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- Walton’s excentric widow dies
[posted 30 March 2010]The widow of William Walton, Susana Walton, died on 21 March in her home on the Mediterranean island of Ischia. She was 83 years old.
The couple met at a conference in 1948 in Buenos Aires and married 8 weeks later. After the war the Waltons moved to Ischia, in the Bay of Naples. Susana made it her project to build up the extensive garden around their house (called La Mortella).
[Source: www.washingtonpost.com]
Music
Major works: 2 symphonies (1 & 2); 3 concertos (for violin, viola & cello-superb interpretations by Nigel Kennedy, Andre Previn, Yehudi Menuhin, Gregor Piatorgorsky) 2 operas - Troilus and Cressida (after Shakespeare) & The Bear (after Chekhov); Belshazzar’s Feast (oratorio); Facade (2 suites for orchestra); Portsmouth point overture; partita for orchestra; variations on a theme by Hindemith; Gloria; Te Deum; Crown Imperial (march); Orb & Sceptre (march); and film music for Henry V, Hamlet, & Richard III.
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Life
Major british composer of the 20th century with international reputation.
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