Today marks the 150th birthday of one of England's most revered composers, Ralph Vaughan Williams, who is also widely beloved beyond Britain.A folksong expert who logged long trips collecting ...

Vaughan Williams and His World, the 33rd Bard festival, argued during its first weekend that he was a composer who intended his art to be of use, who saw his search for beauty through music as a ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams understood what his fate was likely to be. “Every composer cannot expect to have a worldwide message, but he may reasonably expect to have a special message for his own ...

The composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, born 150 years ago on Oct. 12, is one of those rare artists who are more often loved than deeply known. A few of his pieces—the lush setting of ...

Vaughan Williams, who was president of the society, had been in ill health for some time. She published “RVW,” a well-regarded biography of Ralph Vaughan Williams, in 1964.

Vaughan Williams Flutist Laura Gilber, violist Mary Hammann, and harpist Stacey Shames make up an ensemble with unusual but not unheard-of instrumentation. During a recent visit to Washington, D.C ...

Houston Chamber Choir presents Let All the World in Every Corner Sing: Ralph Vaughan Williams @150 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, September 24 at South Main Baptist Church, 4100 Main.

A new documentary reveals how famous British composer, Vaughan Williams, his wife and young mistress shared their life - and bedroom - for 13 years.

The program features Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, Astor Piazzolla’s Bandoneón Concerto “Aconcagua” and Béla Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra.. Héctor ...

The ensemble Key Chorale will take audiences out on the water with a performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams masterwork “A Sea Symphony” Friday and Saturday.

WESTFIELD — The Musical Club of Westfield will present a program of vocal and instrumental music of Bernstein, Vaughan Williams, von Weber, and others on Wednesday, Feb. 10, at 1 p.m. in the ...

1 Ralph Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending. 2 Sir Edward Elgar - Enigma Variations. ... Karate Kid villain, 78, caught on camera giving bizarre excuse for biting screaming actress, 37; ...