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Composer of the Week:Vaughan Williams

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This week Donald Macleod explores works by Ralph Vaughan Williams that were inspired by literature.
2: AE Housman andRL
Stevenson Vaughan Williams responded to A
Shropshire Lad with some of the most poignant Housman settings ever written. On Wenlock Edge
Ian Partridge (tenor), Music Group of London Along the Field (excerpt)
Ruth Golden (soprano), Nancy Bean (violin) Songs of Travel Bryn Terfel (baritone), Malcolm Martineau (piano)

Contributors

Unknown:
Donald MacLeod
Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Stevenson Vaughan Williams
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Soprano:
Ruth Golden
Piano:
Malcolm Martineau
Source: Radio Times

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