William Alwyn - Selected Works

Selected Works

Stage

• The Fairy Fiddler, Opera (1922)
• Farewell Companions, Radio Opera (1955); libretto by H.A.L. Craig
• Juan, or The Libertine, Opera in 4 acts (1965–1971); libretto by the composer freely adapted from James Elroy Flecker's play Don Juan and other works
• Miss Julie, Opera in 2 acts (1972–1976); libretto by the composer after the 1888 play by August Strindberg

Orchestral

• Five Preludes (1927)
• Aphrodite in Aulis, Eclogue after George Moore for small orchestra (1932)
• The Innumerable Dance, an English Overture (1933)
• Tragic Interlude for 2 horns, timpani and string orchestra (1936)
• Overture to a Masque (1940)
• Concerto grosso No. 1 in B♭ major (1942)
• Score for Country Town (1943)
• Suite of Scottish Dances for small orchestra (1946)
• Concerto grosso No. 2 in G major for string quartet and string orchestra (1948)
• Symphony No. 1 (1948–1949)
• Festival March (1951)
• The Magic Island, Symphonic Prelude (1952)
• Symphony No. 2 (1953)
• Symphony No. 3 (1955–1956)
• Elizabethan Dances (1956–1957)
• Fanfare for a Joyful Occasion for brass and percussion (1958)
• Symphony No. 4 (1959)
• Derby Day, Overture (1960)
• Concerto grosso No. 3 (1964)
• Sinfonietta for string orchestra (1970)
• Symphony No. 5 Hydriotaphia (1972–1973)
• Sinfonietta No. 2 for string orchestra (1976)

Band

• The Moor of Venice, Overture for brass band (1956)

Concertante

• Piano Concerto No. 1 (1930)
• Violin Concerto (1939)
• Pastoral Fantasia for viola and string orchestra (1939)
• Concerto for oboe, harp and strings (1944)
• Autumn Legend for cor anglais and string orchestra (1954)
• Lyra Angelica, Concerto for harp and string orchestra (1954)
• Piano Concerto No. 2 (1960)
• Concerto for flute and 8 wind instruments (1980)

Chamber music

• Sonatina for violin and piano (1933)
• 2 Folk Tunes for cello or viola and piano (or harp) (1936)
• Novelette for string quartet (1938)
• Ballade for viola and piano (1939)
• Sonata Impromptu for violin and viola (1939)
• Rhapsody for violin, viola, cello and piano (1939)
• Divertimento for solo flute (1940)
• Sonatina for viola and piano (1941)
• Suite for oboe and harp (1944)
• Sonata for flute and piano (1948)
• Three Winter Poems for string quartet (1948)
• Conversations for violin, clarinet and piano (1950)
• Trio for flute, cello and piano (1951)
• String Quartet No. 1 in D minor (1953)
• Crepuscule for harp (1955)
• Sonata for clarinet and piano (1962)
• String Trio (1962)
• Moto Perpetuo for recorders (1970)
• Naiades, Fantasy Sonata for flute and harp (1971)
• String Quartet No. 2 Spring Waters (1975)
• Chaconne for Tom for descant recorder and piano (1982)
• String Quartet No. 3 (1984)

Piano

• Hunter's Moon (1920s)
• Odd Moments, Suite (1920s)
• The Orchard (1920s)
• Haze of Noon (1926)
• Two Irish Pieces
• April Morn, 4 Petites Pièces (1924–1926)
• Fancy Free, 4 Pieces
• Contes Barbares, Hommage à Paul Gauguin (1930–1933)
• Night Thoughts (1940)
• Prelude and Fugue Formed on an Indian Scale (1945)
• Sonata alla Toccata (1946)
• By the Farmyard Gate, 4 Pieces
• From Ireland, 7 Traditional Tunes
• Wooden Walls, Suite
• Midsummer Night, Suite
• Green Hills
• Five Pieces, Suite
• Two Intermezzi
• Two Pieces
• Harvest Home, Suite
• The Tinker's Tune
• Down by the Riverside
• Nine Children's Pieces
• Fantasy-Waltzes (1956)
• Twelve Preludes (1958)
• Movements (1961)
• Twelve Diversions for the Five Fingers

Vocal

• 3 Songs to Words by Trevor Blakemore for voice and piano (1940)
• Mirages, Song Cycle for baritone and piano (1970)
• 6 Nocturnes for baritone and piano (1973)
• Invocations, Song Cycle for soprano and piano (1977)
• A Leave Taking, Songs for tenor and piano (1978)
• Seascapes, Song Cycle for soprano, treble recorder and piano (1980)