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CONTACT: For information contact
Andrew Knowles of the William Alwyn Foundation
30
Florida Avenue
Hartford, Huntingdon
Cambs. PE29 1PY
TEL: 01480-456931
Mobile: 0788 1785274
apkmusicprom@ntlworld.com
NEWS
PERFORMANCE:
On
Sunday 8th March commencing at 2.45pm in the Assembly
Hall, Worthing the Worthing Symphony Orchestra conducted
by John Gibbons will give a performance of the Scottish
Dances as part of their programme which also includes
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor with Nicola Benedetti
as soloist, A Tribute by Edmund Rubbra, and Mendelssohn’s
Symphony No.3 (Scottish).
PUBLICATIONS:
Due from Boydell & Brewer on 18th September is the
first full length biography of William Alwyn written
by Adrian Wright. The book is entitled 'The Innumerable
Dance - The Life and Work of William Alwyn.' The book
will be published in hardback format only at a price
of £30.00. For further details please log onto
- www.boydellandbrewer.com/4383412X.HTM
RECORDINGS:
In
May 2009 EMI Classics will be releasing a new album
from soprano Kate Royal with the English National Opera
Orchestra conducted by Edward Gardner. Included on this
album is the Midsummer Night Aria from Miss Julie. The
recording sessions took place at EMI’s Abbey Road
Recording (No.1) Studios last December. Kate was on
great form and sang the aria superbly. Other composers
represented on the album are as follows: Britten, Walton,
Barber, Herrmann, Korngold, Stravinsky, Floyd, Dvorak,
Lehar and Messager. The album’s title has been
named after Alwyn’s aria – Midsummer Night,
and has the catalogue number 5099926819228. Audio clips
and visuals are available at the album’s website
www.royalmidsummer.com
A video is also at www.youtube.com/emiclassics
Further information on the album is available at www.emiclassics.co.uk
The
SOMM label, in their Beecham Collection series, have
issued for the first time the World Premier Performance
of Alwyn's 3rd Symphony which took place at the Royal
Festival Hall on 10th October 1956 with the BBC Symphony
Orchestra. Also included on the disc are Mozart's Symphony
No.29 in A K201 recorded at the same concert and Grieg's
Symphonic Dances Op.64. The latter is a studio broadcast
from Maida Vale recorded in 1955. The catalogue number
is SOMM-BEECHAM 23. review
In January the Lyrita label released it's final Alwyn
recordings - the song cycle 'Mirages,' Divertimento'
for solo flute, 'Naiades' for flute and harp and the
Sonata alla Toccata and Fantasy Waltzes for piano solo.
The artists are Benjamin Luxon (baritone), David Willison
(piano), Christopher Hyde-Smith (flute), Marisa Robles
(harp) and Sheila Randell (piano in the two solo piano
works). this is a 2-CD set with the catalogue number
SRCD 293. review
Recently released by Albany Records in the U.S.A. is
a CD that contains two Alwyn works - Fanfare for a Joyful
Occasion and the Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments.
The soloist in the Concerto is Mary Stolper with the
DePaul University Wind Ensemble under the direction
of Donald DeRoche. The disc has the overall title of
"Music for Joyful Occasions" and bears the
catalogue number TROY 1006.
Naxos:
1. Due in July is an orchestral disc containing the
following works: Overture to a Masque, Concerto Grosso
No.1, Pastoral Fantasia, Five Preludes (World Premiere
Recording), Tragic Interlude, Autumn Legend and Suite
of Scottish Dances. The artists are Philip Dukes (viola),
RLPO conducted by David Lloyd Jones. The disc has the
catalogue number 8.570704.
2. Due in September is a second volume of piano music
from Ashley Wass containing the following works: Twelve
Preludes, Movements, Night Thoughts, Contes Barbares-Homage
to Paul Gauguin, Two Irish Pieces, Water Lilies, Cinderella
and Hunter's Moon. The last five titles are all World
Premiere Recordings. The catalogue number is 8.570464.
3. Due in November are the String Quartets 1-3 plus
the World Premier Recording of Novelette as performed
by the Maggini Quartet. The catalogue number is 8.570560.
WILLIAM
ALWYN SCORED FILMS ON DVD
(All
Feature films unless otherwise stated)
Region
1=USA Region 2=UK
The
feature film 'Life for Ruth' (REG. 2) to be released
on the Network label on 25th June
A
NIGHT TO REMEMBER (REGIONS 1&2)
ATLANTIC TRAWLER Documentary (REG. 2)
CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE (REG. 2)
DESERT VICTORY Documentary (REG. 2)
EASTERN VICTORY Documentary (REG. 2) only available
as part of ‘War In The Air’ 3 Disc Set
FESTIVAL IN LONDON Documentary (REG. 2) on the collection
entitled "London in Festival Year"
FIFTY NORTH Documentary (REG. 2) only available as part
of ‘War In The Air’ 3 Disc Set
GREEN FOR DANGER (REG 1&2)
I SEE A DARK STRANGER (REG. 1)
I WAS A FIREMAN Documentary (REG. 2)
IN SEARCH OF THE CASTAWAYS (REG. 2)
LETTER FROM ULSTER Documentary (REG. 2) on the collection
entitled "Overpaid, Oversexed & Over Here"
LIVING WITH STRANGERS Documentary (REG. 2) on the collection
entitled "Women and Children at War"
MADELEINE (REG. 1&2) Region 2 edition only available
as part of ‘The David Lean Collection’ (Box Set-9 Discs)
MALTA STORY (REG. 2)
MASTER OF BALLANTRAE (REG. 1)
MORNING DEPARTURE (REG. 2)
NIGHT OF THE EAGLE (REG. 2) For release on 30th April
2007
ODD MAN OUT (REG. 2)
ON APPROVAL (REG. 1)
OUR COUNTRY Documentary (REG. 2)
STEEL GOES TO SEA Documentary (REG. 2)
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON (REG. 2)
THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM Documentary (REG. 2) only available
as part of ‘Dylan Thomas A War Films Anthology’
THE CARD (REG. 2)
THE CRIMSON PIRATE (REG. 1)
THE CROWN OF THE YEAR (also includes ‘Winter on the
Farm’,
‘Spring on the Farm’, ‘Summer on the Farm’) (REG. 2)
Documentaries
THE FALLEN IDOL (REG 1&2)
THE GRASSY SHIRES (REG. 2) Documentary
THE HISTORY OF MR POLLY (REG. 2)
THE MAGNET (REG. 2)
THE MILLION POUND NOTE (REG. 2)
THE NAKED EDGE (REG. 2)
THE PROUD CITY Documentary (REG. 2)
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER (REG. 1)
THE SHIP THAT DIED OF SHAME (REG. 1) only available
as part of a 5 disc set entitled ‘The British War Collection’
THE SILENT ENEMY (REG. 2)
THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH (REG. 2)
THE TRUE GLORY (REG. 2)
THE WAY AHEAD (REG. 2)
THIRD MAN ON THE MOUNTAIN (REG. 1)
TUNISIAN VICTORY Documentary (REG. 2)
WALES, GREEN MOUNTAINS, BLACK MOUNTAINS Documentary
(REG. 2) only available as part of ‘Dylan Thomas A War
Films Anthology’
WELCOME TO BRITAIN Documentary (REG. 2) on the collection
entitled "Overpaid, Oversexed and Over Here"
FEATURE FILMS (Region 2)-:
The Black Tent (only available as part of a Donald Sinden
Collection)
Captain Boycott (only available as part of a Stewart
Granger Collection)
Geordie (Alastair Sim Collection - Screen Icons)
In Which We Serve
Lady Godiva Rides Again (Diana Dors Collection)
Life For Ruth
The Magic Box
DOCUMENTARIES (Region 2)-:
Africa Freed (on Tunisian Victory DVD)
Lift your Head Comrade (on Words for Battle - Writers
at War)
The New Britain (on Words for Battle - Writers at War)
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