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Nocturne for Orchestra youtube.com/watch?v=sfa81r…

Gweddi y Pechadur (The Sinner's Prayer) youtube.com/watch?v=Vz9a0P…

And finally... Group 109 in Rd 1 sees a new name, Michael Csányi-Wills’ 1st Symphony @MCSANYIWILLS. It’s joined by Grace Williams’ Sinfonia Concertante Grace Williams, Granville Bantock’s choral Vanity of Vanities, & Malcolm Williamson’s 7th Symphony. Listening links below.

Rd 2 Group 7 pits together John McCabe’s 7th Symphony ‘Labyrinth’, Grace Williams’ 1st Grace Williams, Edmund Rubbra’s 9th (Sinfonia Sacra) & William Alwyn’s 4th William Alwyn and Doreen Carwithen. Listening links below.

Vote Alun Hoddinott - fantastic symphony

Rd 3 Group 11. New to the party - Arnold Bax’s 5th Symphony & Edmund Rubbra’s final 11th. Plus, George Dyson’s Choral Symphony & the 3rd Symphony by Christopher Painter. United Music Publishing Ltd Dyson Music Trust Dyson in D Christopher Painter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Listening links below

Grace Williams’ 2nd Symphony was originally completed in 1956 & premiered in Swansea by The Hallé & George Weldon in 1957. Nearly 20 years later it was heavily revised & relaunched in Llandaff in 1976 with BBC NOW & Christopher Adey. Oriana Publications Grace Williams

Rd 3 Group 19. Bax’s 4th Symphony enters the fray, as does Panufnik’s Sinfonia Sacra (No 3). And we’re rejoined by Grace Williams’ 1st & George Lloyd’s 6th. Grace Williams The George Lloyd Society Listening links below

And here’s the last Rd 3 group, No 32. The last ever group of 4! We’re introduced to Arnold Bax’s 6th Symphony & Richard Arnell’s 5th. And then returns for Hans Gál’s 4th (Sinfonia Concertante) & Alun Hoddinott’s 6th. Listening links below. HansGalSociety Alun Hoddinott

Rd 4 Match 18. It’s the last-chance saloon for both Sir Granville Bantock & Grace Williams, with their ‘A Celtic Symphony’ & 2nd Symphony respectively. Striking works, completed & revised towards the end of their lives. Grace Williams CBSO Listening links below

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Rd 3 Group 26. 3 seeded new arrivals today. Violin concerti by both Oliver Knussen & Grace Williams, plus the small matter of William Walton’s Viola Concerto. Finally, John Casken’s Violin Concerto. Another toughie! #britstringcup Listening links below

Rd 6 Match 12. Two from The Fifties today, & Walton’s immediately back again. This time with his Cello Concerto. It’s up against the Violin Concerto of Grace Williams. Will this be equally close? #britstringcup Listening links below ⬇️

Please vote for Grace Williams - this is a wonderful work from a long overlooked composer.

Rd 1 Group 33. Joseph Holbrooke’s The Children of Don, Christopher Painter’s Cardiff Festival Overture, Gordon Jacob’s The Barber of Seville Goes to the Devil & Doreen Carwithen’s Bishop Rock. Christopher Painter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 Oxford Music William Alwyn and Doreen Carwithen #britovecup #classicalpoll