THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

Monday [18 November 1945]

Belov Boo

My scrawl came back to me […]¹

Another bright day & all is well. Ralph going to a concert at Epsom – a matter of duty not pleasure […]²
R took a rehearsal of his Thanksgiving³ in the church yesterday – The Vicar being the narrator! R found it surprisingly difficult to conduct […]

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1. Perhaps the letter was returned.
2. There was a concert in Epsom on Sunday 18 November 1945, given by the Surrey Philharmonic under Kathleen Riddick.
3. VW’s Thanksgiving for Victory anthem. The anthem was recorded in November 1944 and first performed live in May 1945.