Today marks the 150th birthday of one of England's most revered composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who is also widely beloved beyond Britain. A folksong expert who logged long trips collecting ...

By David Allen Ralph Vaughan Williams understood what his fate was likely to be. “Every composer cannot expect to have a worldwide message, but he may reasonably expect to have a special message ...

Mark Forrest showcases the best performances from the UK and beyond, including Ralph Vaughan Williams’s song cycle On Wenlock Edge performed at the Chipping Campden Music Festival. Show more ...

From this unpromising platform, Alldritt finds himself tackling Ralph Vaughan Williams, whom many revere as the greatest name in British music in the 20th century, and upon whom equal numbers have ...

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They nurtured some of the most serious scholars of the period, and at least one of the most justly and lastingly celebrated of English musicians – Ralph Vaughan Williams, the subject of a new ...

In one of the twin beds lay Ralph Vaughan Williams - already acclaimed as one of the finest composers ever to emerge in Britain. In the other lay his wife of 48 years, Adeline. And in between them ...

Dame Diana Rigg explores the enduring popularity of The Lark Ascending by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, which was voted Britain's favourite piece of classical music by listeners to ...

The third piece is a quintessentially religious tale about Christmas. Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams is the greatest Christmas composition. It draws its text from Catholic, biblical, and poetic ...

WAYNE, PA — In an exciting commencement to its 2024-25 season, the Wayne Oratorio Society is set to present Ralph Vaughan Williams’ monumental work, A Sea Symphony. This choral masterpiece ...

Charles Frend’s Scott of the Antarctic starring John Mills came out in 1948, complete with a score by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Britain’s greatest living composer expanded on his thematic ideas to ...