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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 3: An English Composer

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)

Episode 3

Episode 3: An English Composer

An English Composer

BBC Radio 3 - Composer of the Week, Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), An English Composer

Donald Macleod on how Vaughan Williams immersed himself in the music of his home country.

Donald Macleod explains how Vaughan Williams immersed himself deeply in the music of his home country, giving lectures on national songs from around the British Isles.

We rejoin Vaughan Williams deeply immersed in the music of his home country, giving lectures on national songs from around the British Isles and travelling with his phonograph to gather materials. Alliances are formed with Gustav Holst and Edward Elgar, and we also join the composer in his new London house, complete with a grand attic study and spectacular views over the river and the outsize chimneys of the Lots Road power station.

With Donald Macleod.

Linden Lea
Janet Baker mezzo soprano 
Geoffrey Moore piano 

In the night-time I have seen you riding (Hugh the Drover, Act 1)
Robert Tear, tenor (Hugh the Drover)
Sheila Armstrong, soprano (Mary the Constable's daughter) 
Ambrosian Opera Chorus 
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 
Charles Groves, conductor

A London Symphony (Symphony No 2), 1st movement 
London Philharmonic Orchestra 
Bernard Haitink, conductor

Mass in G minor: Sanctus & Agnus Dei 
Mary Seers, Janet Coxwell sopranos
Michael Chance, countertenor 
Philip Salmon, tenor
Jonathan Best, baritone
Corydon Singers 
Matthew Best, conductor

Ballad: The Tunning of Elinor Rumming (Five Tudor Portraits) 
Robert Bourton, bassoon 
London Symphony Orchestra 
Richard Hickox, conductor.

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 charts the long life and career of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Donald Macleod charts the long life and career of Vaughan Williams, a composer in love with his country, with a passion for French music and who was scarred by wartime service

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