby houses.

The Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins, who was a 22 year old music student at the time, has written a major new choral work, Cantata Memoria, for The Children, to mark the anniversary.

大象传媒 reporter Dee Sebastian discusses the tragedy and the album with Sir Karl.

(Photo: The aftermath of the Aberfan disaster. Credit: Getty Images)