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17 de may. de 2024 · Ralph Vaughan Williams - Norfolk Rhapsody No.1NEW ZEALAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRAConductor: James Judd
Hace 1 día · Synopsis. It was on today’s date in 1922 that English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams conducted the American premiere of his Symphony No. 3 ( Pastoral) at the Litchfield County music festival in Norfolk, Connecticut. It was his first trip to the U.S., and he reacted to American landscapes and customs with wonder and amusement.
Hace 5 días · The music is confident – and confidently scored – and the piece is substantial; this performance plays for 20:25. Near the start (1:03) the orchestra plays a rather serious and impressive chorale-like theme; this proves to be the thematic cornerstone of the work.
Hace 3 días · A 1921 photograph of the British composers Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Taken by William Gillies Whittaker.
13 de may. de 2024 · When English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams used George Meredith’s poem ‘The Lark Ascending’ as inspiration for a new violin piece in 1914, he doubtless had no idea he was about to pen one of the most beloved and popular works of all time.
25 de may. de 2024 · My personal favorite is a 1955 letter from the composer to his publisher Alan Frank at Oxford University Press (OUP), in which Vaughan Williams shows a touching solicitude towards Boult in the wake of his increasing regard for the conductor John Barbirolli.
10 de may. de 2024 · The BBC Philharmonic Orchestra welcome conductor Andrew Manze this afternoon for a programme featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ruth Gipps.
