Alun Hoddinott, who died on Wednesday aged 78, was one of the three leading Welsh composers of the past half century. While William Mathias reigned in the north of the principality and Daniel Jones ...

The essence of renowned composer Alun Hoddinott and his music has been captured in an art installation to be sited at the entrance of the new home of the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales, ...

Alun Hoddinott, 78, a composer who wrote music for the British royal family and was an influential promoter of modern music in his native Wales, died Wednesday at a hospital in Swansea, Wales, his ...

Alun Hoddinott was one of the few Welsh composers whose work is well known outside Wales, and one of the most versatile and prolific British composers of all time. He wrote in a wide variety of forms, ...

Tributes have been paid to Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott, who has died at the age of 78. Mr Hoddinott, who was born in Bargoed, Caerphilly, had a partnership with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales ...

All of this selection of Alun Hoddinott's vocal works appears on disc for the first time. The songs range across 30 years, from the cycle Landscapes – five settings of poems by Emyr Humphreys – which ...

The first concerts are being staged to mark the opening of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales' new Cardiff Bay home. BBC Hoddinott Hall at Wales Millennium Centre, named after the late composer Alun ...

TRIBUTES were paid last night to eminent Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott who has died at the age of 78. TRIBUTES were paid last night to eminent Welsh composer Alun Hoddinott who has died at the age of ...

The composer Alun Hoddinott, who has died aged 78, was the genial father-figure of Welsh music: he, more than anyone, directed its postwar path to full professionalism and creative renewal. A fitting ...

Composer Alun Hoddinott was born in Bargoed in 1929. His compositional talents developed early, and he won a university scholarship at the age of 16. After graduating from Cardiff University, he ...