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William Mathias (November 1, 1934 — July 29, 1992) was a Welsh composer. November 1 is the 305th day of the year (306th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 60 days remaining. ...
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Brief biography Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire. A child prodigy, he started playing the piano aged three, and composing aged five. He studied at the Royal Academy of Music under Lennox Berkeley, where he was elected a Fellow in 1965. In 1968, he received the Bax Society Prize of the Harriet Cohen International Music Award. He was professor of music and head of department at the University of Wales, Bangor from 1970 until 1988. Whitland (in Welsh Y Hendy Gwyn) is a small town in Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying on the River Taf. ...
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The Harriet Cohen International Music Award was founded by Sir Arnold Bax and others in 1951, in honour of Harriet Cohen the British pianist. ...
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His compositions include large scale works including an opera The Servants (1980), three symphonies and three piano concertos. Much of his music was written for the Anglican choral tradition, most famously the anthem Let the people praise Thee, O God written for the 1981 royal wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales, which had a television audience of an estimated 1 billion people worldwide. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...
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Mathias wrote his Sinfonietta – initially called Dance Suite – for the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra in late 1966 and it received its first performance at Leicester De Montfort Hall during the 1967 Schools Festival. It was also included in the orchestra's tour programme for Denmark and Germany later in the year. The LSSO made the first commercial recording of Sinfonietta for the Pye Golden Guinea label in July 1967 under the direction of the composer (see external links below). The Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra is a youth orchestra based in Leicester, England. ...
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De Montfort Hall is a music and performance venue in Leicester, England. ...
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He founded the North Wales Music Festival in 1972 and directed it until his death in 1992.
He is buried outside St. Asaph cathedral. St. ...
List of works
Choral Works - Festival Te Deum in C Major
- Bell Carol
- Sweet was the Song
- A Babe is Born" Opus 55 (1971) 3:30 duration
- Ave Rex" Opus 45
- Ceremony after a Fire Raid
- A May Magnificat
- Jonah
- Learsongs
- Lux Aeterna
- Riddles
- A Royal Garland
- Shakespeare Songs
- This Worlde's Joie
- Three Medieval Lyrics
- Sir Christemas
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Orchestral Works - Divertimento for String Orchestra, Op.7 (1958)
- Dance Overture, Op.16 (1961)
- Invocation and Dance, Op.17 (1961)
- Serenade for Small Orchestra, Op.18 (1963)
- Prelude, Aria and Finale for String Orchestra, Op.25 (1964)
- Sinfonietta, Op.34 (1967)
- Harp Concerto (1970)
- Celtic Dances, Op.60 (1972)
- Laudi, Op.62 (1973)
- Vistas, Op.69 (1975)
- Symphony No. 2, Op.90 (Summer Music)
- Symphony No. 3 (1991)
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Chamber Works The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ...
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Solo instrumental - Sonatina for Flute & Piano Op. 98 (1953)
- Clarinet Sonatina (1957)
- Clarinet Concerto
- Violin Concerto (1992)
- Horn Concerto
- Oboe Concerto (1989)
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Organ - Antiphonies
- Berceuse
- Carillon
- Canzonetta Opus 78, No. 2
- Chorale (Easter 1966)
- Fanfare
- Fantasy for Organ
- Fenestra
- Invocations
- Jubilate Opus 67, No. 2 Dedicated to Michael Smythe
- Partita
- Postlude (1962)
- Processional Opus 96, No. 4. Dedicated to Christopher Morris, musician, publisher, friend
- Recessional (1964)
- Toccata GiocosaOpus 36, No. 2 Dedicated to Sir. David Willcocks on the occasion of his Inauguration of the new organ at The Royal College of Organists, 7th October, 1967
- Variations on a Hymn Tune
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References Lyrita Recorded Edition was a classical music label, specialising in the works of British composers. ...
The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2001 The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians is an encyclopedic dictionary of music and musicians, considered by most scholars to be the best general reference source on the subject in the English language. ...
External links - William Mathias at Oxford University Press
- Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra website
- Sinfonietta Information and short audio extracts from the 1967 Pye recording.
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