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| Afternoon On 3 | ...The Prom finishes with two major pieces by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: a work for strings commissioned for the New York World's Fair just before the Second World War and a searing symphony apparently inspired by the horrors that conflict brought. Introduced by Sara Mohr-Pietsch.... |
| Afternoon Performance | ...RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS (conductor)... |
| Bbc Proms 2008 | ...Live from the Royal Albert Hall, London, this evening's Prom concludes with two major pieces by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: a work for strings commissioned for the New York World's Fair just before the Second World War and a symphony apparently inspired by the horrors it brought.... |
| Bbc Proms 2009 [world Service] | ...Cambridge University is one of the oldest in the world: this year it celebrates its 800th anniversary and festivities include this fabulous concert at the 2009 BBC Proms. The rich red interior of the RAH will be decked out instead in Cambridge colours, the distinctive light-blue, or at least many in the audience will be. Music, especially choral music, has been at the heart of Cambridge since its foundation and composers past and present are represented in a glorious musical programme performed by the choirs of no fewer than 16 Cambridge Colleges. We’ll hear Cambridge Alumnus Simon Keenlyside take the solo role in the Five Mystical Songs by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, with words by 17th century poet George Herbert, who also went to Cambridge; and Andrew Davies - another Cambridge graduate - conducts the BBC SO. Music too by Charles Villiers Stanford and by living composer Jonathan Harvey.... |
| Bbc Proms Chamber Music | ...The Proms' commemoration of the 50th anniversary of RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS' death continues as celebrated British tenor Mark Padmore joins the Nash Ensemble for a performance of On Wenlock Edge - six settings of words by AE Housman. It explores themes of hope and loss in the Romantic backdrop of a Shropshire landscape.... |
| Bbc Proms | ...The celebrations also include Anna Meredith's nation-hopping commission, entitled froms, as well as a lyrical work from anniversary composer RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.... |
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| Counterpoint | ...Chairman Ned Sherrin oversees specialist rounds about Jazz Meets Classical, Classical Partnerships and RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.... |
| Discovering Music | ...Charles Hazlewood conducts the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales with violist Philip Dukes in an exploration of RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS suite for solo viola, small chorus and orchestra.... |
| Master Musicians | ...Celebrating the start of the Proms this week. 1: Prunella Scales reads from the Old Testament Book of Job, which inspired RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS's `Job - Masque for Dancing'.... |
| Music Matters | ...Fifty years since the death of RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, journalist Simon Heffer explains the profound influence of war on the composer's music and how it modernised his style of writing, especially in his Sixth Symphony.... |
| Opera On 3 | ...A very English opera from English National Opera: RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS' delightful comedy inspired by Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor. A superb ensemble of British singers is led by Andrew Shore as Sir John Falstaff. He has two problems: no money and no woman. Will he succeed in his plan to solve both in one go, or will Windsor's merry wives turn the tables on him?... |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) | |
| Recital | ...The Nash Ensemble perform RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS' String Quartet No 2 in A minor (For Jean on Her Birthday).... |
| Something Understood | ...Writer Blake Morrison considers the physical and spiritual isolation of the runner, with reference to fellow writers Haruki Murakami, Alan Sillitoe and Sharon Olds and music by guitarist Bert Jansch, French group Air and RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ... |
| Songs Everlasting | ...Bryn explores RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS's 1912 work Fantasia on Christmas Carols.... |
| Sound Stories | ...Donald Macleod remembers the amazing compositional Indian summer enjoyed by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, climaxing in the premiere of a major new symphony in the last year of his life. The Pilgrim's Progress (excerpts). John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), LPO/Adrian Boult. Violin Sonata (1st mvt). Frederick Ginke, Michael Mulliner (piano). Symphony No 8 (2nd mvt). BBC SO/Andrew Davis. Variations for brass band. Williams Fairey Band/Bryan Hurdley. Symphony No 9 (4th mvt). BBC Symphony Orchestra/Andrew Davis.... |
| Vaughan Williams - Valiant For Truth | ...Marking the 50th anniversary of the death of RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Stephen Johnson presents an elegiac portrait of the man and composer. Travelling across England - the country Vaughan Williams so loved - to see the places he lived and worked, and meet the people who knew him, Johnson tries to get a little closer to an underrated mind.... |
| Vaughan Williams At The Royal College Of Music | ...To mark 50 years since the death of RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS, Steven Johnson visits the Royal College of Music to investigate the composer's time there. Although Vaughan Williams encountered difficulties there as a student, he eventually found his feet and his many years spent as a professor of composition helped build a considerable legacy.... |
| Vaughan Williams In The Bbc Archives | ...Series of radio talks for the BBC given by RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.... |