Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) Vaughan Williams in the 1920s
1/5. In 1919 Ralph Vaughan Williams , nearly 50, was demobilised from the British Army, in which, as a medical orderly, he acquired a "vivid awareness of how men died". Then began a prolific decade of work, in which the expressive range of his music expanded, and his compositions explored new depths of visionary, mystical ardour. Donald Macleod looks into this hugely significant period for one of Britain's greatest composers. Down Ampney (Come Down, 0 Love Divine)
Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Christopher Allsop (organ), director Richard Marlow String Quartet No I Maggini Quartet
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conductor Neville Marriner 0 Clap Your Hands (Psalm 47) Corydon Singers and Orchestra, conductor Matthew Best
Producer Lyndon Jones Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight