Vaughan Williams ‘Unwrapped’ at the Turner Sims

By David Truslove, 08 October 2018

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“could not have been more quintessentially English”

Reviewed at University of Southampton: Turner Sims, Southampton on 6 October 2018

Vaughan Williams, Fantasia on "Greensleeves"

Vaughan Williams, The Lark Ascending

Vaughan Williams, Flos campi

Lawrence Power, Viola

Robin Browning, Conductor

són - - Southampton's professional orchestra

David Owen Norris, Piano

Cantores Michaelis

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David Truslove

After many years as a musician – conducting choirs, singing as a lay clerk at Winchester Cathedral and an involvement in education, David now writes programme notes, occasionally composes and enjoys a busy schedule of reviewing.