Ralph Vaughan Williams gets the ‘Proms’ treatment

Ralph Vaughan Williams gets the ‘Proms’ treatment Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Looking at a BBC Proms TV transmission recently I was reminded of this year being the sesquicentennial anniversary of the birth of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams (VW) on October 12, 1872. The broadcast included one of VW’s best-loved works – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis – expressively played by the Sinfonia of…

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