Ralph Vaughan Williams


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[details ←] Sea Songs orchestra,
[details ←] Sea Songs ,concert band,
[details ←] Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis orchestra,
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs: 1. The Call (Excerpt) , medium voice and piano or organ, choral
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[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong - Euphonium/Baritone , solo instrument and piano accompaniment,
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Loch Lomond , baritone voice solo and TTBB choir (unaccompanied), choral, choral
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Six Studies in English Folksong - Cello and Piano , cello solo and piano accompaniment,
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs , baritone voice solo, choir and orchestra (piano reduction), choral, choral
[details ←] English Folk Song Suite orchestra,
[details ←] For All the Saints Percussion,
[details ←] Vaughan Williams Organ Album Organ,
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Vocalises , soprano voice and Bb clarinet,
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs , voice and oboe,
[details ←] Riders To The Sea Vocal,
[details ←] Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
[details ←] Ralph Vaughan Williams: Orpheus With His Lute , SSAA chorus, piano accompaniment, oboe (optional) and cello (optional), choral, choral
[details ←] Whither Must I Wonder choral

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Born: 12 October 1872 — Down Ampney — England
Died: 26 August 1958 — London — England
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16 September 2008: Cadogan Hall, London, UK Cycles - A feast of Orchestral Song

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6 September 1910: Premiere of Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, in Gloucester, England.
12 October 1910: Premiere of Symphony no. 1 “A Sea Symphony”, in Leeds, England.
26 January 1922: Premiere of A Pastoral Symphony, in London, England.
24 June 1943: Premiere of Symphony no. 5 in D major, in London, England.
21 April 1948: Premiere of Symphony no. 6 in e minor, in London, England.
26 April 1951: Premiere of The Pilgrim's Process, in London, England.
14 June 1954: Premiere of the tuba concerto, in London, England.
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