Composers: Grace Williams
Compositions: Chamber music
Performers: Madeleine Mitchell v, David Owen Norris p, London Chamber Ensemble
Catalogue Number: NAXOS 8571380

Grace Williams (1906-1977) is regarded as the foremost Welsh female composer of the 20th century. Her name may be familiar from her orchestral piece, the Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes, or her Second Symphony recorded some decades ago by Vernon Handley. Williams studied with Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob at the Royal College of Music in London, where Benjamin Britten was a fellow student. Though Williams’s work gained a reputation, she had difficulty securing performances:...