Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No 6 in E Minor, written 1944-47, is a far cry from familiar pieces such as his Fantasia on “Greensleeves.” Considered one of his finest works, ...

Vaughan Williams was 67 when Britain and France declared war on the Reich, so too old for active service, ... Symphony no. 2 “A London Symphony” – IV. Andante con moto (excerpt) ...

Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 'London' In the interval… Novelists John Lanchester and Diana Evans discuss depicting contemporary London in their fiction with presenter Rana Mitter.

Listening to Vaughan Williams’s Pastoral Symphony and you might be inclined to think of visions of babbling brooks and bucolic meadows. The scenes that inspired it were not as Vaughan Williams ...

The Hartford Symphony Orchestra continues its “Vaughan Williams and Mendelssohn” program at The Bushnell’s Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, on April 13 at 8 p.m. and April 14 at ...

He said it pairs well with Vaughan Williams’ Symphony No. 5, which premiered 23 years after “The Lark Ascending.” “He has the balls — pardon my French — for writing something without ...