Best wishes to David Matthews on his 81st birthday
David Matthews: Dark Pastoral (based on sketches by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Tapiola Sinfonietta
09 Saturday Mar 2024
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inBest wishes to David Matthews on his 81st birthday
David Matthews: Dark Pastoral (based on sketches by Ralph Vaughan Williams)
Nicolas Altstaedt, cello
Tapiola Sinfonietta
02 Saturday Dec 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams’ Songs of Travel were first performed in London on 2 December 1904.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel
to texts by Robert Louis Stevenson
Roderick Williams, baritone
Daan Boertian, piano
12 Thursday Oct 2023
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Adrian Leaper, Coro de RTVE, Orquesta Sinfonica de RTVE, Raquel Lojendio, Rodrigo Estevez, Vaughan Williams, Whitman
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ First Symphony premiered in Leeds on 12 October 1910, his 38th birthday.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 1, “A Sea Symphony”
to texts by Walt Whitman
Raquel Lojendio, soprano
Rodrigo Estevez, baritone
Coro de RTVE
Orquesta Sinfónica de RTVE
Adrian Leaper
10 Tuesday Oct 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams’ Flos Campi was first performed in London on 10 October 1925.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi
Philip Payton, viola
Albany Pro Musica
Mostly Modern Orchestra
Kent Tritle
05 Thursday Oct 2023
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Andrew Manze, Bachchor Hannover, Capella St. Crucis Hannover, Collegium Vocale Hannover, Friederike Starkloff, Johannes-Brahms-Chor Hannover, Junges Vokalensemble Hannover, NDR Radiophilharmonie, Norddeutscher Figuralchor, Shakespeare, Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music was first performed in London on 5 October 1938.
Ralph Vaughan Willliams: Serenade to Music
Friederike Starkloff, violin
Bachchor Hannover
Capella St. Crucis Hannover
Collegium Vocale Hannover
Johannes-Brahms-Chor Hannover
Junges Vokalensemble Hannover
Norddeutscher Figuralchor
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Andrew Manze
30 Saturday Sep 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams’ Oboe Concerto was first performed in Liverpool on 30 September 1944.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto
Takuya Takashima, oboe
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra
Jonathan Stockhammer
14 Thursday Sep 2023
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Andrew Thompson, CantiaQuorum, Choir of Jesus College Cambridge, Christopher Too, Drew Sellis, George Herbert, Richard Pinel, Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs premiered in Worcester, England, on 14 September 1911.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
to texts by George Herbert
Andrew Thompson, baritone
Choirs of Jesus College, Cambridge
CantiaQuorum
Drew Sellis & Christopher Too, piano
Richard Pinel
06 Wednesday Sep 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis premiered in Gloucester, England, on 6 September 1910.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Peter Oundjian
26 Saturday Aug 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams died in London 65 years ago, on 26 August 1958, at the age of 85.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti
19 Wednesday Jul 2023
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Groot Omroepkoor, Joris van Rijn, Marcus Creed, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest, Rowan Pierce, Shakespeare, Vaughan Williams
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Joris van Rijn, violin
Rowan Pierce, soprano
Groot Omroepkoor
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Marcus Creed
24 Saturday Jun 2023
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inThe Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams premiered in London on 24 June 1943.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no. 5
Korean National Symphony Orchestra
Chiyong Chung
14 Wednesday Jun 2023
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inThe orchestral version of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending was first performed in London on 14 June 1921.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Emma McGrath, violin
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Eivind Aadland
26 Wednesday Apr 2023
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inWilliam Shakespeare was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, on 26 April 1564.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs
Danish National Vocal Ensemble
Marcus Creed
25 Tuesday Apr 2023
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inRalph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Australian Chamber Orchestra
Richard Tognetti
20 Monday Mar 2023
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inFrederick Delius: Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring
Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
Melina Mendozzi, violin
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
Edward Gardner