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 ...

A composer, arranger and teacher who studied at the Royal College of Music alongside another famous composer in Ralph Vaughan Williams ... Common surrounded by Cotswold hills, in winter it ...

One of Britain’s most popular works, evoking images of a pastoral idyll and a soaring skylark is an unlikely war work. Composed originally for piano and violin the work captures the tranquillity ...