THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The White Gates,
Dorking, Surrey,

25th July, 1951.

Dear Arnold
Thank you so much for your lovely present.
I was sorry not to hear your Symphony at Cheltenham, but I heard it most enthusiastically spoken of.¹
I hope one day you will come back to England.
Yrs RVW

(R. Vaughan Williams).
Mr. A. van Wyk

1. The first performance of Van Wyk’s Symphony was given at the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday 3 July 1951. See VWL5112.