Vaughan Williams: 4-8.4.16, 8-12.2.21 & 2-27.5.22

[Lat-Literal]

... so how's Stiffkey pronounced? "Steeplebumpstead"...? (the p being silent)?

Stookey.

Interesting. Is there any link with the St Aubyn estate in West Cornwall?

I don't know.

[EdgeleyRob]

I am very pleased to hear this doversoul.

850 plus composers on my journey since August.

RVW is still my favourite composer!

Good man Lat,thats makes 3 of us on here,you,me and suffolkcoastal......any more ?

[cloughie]

Good man Lat,thats makes 3 of us on here,you,me and suffolkcoastal......any more ?

Though he's high on my list, my favourite is Ravel who taught RVW a bit!

[Beef Oven!]

......any more ?

Nope

[Wallace]

I am listening and enjoying the RVW CotW now. And I would enjoy a weekly programme on R3 devoted to music composed in the British Isles. Would others enjoy one too?
W

[Andrew Slater]

....any more ?

When the chips are down, yes

[EdgeleyRob]

When the chips are down, yes

Yes I can relate to that Andrew

[antongould]

Good man Lat,thats makes 3 of us on here,you,me and suffolkcoastal......any more ?

.... you can get me a membership badge too ER - and this COTW helped to put him there ...

[EdgeleyRob]

I am listening and enjoying the RVW CotW now. And I would enjoy a weekly programme on R3 devoted to music composed in the British Isles. Would others enjoy one too?
W

Yes I would.

[EdgeleyRob]

.... you can get me a membership badge too ER - and this COTW helped to put him there ...

[richardfinegold]

My first wife hated Classical Music, but she was very charmed by The Lark Ascending, commenting that it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever heard. That almost ruined it for me.

[Nick Armstrong]

My first wife hated Classical Music, but she was very charmed by The Lark Ascending, commenting that it was one of the most beautiful things she had ever heard. That almost ruined it for me.

Nicely told!

[Serial_Apologist]

Mon 8 - Fri 12 Feb

Well, it's five years since the last time RVW was featured COTW, but maybe one agrees with Yours Truly in thinking his return to be somewhat timely?

We start off with one of the man's best-known compositions - which, as a gateway for those already attracted by this and the Lark, tallies, I suppose.
The one time I heard the Fantasia was at the Proms, in 1966, it would possibly have been. It was as if one was attuned to the vibes, which seemed to reverberate the whole building and turn every pore and nerve end into sensory receptacles. The effect in a suitable auditorium - and this the Albert Hall seemed, for once, to be - can be astonishing.

Be consoled!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006tnfx

(That's an order)

[vinteuil]

Well, it's five years since the last time RVW was featured COTW, but maybe one agrees with Yours Truly in thinking his return to be somewhat timely?

We start off with one of the man's best-known compositions

... ah yes, 'The Robin's Nest'. The butcher's boys whistle it in the street all the time round here

https://open.spotify.com/album/2tDv1MdD7UUF3YHM82tKhA?highlight=spotify:track:5FSklydL94QDDfSdcoHXgh

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[Serial_Apologist]

... ah yes, 'The Robin's Nest'. The butcher's boys whistle it in the street all the time round here

https://open.spotify.com/album/2tDv1MdD7UUF3YHM82tKhA?highlight=spotify:track:5FSklydL94QDDfSdcoHXgh

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Should be going down a bomb in the verdant pastures of Shepherds Bush Green, then.