Grace Williams: Missa Cambrensis, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (1971) [World Premiere]

Missa Cambrensis, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra (1971)
Janet Price, soprano
Rhiannon Davies, alto
Kenneth Bowen, tenor
John Barrow, bass
Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society
Llandaff Cathedral Boys' Choir
BBC Welsh Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Robert Joyce
World Premiere Performance, 16 June 1971 (broadcast on 4 July 1971)

I- Kyrie eleison
II- Gloria ; Laudamus te ; Domine Deus ;
Qui tollis peccata mundi ; Quoniam tu
solus sanctus ; Cum Sancto Spiritu
III- Credo ; Carol Nadolig ; [Credo] ;
Beatitudes ; Crucifixus
IV- Sanctus ; Benedictus
V- Agnus Dei ; Dona Nobis Pacem

Commissioned by the Llandaff Festival.
Dedicated to Nancy Elizabeth Jenkins.
Scoring : Narrator. SATB (solo). SATB (chorus). TrTrTrTr (solo). TrTrA (chorus). Harp. Viola. Cello. Orchestra (2[II+Picc].2[II+CA].2[II+BCl].2.Cbsn/4.2.3.1/Timp/2Perc/Piano/Strings)
Score published by Oriana Publications, Cardiff (2010)
Text : Latin Mass Bible ; Saunders Lewis ("Carol Nadolig")

Grace Mary Williams (1906-1977) was one of the first professional Welsh composers of the twentieth-century to attain significant national recognition, and is now recognized as one of the greatest female composers of the XXth Century. Her large output encompasses two symphonies, several symphonic suites and symphonic poems, concertos for piano, violin, trumpet and oboe, as well as large-scale choral works, numerous vocal compositions and a few chamber and solo instrumental pieces.

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