• Siesta is a short piece for small orchestra, written by William Walton and premiered in 1926. It was later used for a ballet by Frederick Ashton. Walton...
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    nonchalance" and "complete absence of fuss." Walton's other works of the 1920s included a short orchestral piece, Siesta (1926) and a Sinfonia Concertante for...
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    Belshazzar's Feast is a cantata by the English composer William Walton. It was first performed at the Leeds Festival on 8 October 1931, with the baritone...
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  • 1 in B♭ minor is one of two symphonies by the English composer William Walton. The composer had difficulty in completing the work, and its first public...
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    The Violin Concerto by William Walton was written in 1938–39 and dedicated to Jascha Heifetz, who commissioned the work and performed it at its premiere...
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  • The Viola Concerto by William Walton was written in 1929 and first performed at the Queen's Hall, London on 3 October of that year by Paul Hindemith as...
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  • compositions by William Walton sorted by genre, date of composition, title, and scoring. Lloyd, Stephen (2001). William Walton: Muse of Fire. Woodbridge...
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  • Troilus and Cressida is the first of the two operas by William Walton, and was premiered in 1954. The libretto was by Christopher Hassall, his own first...
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    which the poems are recited over an instrumental accompaniment by William Walton. The poems and the music exist in several versions. Sitwell began to publish...
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  • William Walton's music for the 1944 film Henry V has been arranged by several musicians for non-cinematic performances. The first suite was arranged in...
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  • William Walton's Cello Concerto (1957) is the third and last of the composer's concertos for string instruments, following his Viola Concerto (1929) and...
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    Crown Imperial (march) (category Compositions by William Walton)
    Crown Imperial is an orchestral march by William Walton, commissioned for the coronation of King George VI in Westminster Abbey in 1937. It is in the Pomp...
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  • William Walton was written between 1957 and 1960, and premiered in September 1960. It received a mixed reception at first: some critics thought Walton's music...
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    Orb and Sceptre (category Compositions by William Walton)
    Orb and Sceptre is a march for orchestra written by William Walton for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey, London, on 2 June 1953...
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    Scapino is a short work for large orchestra by William Walton, described by the composer as a "comedy overture". It was commissioned by the Chicago Symphony...
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  • The Bear (opera) (category Operas by William Walton)
    operas by William Walton, described in publication as an "Extravaganza in One Act". The libretto was written by Paul Dehn and Walton, based on the play...
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  • Spitfire Prelude and Fugue (category Compositions by William Walton)
    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue is an orchestral composition by William Walton, arranged and extracted in 1942 from music he had written for the motion picture...
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  • William Walton's Sinfonia Concertante is a three-movement piece for piano and orchestra, first performed in 1928. The composer revised it extensively in...
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    English composer William Walton, composed in 1925. The work was inspired by Rowlandson's print depicting Portsmouth Point. Walton recalled that the main...
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    Façade (ballet) (category Compositions by William Walton)
    tribute to Walton arranged by Benjamin Britten and Pears. For the same event Ashton created a new ballet from Walton's Siesta. When Walton had first adapted...
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    Lorenzi) as Misa 1962: Le rendez-vous de minuit as Jacqueline 1962: Homage at Siesta Time as Marianne Graham 1963: Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn [de] (by...
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  • William Walton received a commission for an original composition from Granada Television in June 1961. Walton delivered the work in August 1962 as Granada...
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  • Pensacola Beach, Florida St. Augustine, Florida Saint Petersburg, Florida Siesta Key, Florida Tampa, Florida Sea Island, Georgia Tybee Island, Georgia Lahaina...
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  • English composer William Walton was completed in 1919 when he was only 16 years old. Scored for piano, violin, viola, and cello, Walton later revised the work...
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  • Christopher Neame, John Fujioka, Arnold Vosloo, Brett Hool, Marcel Van Heerden 11 Siesta Lorimar Motion Pictures Mary Lambert (director); Patricia Louisianna Knop...
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  • Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten (category Compositions by William Walton)
    Improvisations on an Impromptu of Benjamin Britten is an orchestral piece by William Walton. It was first performed by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted...
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    Beach Helene 4 September 27 2024 120 Perry Milton 3 October 9 2024 105 Siesta Key References: HURDAT, HRD † Highest Saffir–Simpson scale category experienced...
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  • The Quest (ballet) (category Compositions by William Walton)
    The Quest is a ballet score by William Walton, written for a ballet of the same title, now lost, choreographed by Frederick Ashton in 1943. Two versions...
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  • Capriccio burlesco (category Compositions by William Walton)
    Capriccio burlesco is an orchestral work by Sir William Walton, written between May and September 1968 at his home in Ischia, Italy. It was commissioned...
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  • Variations on a Theme by Hindemith (category Compositions by William Walton)
    William Walton's Variations on a Theme by Hindemith is an orchestral piece in eleven continuous sections, first performed in 1963. It is a tribute to Walton's...
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