At King Charles III’s coronation, baritone Roderick Williams was showcased as a singer and a composer. As he prepares to flex both muscles at the Australian Festival of Chamber Music, he chats with Clive Paget about being in the right place at the right time, and how he became “the go-to guy” for English song.

Roderick Williams
Roderick Williams. Photo © Theo Williams

There are many remarkable things about Roderick Williams, not least a consummate ability to communicate through song. And yet, the British baritone and OBE, whose profile skyrocketed last year when he both sang at and composed music for the coronation of King Charles III, puts a great deal of his professional good fortune down to gentle encouragement and being in the right place at...