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Alwyn spent the last 25 years of his life at Lark Rise, Dunwich Road, Blythburgh, Suffolk, where he composed his Concerto Grosso no. 3 (1964), two operas, Juan, or the Libertine and Miss Julie, and his last major orchestral work, Symphony No. 5 Hydriotaphia (1972–73).
The first fruits of Alwyn's renewed studies of 1939 may be described as his neo-classical period: they include a virtuosic Divertimento (including a three part fughetta written on two staves) for unaccompanied flute and two Concerti Grossi (1943/8).
Alwyn reacted to his self-assessed "woeful lack of technique" by concentrating on a Waltonian neo-classicism, à la that composer's Sinfonia concertante, and counterpoint. By the late Forties, however, Alwyn felt sufficiently capable to allow neo-Romantic elements into his music.
William Alwyn CBE, born William Alwyn Smith [1] (7 November 1905 – 11 September 1985), [2] was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. Contents. 1 Life and music. 2 Selected works. 2.1 Film scores. 3 References. 4 External links. Life and music.
Biography. William Alwyn was born in Northampton on the 7 th November 1905, and died in Southwold Suffolk on 11 th September 1985 just two months short of what would have been his eightieth birthday. He began his musical studies in 1920 aged just fifteen studying flute, piano, and composition at London’s Royal Academy of Music where in 1926 ...
After some shorter works including the Concerto for oboe, Harp and Strings (1944), possibly his sole incursion into the pastoral world of some older British composers, the Scottish Dances (1946), the Sonata alla Toccata (1947), a virtuoso piece for piano still belonging to his neo-classic period, and the brilliantly scored Overture for a Joyful ...
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The earlier works all bear traces of Alwyn's preoccupation at that time with neo-classicism. This can clearly be recognised in his first two Concerto Grossos (1942 and 1950) and the Sonata Alla Toccata (1942).
