Grace Williams (1906-1977)
Part Four
The poet RS Thomas once wrote that to live in Wales is to be conscious at dusk of the spilled blood that went to the making of the wild sky - a line that evokes the sense of visceral connection to their homelands that Celtic people often seem to have. Donald Macleod continues his exploration of the work of Grace Williams, talking to musicologists Heward Rees and Rhiannon Mathias about some of the ways in which her music emerges from the Welsh landscape in which she lived.
Playlist
Severn Bridge Variation
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Jac van Steen (conductor)
NMC D062
CD1 t12
Can Gwraig y Pysgotwr (Song of the Angler's Wife)
BBC Singers (Women), Ronald Corp (conductor),Stephen Betteridge (piano)
BBC RECORDING
Sinfonia concertante
Huw Watkins (piano)
BBC Symphony Orchestra
Baldur Brönimann (conductor)
BBC RECORDING
Rhosyn Duw
BBC Singers
Ronald Corp (conductor)
BBC RECORDING
