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Roderick Williams
voc, *1965 GB, London
Singer / Composer of Classical
Roderick Williams (born 1965) is an English operatic baritone and composer.Williams was born in North London; his father is Welsh and his mother Jamaican. He studied on the Opera Course at the Guildhall School of Music in London. During his time there he made his operatic debut as Tarquinius in Benjamin Britten's The Rape of Lucretia.On 13 September 2014 Williams was soloist at the Last Night of the Proms for the first time. In the course of the evening, he performed in the Richard Strauss cantata, Taillefer, sang his own arrangements of two songs, and was the soloist in "Rule Britannia".
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The Vagabond on Ireland: 5 Poems / We'Ll To the Woods No More / Sea Fever / Santa Chiara by John Ireland & Roderick Williams A Sea Symphony: I. A Song for All Seas, All Ships (Moderato maestoso) on Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder Sea Fever on Ireland: 5 Poems / We'Ll To the Woods No More / Sea Fever / Santa Chiara by John Ireland & Roderick Williams Linden Lea on Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony: IV. The Explorers (Grave e molto adagio - Andante con moto) on Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder A Sea Symphony: III. Scherzo - The Waves (Allegro brillante) on Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder A Sea Symphony: II. On the Beach at Night Alone (Largo sostenuto) on Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Hallé & Sir Mark Elder Songs of Travel: The Vagabond on Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel: Let Beauty awake on Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan Williams Songs of Travel: The Roadside Fire on Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel / The House of Life by Ralph Vaughan WilliamsTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sinfonía Antartica, Concerto For Two Pianos And Orchestra, Four Last Songs | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier, Roderick Williams, Mari Eriksmoen, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Andrew Davis | 2017 | Album |
| Falstaff / Orchestral Songs / 'Grania And Diarmid' Incidental Music And Funeral March | Sir Edward Elgar, Andrew Davis, Roderick Williams | 2017 | Album |
| Songs Of Donald Swann | Donald Swann, Felicity Lott, Kathryn Rudge, John Mark Ainsley, Roderick Williams, Christopher Glynn | 2017 | Album |
| Echoes Of Land & Sea | Benjamin Britten, Gustav Holst, John Ireland, Roderick Williams, Maria Marchant | 2017 | Album |
| 15 Romanzen Aus Die Schöne Magelone, Op. 33; 4 Ernste Gesänge | Johannes Brahms, Roderick Williams, Roger Vignoles | 2017 | Album |
| Songs For Voice And Piano | John Pickard, Eve Daniell, Roderick Williams, Simon Lepper | 2017 | Album |
| Silver Nocturnes; The Woman by the Sea; Horn Quintet | John McCabe, David Pyatt, Roderick Williams, The Sacconi Quartet | 2017 | Album |
| Choral Symphony; St Paul's Voyage To Melita | Sir George Dyson, Elizabeth Watts, Caitlin Hulcup, Joshua Ellicott, Roderick Williams, The Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, David Hill | 2017 | Album |
| Celebrating English Song | Roderick Williams, Susie Allan | 2017 | Album |
| Schubert Lieder: Der Wanderer | Franz Schubert, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2016 | Album |
| On Christmas Night | Daniel Hyde, Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Roderick Williams | 2016 | Album |
| Flowers Of The Field | Ralph Vaughan Williams • Gerald Finzi • Ivor Gurney • George Butterworth - Roderick Williams • Jeremy Irons, City Of London Choir • London Mozart Players, Hilary Davan Wetton | 2014 | Album |
| Falling Man | Kenneth Fuchs, Roderick Williams, JoAnn Falletta, The London Symphony Orchestra | 2014 | Album |
| St John Passion BWV245 | Johann Sebastian Bach, Polyphony, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton, Ian Bostridge, Neal Davies, Carolyn Sampson, Iestyn Davies, Nicholas Mulroy, Roderick Williams | 2013 | Album |
| Realisations | Luciano Berio, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Roderick Williams, Michael Collins, Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester, Edward Gardner | 2012 | Album |
| Orchestral Works: The Collector's Edition | Frank Bridge – Sarah Connolly, Philip Langridge, Roderick Williams, Alban Gerhardt, Howard Shelley, The BBC National Chorus Of Wales, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, Richard Hickox | 2012 | Album |
| Songs And Proverbs Of William Blake - Tit For Tat - Folk-songs | Benjamin Britten, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2012 | Album |
| Songs From A Shropshire Lad • Folk Songs From Sussex | George Butterworth, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2010 | Album |
| Orchestral Songs And Miniatures | John Ireland / Roderick Williams / The BBC Concert Orchestra / John Wilson / Martin Yates | 2010 | Album |
| Vespers • Requiem | The Sixteen, Harry Christophers, Elin Manahan Thomas, Roderick Williams, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Gabriel Fauré | 2008 | Album |
| Symphony No. 3 In C Minor / Symphony No. 1 'Oliver Cromwell' | Edgar Leslie Bainton • Rutland Boughton, The BBC Concert Orchestra, Vernon Handley, Roderick Williams | 2007 | Album |
| Choral Music | Edward C. Bairstow, St. John's College Choir, Britten Sinfonia, Roderick Williams, Paul Provost, David Hill | 2007 | Album |
| Moonstruck - Songs Of F. G. Scott | Lisa Milne, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2007 | Compil. |
| Earth And Air And Rain • By Footpath And Stile • To A Poet | Gerald Finzi, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside, The Sacconi Quartet | 2006 | Album |
| Willow-Wood / The Sons Of Light / Toward The Unknown Region / Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Roderick Williams, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir And Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, David Lloyd-Jones | 2005 | Album |
| Songs Of Travel • The House Of Life • Four Poems By Fredegond Shove | Ralph Vaughan Williams - Roderick Williams • Iain Burnside | 2005 | Album |
| I Said To Love / Let Us Garlands Bring / Before And After Summer | Gerald Finzi, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2005 | Album |
| Symphony No. 6 / Symphony No. 8 / Nocturne | Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Hickox, The London Symphony Orchestra, Roderick Williams | 2003 | Album |
| Voices Volume 1: Blood-red Carnations | Sarah Connolly, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside | 2002 | Album |
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