Honesty, Integrity, Poetry
Donald Macleod unpacks some of the defining qualities in the character and music style of Grace Williams, one Wales’s most celebrated composers.
Donald Macleod unpacks some of the defining qualities in the character and music style of Grace Williams, one Wales’s most celebrated composers.
Elegy for Cynddylan
Jason Carder, trumpet
Paula Fan, piano
Missa Cambrensis: II. Gloria in excelsis Deo. IIb. Laudamus te
April Fredrick, soprano
Angharad Lyddon, mezzo-soprano
Robert Murray, tenor
Paul Carey Jones, bass-baritone
Côr Heol y March
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, conducted by Adrian Partington
Castell Caernafon
ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philarmonic, conducted by John Andrews
Four Medieval Welsh Poems
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
Paula Fan, piano/harpsichord
Rachel Kay Green, harp
Trumpet Concerto
Howard Snell, trumpet
London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Sir Charles Groves
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Grace Williams
Marwnad Cynddylan (Elegy for Cynddylan)
Performer: Jason Carder. Performer: Paula Fan.- TOCCATA CLASSICS : TOCN0009.
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Grace Williams
Missa Cambrensis (excerpt)
Singer: April Fredrick. Singer: Angharad Lyddon. Singer: Robert Murray. Singer: Paul Carey Jones. Narrator: Rowan Williams. Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ National Chorus of Wales. Choir: Côr Heol y March. Conductor: Adrian Partington.- LYRITA : SRCD-442.
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Grace Williams
Castell Caernafon
Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- RESONUS CLASSICS : RES-10349.
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Grace Williams
Four Mediaeval Welsh Poems
Performer: Paula Fan. Performer: Rachel Kay Green. Singer: Jeremy Huw Williams.- LORELT : LNT-140.
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Grace Williams
Trumpet Concerto
Performer: Howard Snell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.- LYRITA : srcd-323.
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- Mon 7 Jul 2025 16:00ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3
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