Yet the heart does not soar. Rhythms are also relatively listless, and ensemble can be sloppy. Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, David Gutman apart from its scurrying coda is broadly paced. The opening sequence of plucked strings are just about together. Much of the next few years was taken up with work on a Shakespeare- and Falstaff-inspired opera, Sir John in Love. In Australia, possibly helped by its deployment in Anzac-related ceremonials, it currently heads ABC Classic FMs poll of music that makes your world stand still. Product Identifiers. Then came a sequence of works extending A Pastoral Symphony s idiom in a more radical direction. 14.3K subscribers Vaughan Williams' nine symphonies form as varied, powerful, and rewarding a cycle of works as anyone has achieved in the medium. Recording Details: Reference Recording: Slatkin (RCA) RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS - Symphonies Nos. Many years later he wrote to Ursula Wood (who eventually became his second wife): Its really war-time music a great deal of it incubated when I used to go up night after night with the ambulance waggon at Ecoives, and we went up a steep hill and there was a wonderful Corot-like landscape in the sunset. Two recent home-grown contenders have more to say about the music. Bernard Haitink and the LPO bring in teenage sensationSarah Changfor a relatively fast-paced rendering in which Chang is wonderfully secure but fundamentally miscast: the timbre too beefy, the vibrato too wide. Deep down there might even be a wish I had been present myself. Having coped with the austerity of Paavo Berglund (HMV, 2/81 nla), RPO leaderBarry Griffithsis not inspired to his best form by the soft-focus passivity of Andr Previn. The concert marks a vibrant new chapter in the history of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra with its new Music and Artistic Director Tarmo Peltokoski taking up the baton. Vaughan Williams pastoral romance for solo violin and orchestra was voted the greatest piece of music in Classic FMs Hall of Fame, the worlds biggest poll of classical music tastes, for a record eleventh time in 2021 with its idyllic, untroubled pastoral quality, melodious violin solo and traces of rustic modality, its easy to see why. Many of these recordings are amongst the very best you will hear. While Gould can take to the air with the best of them, he brings out the distinct qualities of human and avian aspiration in a way Boult might have found unidiomatic. No doubt it did. A controversial rendition of this popular piece, setting an implacable protagonist with flawless intonation against a lovingly personalised orchestral backdrop. On one level Martyn Brabbins is superbly alert to the intricacies of the musical texture. A guide to Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. In 2011, when New Yorks public radio network asked listeners what theyd like to hear on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The Lark Ascending came second behind Barbers Adagio. The composers estate pours the proceeds into musical good works. Its difficult to listen to his familiar rendition with fresh ears, and I found his direct lyrical warmth as appealing as ever. The composer used lots of the fine tunes in this symphony that were lying around, waiting to be used for his opera, The Pilgrim's Progress (see below). Add CD to basket Listen immediately in My Library Downloads What are FLAC and MP3? The composers widow, Ursula, once commented that the Pastoral (1922) inhabits a Monet-like landscape, and Brabbins takes that cue, perfectly capturing the mystical, impressionist nature inherent in the linear counterpoint of the music, which rarely rouses itself above mezzo forte. By this time, The Lark Ascending had become more than an exquisite piece of neo-nationalistic music: it provided a window into pre-war Britain. Receive a weekly collection of news, features and reviews, Gramophone [5] Vaughan Williams emphasized, however, that the work is "not really Lambkins frisking at all as most people take for granted"[6] (i.e., English pastoral scenery); its reference is to the fields of France during World War I, where the composer served in the Royal Army Medical Corps. As a result its possible that this from 1943 just has more character about it. 1 'A Sea Symphony' 2. Isolde Menges, sister of maestro Herbert Menges, is the soloist in that early 78rpm set (HMV; freely accessible via the AHRC Research Centre for the History and Analysis of Recorded Music atcharm.kcl.ac.uk), a fascinating document in which she plays with confidence, continuous well-controlled vibrato and a very straight bat. Thank you for understanding. This is supremely accomplished playing in a way that Littles, alas, is not. Vaughan Williams's initial inspiration to write this symphony came during World War I after hearing a bugler practising and accidentally playing an interval of a seventh instead of an octave;[1] this ultimately led to the trumpet cadenza in the second movement. The first symphony is a thick, glossy, score, jam-packed with the sumptuous, folk-inspired Vaughan Williams idiom we know and love but on an immense scale. This album features a US performance of a much-loved RVW classic Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis captured in 1943 when things were all smoggy and people had to bang on their TV sets to get a signal. 5 in D major. 5 in E flatKrists Auznieks: GraceJean Sibelius: Symphony No. VW's own live 1936 performance is even faster and can be heard on SOMM CD071, coupled with part of a Prom concert in 1952 where the composer conducted his Fifth Symphony. James Clarkdoes the honours for Made in Britain, a John Wilson project with the RLPO that perversely elects to torpedo the idyll with Edward GermansNell Gwynoverture. And what secured this pieces future success? Nowhere, though, is it superficial both the second and fourth movements are full of expressivity and emotion, and the London Philharmonics excellent playing is captured in a resonant, rangy Decca recording. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. After on hearing I got the score and listened again Gramophone Magazine, January 2020, Editor's Choice, Presto Recording of the Week, 10th January 2020, BBC Music Magazine, March 2020, Orchestral Choice. I've been listening to a new release from SOMM Recordings (embedded below) of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams this past weekend. What price gentleness, civility, grace and that particular English quality of repose without a truly watertight technique? A typical performance of the symphony lasts about 35 minutes. Boult conducts with absolute naturalness, too, so every gear change glides by without strain. The disc received a mere two stars fromThe Guardianand excited scant enthusiasm here. Vaughan Williamss Symphony No 4 which recording is best. All rights reserved. Ive been listening to a new release from SOMM Recordings (embedded below) of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams this past weekend. The third movement feels slightly rushed and scrambled, but there is no doubting the depth of feeling in both Elders interpretation and the Halls playing. The 10 best ways to discover one of the great symphonists of the 20th century. It's hard to believe that this symphony was written during some of the darkest days of the Second World War as it has a general aura of peace. Hall Orchestra/Mark ElderHall CDHLL7540. Genre: Classical. To find the perfect subscription for you, simply visit: gramophone.co.uk/subscribe. 1 [02'01], West Australian Symphony Orchestra + Lisa Gasteen (soprano), Transcendent Love - The Passions of Wagner and Strauss, ABC Classic 476 6811, Published: 16h agoWed 1 Mar 2023 at 2:00am. . The work is among the least performed of Vaughan Williams's symphonies,[citation needed] but it has gained the reputation of being a subtly beautiful elegy for the dead of World War I and a meditation on the sounds of peace. Back or forward to the 1940s! | Website by FirstTracks. "Vaughan Williams - Pastoral Symphony.". I just need to hear this unfamiliar work more to build a connection with it. Better in this respect is the self-conductedThomas Gouldversion captured live in Riga. '", Ottaway, D. Hugh (November 1949). The vast performing forces include full orchestra and mass chorus with individual soloists. More numerous gut strings back soloistHagai Shaham(consistently sweet, if somewhat bland) while ceding pride of place to woodwind instruments, sonically attractive andliterallywoody. MP3 $10.00 FLAC(CD quality, 44.1 kHz, 16 bit) $12.50 Hi-Res FLAC(lossless, 96 kHz, 24 bit) $17.50 Top line message: its a collection of archive delights that trigger my imagination. Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. [3] Start with anything recorded in the past twenty years like the same Orchestras 2014 recording. Five Mystical Songs for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, are based on sacred poems by George Herbert. Performances aspiring to seamlessness, in which you might not guess that the cadenza-like passages are unbarred, have begun losing ground to those which embrace the discontinuities. The vocal works of Vaughan Williams are always particularly special. This isnt a problem. It is, however, always available to download or stream. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Vaughan Williamss hugely popular and quintessentially English romance for violin and orchestra has received many outstanding recordings. . Currency is US dollars. The inherent sadness of the movement is mitigated by the dignified beauty of the LSOs playing, shaped by Previn with unfailing sensitivity and insight. Both are preferable toJulia Fischer, whose Pome miscellany was respectfully received in the wake of the death of its conductor, Yakov Kreizberg. At the same time, his best music succeeds by seeming purer (more Sibelian?) A works popularity isnt guaranteed either. March: Folk Songs from Somerset, Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony - Ia. This is music so beautiful that, like Bunyans three shepherds, it seems quietly to know something that the rest of us dont. This is not a fancy, high-gloss e-zine, but rather a simple, straightforward newsletter-style section of our website designed for ease of reading and packing the maximum amount of useful information into each issue. Brown, still excellent, is more closely observed, the horns too forward. Like many of the composer's works, the Pastoral Symphony is not programmatic, but its spirit is evocative. Vaughan Williams love of folk music pervades every corner of his repertoire; in particular, English Folk Song Suite, one of his best works, is a celebration of folk heritage, including songs such as Seventeen Come Sunday, My Bonny Boy, and Folk Songs from Somerset. (2004) at the best online prices at eBay! However, her intonation is not always absolutely spot on. There is a sense that the composer was quietly astonished to find that he was still alive and that the events he had witnessed now brought from him a need to affirm a deeper level of artistic peace and beauty. And boy does it sing. Sir Neville Marriner andIona Brownoffer something radical with their first recording. UK orders over 25, International Tognettis line, peppered with constant inflections of pitch and timbre, is presumably meant to sound as if hes making it up as he goes along. Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis a quick guide to the best recordings, The piano music of Vaughan Williams: new podcast. The composer himself directed it at the Three Choirs Festival as late as 1956, before authentic meant something else. A puzzle. Three of A Pastoral Symphonys four movements are essentially slow and quiet. Written after the composer studied orchestration in Paris with Ravel, the Sea Symphony is magnificently orchestrated to emulate the sheer power of the ocean, with a mass of swirling, swelling strings, epic brass, and dramatic percussion. Music has this mysterious ability to mean what we want it to mean, to acquire a life of its own. In this way the mono recording (beautifully restored by Lani Spahr) captures a sense of place and moment in a way that some surgical sanitised stereo recordings dont. Inevitably I project my own preoccupations of that time onto the recording. We have been writing about classical music for our dedicated and knowledgeable readers since 1923 and we would love you to join them. You can. The chemistry between folk song and art music was a catalyst for the English composer to discover Jeremy Dibble surveys the available recordings of Vaughan Williamss Fantasia on Christmas Carols A quick overview of the greatest recordings of Vaughan Williams's Tallis Fantasia, Mark Bebbington reflects on the composers works for solo (or two) piano. Take his notation of the surprisingly tricky opening: those open chords move in parallel across the bar-line, creating an impression of otherness through their distinctive modal harmony. Technically speaking theres much about the relatively fuzzy recording the newcomer might be put off by. This survey has barely scratched the surface of the recent explosion of recordings (you can even hear the violin and piano version courtesy of Matthew Trusler and Iain Burnside Albion, A/14), but there should be enough diversity to satisfy the most insatiable fan. Flos Campi, for viola, chamber orchestra and wordless female chorus, was completed in 1925. 1-9; Norfolk Rhapsody No. The rich pathway that runs through English music from William Byrd and Thomas Tomkins to Purcell and on to Ralph Vaughan Williams is traced in two new releases to mark the start of a new decade. For years consumers had two choices in this music (at [], Symphonies Nos. 64 . Thomas Tomkins (15721656), a pupil of Byrd and a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, wrote copious amounts of music, some of it recorded for the first time by todays Chapel Royal Choir at Hampton Court Palace for a new album entitled O Give Thanks Unto the Lord (Resonus). All of the albums tracks challenge the implicit assumptions I hold about pieces of classical music too. Maybe listening to these kinds of recordings Im yearning for something. No such considerations affected Barry Wordsworth and the New Queens Hall Orchestra in 1992. The concerto for two pianos and orchestra is another new discovery. Give me polish and confidence like this. You may be surprised to learn that those are the words of the late Edward Greenfield in younger, less emollient days. Again, the historic collides with the contemporary in Vaughan Williams stunning adaption of the famous tune Greensleeves. Originally written for the opera Sir John in Love, but now performed as a concert piece in its own right, Vaughan Williams revives the style of Tudor polyphony he revered so much alongside the folk tunes Greensleeves and Lovely Joan, encased in his signature glistening, vibrant musical style. The cooler, more objective quality of the reading appears to reflect some lines from the poem that Vaughan Williams does not quote directly in the score: The song seraphically free / Of taint of personality, / So pure that it salutes the suns. Lento the final movement returns to the contemplative manner of the first two movements, and functions as a summing-up and coda to the rest of the symphony. Schedule and program are subject to change. Vaughan Williams's initial inspiration to write this symphony came during World War I after hearing a bugler practising and accidentally playing an interval of a seventh instead of an octave; [1] this ultimately led to the trumpet cadenza in the second movement . Date / Artists / Record company (review date), 1952Pougnet; LPO / BoultDutton CDBP9703 (10/53R, 12/00); EMI 903567-2; LPO LPO00971967Bean; New Philh Orch / BoultEMI 207992-2; 764022-2 (10/67R, 1/01R)1972Brown; ASMF / MarrinerArgo 414 595-2ZH; Decca 452 707-2DF2; 460 357-2DF2; 478 5692DB; Eloquence ELQ442 8341 (10/72R)1973Zukerman; ECO / BarenboimDG 439 529-2GGA; Eloquence ELQ442 8333 (4/75R)1982Brown; ASMF / MarrinerASV PLT8520; CDDCA518; Decca (28 discs) 478 6883DH28 (5/83R)1985Nolan; LPO / HandleyCfP 574880-2 (12/85R, 10/87R, A/01); EMI 678271-2; 098202-21986Griffiths; RPO / PrevinTelarc 2CD80738; CD80138 (7/87R)1987Davis; LSO / ThomsonChandos CHAN9775 (1/88R)1989Bochmann; English SO / BoughtonNimbus NI5208 (2/90); NI7013; NI7009; NI1754; NI52101990Little; BBC SO / A DavisApex 0927 49584-2 (8/91R); Teldec 2564 69848-3 (5/03)1992H Shaham; New Queens Hall Orch / WordsworthArgo 440 116-2ZH (5/94)1994Chang; LPO / HaitinkEMI 627910-2; S 585151-2 (12/95R); Warner 984759-21997 Kennedy; CBSO / RattleEMI 631514-2; 557411-2; 697588-2 (1/98R)2002 Tognetti; Australian CO / PeelmanABC 476 102-62003 Hahn; LSO / C DavisDG 474 8732GSA; 474 5042GH (11/04)2003 Jansen; RPO / WordsworthDecca 475 0112DH (11/03)2005 Fletcher; Hall Orch / ElderHall CDHLL7512 (12/06); CDHLD75322007 Benedetti; LPO / LittonDecca 478 6106DHUK; 478 5338DHINTL (A/09R)2009 Dauth; Sydney SO / M WigglesworthMelba MR301131 (6/12)2010 J Fischer; Monte Carlo PO / KreizbergDecca 478 2684DH (8/11)2011 Clark; RLPO / WilsonAvie AV2194 (12/11)2013 Little; BBC PO / A DavisChandos CHAN10796 (1/14)2014 Gould; Riga SinfoniettaEdition EDN1058 (7/15)2014 Waley-Cohen; Orch of the Swan / CurtisSignum SIGCD399 (1/15), This article originally appeared in the 2015 Awards issue of Gramophone. All Concerts begin at 7:30 pm. Copyright 2002-23 Presto Classical Limited. I hear reminders of Benjamin Brittens Piano Concerto from 30 years before. Returning home in 1919, VW began to refocus on his composing. Sinfonie hr-Sinfonieorchester Sir Andrew Davis Watch on Rather it shows that it takes the enthusiasm of a conductor to get a newish work (thirty-odd years old) spotlight in a new territory. The Song of Thanksgiving, which had earlier been known as Thanksgiving for Victory was sung by Betty Dolemore with narrator Robert Speaight in 1951. Plans for this season also include concerts with the Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra, the Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, the Orchester National de Toulouse Capitole, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and others. Your email address will not be published. Will any piece of music, ever again, come close to capturing an entire nations heart as The Lark Ascending? Above it, the box offers a concentrated. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. It would be some years before a player of comparable individuality engaged with the piece in the recording studio. 2, etc. Roger Norringtons 1997 Pastoral is among the quickest versions youll come across, bringing an added edginess to the opening movement in particular. Free shipping Little is among the most delicately responsive of all, carefully inflecting the line to convey both sadness and rapture. Ive come late to the record labels Vaughan Williams celebration, joining the party at the fourth album of archive live recordings. This collection offers a vivid survey of the musical tastes of the court of Charles I, sung with refreshing fervour. Record Label. 1 is a behemoth in every way: a large choral focus, heavy use of soloists, a large, romantic setting of the orchestra, and sprawling movements with grandiose themes. The 10 best ways to discover one of the great symphonists of the 20th century. 3, published as Pastoral Symphony and not numbered until later, was completed in 1922. Easter (1989 - Remaster), Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves, Vaughan Williams: Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus", Nicola Benedetti - The Lark Ascending - video, Claudio Abbados Legacy Celebrated With Huge Multi-Disc Boxset, New Recording Of Verdi Choruses From La Scala Salutes Riccardo Chailly At 70, Decca Classics Set To Release Rene Fleming Greatest Moments at the Met, BBC Proms 2020 Highlights: Heres What To Listen To, Best Classical Pianists Of All Time: Top 25, Best Bach Works: 10 Essential Pieces By The Great Composer. Phrasing is often curiously glib and flat, and at times the deeper emotions of the music seem glided over. Lots of musical and textural interest to hold my attention throughout. This landmark evening features works by Latvian composer-in-residence Krists Auznieks and Finland's great symphonist Jean Sibelius, as well as a marking the 150th anniversary of one of the best-known British composers Ralph Vaughan Williams. If you find this difficult to listen to theres a rival concert version from down under featuringMichael Dauthunder the direction of Mark Wigglesworth, never one to gild the lily. A guide to Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. A list of masterpieces by RVW must surely include more of the symphonies and most certainly needs to include works that reflect the darker side of his character. That cannot be right whether the soloist is an established star or a team player par excellence. Tempe 150 Sesquicentennial Celebration! In August 2022, Tarmo Peltokoski, 22, conducted his first cycle "Ring of the Nibelung" at the Finnish festival "Eurajoki Bel Canto", in 2023 he is expected to perform again at the festival, this time staging the opera " Tristan and Isolde ". Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Manze - Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony - the Lark [COMPACT DISCS] Artist: Title: Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony - the LarkCondition: NewFormat: COMPACT DISCSRelease Date: 2018Label: Onyx ClassicsUPC: 880040418528Genre: Classical ArtistsAlbum Tracks. The Fourth Symphony (1934) was completed not long after Hitler became chancellor of Germany, and while RVW denied it was written as a reaction to world events, the music bristles with alarm and disquiet. . ", Ottaway, D. Hugh (December 1951). than theirs. This charming suite was composed for a military band but is widely performed today in its fully-orchestrated form. You can unsubscribe at any time. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Vaughan Williams/Elgar: A London Symphony/Cockaigne (1995) at the best online prices at eBay! About this product. Sir Adrian Boult -Vaughan Williams Complete EMI . With a life and career weaved between two world wars, his music can be as festive and joyful as it is dark and tumultuous. A Pastoral Symphony now began to take shape in his mind. Play the piece to a Frenchman and he may tell you that it sounds like Ravel. The Lark Ascending, rather suited to an era of shorter playing times, found itself thereafter confined to the margins on 12-inch LP a bit player in some English music assortment or a makeweight for a symphony. Medical and diaper bags will be allowed. Perhaps that is why it resonated, and continues to resonate, with audiences. The best recording of Vaughan Williams's Pastoral Symphony London Symphony Orchestra/Andr Previn RCA 88875126952 Andr Previn was principal conductor of the London Symphony Orchestra (which we named one of the best orchestras in the world) for most of the 1970s, and during that period they made many wonderful recordings together. 5 in E flatJean Sibelius: Finlandia, Latvian National Symphony OrchestraTarmo Peltokoski (conductor), Learn more about Tarmo Peltokoski at his website, Learn more about the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra at their website, Leif Ove Andsnes: Sibelius, Sony Classical 88985408502, Douglas McNames (cello) + Vivian Barton (cello) + Karen Flint (harpsichord), Jean Baptiste Masse: Sonatas for Two Cellos, Sara Macliver: Mozart Arias, ABC Classic 476 5949, Suite for an Imaginary Film: 2nd movement [02'14], Sally Whitwell (piano) + Patrick Savage (violin), Zueignung (Dedication), Op 10 No. Composed: 1938-43 Premiere: 24th June 1943, Royal Albert Hall, London. No bags larger than clutch size (4.5 x 6.5) will be permitted. I check in with an artistic planner pal of mine to see whether hes aware of it. Entdecke BARBIROLLI SOCIETY HALLE - VAUGHAN WILLIAMS A LONDON SYMPHONY, SYMPHONIE 8 in groer Auswahl Vergleichen Angebote und Preise Online kaufen bei eBay Kostenlose Lieferung fr viele Artikel! in the second movement, and in the finale. Its mono, not stereo. Vaughan Williams: 5. His innovative blend of musical modernism is rooted in the past, drawing heavily from the traditions of English choral music and steeped in the rustic sonorities of folk music. 1-9; The Wasps Overture; Flos Campi Conductor: Bakels, Kees Conductor: Daniel, Paul Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra Record Label: Naxos - 8.50602 Medium: CD Gramophone is part of . Nigel Kennedys recording, for all its unapologetic self-indulgence, stopped me in my tracks. [the Tallis Fantasia] is tight-reined, yet also singing and surging with no trace of anti-Romantic tendentiousnessBut what makes this release so special is Elder and the Hall's interpretation BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, Disc of the month, Gramophone Magazine, February 2015, Editor's Choice, Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Orchestral, Building a Library, May 2005, Historic Choice, Building a Library, May 2005, First Choice. packaged. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. As Vaughan Williams so famously said: The art of music, above all arts, is the expression of the soul of the nation.. MA Music, Leisure and Travel . Cynics and those in thrall to the Germanic model of what constitutes great music insist that the piece owes its ubiquity to the fact that its just the right length for a passive reverie between domestic chores, that nothing actually happens in it, that its sensibility is innately conservative and rural. Even the Scherzo apart from its scurrying coda is broadly paced. The final virtuosic final movement is a blistering listen too. London Philharmonia Orchestra/Roger NorringtonDecca 458 3572. Live concert recording from Vidzemes Auditorium, Csis Concert Hall, Latvia on November 19th, 2022courtesy of Euroradio. I have recordings of all six symphonies but really only ever listen to #1 . Symphony in four movements composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Audio playback is not supported in your browser. There are in fact two period performances ofThe Lark Ascending, one dating from 1928, not long after the work was premiered by its dedicatee, Marie Hall, but featuring a different violinist. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Vaughan Williams: In the Fen Country - Symphonic Impression, BBC Proms 2010: Vaughan Williams/David Matthews - Dark Pastoral, Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - II. Whereas once this unassuming romance was heard as a direct evocation of the 12 non-consecutive lines by George Meredith which preface the score, todays wider listenership is largely unaware of its poetic wellspring. The accompanying instrumentalists under the young Malcolm Sargent seem less interested in precise attack, with even the strings use ofportamentoreflecting inadequate preparation as much as stylistic intentionality. Composed: 1916-21Premiere: 26th January 1922, Queen's Hall, London. Under Davis who cannot, of course, be prevented from singing along the LSO turns in what seems to me the most remarkable realisation on any of these discs. In 2010 Dark Pastoral premiered at the BBC London proms, performed by Steven Isserlis, and is now a treasured part of Vaughan Williams catalogue. I still enjoy it. 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