Grace Williams : The Dancers, Choral Suite (1951)

The Dancers : Choral Suite for Soprano, Women's choir, string orchestra and harp (1951)
Eiddwen Harrhy, soprano
Caryl Thomas, harp
Richard Hickox Singers
City of London Sinfonia
Conducted by Richard Hickox
I- Gather for Festival (3.15)
II- Tarantella (2.49)
III- Roundelay (5.17)
IV- Lose the Pain in the Snow (3.19)
V- To the Wild Hills (5.04)
Scoring : S (solo). SSA (chorus). Harp. String Orchestra.
Score published by the Oxford University Press (1953)
Text : various (Anonymous ; Hilaire Belloc ; Thomas Chatterton ; May Sarton ; Kathleen Raine)
Commercial recording : 1985 (Chandos ABRD1116) : Eiddwen Harrhy (soprano), Richard Hickox Singers, Caryl Thomas (harp), City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox [Re-issued 1998 (Chandos CHAN9617)]
Grace Mary Williams (1906-1977) was one of the first professional Welsh composers of the twentieth-century to attain significant national recognition, and is now recognized as one of the greatest female composers of the XXth Century. Her large output encompasses two symphonies, several symphonic suites and symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin, trumpet and oboe, as well as large-scale choral works, numerous vocal compositions and a few chamber and solo instrumental pieces.
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