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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
the 14th November 2009 the Bushey Symphony Orchestra
under the direction of George Vass will give a performance
of the Elizabethan Dances as part of their concert at
Bushey Hall School, Bushey, Herts commencing at 7.30pm.
Also,
during November, William Alwyn will be the featured
composer at the St Petersburg English Music Festival,
in which five works will be performed along with a symposium
about the composer. This will be the first time that
any of Alwyn’s music has been performed in Russia.
The concerts are as follows:
18th
November: Concerto Grosso No. 2 in G major for String
Orchestra – St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra/Rudi
Eastwood – Glinka Chamber Philharmonic Hall, St
Petersburg
19th
November: String Quartet No. 2 (Spring Waters) –
Nevsky String Quartet – Sheremetev Palace, St Petersburg
20th
November: Sonatina for Violin and Piano – Madeleine
Mitchell (Violin), Rudi Eastwood (Piano) – Rimsky-Korsakov
Memorial Museum, St Petersburg
25th
November: Mirages - Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano
– Mikhail Lukonin (Baritone), Yuri Serov (Piano)
– Sheremetev Palace, St Petersburg
25th
November: Concerto for Flute and Eight Wind Instruments
(artists still to be confirmed) – Sheremetev Palace,
St Petersburg
The
symposium/seminar will take place on 22nd November at
the Composers’ Union Hall, St Petersburg commencing
at 12 noon
On
5th December there will be a performance of the Symphony
No. 4 by the Bloomsbury Symphony Orchestra conducted
by Michael Turner at St. Giles, Cripplegate, London
commencing at 7.30pm
Recordings
Late
October will see a new disc from Dutton/Epoch that will
include 5 orchestral works hitherto unrecorded. These
are as follows: Overture in the Form of Serenade, Prelude,
Peter Pan Suite, Blackdown – a tone poem from the
Surry Hills, and Ad Infinitum – a Satire for Orchestra.
The disc will also include premieres of works by Vaughan
Williams, York Bowen, and Hubert Parry. The performers
are the BBC Concert Orchestra under the direction of
John Wilson. The catalogue number is CDLX 7237.
Publishing
Due
from Toccata Press in late October/early November is
a collection of Alwyn writings and essays under the
general title of Composing in Words – William Alwyn
on his Art compiled and edited by Andrew Palmer. The
book will include extended versions of Ariel to Miranda
and Winged Chariot along with essays on Bax, Puccini,
Elgar, film music, and Czech Music. Log onto the Toccata
Press website for further information – www.toccatapress.com
The
Foundation has just launched into self-publishing, and
the first title will be available in the next few weeks.
This will be the hitherto unpublished piano piece Cricketty
Mill which was recorded by Ashley Wass on the first
volume of Alwyn Piano Music (Naxos – 8.570359).
Further details will follow in due course.
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)
Feature
Films (all region 2 unless otherwise stated):
The
Winslow Boy
Svengali (also Reg.1)
The October Man (John Mills Centenary Collection I)
Mandy
Madeleine (New Digitally Restored Edition) – available
separately, or as part of the David Lean Centenary Collection
– 10 discs
The Long Memory (John Mills Centenary Collection II)
Lady Godiva Rides Again – now available separately
I’ll Never Forget You (GB title – The House
in the Square) – in set only – Tyrone Power
Matinee Idol Collection (Reg. 1 only)
Documentaries (all Region 2):
Jane
Brown Changes Her Job (Women and Children at War)
WVS
(Women and Children at War)
Land
of Promise (The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950)
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