Two Welsh Dances
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Product ID: GM1 CO024
By Alun Hoddinott
published: 1958
Publisher:
Goodmusic
Arranger:
Stone
Series:
Concert Originals
Line Up:
Symphony Orchestra
Duration:
4:30
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This work
has been arranged from Hoddinott's Welsh Dances for Orchestra which was
commissioned by the BBC for the Light Programme Music Festival 1958. The
Two Welsh Dances can be performed with flute, oboe, clarinet and
strings with or without piano.
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Composer
Alun Hoddinott (1929-2008)
Alun Hoddinott CBE (11 August 1929 – 12 March 2008), was a Welsh composer of classical music, one of the first to receive international recognition.
Hoddinott was born in Bargoed, Glamorganshire, Wales. He was educated at Gowerton Grammar school before matriculating to University College, Cardiff, and later studied privately with Arthur Benjamin. His first major composition, the Clarinet Concerto, was performed at the Cheltenham Festival of 1954 by Gervase de Peyer with the Hallé Orchestra and Sir John Barbirolli.
This brought Hoddinott a national profile, which was followed by a string of commissions by leading orchestras and soloists. These commissions continued up to his death, and he was championed by some of the most distinguished singers and instrumentalists of the 20th century.
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