Ralph Vaughan Williams

Special events include cellist Steven Isserlis performing solo suites by Bach and Britten (Aug. 17); the London Contemporary Orchestra playing Ralph Vaughan Williams's "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" and other modern pieces based on older themes (Aug. 23).

A Curtain of Light and Sound Paul Levy 2011

Aug. 19-21—Mr. Botstein will be conducting the resident American Symphony Orchestra in the composer's Third, Fourth, Fifth and Seventh Symphonies, "Kullervo," "Lemminkäinen's Return," "The Oceanides," and "Finlandia," his single most familiar work, as well as related compositions by Samuel Barber, Carl Nielsen and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Nordic Exposure at Bard Barrymore Laurence Scherer 2011

In this production, reviewed elsewhere in today's Journal, the only hint of beauty comes from the radio on which the play's unhappy characters listen to Ralph Vaughan Williams's radiant Fifth Symphony.

How Can Skeptics Make Convincing Religious Art? Terry Teachout 2012

It's garrulous, unselective and riddled with errors somebody really needs to tell Mr. Schuller how to spell Ralph Vaughan Williams's name.

Why 'Fantasia' Mattered—Just Ask Gunther Schuller Terry Teachout 2011

Save for the "weeklies" that Jimmy reads he favors the New Statesman and the snippets of Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fifth Symphony heard on the radio, there are no cultural markers on display beyond the text of the play itself.

Still Angry After All These Years Terry Teachout 2012

Arnold Bax chose the glorious Fantasia in G major BWV 572; Herbert Howells the beautifully cool and understated organ prelude "O Mensch, bewein 'dein' Sünde gross" BWV 622, and Ralph Vaughan Williams took charming liberties with "Ach bleib 'bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 649.

Bach: A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen and other British transcriptions, Jonathan Plowright (piano) 2010

Pete had also been listening to the English soundscapist Ralph Vaughan Williams, whose influence is in here as well.

ɘloЯ 2010

After intermission, we left France for England and the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, an early 20th century composer who became the Eminent British Figure in Music until Britten and Tippett came along.

France and Britain Together at The Symphony sfmike 2009

After intermission, we left France for England and the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, an early 20th century composer who became the Eminent British Figure in Music until Britten and Tippett came along.

Archive 2009-04-01 sfmike 2009

The Lark Ascending actually, just part of it by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Expose Yourself James F. McGrath 2008