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William Mathias was born in Whitland, Carmarthenshire.A child prodigy, he started playing the piano at the age of three and began composing at the age of five. At Aberystwyth University Mathias was a member of the Elizabethan Madrigal Singers and wrote 'Gloria in Excelsis Deo' for them in 1954.
William Lovelock. Rhapsody Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1981) William Mathias. Harp Concerto, Op. 50 (1970) Marjan Mozetich. Concerto for Two Harps and Orchestra, The Passion of Angels (1995 ) Darius Milhaud. Harp Concerto, Op. 323 (1953) Sergiu Natra. Divertimento for Harp (solo) and String Orch. Charles Oberthür. Harp Concertino, Op. 175 ...
The North Wales International Music Festival is a classical music festival held annually in St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales. It was founded by William Mathias in 1972 and takes place every September. William Mathias was artistic director of the Festival for twenty years until his death in 1992. [1]
A Directory of Composers for Organ by Dr. John Henderson, Hon. Librarian to the Royal School of Church Music, 2005, 3rd edition. ISBN 0-9528050-2-2; Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5; Christopher S. Anderson (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Organ Music.
New classical works by British composers included the Flute Concerto by William Mathias and the String Quartet No. 1 by Mathias's former pupil John Pickard. Classic FM, the first national classical music station to launch since the opening of BBC Radio 3, 25 years earlier, began broadcasting in September.
Contemporary music often formed part of The Scholars' programmes and included specially composed works by Philip Radcliffe (Cor Cordium), Malcolm Williamson (Death of Cuchulan), William Wordsworth (Adonais), John Rutter (It was a Lover and his Lass), John Joubert (Five Carols), William Mathias (Ceremony After A Fire Raid), Robert Walker (The ...
Music's Empire for soli, chorus and orchestra; Elizabeth Maconchy. Little Symphony; Piccola Musica for violin, viola and cello; Trittico for two oboes, bassoon and harpsichord; William Mathias – Rex Gloriae for unaccompanied voices; Nicholas Maw – Flute Quartet; Dominic Muldowney. In Dark Times for soli and ensemble; Sports et ...
Faith of My Heart: Sacred Choral Music of Franz Liszt; 20th – 21st centuries c. 1900 – today Herbert Howells; Mandorla: Choral Masterworks of Frank Martin, Martin, Grieg, Hanson; Edmund Rubbra: The Sacred Muse; The Doctrine of Wisdom: Sacred Choral Music of William Mathias; Eclipse: The Voice of Jean Langlais