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Ralph Vaughan Williams

  • Charlottesville Symphony warms to British Riches

    Feb 17th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Benjamin Britten, benjamin rous, charlottesville symphony, Classical music, Concert Review, George Butterworth, Grace Williams, Malcolm Arnold, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Zachary Wilder

    The Charlottesville Symphony directed by Benjamin Rous performed “British Riches” February 15-16, 2020. The program included a variety of 20th Century UK composers. The relative rarity of the works (at least on this side of the Atlantic) made this a refreshing and engaging concert. George Butterworth’s “A Shropshire Lad” opened the program. This symphonic rhapsody […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalChristmas Week 2

    Dec 13th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalChristmas, #ClassicsaDay, Edward Elgar, Eric Whitacre, Paul Hindemith, Pyotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Twitte

    This marks the third year running that the Classics a Day team made Christmas music the December theme. I guess that makes it a tradition. When it comes to the music of the season, there’s plenty to choose from. Since the 1100s composers have written sacred music for Advent and Christmas — and plenty of […]

  • British Tone Poems, Vol. 2 delivers on quality

    Oct 10th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Arthur Bliss, BBC Philharmonic, CD Review, Chandos, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Dorothy Howell, Eric Fogg, Eugene Goossens, Frederic Cowen, John Folds, Orchestral music, Patrick Hadley, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rumon Gamba

    This volume of British Tone Poems features outstanding works by lesser-known composers and lesser-known works by outstanding composers. Either way, it’s a win-win for the listener, especially with these performances. Rumon Gamba and the BBC Philharmonic deliver beautiful and insightful performances of a mixed bag of music. This round features two world-premiere recordings. And the program […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalSpring Weeks 4 & 5

    Apr 26th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicalSpring, #ClassicsaDay, Heinrich Schütz, Hermann Goetz, Johann Caspar Ferdinand Fischer, Karl Goldmark, Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Twitter, Zdenek Fibich

    Classical Spring For January 2019 the #ClassicsaDay team made #ClassicalWinter then theme. It seemed only right to continue the trend and celebrate Spring. So for April 2019, everyone is encouraged to share classical works inspired by the season. Some famous pieces may readily come to mind, such as the “Spring” movement from Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons,” or […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #ClassicalWinter Week 2

    Jan 11th, 2019 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, Carter Pann, Classical music, Jacques Ibert, Jean Sibelius, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Randall Thompson, Twitter

    For January 2019, #ClassicsaDay went with a winter theme. December’s theme, #ClassicalChristmas centered around sacred works of the season. #ClassicalWinter is about sharing secular compositions. that have a snow or winter theme.  Here are my Classical Winter posts for the second week of January. Ralph Vaughan William – Scott of the Antarctic (soundtrack) This 1948 […]

  • A Vaughan Williams Christmas – A Refreshing Return to Basics

    Dec 19th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Albion Records, CD Review, Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, choral music, Christmas music, Classical music, Hugh Rowlandsz, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Vann

    I tire easily of Christmas music — especially the traditional carols. Part of the reason is that I’ve heard the same overblown arrangements (and variations thereof) over and over. That’s what made this new Albion release so refreshing. It gets back to basics, and let me hear these pieces as Ralph Vaughan Williams intended when […]

  • #ClassicsaDay #PoetryMonth Week 1

    Apr 6th, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: #ClassicsaDay, #PoetryMonth, Claude Debussy, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Twitter

    What’s the connection between classical music and classic poetry? That was theme some of us decided to explore with #ClassicsaDay. For April 2018 we posted examples of settings of poetry in classical music, works inspired by poetry, and more. Here’s an annotated list of the works I posted for the first week of #PoetryMonth.   […]

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Beyond My Dream — Music for Greek Plays

    Jan 3rd, 2018 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: Albion Records, Britten Sinfonia, CD Review, Classical music, Heather Lowe, Orchestral music, Ralph Vaughan Williams, The Joyful Company of Singers

    “Beyond My Dream” brings some early music of Ralph Vaughan Williams to light — and gives us a hint of what might have been. George Gilbert Murray published what were considered to be the definitive English translations of ancient Greek plays. And he had very definite ideas of how they should be staged — including […]

  • British Tone Poems, Vol. 1 – Luminous English Idylls

    May 22nd, 2017 | By Ralph Graves
    Tags: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, CD Review, Chandos, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Frederic Austin, Granville Bantock, Henry Balfour Gardiner, Ivor Gurney, Orchestral music, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Rumon Gamba, William Alwyn

    I’ll start with the bottom line. If you love the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederic Delius, and Gerald Finzi and want more of the same, buy this disc. The works may not be familiar, but they’ll take you to that same idyllic English countryside as “The First Cuckoo of Spring” or “Egdon Heath.” This […]

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