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Work: Symphony no. 4 in F minor

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ComposerVaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958)
PeriodEarly 20th century
Work typeOrchestral
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Sir Andrew Davis celebrates a pair of British Fourths at the Proms

The BBC Philharmonic plays Fourth Symphonies by the most important British symphonists, Vaughan Williams and Tippett, to make up a short, but intense programme. 
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Spectacular Vaughan Williams from the BBC SO and Ryan Wigglesworth

Will this centenary year yield a finer Vaughan Williams symphony performance than this account of the Fourth? 
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Pappano and the LSO furious in Vaughan Williams' Fourth Symphony

Sir Antonio Pappano has taken up the baton in English works by Elgar, Tippett and Vaughan Williams.

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