Ursula Vaughan Williams, the composer’s second wife, wrote that in The Lark Ascending, “Vaughan Williams had made the violin become both the bird’s song and its flight, being – rather than ...

Charles Frend’s Scott of the Antarctic starring John Mills came out in 1948, complete with a score by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Britain’s greatest living composer expanded on his thematic ideas to ...

So, as Ursula wrote, ‘he was looking forward to Adrian’s ... prefaced by a brief speech in which he laments the death of their ‘beloved friend Ralph Vaughan Williams … seven hours before we began our ...

Two years after Adeline's death in 1951, Ursula and Ralph Vaughan Williams married, and she became his literary collaborator and the duster of his musical reputation for the rest of his life ...

Straightened times call for inventiveness – which is one of the reasons why my latest venture into musical theatre, A Lark, about the Ralph Vaughan-Williams’ affair with ... even when carrying on with ...

From established works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir John Tavener to premiere recordings of recent commissions by Sir James MacMillan, this new release from the Choir of Westminster Abbey brings ...

The ensemble Key Chorale will take audiences out on the water with a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams masterwork “A Sea Symphony” Friday and Saturday. Artistic Director Joseph Caulkins ...

Hodie by Ralph Vaughan Williams is the greatest ... and the composer’s wife Ursula. Musically, Vaughan Williams uses a children's choir to narrate the story of the birth of Christ.

This encapsulates Thanksgiving. A dance, a reflection, and a meal. My love of Ralph Vaughan Williams extends to Thanksgiving. His Five Variants of Dives and Lazurus feels like the quintessential ...