William Alwyn - 'Music from the Heart' event
Fri 17 Oct 2008
An evening focusing on the music and life of local composor William Alwyn. The event will include both a presentation and the watching of a dvd.
William Alwyn was born in Northampton in 1905. He was educated at Northampton Grammar School before going on to the Royal Academy of Music in London. He was a virtuoso flautist and for a time was a flautist with the London Symphony Orchestra. Alwyn served as professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music from 1926 to 1955.
He had a remarkable range of talents. He was a distinguished polyglot, poet, and artist, as well as musician. His compositional output was varied and large and included five symphonies, four operas, several concertos and string quartets.
Alwyn wrote over 70 film scores from 1941 to 1962. His classic film scores included Odd Man Out, Desert Victory, Fires Were Started, The History of Mr Polly, The Fallen Idol, The Black Tent and Crimson Pirate.
Alwyn could be considered a late Romantic composer whose style is not dissimilar to, for example, William Walton. Alwyn's concerto for harp and string orchestra, Lyra Angelica, became popularly known when figure skater Michelle Kwan performed to it at the 1998 Winter Olympics.
William Alwyn died in Suffolk in 1985.
The evening will feature clips from films featuring his music as well as recordings of his varied concert output. We will be showing a clip from the 1998 Winter Olympics, where his music was played.
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