William Mathias News
Welsh composer (1934-1992)
Commemorations 2024 (Birth: William Mathias)
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2024-01-26 05:00:00
Charles Groves (and others) conducts
[…] Sheady (CD 2 & 3) and Simon Rhodes (CD 1, 4 & 5); Producer: John Boyden.Welsh Dances:01 - 04 Alun Hoddinot: Four Welsh Dances. Set No.1, op.15 (1958) * [7'29]05 Alun Hoddinot: Overture 'Jack Straw', op.35 (1964-1980) ^ [5'02] 06 - 11 Alun Hoddinot: Concerto Grosso No.2, op.46 (1966) [12'54]12 - 14 Alun Hoddinot: Investiture Dances, op.66 (1966) ' [7'46]15 - 18 Alun Hoddinot: Welsh Dances, Set No.2, op.64 (1969) ' [9'03]19 - 22 William Mathias: Celtic Dances, op.60 (1972) ' [9'03]23 Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy (1976) " [7'42]Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves *; Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Charles Groves ^; National Youth Orchestra of Wales conducted by Arthur Davison '; BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra conducted by Bryden Thomson "Lyrita SRCD334 [recorded: 1972 *, November 1980 ^, 1974 & 1975 ', 1979 " for EMI, Unicorn & BBC Records; CD issued 2009[CD-rip; flacs, cover and inlay scans - […]
2023-12-22 00:00:00
Vaughan Williams Christmas Music, Christmas Baroque, Orchestral Christmas & On Chritmas Night (Richard Hickox, Marc Taddei, Charles Gerhardt & Andrew Nethsingha)
[…] A Christmas Suite ('Deck the Halls with Boughs of Holly', 'We Three Kings of Orient are' and 'God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen') [8'09]London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Charles GerhardtSony AK48591 [recording date not given; CD issued 1991][digital download; flacs, cover and inlay scans - no booklet]Recording venue, engineer and producer- no information provided. No booklet provided even with the CD release.On Christmas Night:01 John Rutter: What sweeter music02 Trad.: Noël nouvelet03 James Burton: Balulalow04 William Mathias: A babe is born, op.5505 Harold Darke: In the bleak mid-winter06 Trad.: Ding! dong! merrily on high07 Elizabeth Poston: Jesus Christ the apple tree08 Trad.: I saw three ships09 Richard Rodney Bennett: Out of your sleep10 Peter Warlock: Benedicamus Domino11 John Joubert: There is no rose12 Trad.: Tomorrow shall be my dancing day13 Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden14 Matheo Flecha the Elder: Riu, riu, chiu15 Trad.: O little town of Bethlehem16 Trad.: Es ist […]
2023-12-21 07:35:00
Perthyn is the second Future Directions Digital Opera from Music Theatre Wales created during 2023, in partnership with Hijinx Theatre. Future Directions is a young people's programme that explores how opera can become a powerfully expressive form for people of all backgrounds and identities. Working in collaboration with professional artists, the young, neurodiverse group of people devise and make a new opera, exploring their ideas and learning from and inspiring each other and the supporting artists.For this project, Music Theatre Wales brought together theatre maker and dramaturg Jain Boon, music maker Mari Mathias, singer Llio Evans and film maker Gavin Porter to work together with the young participants to create a new and original work in three movements. Full details from Music. Theatre. Wales. Watch Perthyn on YouTube.
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2023-12-19 16:22:40
Locke’s List for 2023: Notable Operatic Recordings Plus
[…] Ancient Airs and Dances), Cavalli’s L’Egisto (featuring two remarkable and distinctive tenors: the lighter Zachary Wilder—a favorite of Boston audiences—and the darker Marc Mauillon), Lully’s Psyché (which is full of colorful details, including music for giants hammering at anvils, two centuries before Wagner, though of course the percussion here is more modest than the actual anvils in the Ring Cycle), and Rameau’s Zoroastre, featuring astonishingly accomplished performances by Jodie Devos, Véronique Gens (again!), Gwendoline Blondeel, Mathias Vidal, and Tassis Christoyannis. Classic era: From the mid to late 1700s, we got a remarkable collection of arias by “Maestrino” (young master) Mozart, sung enchantingly by Marie-Ève Munger, with an early-instrument ensemble from Montreal; Paisiello’s L’amor vendicato (1786), which demands remarkable virtuosity from one of the two sopranos and from a solo oboist (though this particular oboist is only so-so); and L’Accademia di musica (1799), a richly humorous comic opera by Johann Simon […]
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