In one of the twin beds lay Ralph Vaughan Williams - already acclaimed as one of the finest composers ever to emerge in Britain. In the other lay his wife of 48 years, Adeline. And in between them ...

Vaughan Williams Today continues BBC Radio 3’s celebrations marking 150 years since Ralph Vaughan Williams’s birth. Special programming throughout October explores the life and music of one of ...

The ashes of Ralph Vaughan Williams, eminent British composer, and his second wife Ursula are buried in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey, near the graves of Herbert Howells and Charles ...

Oboist Celia Nicklin has performed in the UK’s most prominent orchestras, and she's been on stage with the Beatles. She takes ...

The concerts — Saturday night and Sunday afternoon — also feature Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Overture to “The Marriage of Figaro,” “Vocalise” by Sergei Rachmaninoff and ends with Vaughan Williams’ ...

During World War One, Vaughan Williams enlisted to fight (even though he was technically too old) and he spent a difficult two years as a stretcher-bearer on the front line before being appointed ...

Bass-baritone Kevin Spooner returns following his 2024 work with Charlottesville Opera to join The Oratorio Society of Virginia as a soloist for Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs during ...

Manze is well known as a leading interpreter of Vaughan Williams and he introduced the programme, which included The Lark ...

FOR THE EARS Pro Musica Explores Native American and Japanese Musical Worlds Pro Musica’s penultimate orchestra concerts of 2024-2025 explore themes of cultural convergence and conflict through music ...

Ralph McTell was born Ralph May, on December 3, 1944, in Farnborough in Kent. Named after another musical Ralph – his father worked as a gardener for the composer (Ralph) Vaughan Williams ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872–1958) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century. Drawing on the influences of English folk song and Tudor polyphony, Ralph succeeded at reviving British ...