February 29, 2016

"Ave maris stella" broadcast on BBC Radio 3 
The Richard Hickox Singers

Richard Hickox (conductor)

From the Chandos CD.

 

March 1, 2016

St David's Day Concert at the St David's Hall, Cardiff, entirely devoted to Grace Williams' music :
- Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes

- Trumpet Concerto*

- Missa Cambrensis - premiere modern performance

​Fflur Wyn (soprano), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Rees (tenor), Jason Howard (bass), Rowan Williams (narrator), members of National Youth Choir of Wales, Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion, BBC National Chorus of Wales

*Huw Morgan (trumpet)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tecwyn Evans (conductor)

All three recordings available on this website.

 

March 7, 2016

World premiere modern performance of the "Four Illustrations for the Legend of Rhiannon" (1939-40)
BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Perry So (conductor)
Broadcast on BBC Radio 3, part of the "Celebrating Women Composers" program for the International Women's Day 2016

Recording available on this website.



March 8, 2016​​

"Sea Sketches" (1944) broadcast on BBC Radio 3 for the International Women's Day
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Roy Goodman (conductor)

 

March 18, 2016​​

"Fairest of Stars" broadcast on BBC Radio 3 
Ailish Tynan (soprano)

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

From the 2015 BBC Proms.

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May 24, 2016​​

"Sea Sketches" (1944) played and broadcast live on BBC Radio 3

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Tadaaki Otaka (conductor)

Recording available on this website.

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August 29, 2016​​

Fiftieth anniversary recording of the collective work "Severn Bridge Variations" (1966), including Grace Williams' "Variation on Braint"

BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Perry So (conductor)

Later broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 27 January 2017.

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October 6, 2016​​

Performance of the "Sonatina for Flute and Piano" available on SoundCloud

Sarah Newbold (flute)

Zoe Smith (piano)

Recorded and produced at Tŷ Cerdd Studios by James Clarke.

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November 14, 2016​​

Creation of the YouTube channel entirely devoted to Grace Williams' music.

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March 4, 2017​​

"Penillion" for orchestra played in concert at the St. Catherines Church

Harmony Sinfonia

Lindsay Ryan (conductor)

Video available on this website.

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July 22, 2017​​

The BBC Proms travels to Hull for a performance of music inspired by water, including Grace Williams' "High Wind" & "Calm Sea in Summer" from "Sea Sketches"

Royal Northern Sinfonia

Nicholas McGegan (conductor)

More info at : https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/eh8v9r

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September 4-7, 2017​​

"The First International Conference on Women’s Work in Music" 

Organised by the School of Music at Bangor University, Wales, to mark the 40th anniversary of the death of Grace Williams.

More info at : http://www.sma.ac.uk/2017/01/cfp-the-first-international-conference-on-women%E2%80%99s-work-in-music/

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September 7, 2017​​

World premiere modern performance of the "Sonata for Violin and Piano" (1930; rev. 1938), as part of the International Conference on Women’s Work in Music.

​Madeleine Mitchell (violin)

Konstantin Lapshin (piano)

Powis Hall, Bangor University, Wales.

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December 1, 2017​​

Release of the CD "My Last Duchess: The Songs of Grace Williams"

LORELT LNT140
Jeremy Huw Williams, baritone
Paula Fan, piano & harpsichord
Rachel Kay Green, harp

​More info at : https://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-Duchess-Songs-Grace-Williams/dp/B077HKSWR8

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December 2, 2017​​

"Ave Maris Stella" played in concert by Commotio

Oxford's Contemporary Voices

Director : Matthew Berry

19:30, St John the Evangelist Church, 109A Iffley Road, Oxford OX4 1EH

More info at : http://www.commotio.org/forthcoming-performances.html

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March 18, 2018​​

Second modern performance of the "Sonata for Violin and Piano" (1930; rev. 1938)

Mary Hofman (violin)

Richard Ormrod (piano)

Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales.

 

July 16, 2018​

"Hiraeth" (1951), performed by Welsh harpist Anne Denholm (b. 1991), broadcast on BBC Radio 3

Recording available on this website.

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August 26, 2018​​

Broadcast No. 296 for thegrand@101 on August 26/2018. "Women in Music."

   From 10.00-12 midnight on www.thegrand101.com  

“Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes” (10.35)
Royal Ballet Sinfonia
Conductor: Andrew Penny

“Six Welsh Oxen Songs” (9.00)
Baritone: Jeremy Huw Williams        
Harpist: Rachel Kay Green

“Sea Sketches” for String Orchestra
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra
Conductor: Roy Goodman
- High Wind (3.00)
- Sailing Song (2.10)
- Channel Sirens (4.25)
- Breakers (2.10)
- Calm Sea in Summer (6.05)

“Two 9th Century Welsh Poems”
Baritone: Jeremy Huw Williams        
Harpist: Rachel Kay Green
- The White Town (3.45)
- Eagle of Pengwern (2.30)

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September 15, 2018​​

"Sea Sketches" (1944) broadcast on BBC Radio 3
Manitoba Chamber Orchestra

Roy Goodman (conductor)

 

November 19, 2018​​

London premiere of the "Sonata for Violin and Piano" (1930; rev. 1938)

Sian Philipps (violin)

Constance Chow (piano)

Blackheath Halls, South East London.

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March 1, 2019​​

6 - 7:30pm

Grace Williams Chamber Music Album Launch, City University Performance Space, College Building, St John Street, London EC1V 4PB 

​https://www.city.ac.uk/events/2019/march/grace-williams

Introduction by Mitchell, short performances with her London Chamber Ensemble, drinks reception. Free but tickets required. Co-hosted by the British Music Society.

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March 5, 2019​​

6:30 - 8pm

Recital University Women’s Club, 2 Audley Square, London W1K 1DB including Grace Williams' Violin Sonata and works by Amy Beach, Lili Boulanger, Rebecca Clarke, Sadie Harrison and Judith Weir. 

Madeleine Mitchell with Cerys Jones, violin and Konstantin Lapshin, piano. 

A limited number of tickets available to the public.

https://www.universitywomensclub.com/

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March 8, 2019​​

Release of the CD "Grace Williams: Chamber Music"

Naxos 8571380

Madeleine Mitchell, violin & director

London Chamber Ensemble

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Williams-Madeleine-Mitchell-Ensemble-Madelein/dp/B07MWXTTJL/

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March 8, 2019​​

1:15 - 2pm 

Dora Stoutzker Hall, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff - Madeleine Mitchell: A Century of Music by Women Composers, on International Women’s Day

Grace Williams' Violin Sonata & Rondo for Two Violins, Judith Weir's Atlantic Drift, Lili Boulanger's and Rebecca Clarke's Nocturnes with Cerys Jones, violin and Konstantin Lapshin, piano.

Welsh Launch of Grace Williams Album.

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March 16, 2019​​

7:30pm

Crozet Baptist Church, 5804 St. George Avenue, Crozet (Virginia 22932, USA)

Grace Williams' Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes is performed by the Crozet Community Orchestra directed by Philip Clark, together with Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and Otto Nicolai's Overture "The Merry Wives of Windsor".

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March 22, 2019​​

1:05 - 1:55pm

Leeds University International Concert Series - Madeleine Mitchell

Recital: Grace Williams' and Edward Elgar's Violin Sonatas, Michael Nyman's Taking it as Read (for MM) with Konstantin Lapshin, piano.

​http://concerts.leeds.ac.uk/events/madeleine-mitchell/ 

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April 28, 2019​​

"The Correspondence between Elizabeth Maconchy and Grace Williams, 1927-77" (420 pages), compiled and edited by Jenny Doctor and Sophie Fuller, is to be published by Routledge.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Correspondence-between-Elizabeth-Maconchy-Williams/dp/140942412X

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May 23, 2019​​

1 - 2pm

The Woodville, Gravesend, Kent DA12 1DD London Chamber Ensemble, director: Madeleine Mitchell

Johannes Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 2 and Grace Williams' Rondo and Sarabande:

​https://woodville.seatlive.com/whats-on/whats-on-auditorium/

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May 24, 2019​​

7:30pm 

Beaumaris Festival, Anglesey - The London Chamber Ensemble, director: Madeleine Mitchell

Grace Williams' Sextet for Oboe, Trumpet, Piano and String Trio plus Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 2 and CPE Bach's Oboe Sonata.

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September 27, 2019​​

1pm

Friends Meeting House, Ship Street, Brighton (UK).

Grace Williams' Sonata for Violin and Piano performed by Sian Philipps (violin) and Constance Chow (piano).

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November 30, 2019​​

7:30pm

St Mark's Regent's Park, London (UK), NW1 7TN

Grace Williams' Violin Concerto performed by Madeleine Mitchell (violin) and the Bloomsbury Chamber Orchestra conducted by Michael Turner, together with works by Georges Bizet, Claude Debussy & Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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December 15, 2019​​

Pilgrim Congregational Church, Harwich Port

Grace Williams' Sea Sketches live performed by the Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra. Video available on YouTube.

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March 23 - March 27, 2020​​

BBC Radio 3 broadcasts a series of Afternoon Concerts featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and including works by Grace Williams. These five recordings are all available on the Grace Williams YouTube channel.

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- March 23: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes for orchestra (1940) performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Grant Llewellyn.

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- March 24: Symphony No. 2 (1956; rev. 1975) performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by  Owain Arwel Hughes.

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- March 25: Ave maris stella (1973) performed by the BBC National Chorus of Wales conducted by Adrian Partington.

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- March 26: Ballads for orchestra (1968) performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Vernon Handley.

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- March 27: Sea Sketches for String Orchestra (1944) performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales conducted by Owain Arwel Hughes.

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March 26, 2022

Live performance of Grace Williams' Violin Concerto.

Fenella Humphreys, violin

Ealing Symphony Orchestra

https://www.ealingso.org.uk/whats-on/20220326