Grace Williams
Born: 19th February 1906, Barry, Wales
Died: 10th February 1977, Barry, Wales
Nationality: Welsh
Grace Mary Williams was a Welsh composer, generally regarded as Wales's most notable female composer, and the first British woman to score a feature film.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Williams
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Further Reading: Williams, Grace
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Andrew Matthews-Owen on Taliesin's Songbook
5th Aug 2021
The pianist talks to Katherine about a new anthology of Welsh song, featuring music by composers including Morfydd Owen, Dilys Elwyn-Edwards, Grace Williams and Huw Watkins.
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Madeleine Mitchell on Grace Williams
18th Mar 2019
Violinist Madeleine Mitchell talks to David about her new album showcasing the rarely-heard works of the Welsh composer Grace Williams.
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All Works: Williams, Grace
- Cariad Cyntaf (First Love) (1)
- Dafydd y Garreg Wen (David of the White Rock) (1)
- Hun Gwenllian (The Little Princess) (1)
- The Red Sun Rises (1)
- Y Bore Glas (The Early Dawn) (1)
- Y Gwydd (The Loom) (2)
- Yr Eneth Ffein Ddu (The Lovely Dark Maid) (1)
- 9th Century Welsh Poems (2) (1)
- Ave maris stella (2)
- Ballads (3)
- Billows of the Sea (1)
- Bugeilio ’r Gwenith Gwyn (Watching the Wheat) (1)
- Carillons (2)
- Elegy for Cynddylan (2)
- Elegy for String Orchestra (1)
- Fairest of Stars (1)
- Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes (2)
- Hiraeth (7)
- Hiraeth (Longing) (1)
- Interlinked Choruses (2) (1)
- Margoton va t’à l’eau (Belinda Went to the Well) (1)
- Medieval Welsh Poems (4) (1)
- Missa Cambrensis (1)
- Morfa Rhuddlan (The Red Marsh) (1)
- My Last Duchess (1)
- Penillion (1)
- Poems (6) of Gerard Manley Hopkins (1)
- Romanza (1)
- Rondo for Dancing (1)
- Sarabande for Piano Left Hand (1)
- Sea Sketches (4)
- Severn Bridge Variations (2)
- Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet & Piano Quartet (1)
- Sinfonia concertante for Piano & Orchestra (1)
- Sonatina for flute and piano (1931) (1)
- Songs of Sleep (1)
- Suite for 9 Instruments (1)
- Symphony No. 2 (2)
- Tarantella (1)
- The Dancers (2)
- The Lament of the Border Widow (1)
- The Parlour (1)
- The Silent Pool (2)
- Thou Art the One Truth (1)
- Trumpet Concerto (1)
- Violin Concerto (1)
- Violin Sonata (2)
- Welsh Folk Songs (2) (2)
- Welsh Oxen Songs (6) (1)
Recent Best Sellers: Williams, Grace
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Special offer. British Symphonies
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite, Vernon Handley, Adrian Boult, Myer Fredman, Norman Del Mar, John Pritchard, Lennox Berkeley, William Alwyn, Josef Krips
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New. Mentor and Muse
Kitty Whately (mezzo-soprano), William Vann (piano)
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Special offer. Grace Williams: Violin Concerto, Elegy for String Orchestra & Sinfonia concertante for Piano & Orchestra
Geneva Lewis (violin), Clare Hammond (piano) BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jaime Martín, Ryan Bancroft, Jac van Steen
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Gramophone Awards, 2026 Shortlist, Concerto
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Special offer. Grace Williams: Missa Cambrensis
April Fredrick (soprano), Angharad Lyddon (mezzo-soprano), Robert Murray (tenor), Paul Carey Jones (bass-baritone), Dr Rowan Willliams (narrator), BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales, Côr Heol y March, Adrian Partington
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