Indian Summers
With Donald Macleod.
Ralph Vaughan Williams was just a few months short of his 80th birthday when his reflective opera, The
Pilgrim's Progress, was first staged at Covent Garden. It was one of the fruits of an extraordinary Indian summer of composition that even saw the premiere of a major new symphony in the last year of his life. The Pilgrim's Progress (excerpts) John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), London Philharmonic, conductor Adrian Boult
Violin Sonata (1st mvt) Frederick Grinke ,
Michael Mulliner (piano)
Symphony No 8 (2nd mvt) BBC Symphony Orchestra, conductor Andrew Davis
Variations for Brass Band
Williams Fairey Band, conductor Bryan Hurdley Symphony No 9 (4th mvt)
BBCSO, conductor Andrew Davis