The Stage Works - The Labour of a Lifetime
Donald Macleod looks at the Vaughan Williams's experiences during the Second World War, and his work on what became an idée fixe throughout his life, his musical treatment of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Tired
Performer: Simon Keenlyside (baritone)/ Graham Johnson (piano)
- Naxos 8.557114.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Epithalamion-Extract
Performer: Stephen Roberts (baritone)/ The Bach Choir/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir David Willcocks (cond)
- EMI CDC 7 47769 2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
The lake in the mountains
Performer: Ian Brown (piano)
- Hyperion CDA67313.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Fifth symphony – Extract:mvt 2
Performer: BBC SO/ Sir Andrew Davis (cond)
- Warner 2564 61730-2.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pilgrim's Progress Extract: Act II sc 2
Performer: John Noble (The Pilgrim)/ Robert Lloyd (Apollyon)/ London Philharmonic Choir/ London Philharmonic Orchestra/ Sir Adrian Boult (cond)
- EMI CMS 7642122.
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- Fri 29 Aug 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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- Fri 20 Jan 201218:30BBC Radio 3
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