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| Composer | Vaughan Williams, Ralph (1872-1958) |
| Period | Early 20th century |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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LondonMemory Unwrapped: Voces8 & Jack Liebeck - Flight of the Soul
MacMillan, Davis, Bach, Sheppard, Shaw, Pritchard, Vaughan Williams
Jack Liebeck; Voces8
OxfordThe Lark Ascending
Eccles, Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Beach, Pirotti, Elgar
English Chamber Orchestra; Harriet Mackenzie
OxfordEnglish Melodies
Coles, Butterworth, Williams, Walton, Vaughan Williams, Holst
Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra; Martyn Brabbins; Roderick Williams; Ruth Rogers; Anthony Robb
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Powerful premiere at the North Wales International Music Festival
Nature in all its vivid musical colours is presented in Asaph Cathedral at the 54th edition of the North Wales International Music Festival.
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.
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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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