Adrian Williams

Concertino

InstrumentationViola Solo and String Orchestra (flexible size)
Length12 mins
Difficultymoderately easy for good amateurs, likewise solo part.
Commentsorchestral version of Toccata, Romance and Miniature Variations for viola and piano, accessible concert pieces, much performed.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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Leaves From The Lost Book

Instrumentation2+1.2.2.2 4.2.3.1 Timp 3 Perc Hp Strings (med-large)
Length20 mins
Difficultymoderate to difficult
CommentsColourful quasi-ballet score written for BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra in 1987 for Welsh Proms, inspired by the fantasy novel `Duncton Wood' by William Horwood - about a kingdom of MOLES! Brings house down!
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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Dies Irae

Instrumentation2.2.2.2 4.3.3.1 Timp Strings (med-large)
Length15 mins
Difficultymoderate to difficult
CommentsCommissioned by the BBC in 1988, this work laments the destruction of the natural world by man. Powerful symphonic poem.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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The Doubting Light

InstrumentationString Orchestra (pref not smaller than 65432, but flexible)
Length13 mins
Difficultymoderately easy for good amateurs
Commentssubtitled `A November Sinfonia' and inspired by part of the Shepherd's Calendar by English poet John Clare.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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September Sky

InstrumentationBaritone and String Orchestra
Length16 mins
Difficultydifficult
CommentsA setting of a poem by the composer with the same title, about the anguish of lost love and the passing of time.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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Serenade for Strings

InstrumentationPreferably minimum 65432, but flexible (big, lucious sound required!)
Length15 mins
Difficultymoderately easy for good amateurs - good first violin solo needed!
CommentsPassionate, melodious score.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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Symphonic Studies

Instrumentation2+1.2+1.2.2+1 6.3.3.1 timp 6 perc cel hp piano Strings (large)
Length20 mins
Difficultymoderately difficult
CommentsBegun in 1975, this is a set of nine contrasted movements based on a 9-note row. A student work, the first performance was given by the Royal College of Music Orchestra in London, conducted by David Willcocks, in December 1976.
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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Tess

Instrumentation2.2.2.2 4.2.2.0 Timp 2 Perc Cel. Hp Strings (large)
Length24 mins
DifficultyDifficult
CommentsSymphonic poem dating from 1982 based on Thomas Hardy's classic novel Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Not at all a quaint 'cow and gate' English piece!
SourcesEditions Max Eschig, 215 rue du Fbg, Saint-Honore 75008 Paris Phone: 33 1 42 89 17 13 Fax: 33 1 45 63 62 91
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OtherDate: Sun, 07 Apr 1996 22:54:14 GMT
From: Adrian Williams orchlist@bramich.demon.co.uk
To: ORCHESTRALIST@hubcap.clemson.edu
Subject: Orchestral Music by Adrian Williams
Here is a selection of my works in the Eschig catalogue, which a friend has enabled me to release on ORCHESTRALIST. I am a fairly eclectic composer, working in the wild hills of west Wales, U.K., now in my 40th year (gulp). Winner of Menuhin Prize, Guinness Prize (no comment), avid orchestrator of music for films, musicals. Lots of sacred and secular choral music and chamber music. Eschig have details of most of my stuff, but if anyone wants to contact me personally, phone/fax 44 1591 610671.

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