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A list of Vaughan Williams's compositions and arrangements under useful headings: Symphonies, Orchestral Works, Operas, Choral Works.
The Symphony No. 9 in E minor was the last symphony written by the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. He composed it during 1956 and 1957, and it was given its premiere performance in London by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent on 2 April 1958, in the composer's eighty-sixth year. The work was received respectfully but, at first, without great enthusiasm ...
Dec 12, 2014 · Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis / Oundjian · Toronto Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra 23.4K subscribers Subscribed 6K 583K views 9 years ago
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The year 1910 saw the premiere of not just his mighty first symphony (A Sea Symphony) but of the Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, too – at the Gloucester Three Choirs Festival. This lush, expansive work for string orchestra amply proves that Vaughan Williams’s focus on orchestration had paid off. He blends the instruments exquisitely ...
Ralph Vaughan Williams composed his Symphony in E minor, published as Symphony No. 6, in 1944–47, [1] during and immediately after World War II and revised in 1950.
Ralph Vaughan Williams 's Symphony No. 3, published as A Pastoral Symphony and not numbered until later, was completed in 1922. Vaughan Williams's initial inspiration to write this symphony came during World War I after hearing a bugler practising and accidentally playing an interval of a seventh instead of an octave; [1] this ultimately led to ...
Piano Concerto (Vaughan Williams) The Piano Concerto in C is a concertante work by Ralph Vaughan Williams written in 1926 ( movements 1 & 2) and 1930-31 (movement 3). During the intervening years, the composer completed Job: A Masque for Dancing and began work on his Fourth Symphony. The concerto shares some thematic characteristics with these ...
