Ralph Vaughan Williams was under the spell of English folk music when he wrote his English Folk Song Suite in 1923. We hear it played in concert by an ensemble called Sinfonia da Camera, conducted by ...

Our first selection is by English composer Ralph Vaughan-Williams, who served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and the Royal Artillery during World War I. Vaughan-William was also an enthusiastic ...

IT'S only two-and-a-half weeks since I sat in the City Hall, completely entranced by the great viola player Lawrence Power's beautiful and mellow playing in Ralph Vaughan Williams's Suite For Viola ...

Historian Amanda Vickery and broadcaster Tom Service unearth the fascinating story of the life-long friendship between composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gustav Holst, whose music gave birth to the ...

At age six Ralph Vaughan Williams began music studies with his aunt. He furthered his education at the Royal College of Music where he received lessons from two fine English composers of the previous ...

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 ...