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| Composer | Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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Tunbridge WellsClassics by Candlelight
Eccles, Vaughan Williams, Beach, Vivaldi, Piazzolla, Dvořák, Handel, Pirotti, McDowall
Celoniatus Ensemble
CambridgeThe Lark Ascending
Eccles, Vaughan Williams, Beach, Vivaldi, McDowall
English Chamber Orchestra; Harriet Mackenzie
LondonMemory Unwrapped: Voces8 & Jack Liebeck - Flight of the Soul
MacMillan, Davis, Bach, Sheppard, Shaw, Pritchard, Vaughan Williams
Jack Liebeck; Voces8
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Immersive OAE submerged at Southbank’s Multitudes festival
The road to immersion is paved with modish deflections as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment performs 20th-century English string music.
Hollywood and high-brow meet at the Bowl under Leonard Slatkin
Matters cosmic and earthly intersect in Slatkin's latest visit to the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
The London Mozart Players’ flight of fancy soars to Heaven’s Gate
Delightful Dvořák and ravishing Vaughan Williams headline the London Mozart Players’ ‘Flights of Fancy’ concert at St Martin's-in-the-Fields.
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MelbourneMelbourne Symphony / Sir Andrew Davis
Britten, Lutosławski, Vaughan Williams, Rachmaninov
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Sir Andrew Davis; Richard Tognetti
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