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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Composer of the Week: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958): Episode 5: The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

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Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

Donald Macleod on Vaughan Williams during World War II, including Pilgrim's Progress.

Donald Macleod discusses Vaughan Williams's life and work during the Second World War, including his treatment of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

Donald Macleod looks at the Vaughan Williams's experiences during the Second World War, and his work on what became an idée fixe throughout his life, his musical treatment of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.

Live music and the arts: broadcasts more live music than any other radio network. Classical music is its core. Genres include world and new music, jazz, speech and drama.

Donald Macleod surveys Vaughan Williams's operas, a neglected area of his work

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Episode 5: The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime

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