FULL HIGHLIGHTS May 29, 2009
The University Chorus and Motet Choir, along with the Grand Prairie Singers, will join the University Symphony Orchestra to present Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony, an expansive, grandiloquent musical essay based on texts by Walt Whitman. Soloists Kimberly Jones, soprano, and Thomas Hall, baritone, will be featured; USO Music Director Barbara Schubert will conduct. (Univeristy of Chicago Chronicle, IL)
Critic's picks - classical music May 24, 2009
MUSICA SACRA Mary Beekman leads the chorus in a program dedicated to choral settings of Shakespeare, by William Byrd, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Harris, and others. May 30 at 8 p.m., $15-$40, First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, 617-349-3400. (Boston Globe)
49th Parallel Movie (1941) May 19, 2009
Ralph Vaughan Williams created the original music score, with Freddie Young as cinematographer and David Lean as film editor. 49th Parallel Cast. (Suite101.com)
Civic Orchestra concert hits the trifecta May 13, 2009
signal a long exchange of struggle, tension, chaos and trouble before -- with the sweep of the harp -- a simple, folk-like hymn tune (apparently collected by Ralph Vaughan Williams of "For All the Saints" fame) takes over and a mood of triumph and tranquility ("Menuha" is Hebrew for "rest") concludes the piece. Intense and challenging, it set the tone for one of the most ambitious and interesting programs presented here in the past few years. (Anchorage Daily News)
Outgoing director has led Winona Symphony Orchestra and its audience through tremendous growth Apr 30, 2009
A free A Musical Sea Voyage concert by the Symphonic Wind Ensemble, directed by Donald Lovejoy, at 2 p.m. Saturday on the Performing Arts Center s Main Stage, featuring Sea Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sea Songs by Thomas Knox, Of Sailors and Whales by W. Francis McBeth and Save the Sea by Frigyes Hidas. Donations are being accepted to benefit employees of North Star Foods in St. Charles, Minn. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Conservatory bids farewell with Vaughan Williams masterpiece Apr 28, 2009
Media Credit: Conservatory Orchestra and students from Conservatory Choirs perform Ralph Vaughan Williams 'Dona nobis pacem. . (University News, MO)
SONOS Chamber Orchestra Presents Two World Premieres and a Memoriam To Finnish Composer Pehr Henrik Nordgren Mar 11, 2009
Ralph Vaughan Williams' Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus, (for harp and string orchestra) will also be performed. Conductor Erik E. Ochsner is the founder and Music Director of SONOS Chamber Orchestra. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Cover story: Portsmouth Symphony Orchestra: Medelssohn Bi-Centennial! Mar 6, 2009
"Stanford was notable as a contemporary of Elgar's," said MacLeod, "and he was also teacher of two of the next generation's greatest romantic composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst." Get your tickets soon, readers. This concert promises to be even more attended than the November concert. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Smilin' in the rain Feb 19, 2009
The new organ will be used in "The 100th Psalm Tune" by Ralph Vaughan Williams, performed by the University Wind Ensemble and University Singers. The concert will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday in the Fine Arts Building recital hall. (Anchorage Daily News)
Slow progress for a music pilgrim's opera Mar 27, 2008
If you were very lucky you might find yourself having a cup of tea after a concert in the new Festival Hall while the doyen of British composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, then nearly 80 and one of the most assiduous concertgoers in the city, sat slumped over a neighbouring table looking like a large, shaggy English sheepdog and discussing the concert and the world of music. He seemed benign but it was known he had a quick temper and that if you pronounced his first name as Ralph instead of Rafe... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
PCCA kicks off 2008 campaign Mar 22, 2008
Included in their program will be Chopin, Mendelssohn and Debussy pieces plus Leonard Bernstein melodies from "West Side Story" and Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves.". Post-holiday fare opens the evening of Feb. 6 with "Just Friends," featuring Jimmy Martin and Dee Noah. (Pratt Tribune, KS)
TONY BLAIR TO TEACH AT YALE... Mar 8, 2008
Professor Blair: former British PM to take up Yale position. Professor Blair: former British PM to take up Yale position. (The Drudge Report)
Beat machine mars Steve Earle's Toronto show Mar 7, 2008
Documentary on Ralph Vaughan Williams presents a portrait as rich and deep as his varied body of work. TheStar. (Toronto Star)
Elton John feels the love in Kitchener Mar 7, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008. CONCERT REVIEW TheStar. (Toronto Star)
MSU to perform Mar 5, 2008
The group will perform Flourish for Wind Band by Ralph Vaughan Williams, As Summer was Just Beginning, by Larry Daehn, Chorale and Shaker Dance by John Zdechlik and National Emblem by E.E. Bagley. Comments. (Sulphur Southwest Daily News, LA)
Cadence Weapon makes waves in indie rap world Mar 4, 2008
Tuesday, March 04, 2008. Alberta's rising rapper keeps references close to home with Afterparty Babies Mar 02, 2008 04:30 AM FISH GRIWKOWSKY Special to the Star. (Toronto Star)
Tax credit changes are ominous for local film industry Mar 1, 2008
Saturday, March 01, 2008. ARTS FUNDING TheStar. (Toronto Star)
West Hartford Symphony Orchestra to hold sixth annual classical concert Feb 29, 2008
The concert will include classic symphonic works from Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Magnificat," "The Peasant Chorus" from Tchaikovsky's "Eugene Onegin," "The Witches' Chorus" from Verdi's "Macbeth," and Bach's "Passacaglia in C minor." Additionally the orchestra will be playing a rarely performed piece by Kalinnikov's called "Symphony #1." "Kalinnikov's Symphony is strictly orchestral," said music director and founder of the non-profit orchestra Richard Chiarappa. Kalinnikov was a Russian composer... (West Hartford News, CT)
Spice Girls wrap up reunion tour in Toronto Feb 27, 2008
SPECIAL Documentary on Ralph Vaughan Williams presents a portrait as rich and deep as his varied body of work. Star readers correctly picked four of the winners in the top six Oscar categories, but missed in the best actress and best supporting actress. (Toronto Star)
Producer cancels North American premiere of Ha'penny Bridge Feb 22, 2008
Friday, February 22, 2008. Feb 21, 2008 04:30 AM theatre critic. (Toronto Star)
DVD review: Michael Clayton Feb 20, 2008
SPECIAL Documentary on Ralph Vaughan Williams presents a portrait as rich and deep as his varied body of work. Daniel Day-Lewis for best actor and the Coen brothers as best directors are the runaway favourites so far in our Oscar poll. (Toronto Star)
Moses Goes Simpler Feb 20, 2008
"Hush" is a love duet to Ralph Vaughan Williams' pastoral "The Lark Ascending," danced Sunday by Wells and Brendan Barthel, an important new addition to the company. "Hush's" beauty arises from the contrast between Williams' prettiness and Moses' unpretty, yet tender, steps - Wells bent over so that Barthel steps on her back - that freeze on the musical surges. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What's On: Galleries Feb 17, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008. Feb 14, 2008 04:30 AM. (Toronto Star)
Nutmeg Symphony looks to build community during 2008 season Jan 25, 2008
With that in mind, the symphony's first concert, Winter Winds" on Feb. 9 will include students from several area high schools, including Farmington, Torrington, Bristol Eastern and Bristol Central. The students will play three pieces with the wind section of the symphony - "Abram's Pursuit" by David Holsinger, "Folk Song Suite" by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Elliot Del Borgo's "Adagio for Winds. " "This affords the students to do accomplished pieces and gain that professional experience," Brown... (Farmington Valley Post, CT)
Sunday series pulls out all the stops Jan 4, 2008
for Organ and Strings); J. S. Bach's "Three Schubler Chorales"; Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending"; J. S. Bach's "Organ Chorale Prelude, Komm, Heiliger Geist"; Handel's Concerto in F Major; and Antonin Dvorak's "Bagatelles for Two Violins, Cello and Harmonium (or Piano).". Both the Williams and Dvorak pieces are significant, Mutchnik says, because they were requested by members of the Sundays at Three audience. (Columbia Flier, MD)
The readers' editor on ... the BBC, the filmmaker and a bogus letter Dec 24, 2007
Palmer, angry at the state of arts commissioning in public service broadcasting, had read out the letter to an audience at the Barbican at the premiere of his new film on Ralph Vaughan Williams, a film the BBC apparently felt did not 'fit its remit', but if 'Mr V Williams had an important premiere in the future' he was to let them know. The composer died in 1958. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Our national love of tackiness is killing culture Dec 10, 2007
Viewers won't be seeing Tony Palmer's acclaimed film about the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. That goes out at noon on Five on New Year's Day. (Guardian Unlimited -- Media)
Review: British music played sans a stiff upper lip Dec 3, 2007
Saturday night, the Montclaire String Quartets richly detailed concert of music by the English composers Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Bridge and William Walton (plus one of Haydns late quartets) swept those notions aside, revealing three strikingly different works. Well, Vaughan Williams Phantasy Quintet (1912) began with a viola solo, played tenderly by Sandra Armstrong Groce, that sounded unmistakably modal, folklike and rustic, and those qualities connected its four movements. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
URI offers a cornucopia of holiday music, starting Dec. 7 Dec 1, 2007
The two ensembles will combine to perform "Fantasia on Christmas Carols" by Ralph Vaughan Williams with baritone Rene de la Garza, a member of the voice faculty at URI, as featured soloist, and "And the Glory of the Lord" (from Handel s "Messiah") along with what Danis calls "a smashing holiday finale.". On Sunday at 3 p.m., the URI Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Small Brass Ensemble will perform. (Westerly Sun, RI)
Go & Do - Portsmouth area events Nov 24, 2007
For the holiday concerts, Dr. Wing has selected "Hodie," a very special work by Ralph Vaughan Williams, the foremost British composer of the first half of the 20th century. The remainder of the program features British composers of the second half of the 20th century, either as arrangers of traditional carols or as composers of original works in the carol style. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
R. Vaughan Williams, All-English Nov 18, 2007
Brief biography of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, his life, influence and list of major works - symphonies, tone poems, sacred music and operas. Ralph Vaughan Williams is best known for his deep love of the English countryside, English history, art and literature, all expressed in his music. (Suite101.com)
Things to do today Nov 9, 2007
Program includes Leonard Bernsteins Symphonic Dances from West Side Story, Ralph Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakovs Scheherazade. With the West Virginia Symphony Chorus. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Gustav Holst and The Planets Nov 6, 2007
He studied at the Royal college of Music in London and met Ralph Vaughan Williams and they became lifelong best friends. Although he suffered from Neuritis in one of his hands and had a very poor eyesight, these afflictions did not prevent him from pursuing his music career. (Suite101.com)
Diana memorial: order of service Aug 31, 2007
Fantasia and Fugue in G minor - Johann Sebastian Bach Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor - Johann Sebastian Bach La Rejouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - George Frideric Handel Adagio for Strings - Samuel Barber Serenade for Strings (Second and Third movements) - Edward Elgar Bouree (Music for the Royal Fireworks) - George Frideric Handel Pieds en l'Air (Capriol Suite) - Peter Warlock Larghetto from London Concerto No 4 for Organ and Strings - Johann Christian Bach Touch Her Soft Lips and... (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Summer magic Jun 3, 2007
On Saturday, the Cedar Valley Chamber Music Festival performs at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Cedar Falls, presenting a program described as "An English Musical Renaissance." It begins with Henry Purcell's Variations on One Note, as well as music by Benjamin Britten and Ralph Vaughan Williams' Phantasy Quintet. A reception follows the performance. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
English Composer Sir Edward Elgar Jun 2, 2007
He foreshadowed the English composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Benjamin Britten. English composer Edward William Elgar (June 2, 1857 February 23, 1934) was born in Broadheath near Worcester. (Suite101.com)
Community Events Calendar May 8, 2007
Onion River Chorus celebrates the resurgence of English choral music in the twentieth century with a program featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem on Saturday at 8 PM at the Barre Universalist Church ... Onion River Chorus celebrates the resurgence of English choral music in the twentieth century with a program featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem on Sunday at 7 PM at the Montpelier Unitarian Church. (WCAX.com, VT)
Pro Cantare sings out for a big 3-0 May 5, 2007
The second piece on the program, English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' 1938 "Serenade to Music" will soothe the ears with its lyricism. And the third piece is contemporary Czech composer Karel Rudicka's 1991 "Celebration Jazz Mass," with Rudicka, his saxophone-playing son, Karel Jr., and a jazz ensemble coming to Columbia to perform. (Columbia Flier, MD)
Why are continental cucumbers wrapped in plastic? Apr 29, 2007
There are Easter carols, examples of which can be found in the Oxford Book of Carols, first published in 1928 with Ralph Vaughan Williams as one of the compilers. An excellent explanation of the history and use of carols for the whole of the church's year is found in the preface. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Faces of the week Apr 14, 2007
RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS. The Lark Ascending, by composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, is Britain's favourite piece of classical music according to a poll conducted by Classic FM. The homage to the English countryside, with its fluttering violin representing the flight of the lark, was written at the start of World War I. It was inspired by a poem of the same name by George Meredith. (BBC News -- UK)
British List 'Lark Ascending' Top Classic Apr 11, 2007
Topping the charts for the London-based radio station's listeners is British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending," a 1914 piece known for its violin solo, The Times of London reported Tuesday. Edward Elgar's "Cello Concerto" placed second, followed by Rachmaninov's "Piano Concerto No. 2," Wolfgang Mozart's "Clarinet Concerto" and Ludwig van Beethoven's "Piano Concerto No. 5.". (Playfuls.com)
New York sees first death sentence passed for 50 years Apr 10, 2007
Ralph Vaughan Williams s The Lark Ascending topped a Classic FM poll. The cynicism of the Iranian leader s lip-service to Easter and forgiveness should not need underlining. (Yahoo News -- Death Penalty)
Slick tricks bring Scott's heroics to life Mar 26, 2007
Ralph Vaughan Williams incorporated material from his score for the 1948 film Scott of the Antarctic into Symphony No. 7 Sinfonia Antarctica. Using extracts from Scott's journals and images by photographer Herbert Ponting to accompany the music, Wilson has taken the symphony back to its cinematic source in depicting the tragic and heroic journey of Scott's expedition. (The Australian)
Boonville Silver Pirate Band celebrates Thespian Hall's 150th anniversary with free public concert Mar 22, 2007
The Symphonic Band will perform arch from Folk Song Suite, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, and anfare and Dance Segments by Roland Barret. Both bands will play the final two numbers together to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Thespian Hall. (Boonville Daily News, MO)
In Concert: Dean & Britta Mar 19, 2007
British pianist John Lill will make his ISO debut this week, performing Johannes Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 1 in a concert also featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams' Symphony No. 4. ISO Music Director Mario Venzago will conduct. (Indianapolis Star)
Arts in Brief Mar 6, 2007
Those who attend should expect a repertoire of music from the baroque period, such as Bach, and more contemporary music such as composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Tickets are $6 for adults and $3 for students and are available by calling 863-0255. (Daily Collegian, PA)
Pops concert is Sunday Feb 16, 2007
The Symphonic and Concert bands will present music of composers Robert W. Smith, Pierre Leemans, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Barnes Chance, James Curnow and Paul Lavender. The who will perform marches and "light" concert music, featuring the Disney music to laddin. (Pontiac Daily Leader, IL)
More of this story Jan 10, 2007
To round out the concert, Martin has chosen a piece by British composer, Ralph Vaughan Williams, erenade to Music, that will feature members of the voice faculty at Texas State as well as the Chorale. Comments or Questions. (Altus Times, OK)
