THE LETTERS OF RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

From R. Vaughan Williams,
10, Hanover Terrace,
Regents Park,
London, N.W.1.

August 1st 1954.

Dearest Betty,

Your tune came through splendidly on our set.  It is a good work, and your new staccato basoon¹ passage certainly improved it.  We heard you recalled twice, and then the horrid machine shut off, but I  expect it was a lot more.²
Did you see the paragraph about you in the Evening News on Friday? 
Love from

Uncle Ralph

1.  sic.
2.  Elizabeth Maconchy’s Concertino for bassoon and string orchestra had been performed at the Promenade Concerts on 30 July.