William Alwyn
Born: 7th November 1905, Northampton, England
Died: 11th September 1985, Southwold, England
Nationality: English
William Alwyn was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher who composed over 200 cinematic scores, of which some 70 were for full-length features, as well as number of operas, concertos and symphonies.
Alwyn's wartime work in particular was to lead him to be placed on a Nazi death list.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Alwyn
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Further Reading: Alwyn
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Anna Patalong and Benedict Nelson on Miss Julie
20th Aug 2020
The British soprano and baritone (and real-life couple) discuss bringing William Alwyn's unjustly neglected opera to life last year for a concert-performance at the Barbican followed by a studio recording, released on Chandos last month.
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William Alwyn's Miss Julie from Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra
3rd Jul 2020
Real-life husband-and-wife Anna Patalong and Benedict Nelson star in the English composer's 1977 opera, based on Strindberg's great naturalistic drama from 1888.
Popular Genres: Alwyn
Orchestral
Chamber
Instrumental
Vocal
Concertos
Popular Works: Alwyn
- Autumn Legend (5)
- Clarinet Sonata (5)
- Concerto for Flute & Eight Wind Instruments (6)
- Concerto Grosso No. 2 in G major for String Orchestra (3)
- Divertimento for Solo Flute (3)
- Elizabethan Dances (5)
- Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion (1948) (3)
- Fantasy-Waltzes (6)
- Festival March (3)
- Lyra Angelica (4)
- Naiades (11)
- Night Thoughts (3)
- Overture to a Masque (3)
- Pastoral Fantasia (3)
- Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930) (3)
- Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960) (3)
- Rhapsody for Piano Quartet (3)
- Seascapes: Four Songs for Soprano, Treble Recorder and Piano (3)
- Sinfonietta for Strings (4)
- Sonata alla toccata (5)
- Sonata for Flute & Piano (5)
- Sonata for Oboe and Piano (4)
- Sonata Impromptu for Violin and Viola (2)
- Sonatina for Violin and Piano (4)
- String Quartet No. 1 in D minor (4)
- String Quartet No. 2 (Spring Waters) (c. 1978) (4)
- String Quartet No. 3 (c. 1985) (5)
- Suite for Oboe and Harp (3)
- Suite from ‘Geordie' (3)
- Suite from ‘Swiss Family Robinson' (2)
- Suite of Scottish Dances (3)
- Symphony No. 1 (4)
- Symphony No. 2 (4)
- Symphony No. 3 (5)
- Symphony No. 4 (4)
- Symphony No. 5 'Hydriotaphia' (5)
- The Magic Island (1952) (6)
- Three Winter Poems (1948) (5)
- Twelve Preludes (4)
- Waltz Theme from ‘The Million Pound Note' (2)
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