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Concerto for Violin
Conductor's score and parts on hire
978-0-19-365692-5
27 January 1992
Price: Available on request
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This is one of the composer's last works. It is a heady celebration of song and dance, in four movements which are strongly contrasted yet highly integrated. Forces or CategorySolo violin & full orchestraDuration36 minutesDifficultyModerately difficultOrchestrationvln solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn (3rd+cbn) 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc (SD, tamb, cym, tri, tubaphone or glock,
crotales, BD, bells, w blk, vib, whip, tam), cel, hp, str
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William Mathias (1934-1992) William Mathias was born in Whitland, Dyfed. He studied at the University College of Wales, and subsequently at the Royal Academy of Music. From 1970-1988 he was Head of the Music Department at the University College of North Wales, Bangor.
Mathias musical language embraced both instrumental and vocal forms with equal success, and he addressed a large and varied audience both in Britain and abroad. He was also known as a conductor and pianist, and gave or directed many premières of his own works. He was made CBE in the 1985 New Year's Honours. In 1992, the year of his death, Nimbus Records embarked upon a series of recordings of his major works.
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