William Alwyn has been played on NTS shows including Westward Ho! w/ Ashley Wales, with Lyra Angelica. Concerto For Harp And String Orchestra first played on 21 July 2022.

William Alwyn, CBE, born William Alwyn Smith [1] (November 7, 1905 – September 11, 1985) was an English composer, conductor, and music teacher. William Alwyn was born in Northampton where he showed an early interest in music and began to learn to play the piccolo. At age 15 he entered the Royal Academy of Music in London where he studied flute and composition. He was a virtuoso flautist and for a time was the principal flautist…