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Composer of the Week

Music: Classical

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 Final Years

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

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Episode 5: The Final Years

The Final Years

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), The Final Years

Donald Macleod focuses on two major works from the last years of Vaughan Williams's life.

Donald Macleod introduces a set of miniature masterpieces for voice and oboe set to William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience and the exuberant penultimate symphony.

Celebrating British Music: At the age of 80, Vaughan Williams married Ursula Wood. In the five happy years of their marriage, there was no let-up in the composer's productivity, writing two symphonies, more film music and a set of songs for voice and oboe. Donald Macleod introduces those miniature masterpieces set to William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, Vaughan Williams's colourful evocation of Tudor England for a documentary film, and his penultimate symphony, full of the exuberance of youth.

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 reflects on Vaughan Williams's highly productive later years

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