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Composers of the Week: Vaughan Williams and Holst

on BBC Radio 3

presented by Alain Frogley. The two "heirs and rebels" in the English musical tradition were friends from their student days in the 1890s until Holst's death in 1934, as their correspondence reveals.
With Timothy West as Ralph Vaughan Williams and Edward Petherbridge as Gustav Holst.
1: Toward the Unknown Region Vaughan Williams
In the Fen Country
New Philharmonia Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
Holst Somerset Rhapsody Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor Adrian Boult
Vaughan Williams
Is my team ploughing (On
Wenlock Edge) Ian Partridge (tenor)
Music Group of London
Holst Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (Group 2) Royal College of Music
Chamber Choir (women's voices); Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/David Willcocks
Holst
Dirge for two Veterans Baccholian Singers
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, conductor Ian Humphris Vaughan Williams
Dirge for two Veterans (Dona Nobis Pacem)
London Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, conductor Bryden Thomson Producer Andrew Lyle

Contributors

Presented By:
Alain Frogley.
Unknown:
Timothy West
Unknown:
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Unknown:
Edward Petherbridge
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Adrian Boult
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams
Tenor:
Ian Partridge
Conductor:
Ian Humphris
Conductor:
Vaughan Williams
Conductor:
Bryden Thomson
Producer:
Andrew Lyle

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