Episode 4
William Alwyn (1905-1985): 4/5. Donald Macleod looks at some of the chamber music Alwyn wrote during a stressful period in his life as well as a work dedicated to Sir Henry Wood.
William Alwyn (1905-1985)
4/5. During the 1950s Alwyn's home and professional life had become so stressful that in the early 1960s he suffered a nervous breakdown. Donald Macleod looks at some of the chamber music Alwyn wrote during those difficult years and introduces a work dedicated to the man who was perhaps more influential on Alwyn's career than any other – Sir Henry Wood.
Fantasy-Waltzes: Nos 1, 2, 3 and 6
John Ogdon (piano)
Overture (Derby Day)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
William Alwyn (conductor)
String Trio
Members of the Quartet of London
Concerto grosso No 3
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox (conductor).
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