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<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
<strong>Catalogue</strong>
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong> was born in Whitland, Dyfed in<br />
1934 and died in 1992. He began to compose at an<br />
early age, studying first at the University College of<br />
Wales, Aberystwyth, taking his BMus with first-class<br />
honours, and subsequently on an Open Scholarship in<br />
composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He was<br />
elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 1965,<br />
and gained the DMus of the University of Wales in 1966.<br />
In 1968 he was awarded the Bax Society Prize under the<br />
Harriet Cohen International Music Awards, and in 1981<br />
the John Edwards Memorial Award. From 1970-1988<br />
he was Professor and Head of the Music Department at<br />
the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He was<br />
known as a conductor and pianist, and gave or directed<br />
many premières of his own works. In 1972 he founded<br />
the North Wales Music Festival at St Asaph Cathedral<br />
and remained its artistic director until his death.<br />
A house composer with Oxford University Press since<br />
1961, his compositions cover an extraordinarily wide<br />
range. Early success include the Clarinet Sonatina<br />
at the 1957 Cheltenham Festival (followed within a<br />
year by broadcasts in France and Poland), and the<br />
Divertimento for String Orchestra which, following its<br />
London première, was quickly taken up as far afield as<br />
Prague and California. He has made a highly significant<br />
contribution to twentieth-century organ music, and his<br />
church music and carols are still regularly performed<br />
worldwide. Works such as the Symphonies, Clarinet<br />
Concerto, Harp Concerto, Improvisations for Harp, Laudi,<br />
Piano Concerto No.3, Ave Rex, Riddles and This Worlde’s<br />
Joie have entered the repertory; the Organ Concerto<br />
scored a great success in the 1984 BBC Proms, and Lux<br />
Aeterna has been hailed as one of the finest British<br />
choral/orchestral works this century.<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’ musical language embraced both instrumental<br />
and vocal forms with equal success, and he addressed a<br />
large and varied audience both in Britain and abroad. He<br />
was awarded an Honorary DMus by Westminster Choir<br />
College, Princeton in 1987 and he was made CBE in the<br />
1985 New Year’s Honours. In 1992, the year of his death,<br />
Nimbus Records embarked upon a series of recordings<br />
of his major works.<br />
2
Anniversary Dances<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+ picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 3 perc (SD, bell, BD, tamb, cym, clash cym, tri,<br />
glock, tam, bongo, cas, w blk), hp or cel, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655577<br />
This work was composed in celebration of the Centenary<br />
of the founding of the University College of North Wales,<br />
Bangor. It consists of a Prelude, Five Dances, and Finale.<br />
The opening Prelude, with its dancing brass fanfares,<br />
leads without a break to the first Dance which is lively and<br />
vigorous, followed by the second Dance, which is slow and<br />
mesmeric. Dance No.3, marked Vivace, has strong hints<br />
of parody, even to the momentary use of castanets, while<br />
No.4 (Allegro scherzando) is spiky and edgy in its use of<br />
woodwind and muted brass. No.5 (Andante cantabile)<br />
is warm and Celtic in mood, featuring a broad-spanned<br />
melody first heard in the horns. The Finale, and coda<br />
redeploy and develop the music of the work’s opening.<br />
There are no direct folk-song quotations but the Dances<br />
are linked in musical terms, allowing the work to form a<br />
kind of Dance Ceremony for orchestra.<br />
23 minutes<br />
Carnival of Wales<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 3 perc (SD, clash cym, tri, TD, tam, xylo, glock, bell,<br />
BD, tamb, sus cym, crotales), hp, cel, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656383<br />
Based on Welsh folk songs, this work was commissioned for<br />
the last night of the 1987 Welsh Proms in association with<br />
the Welsh Arts Council. It is an ideal closing item for any<br />
festive or celebratory concert.<br />
26 minutes<br />
Orchestral<br />
Celtic Dances<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn<br />
(III+btbn), tba (opt), timp, 3 perc (tam, bell, glock, sus<br />
cym, SD, tri, TD, clash cym, tamb, tabor, BD, w blk),<br />
cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655737<br />
Study score* 9780193655720<br />
Completed in 1972, Celtic Dances opens with a mysterious<br />
Allegro vivace, developing from a flowing quaver motif<br />
into the first dance theme. This is followed by the Allegro<br />
leggiero with descending melodic theme, which proceeds<br />
an altogether more regal Andante con moto. The work<br />
ends with a fast paced and rhythmic Allegro con slancio in<br />
dramatic fashion.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
14 minutes<br />
Concerto for Orchestra<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob, 3 cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,<br />
4 perc (clash cym, SD, BD, tamb, xylo, TD, w blk, tam, cel,<br />
sus cym, tam, tri, tamb, tbells, glock), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656529<br />
This three-movement work was premiered by the Royal<br />
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1966. It is typical<br />
of <strong>Mathias</strong>’s highly rhythmic and vivacious style, with<br />
virtuosic melodic lines dancing round this highly animated<br />
score.<br />
22 minutes<br />
Dance Overture<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 4 perc<br />
(glock, bell, SD, tamb, tri, w blk, clash cym, gong, sus<br />
cym), cel, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655812<br />
Study score* 9780193655805<br />
This Overture was commissioned by the 1962 Royal<br />
National Eisteddfod of Wales, where it was first performed<br />
by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Direct and lighthearted<br />
in character, the music makes extensive use of<br />
popular (particularly Latin-American) dance rhythms.<br />
There are three main ideas; two of these are basically<br />
canonic or imitative by nature, and are furthermore heard<br />
simultaneously in the compressed recapitulation section.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
6 minutes<br />
Orchestral<br />
3
Orchestral<br />
arr. Philip Lane<br />
Divertissement<br />
Full orchestra<br />
Score and parts* 9780193657175<br />
*Available from Good Music Publishers<br />
Festival Overture<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (bell,<br />
tamb, SD, tamb, BD, clash cym, sus cym, ), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655935<br />
Festival Overture was written in 1969 for the<br />
Caernavonshire Youth Orchestra.<br />
8 minutes<br />
In Arcadia<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp,<br />
perc (tubaphone (or glock), bells, vib, SD, tamb, cym, sus<br />
cym, w blk, tri, whip, tam, BD), cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655904<br />
Study score* 9780193655928<br />
This piece was commissioned by the Alumni Association of<br />
the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth to celebrate<br />
its 100th Anniversary Year. <strong>Mathias</strong> has used the occasion<br />
to write a work which meditates on the nature of Time.<br />
In Arcadia is entirely based on a short carol written by<br />
the composer in 1954 when he was himself a student at<br />
Aberystwyth. The concept of `arcadia’ is symbolic of eternal<br />
youth, innocence, and joy.<br />
18 minutes<br />
Helios<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (BD, tam,<br />
cym, sus cym, 3 w blk, 3 small dr, SD, whip, glock, vib,<br />
mba, crotales, tbell), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656734<br />
Helios was commissioned, in association with the Welsh<br />
Arts Council, by the Llandaff Festival. This work was more<br />
than partly inspired by a visit to Greece made by <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
during the summer of 1975 – ‘Helios’ was the sun-god of<br />
Greek mythology. The transparency and translucence of<br />
Greek landscapes and sea-scapes had an effect on the<br />
scoring, and although there are no folk-song quotations,<br />
Greek dance rhythms are sometimes invoked. The work<br />
has much to do with the transformation into sound of<br />
a recollected experience. There is also the concept of a<br />
journey beginning in darkness and closing in the memory<br />
of light.<br />
16 minutes<br />
Holiday Overture<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD,<br />
w blk, BD, tam, cym, Chinese blk, tri, tamb, glock, vib,<br />
claves, bongos, marac), pn, cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656604<br />
Holiday Overture was commissioned by the BBC in<br />
association with the Welsh Arts Council. It was first<br />
performed the BBC Welsh Orchestra in September of 1971.<br />
16 minutes<br />
Invocation and Dance<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc<br />
(clash cym, BD, SD, sus cym, tri, tamb, gong), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655911<br />
Invocation and Dance was commissioned by the Cardiff St.<br />
David’s Day Festival in 1962. The Invocation draws <strong>Mathias</strong>’s<br />
‘unmistakable Welsh qualities to the fore, with its folk-like<br />
Dorian melody heard in the oboe’. The work is recorded<br />
by the London Symphony Orchestra, conducted by David<br />
Atherton on Decca SLX 6607.<br />
12 minutes<br />
arr. Philip Lane<br />
Jubilee Dances<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl (picc), 2 ob (cor ang), 2 cl (bss cl), 2 bn<br />
4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (bd, sd, cym, tri, tamb, tub<br />
bls, tam-tam, whip, glock, xylo) cel (opt), hrp, str<br />
Score and parts* 9780193657151<br />
This work, originally written as Vivat Regina for the Silver<br />
Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 1977, was scored for brass<br />
band. This arrangement by Philip Lane skilfully crafts the<br />
work for full orchestra.<br />
*Available from Good Music Publishers<br />
8 minutes<br />
4
Laudi<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 3 perc<br />
(glock, vib, bells, SD, MD, tri, w blk, sus cym, clash cym,<br />
timbale, bongos (mid to high), whip, tam), pn (+cel), str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656628<br />
Study score* 9780193656611<br />
Laudi was first performed at the Llandaff Festival in June<br />
1977, dedicated to the artistic director of festival, the late<br />
Christopher Cory. The opening flourish, glittering with<br />
percussive bell-like sonorities, underlines its sense of<br />
ritual and praises. The initial gestures give way to a central<br />
section of contemplation before a rhythmically exhilarating<br />
ride leads to an expectant climax. The work is recorded<br />
by the New Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by David<br />
Atherton on Argo ZRG 882.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
14 minutes<br />
Litanies<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 3 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc<br />
(TD, SD, BD, cym, tam, w blk, glock, xylo, vib, tbell), hp,<br />
pn/cel, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656543<br />
Commissioned by the BBC in Wales in 1967, Litanies is a<br />
concertante for orchestra in twenty-seven sections. The<br />
work was dedicated to the composer’s father.<br />
14 minutes<br />
arr. Philip Lane<br />
Parisian Suite<br />
2 fl (picc), 2 ob (cor ang), 2 cl (bss cl & alto sax), 2 bn (cnt<br />
bsn), 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, perc (bd, sd, cym, tri,<br />
glock) hrp, str<br />
Score and parts* 9780193657168<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong> composed his Suite Parisienne for two pianos in<br />
September 1953 when he was 18 years old. Just before his<br />
death in 1992, he rediscovered this early piece and revised<br />
it for publication. Philip Lane’s orchestration is based upon<br />
this revised version.<br />
En voyage · Promenade · Montmartre<br />
*Available from Good Music Publishers<br />
7.5 minutes<br />
arr. Philip Lane<br />
Processional<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl (picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, tba (opt),<br />
timp, perc (tri, sd drm, claves, glock, xylo) hrp, str<br />
Score and parts* 9780193356450<br />
This work was originally conceived for organ and published<br />
in 1965. Like so much music for organ, it has inherent<br />
orchestral possibilities which have been brought out in this<br />
arrangement by Philip Lane.<br />
*Available from Good Music Publishers<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
Requiescat<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc<br />
(vib, sus cy, glock, tbells), cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656758<br />
Study score* 9780193656741<br />
Requiescat was composed in 1977 and dedicated ‘In<br />
Memoriam Sir Ben Bowen Thomas’, a key founder of the<br />
North Wales Music Festival. The largely elegiac character<br />
of Requiescat is implicit in the title, and the music unfolds<br />
in broad lyrical paragraphs, developing inexorably<br />
towards a powerful climax. This subsides, descending<br />
sequentially to a recapitulation (in varied form) of the<br />
opening melodic strand of the work, and merges into the<br />
enveloping harmonic stasis with which the work comes<br />
to its suspended conclusion. Under the final page <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
quotes a line from Sir Thomas Browne - ‘And the slumber of<br />
the body seems to be but the waking of the soul’.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
10 minutes<br />
Orchestral<br />
5
Orchestral<br />
Serenade for Small Orchestra<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bn (opt), 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, perc<br />
(tamb, tri, SD, BD, sus cym, clash cym)(opt), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656369<br />
Serenade for Small Orchestra was composed for<br />
Carmarthenshire Youth Orchestra in 1961. The first<br />
movement makes predominant use of the harp, ending<br />
with a compressed recapitulation where the tunes that<br />
form the first and second subjects are super imposed. The<br />
second movement has the flavour of a folksong, and ends<br />
with a playful and dance-like Rondo finale.<br />
Allegretto · Lento, ma con molto · Allegro con slancio<br />
8 minutes<br />
Sinfonietta<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 2 perc<br />
(cym, BD, SD, tri, tamb, blk, gong, glock, xylo, vib), pn<br />
(+cel), str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656376<br />
Sinfonietta was commissioned for the 1967 Leicestershire<br />
County Music Festival. The work in three movements was<br />
originally titled Dance Suite, and opens with a lively Allegro<br />
no troppo - Vivace, followed by a lyrical Lento con molto<br />
with folk-like interweaving woodwind melodies. The final<br />
movement, Allegro con slancio, is typical of <strong>Mathias</strong>’s highly<br />
rhythmic dance-like style.<br />
12 minutes<br />
Symphony No. 1<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 3 perc (SD, cym, BD, tri, tamb, gong (tam), w blk,<br />
glock, xylo, tom, bells), hp, cel, pn, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656482<br />
Study score* 9780193656475<br />
Commissioned by the Llandaff Festival in 1966, the musical<br />
language throughout is described by the composer as<br />
being ‘firmly tonal’. The first movement opens with an<br />
initial idea containing a number of contrasted segments<br />
forming the fist subject. The second group of ideas divides<br />
into two main themes, before moving into a slower and<br />
quieter development section. The following Scherzo is<br />
rhythmically strong with bold use of percussion. The<br />
proceeding slow movement is relatively static in effect,<br />
constantly changing colour and timbre, with something of<br />
an improvisatory character. With a brass flourish the Rondo<br />
commences, drawing together three musical statements<br />
separated by contrasting episodes, leading to the final<br />
coda.<br />
Allegro moderato · Vivace · Molto adagio, sempre flessible ·<br />
Largamente - Allegro con brio<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
30 minutes<br />
Symphony No. 2 (Summer Music)<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 4 perc (BD, 2 tam, tbell, bell tree, 3 sus cym, 2 SD,<br />
claves, clash cym, glock, tamb, vib, crotales, TD, ), hp, cel,<br />
pn, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656505<br />
Study score* 9780193656499<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s Second Symphony was commissioned by the<br />
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society, and is divided into<br />
three movements. Aestiva Regio (Summer Region) opens<br />
with a slow swirling which emerges into a processional,<br />
interrupted by occasional fanfares. After a gentle wind<br />
invocation, A’m gwlad gysefin yw bro sêr hefin or My original<br />
country is the region of the summer stars unfolds with a<br />
stream of poetic lyricism that refers back to Taliesin’s<br />
Legend, which builds inexorably and passionately to a<br />
series of heroic symbolic fanfares. The final movement is<br />
based upon a section of prose by Dylan Thomas, surging<br />
forth with a blaze of sound and energy. With a jazzy<br />
pulse and proliferating counter tunes, ideas are fleetingly<br />
recapitulated before the work ends with an exhilarating<br />
final fanfare.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
28 minutes<br />
6
Symphony No. 3<br />
Full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob (III+ca), 3 cl (III+bcl), 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn,<br />
3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, tri, tamb, w blk, cym,<br />
tam, vib, xylo, BD, bells, glock, crotales, bongo), cel, pn,<br />
hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656536<br />
Study score* 9780193656512<br />
Premiered by the BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra in 1991,<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s third Symphony opens with four interlocking<br />
ideas upon which the entire work is based. Throughout the<br />
opening movement, these ideas are repeated and varied,<br />
building to the first major climax of the piece. The slow<br />
movement momentarily resolves the unease with a flowing<br />
melody, eventually forming an elegy which is echoed<br />
between the winds and strings. This echo is interrupted by<br />
hieratic fanfares, with virtuosic flourishes building towards<br />
the final movement. The Symphony ends with a fierce<br />
surge of energy, defiant with a powerful final word.<br />
Allegro moderato · Lento appassionato · Allegro non<br />
troppo, e risoluto - Allegro vivace<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
35 minutes<br />
Vistas<br />
Full orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc<br />
(glock, vib, 2 SD, clash cym, 2 sus cym, whip, w blk,<br />
claves, tamb, bongos, tam, crotale), pn (+cel), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656642<br />
Study score* 9780193656635<br />
Vistas was commissioned by The Swansea Festival 1975,<br />
with the first performance given at the festival by The<br />
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gaetano<br />
Delogu. The work is recorded by the New Philharmonia<br />
Orchestra, conducted by David Atherton on Argo ZRG 882.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
17 minutes<br />
Solo Instrument & Orchestra<br />
Concerto for Clarinet<br />
Solo clarinet, string orchestra & percussion<br />
cl solo, perc (glock, vib, 2 roto-toms (med and high), sus<br />
jazz cym), str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655751<br />
Study score* 9780193655744<br />
Clarinet and piano score* 9780193655775<br />
This three-movement clarinet concerto is scored for solo<br />
clarinet, strings and percussion. The first performance<br />
was given at the 1975 North Wales Music Festival by the<br />
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra with clarinetist Gervase<br />
de Peyer. Although the virtuoso clarinet part is extremely<br />
demanding, the percussion is used only sparingly to add<br />
atmosphere to the musical texture. In the first movement<br />
a quiet vibraphone supports the lyrical second tune,<br />
and a solo suspended cymbal, playing jazz rhythms,<br />
accompanies the clarinet in the last movement cadenza.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
18 minutes<br />
Concerto for Flute<br />
Solo flute & string orchestra<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655959<br />
Flute and piano score* 9780193655942<br />
The work’s three movements are strongly contrasted.<br />
The first movement draws on the flute’s capacity for<br />
gracefulness and poise, whilst movement 2 is a study in<br />
far more intense and even tragic emotions. The concerto’s<br />
rhythmic and bustling finale highlights the flute’s capacity<br />
for display.<br />
Allegretto grazioso · Lento molto · Allegro molto vivace<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
14 minutes<br />
Solo Instrument & Orchestra<br />
7
Solo Instrument & Orchestra<br />
Concerto for Harp<br />
Solo harp & chamber orchestra<br />
fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, tpt, timp, 2 perc (SD, cym, BD, tri, tam,<br />
glock, xylo, vib, 2 timbles (med and high), tamb, w blk),<br />
cel, str (solo harp)<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655898<br />
Study score* 9780193655881<br />
Dedicated to Welsh harpist Osian Ellis, <strong>Mathias</strong>’s Concerto<br />
for Harp was premiered at The Llandaff Festival in 1970. The<br />
music throughout is ‘strongly connected to the land and<br />
seascapes of South West Wales’, where the concerto was<br />
composed. The opening Moderato begins with a summons<br />
by bells, and the harp enters over gently undulating strings<br />
before exploring two contrasting ideas - one of great<br />
rhythmic energy, the other flowing and lyrical. The second<br />
movement Adagio appassionato, sempre flessibile is more<br />
elegiac in tone, with the composer describing it as an<br />
exploration of the ‘landscape of the mind’. The final Allegro<br />
vivo is a return to a joyful and folk-dance style.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
25 minutes<br />
Concerto for Harpsichord<br />
Solo harpischord, string orchestra & percussion/<br />
string quintet<br />
hpd solo, perc (mar, bongos, w blk (high and med), sus<br />
cym, vib, glock, SD, tri), str (quintet or string orchestra)<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656581<br />
Commissioned by the 1971 Fishguard Festival in<br />
association with the Welsh Arts Council, the opening<br />
Toccata explores a number of ideas which are partially<br />
re-stated following a contrasted central section. The<br />
central Aria has a prominent obligato part for vibraphone;<br />
the music develops to a climax of expressive intensity<br />
afterwards closing in the contemplative mood of the<br />
opening. The final Capriccio is a lively dance-like movement<br />
giving full play to much varied writing for harpsichord and<br />
to the various textural combinations inherent in the work<br />
as a whole.<br />
18 minutes<br />
Concerto for Horn<br />
Solo horn, string orchestra & timpani<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656840<br />
Horn and piano score* 9780193656864<br />
Commissioned by the Llandaff Festival in association with<br />
the Welsh Arts Council, this work was first performed<br />
in St David’s Hall, Cardiff, on 9 June 1984 by Hugh Potts<br />
(to whom it is dedicated) and the Northern Sinfonia<br />
conducted by Richard Hickox. The opening Prelude<br />
exhibits both the declamatory and lyrical qualities of the<br />
horn, and the succeeding Scherzo, its capacity to play at<br />
speed. The Nocturne is the most deeply felt movements,<br />
and the final Capriccio is both capricious and rhythmic.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
20 minutes<br />
Concerto for Oboe<br />
Solo oboe & string orchestra<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656901<br />
Oboe and piano score* 9780193656895<br />
The first movement is tautly argued, and its material is<br />
drawn almost entirely from the opening string chords<br />
and following oboe tune. The central Adagio is a deeply<br />
expressive slow movement drawing on the oboe’s inherent<br />
melodic qualities. The rhythmic finale finds the oboe in a<br />
more dance-like mood, and there is a cadenza before the<br />
coda brings the music to a decisive close.<br />
Allegro non troppo · Adagio espressivo · Vivace<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
18 minutes<br />
Concerto for Organ<br />
Solo organ & full orchestra<br />
org solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 6 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, 3 perc<br />
(SD, TD, BD, cym, sus cym, tam, tamb, tri, bells, w blk,<br />
glock, crotale, vib), cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656857<br />
Solo organ part* 9780193656871<br />
Study score*<br />
This concerto was premiered by the BBC Welsh Symphony<br />
Orchestra and Gillian Weir in 1984, and is divided into<br />
fifteen variational sections based on the concept of the<br />
fourteen Stations of the Cross followed by an extended Et<br />
resurrexit finale. It is designed as a large-scale, dramatic/<br />
musical structure with a dominating virtuoso part for<br />
the organ. The work’s basic material is freely derived<br />
from a fourteen note idea first heard in the organ pedals.<br />
These notes in sequence also form the tonal centres of<br />
the fourteen variations, with the finale resolving on to G.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
28 minutes<br />
Concerto for Piano No. 1<br />
Solo piano & full orchestra<br />
pn solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc<br />
(SD, BD, cym, tamb, glock, xylo), str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655997<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s first Piano Concerto was originally composed in<br />
1955, and later revised in 1992. The first movement entitled<br />
Allegro opens with bold, highly syncopated rhythms before<br />
progressing into a more intimate and expressive section.<br />
The following Lento presents a more inward contemplation<br />
of the earlier ideas, before the final Allegro molto vivace.<br />
23 minutes<br />
8
Concerto for Piano No. 2<br />
Solo piano & full orchestra<br />
pn solo, 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, b<br />
tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (BD, tamb, cym, SD, tri, blk), cel, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656017<br />
A work in four movements: the first in toccata style, the<br />
second a brisk scherzo. The third is a highly elaborate and<br />
dramatic slow movement, and the finale is full of rhythmic<br />
energy and forcefulness.<br />
Allegro non troppo · Allegro appasionato · Andante ·<br />
Allegretto grazioso<br />
23 minutes<br />
Concerto for Piano No. 3<br />
Solo piano & full orchestra<br />
pn solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 3 perc (SD, BD, cym, tri, tamb, w blk, TD, tam,<br />
glock, xylo, vib, large tom, 2 timbles, bongos), cel,<br />
str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656031<br />
This concerto was commissioned by the 1968 Swansea<br />
Festival. The opening Allegro energico is in full sonata<br />
form with the first subject, introduced by a brass fanfare,<br />
featuring rumba rhythms on the piano, strings and<br />
percussion, while the second subject is slower and calmer<br />
in nature. The central movement conjures images of<br />
mystery, before a toccata-like Vivace briefly erupts, and<br />
then returns to the atmospheric textures heard earlier.<br />
The finale is in a lively 6/8 time, with intricate virtuosic<br />
figures for the soloist being accompanied by blazing brass<br />
interjections and melodic tangents.<br />
Allegro energico · Adagio - Vivace - Adagio · Allegro con<br />
brio<br />
23 minutes<br />
Concerto for Violin<br />
Solo violin & full orchestra<br />
vln solo, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn (3rd+cbn) 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn,<br />
timp, 2 perc (SD, tamb, cym, tri, tubaphone or glock,<br />
crotales, BD, bells, w blk, vib, whip, tam), cel, hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656925<br />
Violin and piano score* 9780193656918<br />
This is one of the composer’s last works, and is a heady<br />
celebration of song and dance, in four movements which<br />
are strongly contrasted yet highly integrated. Over a gentle<br />
background the violin sings a soaring melody which acts<br />
as a tranquil mandala for the opening Molto moderato - a<br />
point of departure and return. The second movement,<br />
Molto vivace, strikes a lively, hypnotic dance against a jazzy<br />
accompaniment. The Andante flessibile follows, forming<br />
the emotional heart of the work - a broad, long-breathed<br />
slow movement with an undeniably elegiac edge. The<br />
finale, Allegro con brio, opens with an agitated cadenza for<br />
the violin, followed by further development of the jazz and<br />
dance patterns, before an ending filled with elation where<br />
the violin runs, orchestra catching up to follow, to the<br />
finishing post.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
36 minutes<br />
Elegy for a Prince<br />
Baritone soloist & full orchestra<br />
2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn,<br />
timp, 2 perc (MD, SD, cym, sus cym, tam, whip,<br />
tamb, tabor, glock, xylo, vib), cel, pn, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655836<br />
Vocal score* 9780193655829<br />
Text by Gruffudd ab yr Ynad Coch, translated by Anthony<br />
Conran. The first performance was at Llandaff Festival, by<br />
Sir Geraint Evans, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra,<br />
and conducted by the composer himself.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
15 minutes<br />
Songs of <strong>William</strong> Blake<br />
Contralto, celesta, harp, piano and strings<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193455733<br />
This twelve movement cycle was commissioned by the<br />
1979 Fishguard Music Festival, and was premiered by<br />
contralto Alfreda Hodgson with the BBC Welsh Symphony<br />
Orchestra, conducted by Erich Bergel.<br />
To Morning · Infant Joy · Infant Sorrow · Holy Thursday (1)<br />
· Holy Thursday (2) · The Lamb · The Tiger · The Chimneysweeper<br />
· London · On Another’s Sorrow · The Divine Image<br />
· To the Evening Star<br />
30 minutes<br />
Solo Instrument & Orchestra<br />
9
Chamber Orchestra<br />
Dance Variations<br />
Chamber orchestra<br />
2 fl (II+picc), 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, timp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656703<br />
Study score* 9780193656697<br />
Commissioned and first performed by the London Mozart<br />
Players in 1977, it is in the first instance a closely argued<br />
and highly integrated set of orchestral variations. The<br />
material is wholly derived from two ideas immediately<br />
exposed in the opening Introduction, which then leads<br />
on to 12 variations. The Dance element in the work’s title<br />
derives from the fact that each variation contributes its<br />
own characteristic dramatic or lyrical gesture, giving the<br />
whole something of the spirit of an abstract ballet.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
19 minutes<br />
Intrada<br />
Chamber orchestra<br />
2 ob, 2 hn, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656567<br />
Intrada was commissioned fort the official opening of the<br />
Great Hall at University College in Aberystwyth.<br />
5 minutes<br />
Chamber Orchestra<br />
National Anthems<br />
Land of our Fathers<br />
God Save the Queen<br />
Chamber ensemble<br />
2 tpt, timp, perc, str, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656796<br />
These two arrangements were produced for the 1977<br />
North Wales Music Festival.<br />
5 minutes<br />
Reflections on a Theme of Tomkins<br />
Chamber orchestra<br />
fl, ob, org/hpd, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656772<br />
Reflections on a Theme of Tomkins was written for The St<br />
David’s Cathedral bach Festival 1981. The theme of the<br />
work is taken from ‘A Sad Pavan for these Distracted Times<br />
(14th February 1649).<br />
17 minutes<br />
Melos<br />
Chamber orchestra<br />
fl, hp, perc, str Percussion: glock, 2 sus cym, vib, cym, tam,<br />
crotale, whip, bongos, tri<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656666<br />
This work was commissioned by the Abbotsholme Arts<br />
Society (Director, Gordon Clark) in association with the Arts<br />
Council of Great Britain. The title derives from the fact that<br />
the music was partly stimulated by ta summer cruse of the<br />
Greek Island. Melos is both an island in the Aegean Sea (the<br />
mythical birthplace of Apollo), and the Latin/Greek word<br />
for ‘song.’<br />
14 minutes<br />
10
String Ensemble<br />
Divertimento for String Orchestra<br />
String Orchestra<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655867<br />
Recorded by the English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by<br />
David Atherton on Decca SXL 6468.<br />
Allegro ritmico · Lento non troppo · Allegro<br />
12 minutes<br />
Music for Strings<br />
String orchestra<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655966<br />
Introduction (Maestoso) · Canto · Danza<br />
17 minutes<br />
Prelude, Aria and Finale<br />
String orchestra<br />
Score 9780193656420<br />
Prelude, Aria and Finale for string orchestra was written in<br />
1964 for the Caerphilly Festival. The single-movement work<br />
was conceived as a compression of a multi-movement<br />
archetype and has three unified sections (rather than three<br />
movements). The work can be thought of as an imagined<br />
musical triptych, the outer two sections contrasting to the<br />
expressive central Aria. Although strikingly individual in<br />
character, the Prelude and the Finale are, in general terms,<br />
marked by their urgency of tone and juxtaposed rhythmic<br />
fragments; the Finale in particular captures the rhythmic<br />
quality associated with the spirit of dance. In contrast, the<br />
central Aria is a rich palette of melody, where divisi stringwriting<br />
is utilised to enhance the expansive nature of the<br />
musical material.<br />
10 minutes<br />
String Ensemble<br />
Threnos<br />
String orchestra<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656932<br />
This impressive single-movement score for stings was<br />
commissioned by the 1990 Lichfield Festival for the<br />
Guildhall String Ensemble and formed a companion piece<br />
to the earlier and essentially luminous Greek-inspired Melos<br />
for harp, flute, percussion, and strings. The emotional<br />
world of Threnos - threnody – explores the concept of grief<br />
and loss through a wide variety of contrasted expressions:<br />
the music moves from contemplation to anger, from<br />
consolation to anguish.<br />
17 minutes<br />
11
Brass Ensemble<br />
Investiture Anniversary Fanfare<br />
Brass ensemble<br />
4 tpt, 2 bass tpt (or ten tbn), btbn, timp, 3 perc (clash<br />
cym, SD, MD)<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656819<br />
Investiture Anniversary Fanfare was written in 1979 for the<br />
programme ‘Celebration’ in which HRH The Prince of Wales<br />
celebrated the 10th year of his Investiture in Caernafon<br />
Castle.<br />
4 minutes<br />
Vivat Regina<br />
Brass Ensemble<br />
Brass band<br />
sop Eb, solo cor Bb, rep Bb, 2nd cor Bb, 3rd cor Bb, flugel<br />
Bb, solo hn Eb, 1st hn Eb, 2nd hn Eb, 1st bari Bb, 2nd bari<br />
Bb, 1st tbn Bb, 2nd tbn Bb, btbn C, euph Bb, Eb bass, Bb<br />
bass, timp, 2 perc (2 SD, tri, clash cym, BD, tbell, tamb,<br />
whip, tam, glock, sus cym)<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193656680<br />
Score* 9780193656949<br />
Parts* 9780193656956<br />
This work was commissioned for the Queen’s Silver Jubilee<br />
Celebrations was first performed at a Royal Silver Jubilee<br />
Concert in the Royal Albert Hall in June 1977. The work<br />
opens with a vivacious fortissimo ‘Fanfare’ before easing<br />
into a Andante maestoso ‘Aria’ with flowing sustained<br />
melodic lines. The third movement, a lively ‘Jig’ is followed<br />
by a Lento ‘Mountain Song’, before progressing into a with<br />
great exaltation into a final ‘Jubilate ‘ and ‘Fanfare’.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
10 minutes<br />
12
Opera and Staged Works<br />
The Servants<br />
Vocal and instrumental scores on hire 9780193374478<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl (in Bb+A), 2 bsn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt,<br />
3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc, pno (+cel), hp, str, vln solo (offstage)<br />
Peter Jack, a servant bailiff baritone<br />
Basil, a landowner tenor<br />
Oriane, his wife soprano<br />
Hans Joseph, an old retainer bass<br />
Father Ambrose, a priest bass<br />
Marina, daughter-in-law of Hans Joseph<br />
and betrothed to Peter Jack mezzo-soprano<br />
Mikey, a boy servant silent<br />
Patrice, a gypsy bass baritone<br />
Maxim, son of Marina and grandson<br />
of Hans Joseph tenor<br />
General Klein, brother of Oriane bass baritone<br />
(role doubled with Patrice)<br />
Chorus of servants<br />
The Servants was the only opera written by <strong>William</strong><br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>. It was commissioned by Welsh National<br />
Opera, and is based on the play The Servants and<br />
the Snow written by the librettist Iris Murdoch. The<br />
work highlights the relationship between Basil, the<br />
landowner, and his servants. Basil intends to run the<br />
estate doing away with outdated traditions including<br />
the droit du seigneur. However, these gestures are<br />
seen by his staff as a sign of feudal weakness. The<br />
opera explores themes similar to those of Mozart’s The<br />
Marriage of Figaro.<br />
135 minutes<br />
Jonah<br />
Conductor’s score and parts on hire 9780193374652<br />
Vocal scores on hire 9780193374638<br />
2 tpt, pno duet, org, timp, 2 perc (sd, bd, cym, tri, tamb, gong,<br />
glock), str, 4 pre-recorded sound tapes<br />
Jonah baritone<br />
Narrator tenor<br />
Shipmaster tenor<br />
sa Children’s Chorus<br />
satb Chorus<br />
Based on the biblical story, Jonah was devised as a<br />
musical morality involving music, speech, movement<br />
and recorded sounds. The parts for Jonah and the<br />
Narrator should be taken by professional singers;<br />
the orchestra can be made up of professional players<br />
and amateurs (or schoolchildren). It may be sung as<br />
a cantata or staged as a masque.<br />
60 minutes<br />
Opera and Staged Works<br />
Welsh National Opera, 1980<br />
WNO Archives<br />
13
Choral Works<br />
Ave Rex<br />
Choral Works<br />
SATB & orchestra/organ<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba (opt), timp, 2<br />
perc, org (or pn), str Percussion: glock, bells, clash cym,<br />
tamb, SD, TD, tri, sus cym<br />
Vocal score 9780193374294<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374287<br />
This sequence of carols opens with a setting of Ave Rex,<br />
a gateway to the cycle with bold organ accompaniment.<br />
A spirited and rhythmic setting of Alleluya, A New World<br />
is come on hand follows, moving into a tender setting of<br />
There is no Rose of such virture. In great contrast follows the<br />
ever popular and dance inspired Sir Christemas, before a<br />
closing variation of Ave Rex.<br />
Lux Aeterna<br />
Soprano, mezzo-sop, alto soloists, childrens choir,<br />
SATB & full orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 4 perc (tbells, bell tree, glock, vib, BD, sus cym, SD,<br />
BD, clash cym, tam, tamb, xylo, TD, vib, whip, claves,<br />
crotales, tri), cel, pn, org, hp, str<br />
Vocal score 9780193374614<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374621<br />
A large-scale oratorio work, premiered at the Three Choirs<br />
Festival, Hereford, 26 August 1982.<br />
58 minutes<br />
A May Magnificat<br />
SSAATTBB unaccompanied or with chime bars<br />
Vocal score* 9780193374423<br />
14 minutes<br />
Ceremony after a Fire Raid<br />
SATBarB, piano & percussion<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374355<br />
Hire vocal scores 9780193374348<br />
Setting texts by Dylan Thomas, Ceremony after a Fire Raid<br />
was written for The Scholars in 1973.<br />
Myselves the Grievers Grieve · I know not wheter Adam or<br />
Eve · Into the Organpipes and Steeples<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
9 minutes<br />
Rex Gloriae<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score* 9780193374492<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
20 minutes<br />
Learsongs<br />
SA, piano duet/’cabaret’ band<br />
Ensemble version: cl, tpt, perc (sus cym, SD, tri, small dr,<br />
glock, tamb, bells), pn duet, db<br />
Vocal score 9780193374690<br />
Chorus part* 9780193374713<br />
Hire piano duet parts 9780193374676<br />
Hire ensemble version score and parts 9780193374683<br />
Settings of great variety of five nonsense poems by Edward<br />
Lear which reflect the quirky, humorous quality of Lear’s<br />
poetic imagination. The little cabaret band combines<br />
with children’s voices to create a particular sound world<br />
designed to reflect the uniquely humorous quality of Lear’s<br />
poetic imagination.<br />
Riddles<br />
6 Soloists (2 altos, 1 tenor, 2 baritones, 1 bass),<br />
SATB, bells and piano<br />
Vocal score* 9780193374317<br />
“From the earliest times, and in all parts of the world, mankind<br />
has taken a great delight in riddling - a riddle being both an<br />
enigma and a puzzle game.”- <strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong>.<br />
Riddles was commissioned by the Vancouver Chamber<br />
Choir for performance with The King’s Singers. The work<br />
is based upon seven riddles from The Anglo-Saxon ‘Exeter<br />
Book’, translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland. The soloists set<br />
the seven riddles, with the larger choir seeking to find their<br />
solution.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
17 minutes<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
15 minutes<br />
14
Royal Garland<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score* 9780193374409<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
15 minutes<br />
Salvator Mundi<br />
Upper voices, piano duet, percussion & string<br />
orchestra<br />
pn duet, perc (tamb, tri, BD, w blk, chime bars (or glock),<br />
sus cym, SD, glock), str; OR pno duet only<br />
Vocal score 9780193374591<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374607<br />
A Christmas carol sequence with texts taken from 15th-,<br />
16th-, and early 17th-century sources.<br />
Make we merry · Mirabile mysterium · Be we merry in this<br />
feast · Lullay · Susanni · Christe, Redemptor Omnium ·<br />
Welcome Yule<br />
18 minutes<br />
Shakespeare Songs<br />
SATB & piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193411906<br />
Hire vocal scores 9780193374454<br />
This eight-movement work sets texts taken from different<br />
Shakespeare plays. The piano part is integral to the whole,<br />
helping to emphasise the contrasting moods of these<br />
poems. Although these eight famous poems are taken<br />
from a number of different plays by Shakespeare (and<br />
hence from many different contexts), their variety of mood<br />
and feeling allowed me to set them in the first instance as a<br />
linked group almost, indeed, as a song cycle.<br />
Under the greenwood tree · Full fathom five · Lawn as<br />
white as driven snow · Sigh no more, ladies · Crabbed age<br />
and youth · Dirge · It was a lover and his lass · Blow, blow,<br />
thou winter wind<br />
Te Deum<br />
Soprano, Mezzo-soprano & Tenor soloists, chorus &<br />
orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, 3 perc (SD, clash cym, TD, glock, bells, vib, BD, sus<br />
cym, tam, tamb), hp, str<br />
Vocal score 9780193374577<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374584<br />
15 minutes<br />
This Worlde’s Joie<br />
Soprano, tenor & baritone soli, SATB, children’s<br />
choir, orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba,<br />
timp, perc, pn (+cel), hp, small org, str Percussion: glock,<br />
vib, bells, crotales, cym, BD, tam, SD, tamb, tri, whip, 2 w<br />
blk<br />
Vocal score 9780193374379<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374386<br />
This large-scale cantata is a celebration of life, mixing<br />
sacred and secular texts in music of great power and<br />
variety. The work is organized to reflect both the seasons<br />
and the span of human life, with the wide range of poetic<br />
influences allowing for a broad palette of orchestral<br />
colours, and individual characterisation from the three<br />
soloists.<br />
I Spring (Youth) · II Summer (Maturity) · III Autumn (Decline)<br />
· IV Winter (Death)<br />
50 minutes<br />
World’s Fire<br />
Soprano & baritone soli, SATB & orchestra<br />
3 fl (III+picc), 1 ob, 2 cl, 1 bn, 1 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc,<br />
pn (+cel), hp, str<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374546<br />
An Epithalamium to poems by Gerard Manley Hopkins,<br />
World’s Fire was first performed in 1989 at St Asaph<br />
Cathedral, conducted by Richard Hickox.<br />
55 minutes<br />
Choral Works<br />
16 minutes<br />
15
Sacred Choral<br />
Sacred Choral Collections<br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong> Anthems<br />
SATB accompanied & unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score 9780193392625<br />
This anthology of nine anthems by <strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
(1934-1992) celebrates the eightieth anniversary of the<br />
composer’s birth. Ideal for church and concert choirs,<br />
it includes a variety of sacred works from throughout<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s career, each demonstrating an aspect of his<br />
unique compositional voice-from the lively ‘Alleluya Psallat’<br />
to the peaceful ‘As truly as God is our Father’. Alongside<br />
more established anthems, the collection reintroduces a<br />
number of lesser-known works into the choral repertoire,<br />
making it a must for all admirers of <strong>Mathias</strong>’s choral music.<br />
Contents:<br />
Alleluya psallat (Sing Alleluya)<br />
All thy works shall praise thee<br />
Arise, shine, for your light has come<br />
As truly as God is our Father<br />
Lift up your heads, O ye gates<br />
O how amiable<br />
Salve Regina (Hail, Queen)<br />
The law of the Lord: an introit<br />
The Lord’s Prayer<br />
Sacred Choral Leaflets<br />
Ad Majorem dei Gloriam<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193505117<br />
A glorious fanfare, crackling with life and vitality. Dancing<br />
syncopated rhythms and bare harmony give the fanfare<br />
real momentum and bite. This approachable work is well<br />
within the grasp of most choirs.<br />
3 minutes<br />
All thy works shall praise thee<br />
Dyn holl weithredoedd a’th glodforant<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193502185<br />
Setting text from Psalm 145, this titles is also published in<br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong> Anthems with English and Welsh text.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
All wisdom is from the Lord<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503779<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
Alleluia<br />
SATB, 2 trumpets & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193504615<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
Alleluia! Christ is Risen<br />
SATB & organ or brass, organ & timpani (opt.)<br />
3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp (or org)<br />
Vocal score 9780193853669<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193541153<br />
The organ plays a prominent role, with many solo areas<br />
interspersed throughout this exciting and festive anthem.<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong> sets four verses, each one related to the original<br />
theme, which results in a strong conclusion.<br />
6 minutes<br />
16
Alleluya psallat (Sing Alleluya)<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193853805<br />
Commissioned by the BBC in Wales, and first performed on<br />
25th October 1972 by the BBC Chorus, conducted by John<br />
Poole with Barry Rose (organ). Also published in <strong>William</strong><br />
<strong>Mathias</strong> Anthems.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
3 minutes<br />
Angelus<br />
SSAA & piano<br />
Vocal score* 9780193426023<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
5 minutes<br />
Arise, shine, for your light has<br />
come<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503670<br />
Arise, shine, for your light has come sets text from the 3rd<br />
Song of Isaiah and was commissioned by The American<br />
Association of Anglican Musicians. It is also available in<br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong> Anthems.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
5 minutes<br />
As truly as God is our Father<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193853768<br />
A quiet, reflective anthem to a text by Julian of Norwich,<br />
suitable for Trinity. Also published in <strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong><br />
Anthems.<br />
6.5 minutes<br />
Ave verum corpus<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193504691<br />
This short setting of a popular text provides church choirs<br />
with an attractive, contemporary alternative to the widely<br />
sung settings by Byrd, Mozart, and Elgar.<br />
Bless the Lord, O my soul<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503243<br />
Setting text from Psalm 104.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4 minutes<br />
Cantate Domino<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193504004<br />
Written for the John S. Davies Singers, commissioned by<br />
the Ludlow Festival in 1987, Cantate Domino sets words<br />
from Psalms 149 and 146. This setting explores the medium<br />
of SATB choir and organ in a different manner from many<br />
other anthems.<br />
9 minutes<br />
Come, Holy Ghost<br />
SATB, speaker, organ or three trumpets, timpani &<br />
organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193504653<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193532670<br />
This invigorating invocation to the Holy Spirit was written<br />
in the year of the composer’s death. It sets texts from Acts<br />
1: 1-2 and is suitable for Pentecost.<br />
7 minutes<br />
Communion Service in C major<br />
Unison voices & organ<br />
English & Welsh vocal score* 9780193516229<br />
Welsh vocal score* 9780193516243<br />
English vocal score* 9780193516533<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
The Doctrine of Wisdom<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193504363<br />
Commissioned by The Tablet for the Mass in thanksgiving<br />
for 150 years of endeavour, The Doctrine of Wisdom sets text<br />
from Proverbs III and IX.<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
Sacred Choral Leaflets<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
17
Sacred Choral Leaflets<br />
Except the Lord build the house<br />
SATB & organ or 3 trumpets (opt. timpani &<br />
percussion) & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503786<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193541078<br />
Commissioned for the 50th anniversary of Harvad<br />
University Memorial Church, this lively anthem draws upon<br />
texts from Psalm 127, 107, 128 and 134.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
6 minutes<br />
Festival Te Deum<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193516076<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
7 minutes<br />
Gloria<br />
TTBB and organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503250<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
6 minutes<br />
A Grace<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score* 9780193511316<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
2 minutes<br />
Hear O thou shepherd of Israel<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193870697<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4 minutes<br />
The heavens declare the glory of<br />
God<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193504219<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
5 minutes<br />
I will celebrate<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193504172<br />
A festive anthem with a lively organ part, this piece<br />
is not difficult, and an exhilarating work to perform.<br />
It is particularly appropriate for services of praise and<br />
thanksgiving, setting texts from Psalm 89 and 90.<br />
7 minutes<br />
In the time appointed<br />
SATB (with divisions) and organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193504479<br />
This challenging anthem, suitable for advent was written<br />
for the University Christian Church in Austin, Texas. The<br />
word painting in the individual sections is excellent, and<br />
the musical fabric combines a lyric section symbolic of<br />
those waiting for Christ to come, with a tuneful dancing<br />
section of hope that the Lord is coming.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
7 minutes<br />
I will lift up mine eyes<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503960<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
8 minutes<br />
The Law of the Lord<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503410<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
1.5 minutes<br />
Let all the world in every corner<br />
sing<br />
SATB & organ/brass<br />
3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion,<br />
organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193853935<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193503991<br />
Let all the world in every corner sing was commissioned for<br />
the Jubilee Service held at the Royal Albert Hall in 1987<br />
to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Royal School of<br />
Church Music.<br />
6 minutes<br />
18
Let the people praise thee, O<br />
God<br />
SATB & organ/orchestra<br />
3 fl (3+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tuba<br />
(opt), timp, 2 perc, hp, str<br />
Vocal score 9780193503724<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193541054<br />
Composed for the marriage of HRH The Prince of Wales<br />
and Lady Diana Spencer, this ebullient anthem clearly<br />
demonstrates the strong French influences that inspired<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong> during his student days. The sustained tender<br />
section midway through the work displays great gift for<br />
melodic writing in a plainsong-like style.<br />
5 minutes<br />
Let us now praise famous men<br />
SATB & organ or orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, timp, perc (SD,<br />
tamb, clash cym, glock, sus cym), hp, str<br />
Vocal score 9780193541160<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193541177<br />
Setting text from Ecclesiasticus, 44, Let us now praise<br />
famous men was commissioned for the opening service of<br />
the 1984 Three Choirs Festival.<br />
8 minutes<br />
Lift up your heads, O ye gates<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193804364<br />
This sprightly anthem, setting text from Psalm 24:7-10, is<br />
appropriate either during Advent or for Palm Sunday. It<br />
was originally written for the Oxford collection Anthems for<br />
Choirs 1, and makes use of lively, syncopated rhythm, and<br />
modern “pan-tonal” harmonies.<br />
2 minutes<br />
The Lord is my shepherd (Yr<br />
Arglwydd yw fy mugail)<br />
TTBB & piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193804333<br />
With texts in both Welsh and English, The Lord is my<br />
shepherd sets the well-known Psalm 23 text. The English<br />
text has been adapted by Dyfnallt Morgan.<br />
Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling<br />
place<br />
SATB, brass ensemble & organ<br />
2 tpt, 2 tbn, org<br />
Vocal score 9780193504424<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193504431<br />
7 minutes<br />
The Lord’s Prayer (Gwedd’ir<br />
arglwydd)<br />
TTBB & organ (or piano)<br />
Vocal score (English text) 9780193511460<br />
Vocal score (Welsh text)* 9780193504738<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis Op.<br />
53 (Jesus College Service)<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193516366<br />
8 minutes<br />
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (St<br />
David’s Service)<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193516830<br />
10 minutes<br />
Make a joyful noise unto the<br />
Lord<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193856240<br />
This short and uplifting anthem sets text from Psalm 100.<br />
2 minutes<br />
Sacred Choral Leaflets<br />
5 minutes<br />
19
Sacred Choral Leaflets<br />
Missa Aedes Christi<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193516595<br />
Missa Aedes Christi was commissioned by Christ Church<br />
Cathedral, Oxford in 1983 in memoriam of college alumni<br />
<strong>William</strong> Walton.<br />
Kyrie · Gloria · Sanctus · Benedictus · Agnus Dei<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
16 minutes<br />
Missa Brevis<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193516472<br />
Kyrie · Gloria · Sanctus · Benedictus · Agnus Dei<br />
16 minutes<br />
O be joyful in the Lord (Jubilate<br />
Deo)<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503816<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
7 minutes<br />
O clap your hands<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503885<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
6 minutes<br />
O how aimable<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503830<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4 minutes<br />
O Lord, our Lord<br />
SATB & organ (opt. brass ensemble)<br />
3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc, org<br />
Vocal score 9780193503977<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193503984<br />
7 minutes<br />
O Salutaris Hostia<br />
TTBB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score* 9780193410183<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
O sing unto the Lord<br />
SATB & organ/brass ensemble<br />
Vocal score 9780193502666<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193655980<br />
Setting texts from psalms 96 and 98, this work was first<br />
performed at Aldeburgh Festival in 1965 by the Purcell<br />
Singers, and conductor George Malcolm.<br />
5 minutes<br />
Praise is due to you, O God in Zion<br />
SATB & brass ensemble & percussion<br />
3 tpt, timp, 2 perc (tamb, timp, tri, vib(opt)), org<br />
Vocal score 9780193504271<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193504288<br />
8 minutes<br />
Praise ye the Lord<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503748<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4 minutes<br />
Psalm 150<br />
SATB & orchestra and/ or organ<br />
3 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2<br />
perc, pn, str and/or org Percussion: bells, SD, tamb, w blk,<br />
clash cym, sus cym, glock, BD, tam<br />
Vocal score 9780193503113<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193540958<br />
Commissioned by The Three Choirs Festival in 1969.<br />
8 minutes<br />
Rejoice in the Lord<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503946<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
7 minutes<br />
20
Salve Regina<br />
SATB or TTBB unaccompanied<br />
SATB vocal score* 9780193504035<br />
TTBB vocal score* 9780193503922<br />
Originally composed for Rhymney Silurian Male Choir,<br />
Salve Regina (Hail Queen of Heaven) was then transposed<br />
up a fourth for mixed voice choir.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4.5 minutes<br />
Tantum Ergo<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503861<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
4 minutes<br />
Three Medieval Lyrics<br />
SATB, 2 trumpets, percussion and organ<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374324<br />
Hire vocal scores 9780193374300<br />
A Sequence for St Michael · Easter Sunday · Invocation (‘for<br />
St Michael)<br />
8 minutes<br />
Thus saith God the Lord<br />
SATB & organ<br />
Vocal score* 9780193503182<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publications<br />
8 minutes<br />
Secular Choral Works<br />
The Echoing Green<br />
SSAA & piano<br />
Score 9780193426030<br />
Setting text by <strong>William</strong> Blake, The Echoing Green was<br />
commissioned by the Lyons Township High School Treble<br />
Choir in 1985.<br />
4 minutes<br />
It was a lover and his lass<br />
SATB & piano<br />
Score 9780193857216<br />
2 minutes<br />
O aula nobilis<br />
SSAA, brass ensemble, percussion & piano duet<br />
3 tpt, timp, 3 perc (SD, tamb, clash cym, tri, glock (or<br />
chime bars), BD), pn duet<br />
Score 9780193374416<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193374430<br />
With its trumpet fanfares and rhythmic vitality, this exciting<br />
anthem ends with a jubilant shout of celebration and is<br />
suitable for any school or upper-voice choir.<br />
3 minutes<br />
Secular Choral Leaflets<br />
Veni sancte spiritus<br />
SATB, 2 trumpets, percussion, & organ<br />
Vocal score 9780193532632<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193532663<br />
A substantial piece which employs brass and percussion to<br />
great effect, commissioned by The Three Choirs Festival in<br />
1985.<br />
9 minutes<br />
21
Christmas Choral<br />
Christmas Choral Leaflets<br />
A babe is born<br />
SATB & organ/piano duet/orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 2 perc<br />
(tri, SD, clash cym), pn (+cel), str<br />
Vocal score 9780193853676<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193430273<br />
With trademark <strong>Mathias</strong> ‘thrown’ rhythms, this spirited<br />
carol was comissioned by the Cardiff Philhamonic Choir in<br />
association with the Welsh Arts Council. Also available in<br />
100 Carols for Choirs.<br />
6 minutes<br />
Bell Carol<br />
SATB (with divisions) & organ/piano duet &<br />
optional percussion/brass ensemble<br />
2 tpt, 3 tbn, perc (tubaphone or glock, tri, tamb, tbells),<br />
org<br />
Vocal score 9780193431416<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193447981<br />
Bell Carol was commissioned by The Bach Choir in<br />
celebration of the 70th birthday of Sir David Willcocks. This<br />
joyous carol opens with an uplifting dotted brass motif, the<br />
driving force throughout the carol.<br />
4 minutes<br />
Hodie Christus Natus Est<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score 9780193850897<br />
Commissioned by the Collegiate Choir of Illinois Wesleyan<br />
University, this joyous antiphon heralds the Christmas<br />
morning with driving rhythm and vigour.<br />
3 minutes<br />
In Excelsis Gloria<br />
SATB unaccompanied<br />
Vocal score 9780193431683<br />
Written in 1954 for the University of Aberystwyth madrigal<br />
choir, this early carol features evocative paralleling similar<br />
to thirteenth-century medieval organum.<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
Nativity Carol<br />
SATB, brass, percussion and organ (or piano duet)<br />
Vocal score 9780193430648<br />
Dedicated for Sir David Willcocks and the Bach Choir.<br />
2.5 minutes<br />
Sir Christemas<br />
SATB & organ/brass/orchestra<br />
Orchestral version: 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn,<br />
tba, timp, perc (tamb, tri, glock, clash cym, SD), org or pn,<br />
str<br />
Brass version: 3 tpt, 3 tbn (OR 2 tpt, 2 hn, 3 tbn), timp,<br />
perc (tamb, tri, glock, sus cym), org<br />
Vocal score 9780193853652<br />
Hire orchestral score and parts 9780193430945<br />
Hire brass score and parts 9780193442023<br />
Words c.1500 anon. Also available in Carols for Choirs 2 and<br />
100 Carols for Choirs<br />
1.5 minutes<br />
Sweet was the song<br />
SATB & organ or piano<br />
Vocal score 9780193431270<br />
This peaceful carol carries the hallmarks of <strong>Mathias</strong>’s<br />
unmistakable craftsmanship, such is the seamless contrast<br />
between the chromatic opening material and the rich tonal<br />
harmonies of the sustained lullaby sections. Suitable for<br />
both concert and liturgical use.<br />
4 minutes<br />
Wassail Carol<br />
SATB (with divisions) & organ/orchestra<br />
2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 2 hn, 2 tpt, 2 tbn, timp, 1-2 perc (cym,<br />
tri, tamb, glock), org or pno, cel (opt)<br />
Vocal score 9780193429406<br />
Hire score and parts 9780193447349<br />
Suitable for both concert and liturgical use, Wassail Carol<br />
perfectly heralds the arrival of Christmas. With a lively<br />
organ part, and in a similar style to his Sir Christemas,<br />
this piece will deliver an exhilarating and exuberant<br />
performance.<br />
2 minutes<br />
22
Solo Instrumental<br />
A Vision of Time and Eternity<br />
Medium voice and piano<br />
Score 9780193455702<br />
Written in August 1972, this work was premiered by<br />
contralto Helen Watts accompanied by the composer at<br />
the piano.<br />
10 minutes<br />
The Fields of Praise<br />
Tenor and piano<br />
Score 9780193455726<br />
Setting five texts by Dylan Thomas, The Fields of Praise was<br />
commissioned by the BBC in association with the Welsh<br />
Arts Council. The work is dedicated to fellow composer<br />
Michael Tippett, and was first performed by <strong>William</strong><br />
<strong>Mathias</strong> and tenor Kenneth Bowen in 1977.<br />
29 minutes<br />
Improvisations for Harp<br />
Harp<br />
Score 9780193577596<br />
Allegro moderato · Lento - sonore · Allegro non troppo<br />
6 minutes<br />
Sonata No. 1<br />
Violin & piano<br />
Score* 9780193577602<br />
Written in 1961 for the Cheltenham Festival, this was<br />
actually <strong>Mathias</strong>’s second violin sonata - the first remaining<br />
unpublished.<br />
Molto vivace · Lento, ma con molto · Lento/ Allegro ritmico<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
19 minutes<br />
Sonata No. 2<br />
Violin & piano<br />
Score* 9780193577763<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s third violin sonata, this work was commissioned<br />
by The Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music for 1984<br />
Swansea Festival , and dedicated to the performers Erich<br />
Gruenberg and John McCabe.<br />
Allegro robusto · Vivace e ritmico · Adagio sostenuto ·<br />
Allegro molto vivace<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
20 minutes<br />
Sonata for Harp<br />
Harp<br />
Score 9780193577701<br />
A two movement rhapsodic work, in which the full gamut<br />
of harp timbres is effectively employed.<br />
Moderato e maestoso · Allegro vivo<br />
14 minutes<br />
Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano<br />
Clarinet & piano<br />
Score 9780193577770<br />
The first public performance of <strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong>’s Sonatina<br />
for clarinet and piano, Op.3 in a SPNM concert on 13<br />
July at the Town Hall in the 1957 Festival, put the Welsh<br />
composer on the international map. It is fascinating to<br />
observe how many of <strong>Mathias</strong>’ inimitable fingerprints are<br />
already present at such an early stage: the syncopated selfpropelling<br />
rhythms, eloquent lyricism and life-enhancing<br />
exuberance.<br />
8 minutes<br />
Sonatina for Flute and Piano<br />
Flute & piano<br />
Score 9780193577824<br />
This is an exuberant and high-spirited work, written when<br />
the composer was nineteen. With a hauntingly beautiful<br />
contrasting slow movement, this is a fine concert piece.<br />
A considerable amount of straight repetition renders the<br />
music easily assimilable. For instance, both main themes<br />
in the opening sonata movement are repeated during the<br />
exposition; similarly a large stretch of the development<br />
consists simply of a transposed version of a previous<br />
passage. Only in the third and final movement does the<br />
structure become more complex, with the combination of<br />
variants of the main themes of the first movement.<br />
8 minutes<br />
Santa Fe Suite<br />
Harp<br />
Score 9780193577589<br />
A colourful and attractive suite for solo harp, in the words<br />
of the composer, “directly inspired by a working visit to<br />
Santa Fe-a city beautifully set in an area of New Mexico<br />
suffused over many centuries by the culture and rhythms<br />
of Spain. The opening Landscape calls on the harp’s sense<br />
of atmosphere, the central Nocturne on its power of<br />
sonorous line, and the finale, Sun Dance, on its rhythmic<br />
capacity.<br />
10 minutes<br />
Solo Instrumental<br />
23
Chamber Ensemble<br />
Chamber Ensemble<br />
Ceremonial Fanfare<br />
2 Trumpets<br />
Score and parts* 9780193577572<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
1.5 minutes<br />
Concertino Op. 65<br />
Recorder or flute, oboe, bassoon & harpsichord or<br />
piano<br />
Score and parts* 9780193577534<br />
Moderato: Allegro vivo · Andante mesto · Allegro<br />
capriccioso<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
12 minutes<br />
Divertimento Op. 1<br />
Violin and viola<br />
Score 9780193577565<br />
This suite in four character filled movements is <strong>Mathias</strong>’s<br />
first acknowledged composition, composed when he was<br />
19 years old.<br />
Introduction · Square Dance · Intermezzo · Finale<br />
16 minutes<br />
Divertimento Op. 24<br />
Flute, oboe and piano<br />
Score* 9780193577558<br />
Allegretto · Andante comodo · Allegro ritmico<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
10 minutes<br />
Trio Op. 30<br />
Violin, cello and piano<br />
Score 9780193577817<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’s only piano trio was composed in 1965 for the<br />
Tunnell Trio. The piece comes almost directly between the<br />
two major early orchestral works, the Concerto for Orchestra<br />
and the Symphony No. 1. <strong>Mathias</strong>’s writing is exuberant<br />
but always tautly controlled. His control of structure -<br />
articulated in terms of a personal brand of sonata form - is<br />
already masterly. In the opening movement the material<br />
is tightly integrated but the rhetorical discourse unfolds<br />
naturally. The scherzo is a rhythmic tour-de-force while the<br />
slow movement blends lyricism and rhetoric in a manner<br />
which is characteristically Celtic. The finale is a bright, even<br />
occasionally folksy rondo with the odd American twinge<br />
from time to time.<br />
15 minutes<br />
Soundings<br />
Brass quintet<br />
Score* 9780193577787<br />
The Overture immediately exposes a dance-like idea, a<br />
chordal sequence and a running pattern which form the<br />
basis not only of this movement but of the work as a whole.<br />
The succeeding March is ironic in nature, with its use of<br />
muted trumpets - except at the climax. The Elegy uses the<br />
instruments in a singing, deeply expressive manner. After<br />
recalling the chordal sequence from Movement I, the final<br />
Capriccio launches into a lively and metrically varied dance.<br />
Brass sounds are used throughout, but always within the<br />
context of an integrated musical argument.<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
14 minutes<br />
String Quartet No. 1<br />
String quartet<br />
Score and parts 9780193577619<br />
Exposition I · Exposition II · Development · Recapitulation<br />
and Coda<br />
18 minutes<br />
String Quartet No. 2<br />
String quartet<br />
Score and parts 9780193577794<br />
Allegro · Andante - Vivace · Lento molto ed espressivo ·<br />
Allegro vivo<br />
19 minutes<br />
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String Quartet No. 3<br />
String quartet<br />
Score and parts 9780193577671<br />
<strong>Mathias</strong>’ third and final quartet was commissioned by the<br />
1986 Harrogate International Festival and premiered there<br />
in August that year by the Medici Quartet. It has three<br />
movements: the first takes the form of a sonata, the second<br />
starts off as mysterious and lyrical and moves into a fiery<br />
climax, and the third uses exciting fugal passages and<br />
‘scherzando’ sections, which make for a thrilling conclusion.<br />
29 minutes<br />
Summer Dances<br />
Brass quintet<br />
2 tpt, hn, tbn, tba<br />
Score and parts 9780193577831<br />
This cheerful six movement suite for brass quintet employs<br />
dance rhythms and themes throughout. With plenty of<br />
interplay between the instruments, this is approachable<br />
and rewarding music for both performer and audience<br />
alike.<br />
Maestoso - Allegro all danza · Allegretto preciso · Allegro<br />
non troppo · Moderato · Lento con moto, e flessibile ·<br />
Allegro ritmico<br />
Chamber Ensemble<br />
18 minutes<br />
Quintet Op. 22<br />
Flute, oboe, bassoon, clarinet and horn<br />
Score and parts* 9780193577695<br />
Score* 9780193577688<br />
Introduction · Waltz · Scherzo · Elegy · Recitative<br />
*Available from June Emerson Wind Music<br />
15 minutes<br />
Zodiac Trio<br />
Flute, viola & harp<br />
Score 9780193577756<br />
This work was commissioned (in association with the Welsh<br />
Arts Council) by the Vale of Glamorgan Festival, where it<br />
was first performed by the Robles Trio. The title derives<br />
from the fact that it was composed for and dedicated to<br />
three personal friends, each of whom was born under a<br />
different sign of the Zodiac. An introductory Moderato<br />
leads directly into three distinctive movements<br />
16 minutes<br />
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Solo Organ and Piano<br />
Berceuse<br />
Organ<br />
Solo Organ and Piano<br />
Score 9780193755499<br />
A berceuse is usually a simple lullaby. In this case, however,<br />
the lullaby grows into a large-scale elegy with a disturbing<br />
climax.<br />
16 minutes<br />
Fantasy<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193755529<br />
Fantasy for organ is a work of virtuoso technical display.<br />
10 minutes<br />
Fenestra<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193755482<br />
Fenestra is full of opportunities for varied and exciting<br />
colours, the choice of which is left very much to the<br />
player’s discretion. The English for ‘Fenestra’ is ‘Windows’.<br />
The darkness of the work’s opening is gradually illuminated<br />
by sound windows of varying tempi, brightness and colour.<br />
The player is invited to adapt this metaphor on each<br />
occasion to the given individuality of the instrument, allied<br />
to the acoustic in which it is placed.<br />
12 minutes<br />
Little Suite for Piano<br />
Piano<br />
Score 9780193732797<br />
A collection of inventive little character pieces ranging in<br />
style from the quirky to the lyrical. Suitable for players of<br />
about Grade 6 standard. Prelude<br />
Dance · Celtic Lament · Burlesque · Arietta · Finale<br />
A <strong>Mathias</strong> Organ Album<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193755505<br />
<strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong> made a significant contribution to<br />
twentieth-century organ music. This collection presents<br />
seven of his most popular works.<br />
Canzonetta · Chorale · Jubilate · Postlude · Processional ·<br />
Recessional · Toccata Giocosa<br />
Partita Op. 19<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193755550<br />
This three movement work is characterized by majestic<br />
moods. A pixified romp marks the first movement, followed<br />
by a solemn second, before concluding with a hungry,<br />
snarling, and restless end movement.<br />
12 minutes<br />
Piano Sonata No. 1, Op.23<br />
Piano<br />
Score 9780193732827<br />
Utilizing the standard 3-movement sonata form, this<br />
vivacious Piano Sonata contrasts moments of great energy,<br />
verve, and rhythmic drive in the first and third movements<br />
with expressive yet dissonant writing in the second.<br />
Commissioned for the 1964 Arts Festival of the University<br />
College of North Wales, Bangor, Piano Sonata No.1 was first<br />
performed in Madrid by John Clegg on 13 February 1964.<br />
18 minutes<br />
Piano Sonata No. 2<br />
Piano<br />
Score 9780193732841<br />
Through composed and thus unlike Piano Sonata No.1, this<br />
one fifteen-minute movement begins and ends quietly yet<br />
retains a sense of clearly defined sections throughout.<br />
Piano Sonata No. 2 was commissioned by the BBC in<br />
Wales, and given its first performance by the composer on<br />
3 March 1970 in a broadcast recital as part of the BBC St<br />
David’s Festival of Music.<br />
15 minutes<br />
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Processional<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193369139<br />
Digital 9780193544505<br />
Processional bustles with cheerful positivity throughout,<br />
its rondo-like structure clarified by the memorability of its<br />
abundant melodies. The harmony is modal to begin with,<br />
but moves from this deliberately archaic sound to more<br />
piquant and modern colours, building to a triumphant<br />
conclusion.<br />
3.5 minutes<br />
Suite Parisienne<br />
2 pianos<br />
Score 9780193732810<br />
A suite with a gallic flavour, for two pianos.<br />
En Voyage · Promenade · Montmartre<br />
7 minutes<br />
Three Organ Pieces<br />
Organ<br />
Score 9780193755598<br />
Three of <strong>William</strong> <strong>Mathias</strong>’s substantial virtuoso organ<br />
compositions which will appeal to experienced organists<br />
who want attractive and challenging music for their<br />
recitals. Carillon is inspired by the sonority of bells - more<br />
particularly, the overtone harmonies generated by bells,<br />
and the type of music associated with the carillons of<br />
Belgium and Holland: simple, bright, and generally<br />
repetitive tunes played over relatively slow-moving,<br />
sonorously constant pedal harmonies. The piece, luminous<br />
and festive in nature, builds to a climax in which the<br />
various bell pedals are juxtaposed in bracing harmonies<br />
while the tunes peal out jubilantly above.<br />
Invocations · Antiphonies · Carillon<br />
Toccata Giocoso Op. 36 No.2<br />
Organ<br />
Score* 9780193755574<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publishing<br />
3 minutes<br />
Variations on a Hymn Tune: Braint<br />
Organ<br />
Score* 9780193755543<br />
This set of variations was written for the organ of Llandaff<br />
Cathedral, and is based on the Welsh hymn tune “Babel”.<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publishing<br />
14 minutes<br />
Solo Organ and Piano<br />
10, 10, 5.5 minutes<br />
Toccata Alla Danza<br />
Piano<br />
Score* 9780193732834<br />
*Available from Banks Music Publishing<br />
3 minutes<br />
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