This evening (19/9/22) at 7.15 on Radio 4 'front Row' is a 40-minute chat and music programme introducing Ralph Vaughan Williams, his life and music , presented by Samira Ahmed (or 'Smear Ahmed' as she used to be called by radio4 announcers). It's currently available to hear on BBC Sounds.
I think it might be best suited to a 'middlebrow' audience who have heard of VW but don't know anything about him. As someone who can just remember him as a living person and who's been listening to his music for 60 years, I found it a bit simplistic; they spend a lot of time on folk songs and hymn tunes, whereas VW for me is a symphonist and opera composer first. But I don't mean t sneer (or smear) as it might be just the thing for others.
I think it might be best suited to a 'middlebrow' audience who have heard of VW but don't know anything about him. As someone who can just remember him as a living person and who's been listening to his music for 60 years, I found it a bit simplistic; they spend a lot of time on folk songs and hymn tunes, whereas VW for me is a symphonist and opera composer first. But I don't mean t sneer (or smear) as it might be just the thing for others.
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