William Mathias - Sonata for Violin and Piano (1952) Composer_Tom Davoren Bitter-sweet is a collection of

Bitter-sweet is a collection of three short pieces for violin and piano from composer Rhian Samuel

Cantre’r Gwaelod (The Submerged City) [Eifion Wyn]

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William Mathias - Sonata for Violin and Piano (1952) Composer_Tom Davoren Bitter-sweet is a collection ofThis Violin Sonata was composed in the summer of 1952 when William Mathias was a 17 year old schoolboy whod just finished the equivalent of his A levels at Whitland Grammar School. When he went on to Aberystwyth University in the autumn he read English, French and Philosophy but not originally Music! Nevertheless, he soon became a prominent figure in the Universitys musical life and this Sonata was the first work of his to be publicly performed there