Vaughan Williams

Vaughan Williams composed the score for the film, and went on to recycle much of it in his seventh symphony, the Sinfonia Antarctica.

This week's new live music 2012

After all, his music is the least "English-sounding" of that extraordinary group of British composers Elgar, Bridge, Vaughan Williams, Holst, John Ireland, et al who blossomed in the early years of the 20th century.

Delius: beauty in the ear of the beholder 2012

Like so much of Vaughan Williams's music, the Fifth Symphony, which was composed during World War II, is deeply spiritual in tone, and it's no surprise to learn that it was based on themes from his operatic version of "The Pilgrim's Progress."

How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012

Music comes courtesy of the likes of the London Contemporary Orchestra performing Vaughan Williams's Fantasia and Berlin-based electronic label Inversions.

This week's new exhibitions 2011

Here's the surprise: Vaughan Williams was a lifelong agnostic.

How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012

The case of Vaughan Williams, on the other hand, is both more complex and more interesting.

How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012

Until then, he points to the lyrical music of William Walton, Gustav Holst or Vaughan Williams.

Anthony Burgess archive reveals vast body of previously unseen work 2011

This is not to say Radio 4 listeners prefer Vaughan Williams to Beethoven or Elgar to Mozart.

Desert Island Discs 100: Vaughan Williams at No 1 but Elvis is nowhere 2011

Bellowhead are a band immersed in English folk, but influenced by everything from Vaughan Williams to Hammer Horror.

Bellowhead/Baghdaddies – review 2011

Vaughan Williams took care to print these words in the original Greek so as not to scandalize the pious.

How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012