Grace Williams interview and performance of Carillons
The article originally appeared in the Welsh Music - Cerddoriaeth Cymru Journal, Summer 1976/7, Vol. 5, No. 4.
She mentions Carillons and describes the oboe as her favourite woodwind instrument.
Picture © Grace Williams Estate
Performance in USA
30th July, 2022, University of Colorado Boulder, USA
Performance of Carillons for Oboe and Orchestra (1965; revised in 1973) – Grace Mary Williams (1906-1977)
I- Moderato con moto. II- Allegretto alla pavana. III- Lento rapsodico. IV- Allegro scherzando
Publisher: Curiad
Sarah Roper, oboe. IDRS 2022 Conference Festival Orchestra, Gary Lewis, Conductor. 51st International Double Reed Society Conference, held at the University of Colorado Boulder, USA, July 26-30, 2022.
"Sarah Roper, the new president of IDRS and the Solo Oboe of the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla, Spain, will perform Grace Mary Williams Carillons for Oboe and Orchestra. Williams is the most notable female composer from Wales, and she is the first British woman to score a feature film. This piece was commissioned by the BBC in Wales, who requested “something light-weight and entertaining.”
