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ComposerVaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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LiverpoolClassic FM Hall of Fame

© Emma Fenton
Williams, Beethoven, Vaughan Williams, Barber, Howard, Britten, Delibes, Khachaturian, Walton, Badelt, Márquez
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Domingo Hindoyan

LondonVariations and Virtuosity

© NSO
Vaughan Williams, Mendelssohn, Elgar
National Symphony Orchestra (UK); Rimma Sushanskaya; Mathilde Milwidsky
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Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival

The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment © Pete Woodhead
The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music. 
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Kopatchinskaja’s glowing Schoenberg opens hearts and minds

Tarmo Peltokoski and Patricia Kopatchinskaja © BBC | Chris Christodoulou
Schoenberg advocate PatKop performs the knotty Violin Concerto with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and young Finn Tarmo Peltokoski. 
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Vaughan Williams at 150 with the City of Birmingham Choir

Alexandra Lowe © Bertie Watson
The City of Birmingham Choir and CBSO conducted by Adrian Lucas navigate the choppy waters of Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony.
***11
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Falstaff: the enduring appeal of Shakespeare’s fat knight

Ambrogio Maestri as Verdi's Falstaff in Robert Carsen's production © Ken Howard | Met Opera (2013)
Few operatic characters straddle the operatic stage larger than Sir John Falstaff. Read our in depth 'opera portrait' on Verdi's Falstaff as well as some of his other guises.