William Mathias Catalogue

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William Mathias William Mathias was born in Whitland, Dyfed in 1934 and died in 1992. He began to compose at an early age, studying first at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, taking his BMus with first-class honours, and subsequently on an Open Scholarship in composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Music in 1965, and gained the DMus of the University of Wales in 1966. In 1968 he was awarded the Bax Society Prize under the Harriet Cohen International Music Awards, and in 1981 the John Edwards Memorial Award. From 1970-1988 he was Professor and Head of the Music Department at the University College of North Wales, Bangor. He was known as a conductor and pianist, and gave or directed many premières of his own works. In 1972 he founded the North Wales Music Festival at St Asaph Cathedral and remained its artistic director until his death. A house composer with Oxford University Press since 1961, his compositions cover an extraordinarily wide range. Early success include the Clarinet Sonatina at the 1957 Cheltenham Festival (followed within a year by broadcasts in France and Poland), and the Divertimento for String Orchestra which, following its London première, was quickly taken up as far afield as Prague and California. He has made a highly significant contribution to twentieth-century organ music, and his church music and carols are still regularly performed worldwide. Works such as the Symphonies, Clarinet Concerto, Harp Concerto, Improvisations for Harp, Laudi, Piano Concerto No.3, Ave Rex, Riddles and This Worlde’s Joie have entered the repertory; the Organ Concerto scored a great success in the 1984 BBC Proms, and Lux Aeterna has been hailed as one of the finest British choral/orchestral works this century. 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 awarded an Honorary DMus by Westminster Choir College, Princeton in 1987 and 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. 2
Anniversary Dances Full orchestra 3 fl (III+ picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, bell, BD, tamb, cym, clash cym, tri, glock, tam, bongo, cas, w blk), hp or cel, str Hire score and parts 9780193655577 This work was composed in celebration of the Centenary of the founding of the University College of North Wales, Bangor. It consists of a Prelude, Five Dances, and Finale. The opening Prelude, with its dancing brass fanfares, leads without a break to the first Dance which is lively and vigorous, followed by the second Dance, which is slow and mesmeric. Dance No.3, marked Vivace, has strong hints of parody, even to the momentary use of castanets, while No.4 (Allegro scherzando) is spiky and edgy in its use of woodwind and muted brass. No.5 (Andante cantabile) is warm and Celtic in mood, featuring a broad-spanned melody first heard in the horns. The Finale, and coda redeploy and develop the music of the work’s opening. There are no direct folk-song quotations but the Dances are linked in musical terms, allowing the work to form a kind of Dance Ceremony for orchestra. 23 minutes Carnival of Wales Full orchestra 3 fl (III+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, cbn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 3 perc (SD, clash cym, tri, TD, tam, xylo, glock, bell, BD, tamb, sus cym, crotales), hp, cel, str Hire score and parts 9780193656383 Based on Welsh folk songs, this work was commissioned for the last night of the 1987 Welsh Proms in association with the Welsh Arts Council. It is an ideal closing item for any festive or celebratory concert. 26 minutes Orchestral Celtic Dances Full orchestra 2 fl (II+picc), 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tpt, 3 tbn (III+btbn), tba (opt), timp, 3 perc (tam, bell, glock, sus cym, SD, tri, TD, clash cym, tamb, tabor, BD, w blk), cel, hp, str Hire score and parts 9780193655737 Study score* 9780193655720 Completed in 1972, Celtic Dances opens with a mysterious Allegro vivace, developing from a flowing quaver motif into the first dance theme. This is followed by the Allegro leggiero with descending melodic theme, which proceeds an altogether more regal Andante con moto. The work ends with a fast paced and rhythmic Allegro con slancio in dramatic fashion. *Available from June Emerson Wind Music 14 minutes Concerto for Orchestra Full orchestra 3 fl (III+picc), 3 ob, 3 cl, 3 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 4 perc (clash cym, SD, BD, tamb, xylo, TD, w blk, tam, cel, sus cym, tam, tri, tamb, tbells, glock), hp, str Hire score and parts 9780193656529 This three-movement work was premiered by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1966. It is typical of Mathias’s highly rhythmic and vivacious style, with virtuosic melodic lines dancing round this highly animated score. 22 minutes Dance Overture Full orchestra 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tba, timp, 4 perc (glock, bell, SD, tamb, tri, w blk, clash cym, gong, sus cym), cel, str Hire score and parts 9780193655812 Study score* 9780193655805 This Overture was commissioned by the 1962 Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, where it was first performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Direct and lighthearted in character, the music makes extensive use of popular (particularly Latin-American) dance rhythms. There are three main ideas; two of these are basically canonic or imitative by nature, and are furthermore heard simultaneously in the compressed recapitulation section. *Available from June Emerson Wind Music 6 minutes Orchestral 3
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Seite 7 und 8: Symphony No. 3 Full orchestra 3 fl
Seite 9 und 10: Concerto for Piano No. 2 Solo piano
Seite 11 und 12: String Ensemble Divertimento for St
Seite 13 und 14: Opera and Staged Works The Servants
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Seite 23 und 24: Solo Instrumental A Vision of Time
Seite 25 und 26: String Quartet No. 3 String quartet
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